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Bloomsburg declared champs

Bloomsburg was declared the 2019 PSAC baseball champion Sunday when the final day of the conference’s tournament was rained out Sunday at Point Stadium in Johnstown.

Following the PSAC policies, the Huskies won the championship based on the league’s criteria for a shortened tournament.

Bloomsburg had a 3-0 record in the tournament, defeating No. 20 Mercyhurst (12-0, 7 innings), West Chester and No. 7 Millersville. The Huskies were the lone remaining undefeated team in the double-elimination tournament.

Track and field

California University senior Jae’Len Means repeated as the PSAC champion on Saturday in both the 100- and 200-meter dashes, and the Vulcans finished seventh in the team standings at the conference meet held in Mansfield.

Means won a combined eight individual conference titles in the 60, 100 and 200 meters. He won the 100 by .09 with a time of 10.59 seconds. Means cruised to the victory in the finals of the 200 meters in 21.45 seconds, which was 0.25 seconds faster than the runner-up. The Gateway product still boasts the fastest time in the PSAC this outdoor season in the both the 100 and 200, reaching the NCAA Division II provisional standard in each event.

Means has now captured a combined eight individual conference titles in the 60, 100 and 200 meters during his career. He earned the victory in the 100 meters by nine-hundredths of a second with a time of 10.59 seconds after placing third in yesterday’s preliminaries. Means cruised to the victory in the finals of the 200 meters with a time 21.45 seconds, which was 0.25 seconds faster than the field. The Gateway product still boasts the fastest time in the PSAC this outdoor season in the both the 100 and 200 meters, reaching the NCAA provisional standard in each event.

Walton gets chance with Miami

Running back Mark Walton, arrested three times this offseason by police in Miami, has signed with his hometown Dolphins. Walton tried out this week, when coach Brian Flores said he was aware of the legal issues.

“I think people deserve a second chance,” Flores said Saturday. “I don’t want to judge people based on one incident, two incidents.”

Walton was drafted in the fourth round a year ago by the Cincinnati Bengals and played mostly on special teams in 2018. They released him in April shortly after he was arrested on charges of reckless driving, marijuana possession and carrying a concealed weapon.

Giants: Holland’s injury wasn’t ‘fake’

San Francisco Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi said the injury that sent left-hander Derek Holland to the injured list last month was legitimate and praised the veteran’s competitive spirit, a day after Holland said he was sidelined with a “fake injury.”

Zaidi said Sunday that medical records back up the legitimacy of Holland’s injury, described by the team as a bone bruise on his left index finger.

He said there are often differences of opinion between players and management about the severity of injuries.

“The guy gets hit by a truck, he can’t walk out on the field. That’s I guess an unequivocal injury, but there’s a lot of gray area beyond that,” Zaidi said.

Holland blasted the Giants’ front office Saturday night after he learned from manager Bruce Bochy that he was being moved to the bullpen.

“To be honest I have no idea what they’re doing,” Holland said. “I don’t mean that by Bochy and them, it’s more the front office. They keep changing a lot of things. I did a fake injury. I’m not happy about that. But at the end of the day I’m going to do whatever they ask me to do.”

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