Knoch hosting CC invitationalJEFFERSON TWP — Knoch High School will host the Butler County Cross Country Invitational at 8 a.m. Saturday at the South Butler Intermediate Elementary School cross country trail.Participating teams are Butler, Knoch, Karns City, Moniteau, Seneca Valley, Mars, Slippery Rock, Vincentian Academy, Freeport and Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic.

SRU women's CC picked 6th in PSACLOCK HAVEN — The Slippery Rock University women's cross country team is picked sixth in the 18-team PSAC by the preseason coaches poll.Shippensburg is picked to win the league with Bloomsburg, California, East Stroudsburg and Seton Hill rounding out the top five.

Chargers withdraw offer to top pickSAN DIEGO — The San Diego Chargers have withdrawn their contract offer to first-round draft pick Joey Bosa and will restructure a new deal that takes into account his absence from the team.The Chargers’ statement said they believe “Joey will be unable to contribute for the full 16-game season without the adequate time on the practice field, in the classroom, and in preseason games.” They characterized their previous offers to the Ohio state defensive end as fair and structurally consistent with the contracts of every other Chargers player.”Bosa is the only first-rounder who has not signed with his team.

Kelly disappointed in arrested playersSOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly says his first reaction to six players being arrested over the weekend was disappointment.Kelly says he reacted like any father would, saying after feeling disappointment he then felt embarrassment. He says then he was “mad as hell.”Five players were charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession after being stopped for allegedly speeding in Fulton County, about 40 miles south of South Bend. Three face an additional misdemeanor charge of possession of an unlicensed handgunIn a separate incident, cornerback Devin Butler was accused of tackling a police officer and punching him during an altercation outside a bar near campus. Butler had been suspended indefinitely from the team. Kelly kicked starting safety Max Refield off the team.Kelly said the other four players are practicing with the team and will be available to play in the opener against Texas unless the university takes action.

Braid NHL’s first full-time female coachGLENDALE, Ariz. — The Arizona Coyotes have hired Dawn Braid as skating coach and say she is believed to be the first full-time female coach in NHL history.Braid has a long association with the NHL.She worked part-time for the Coyotes last year and has served as a skating consultant with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Anaheim Ducks, Buffalo Sabres and Calgary Flames.Braid also spent seven years with the Athletes Training Center as director of skating development. Among the skaters she worked with while there is New York Islanders center John Tavares.