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Five different racers won the lawnmower races Sunday at Shade Tree Speedway.

Results follow:

Stock:

Jim Blandford (New Kensington), Jeremiah Huth (Apollo), Jason Blystone (Cabot)

Outlaw stock:

Matt Thompson (Ellwood City), Mike Lipscomb (Fenelton), Dave Lipscomb (Fenelton)

Modified:

Mike Miller (Chicora), Buddy Flynn (Slippery Rock), Brent Shick (Oak Ridge)

Kart:

Christine Thompson (Bessemer), Nick Curzi (Butler), Bryan Kessler (Apollo)

Yard kart:

Denise Heathcote (Fenelton), John Mcnany (Chicora), Tina Lipscomb (Fenelton)

Former Butler High School boys basketball coach George Abraham has been added to the Pennsylvania Basketball Hall of Fame in the Personalities category.Abraham averaged 21 wins per season while coaching from 1984 to 2000 at Grove City High School, George Junior Republic and Butler. He led the Golden Tornado to two WPIAL Western Finals.

Bob Kalkowski, Connoquenessing, Krendale Golf Course, No. 5 North course, 138-yards, 9-iron.Dick Buckley, Bruin, Krendale Golf Course, No. 9 North course, 161 yards, 7-wood.

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