WPPA/T102 SPORTS-SATURDAY

WPPA SPORTS

LOCALLY, TRI VALLEY LADIES BASKETBALL COACH BOB FELTY HAS DECIDED TO HANG UP HIS WHISTLE, STEPPING DOWN AS THE TEAM’S HEAD COACH. FELTY LED HIS YOUTHFUL SQUAD DEEP INTO THE STATE BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS LAST SEASON. ACCORDING TO THE REPUBLICAN HERALD, FELTY DECIDED TO STEP DOWN TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH HIS FAMILY, INCLUDING A YOUNG SON.

RACES WERE WASHED OUT AT BIG DIAMOND IN FORESTVILLE LAST NIGHT. THE REGULAR SCHEDULE WILL RESUME WITH TWO SESSIONS NEXT WEEKEND…FRIDAY AND SUNDAY.

IN SECTION THREE LITTLE LEAGUE…

IN 11 AND 12 YEAR OLD ACTION…KEYSTONE DEFEATED POTTSVILLE ROTARY 14-0 LAST NIGHT.

CHICAGO (AP) - ARAMIS RAMIREZ HOMERED WITH TWO OUTS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH FOR HIS THIRD HIT OF THE GAME AS THE CHICAGO CUBS RALLIED FOR A 4-3 VICTORY OVER THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES. SEAN MARSHALL GOT THE WIN IN RELIEF AND CARLOS MARMOL NOTCHED HIS 17TH SAVE IN 20 CHANCES. RYAN HOWARD HIT HIS 20TH HOMER WITH TWO OUTS IN THE SIXTH, WHICH PUT THE PHILS AHEAD AT THE TIME 3-1.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - JEFF KEPPINGER HOMERED AND HAD THREE RBIS, AND THE HOUSTON ASTROS REMAINED UNBEATEN IN SEVEN GAMES AGAINST THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES THIS SEASON WITH A 5-2 WIN LAST NIGHT. ANDREW
MCCUTCHEN WENT 2 FOR 4 WITH AN RBI AND A RUN FOR PITTSBURGH, WHICH
HAS LOST SEVEN CONSECUTIVE OVERALL.

UNDATED (AP) - CURT WARNER HELPED PENN STATE COACH JOE PATERNO GET THE SCHOOL'S FIRST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE 1983 SUGAR BOWL. NOW THE FORMER NITTANY LIONS TAILBACK IS JOINING JOEPA IN THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME. WARNER IS PART OF A 24-MEMBER CLASS THAT WILL BE ENSHRINED TODAY IN SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

NEW YORK (AP) - COMMISSIONER ROGER GOODELL WILL VISIT SEVEN NFL TRAINING CAMPS DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST. THE TENTATIVE ITINERARY INCLUDES A STOP AT THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES' CAMP ON AUGUST 3RD AND A VISIT THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS' CAMP ON AUGUST 5TH.

MIDDLEBURY, IND. (AP) - A NORTHERN INDIANA RECREATIONAL VEHICLE COMPANY THAT STARTED LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO WITH 18 WORKERS IS LOOKING FOR A BOOST WITH FOOTBALL HALL OF FAMER TERRY BRADSHAW PROMOTING IT AS A PART OWNER. THE FORMER STEELERS QUARTERBACK SAYS HE WILL BE THE FACE OF EVERGREEN RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, TRAVELING TO TRADE SHOWS AND PUBLICIZING ITS RVS.

EASTON, PA. (AP) - FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE HOLDER LARRY HOLMES IS GETTING A STATUE IN HIS EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA HOMETOWN OF EASTON. THE STATUE IN SCOTT PARK WILL BE 9 FEET TALL AND WEIGH BETWEEN 600 AND 800 POUNDS. IT WILL STAND ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE RESTAURANT AND OFFICE PLAZA OWNED BY THE 60-YEAR-OLD FORMER CHAMP.

ST. ANDREWS, SCOTLAND (AP) - ROUND 2 IS FINALLY IN THE BOOKS AT THE BRITISH OPEN AFTER INTOLERABLE WINDS DELAYED SOME PLAYERS. BRITISH AMATEUR CHAMPION JIN JEONG AND THE OTHER 29 PLAYERS WHO RETURNED TO ST. ANDREWS TODAY TO FINISH THE SECOND ROUND FOUND THE OLD COURSE MORE TO THEIR LIKING. JEONG BIRDIED THE 18TH HOLE TO COMPLETE A REMARKABLE 2-UNDER 70. EVERYONE IS STILL CHASING LOUIS OOSTHUISEN OF SOUTH AFRICA.

ST. ANDREWS, SCOTLAND (AP) - TOM WATSON SAID FAREWELL TO ST. ANDREWS YESTERDAY AFTER MISSING THE PROJECTED CUT WITH A 3-OVER 75 THAT LEFT HIM PLUS-4 FOR THE TOURNAMENT. THE FIVE-TIME BRITISH OPEN CHAMP PUT ONE HAND ON THE SWILCAN BRIDGE, BENT OVER AND KISSED THE ANCIENT STONES. HE ALREADY HAD ANNOUNCED HE WAS PLAYING ST. ANDREWS FOR THE FINAL TIME BUT SAID HE HOPES TO PLAY IN FUTURE BRITISH OPENS.

NEW YORK (AP) - THE NEW YORK YANKEES PAID TRIBUTE LAST NIGHT TO TEAM OWNER GEORGE STEINBRENNER AND P.A. ANNOUNCER BOB SHEPPARD, EACH OF WHOM DIED EARLIER THIS WEEK. TEAM CAPTAIN DEREK JETER ADDRESS THE CROWD DURING THE PREGAME CEREMONY, CALLING THE TWO MEN SHINING STARS IN THE YANKEE UNIVERSE WHO LEFT THE ORGANIZATION IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE THAN WHEN THEY FIRST ARRIVED. MARIANO RIVERA LAID RED ROSES ACROSS HOME PLATE, AND FANS STOOD THROUGH "TAPS" AND A 2-MINUTE MOMENT OF SILENCE.

RENTON, WASH. (AP) - THE NFL HAS SUSPENDED SEATTLE SEAHAWKS LINEBACKER LEROY HILL WITHOUT PAY FOR VIOLATING THE LEAGUE'S SUBSTANCE ABUSE POLICY. THE PUNISHMENT WILL CAUSE HIM TO MISS THE SEASON OPENER AGAINST SAN FRANCISCO AND ALSO INCLUDES MISSING AN ADDITIONAL GAME CHECK. HILL WAS ARRESTED IN JANUARY 2009 IN GEORGIA FOR MISDEMEANOR MARIJUANA POSSESSION AND HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY FOLLOWING HIS ARREST IN APRIL FOR INVESTIGATION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

UNDATED (AP) - THE ORLANDO MAGIC AND BOSTON CELTICS WERE ABLE TO RETAIN KEY MEMBERS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PLAYOFF TEAMS WHILE THE CHICAGO BULLS WORKED OUT A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH RONNIE BREWER. THE MAGIC MATCHED THE BULLS' $19 MILLION OFFER SHEET TO FREE AGENT SHOOTING GUARD J.J. REDICK, AND THE CELTICS WORKED OUT A CONTRACT WITH BACKUP GUARD NATE ROBINSON.