TODAY'S SPORTS-SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 2011

MINERSVILLE WINS SOFTBALL TITLE!

FOR THE EIGHTH TIME, THE MINERSVILLE GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM CAPTURED A STATE TITLE. THIS TIME, THE VENUE WAS PENN STATE UNIVERSITY'S SOFTBALL COMPLEX IN STATE COLLEGE. SENIOR PITCHER LAYKIN HUGHES PITCHED A GEM OF A BALL GAME, ALLOWING SIX HITS AND HELPED HER TEAM WITH A COUPLE OF RBI'S TO CLINCH A 6 TO 1 WIN OVER CLARION. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAM AND COACHING STAFF!

BETHESDA, MD. (AP) - RORY MCILROY, THE 22-YEAR-OLD RISING STAR FROM NORTHERN IRELAND, HAS A SIX-SHOT LEAD HALFWAY THROUGH THE 111TH U.S. OPEN. MCILROY IS A U.S. OPEN-RECORD 11 UNDER PAR FOR HIS FIRST TWO GOODS, WITH Y.E. YANG A DISTANT SECOND HEADING INTO WEEKEND PLAY.

BOSTON (AP) - THE BOSTON RED SOX TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE LAST ROUND OF INTERLEAGUE PLAY BY THUMPING MILWAUKEE 10-4. COMBINED WITH THE YANKEES' 3-2 LOSS TO THE CHICAGO CUBS, THAT MEANS THE RED SOX HAVE PADDED THEIR AL EAST LEAD TO TWO AND A-HALF GAMES OVER THE YANKS.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - DANNY VALENCIA WELCOMED JOE MAUER BACK TO MINNESOTA WITH A THREE-RUN HOME RUN IN THE FIRST INNING FRIDAY, AND
THE TWINS HELD ON TO BEAT THE SAN DIEGO PADRES 6-5 FOR THEIR FIFTH
STRAIGHT WIN. MAUER WENT ONE-FOR-FOUR WITH AN RBI AFTER MISSING 57
GAMES BECAUSE OF COMPLICATIONS FROM A LEG INJURY.

WASHINGTON (AP) - THE WASHINGTON NATIONALS HAVE RUN THEIR WINNING STREAK TO SEVEN WITH AN 8-4 WIN OVER BALTIMORE. JERRY HAIRSTON WENT 3-FOR-3 AND DOUBLED IN THE GO-AHEAD RUN IN THE SIXTH INNING AND THE NATIONALS WON DESPITE ALLOWING A SEASON-HIGH 18 HITS.

NEW YORK (AP) - IN WHAT NBA COMMISSIONER DAVID STERN CALLED A "VERY SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT," NBA OWNERS HAVE RELAXED THEIR INSISTENCE ON NON-GUARANTEED CONTRACTS IN THE NEW COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. THIS CAME AFTER A FOUR AND A-HALF HOUR MEETING BUT NBA PLAYERS UNION OFFICIALS DOWNPLAYED THE SIGNIFICANCE BECAUSE THE OWNERS STILL WANT A HARD SALARY CAP.

FINAL CHI CUBS 3 N-Y YANKEES 1
FINAL WASHINGTON 8 BALTIMORE 4
FINAL CLEVELAND 5 PITTSBURGH 1
FINAL TAMPA BAY 5 FLORIDA 1
FINAL L.A. ANGELS 4 N-Y METS 3
FINAL BOSTON 10 MILWAUKEE 4
FINAL TORONTO 3 CINCINNATI 2
FINAL TEXAS 6 ATLANTA 2
FINAL MINNESOTA 6 SAN DIEGO 5
FINAL KANSAS CITY 5 ST. LOUIS 4
FINAL COLORADO 13 DETROIT 6
FINAL ARIZONA 4 CHI WHITE SOX 1
FINAL OAKLAND 5 SAN FRANCISCO 2
FINAL SEATTLE 4 PHILADELPHIA 2

NATIONAL LEAGUE

FINAL HOUSTON 7 L.A. DODGERS 3