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Hall tickets available
Tickets are still available for the induction ceremonies for the Washington-Greene Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.
The ceremony will be held Friday at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Meadow Lands. Tickets can be purchased online at www.wash-greenesportshall.org through PayPal or by calling 724-678-4320.
Former Steelers running back Rocky Bleier will be the guest speaker.
W&J names track, cross country coach
Washington & Jefferson College has promoted Derek Workman to head men’s and women’s cross country and track & field coach following the resignation of Dale Boring from the same position.
“Coach Workman has proven to be a valuable member of our coaching staff and he is dedicated to helping our cross country and track & field programs continue to grow and perform at a high level,” said W&J director of athletics Scott McGuinness. “I have confidence in Coach Workman’s ability to recruit talented women and men to our programs.”
Workman previously served as an intern assistant for W&J the last two years. During his tenure, the Presidents had two national qualifiers, four all-region athletes and one Academic All-American to go along with six Presidents’ Athletic Conference meet MVPs, nine conference champions, 29 All-PAC athletes and 14 school records.
The W&J men finished in second place in cross country and indoor track & field in 2017-18.
College softball
Zoe Casas had two hits and knocked in three runs, and Florida State defeated Georgia 7-2 on Saturday to stay alive in the Women’s College World Series.
Meghan King gave up just five hits in a complete game for the Seminoles.
Florida State (53-12) played Oregon in an elimination game Saturday night.
• Oklahoma pitcher Paige Parker threw a two-hitter, and the Sooners defeated Arizona State 2-0 in an elimination game at the Women’s College World Series.
Parker took her first career World Series loss on Thursday against Washington after eight straight wins. Against Arizona State, the senior threw just 78 pitches and struck out seven.
Busch dominates
Xfinity race at Pocono
Kyle Busch romped again, overcoming a penalty that dropped him to the rear of the field to win the Xfinity Series race on Saturday at Pocono Raceway for his 189th career NASCAR victory.
Busch scaled back his schedule in the second-tier series and won for the first time in four races this season. He won for the 92nd time in Xfinity to add to his series record.
Busch also has 47 Cup wins and 50 in the Truck Series to become perhaps the most dominant driver across all three national NASCAR series in history. Busch dominated early and won the first stage until he was busted on the 27th lap for speeding on pit road.
Car careens onto field
during youth game
A car careened onto a Maine field during a boys’ baseball game Friday night, striking and killing a man and sending screaming ballplayers and bystanders fleeing, police said.
Sanford police said the car drove through an open gate at Goodall Park onto a ballfield, hitting Douglas Parkhurst, 68, of West Newfield, before attempting to speed away. Parkhurst died on the way to the hospital.
None of the players were injured.
Police arrested Carol Sharrow, 51, of Sanford, and charged her with manslaughter. She was taken to York County jail in Alfred, where she remained Saturday.
Efforts to contact an attorney for Sharrow were unsuccessful.
Sanford police Detective Sgt. Matthew Jones said Sharrow has a drunken driving conviction in Maine and an aggravated drunk driving conviction in New Hampshire, the Portland Press Herald reported . Authorities declined to say whether alcohol was involved on Friday.