Brett Rinker of Slippery Rock overcame a three-stroke deficit to pull out a victory in the NEJGT Tour Championship at Sinking Valley Country Club in Tyrone.

Rinker fired an 83 on Tuesday and a 79 on Wednesday to close out the season with the win.

The Butler Football Boosters meeting, which had been scheduled for Monday, has been moved to 7 p.m. Wednesday in the senior high school cafeteria.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Maurice Clarett was ordered to have a mental health evaluation following a bizarre and violent encounter with police in which the former Ohio State football star was caught with four guns after a highway chase.The judge delayed a trial set to begin Monday on previous charges in which the player is accused of holding up two people outside a bar on New Year's Day.Judge David Fais also revoked Clarett's $1.1 million bond on the charges, meaning that Clarett figures to remain in jail until Sept. 18.

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) — Patrick Sheehan piggybacked on Ian Leggatt's incredible second round to take the lead at the halfway mark of the International.Seventy-two of the 140 golfers will have to finish the second round on Saturday. A heavy thunderstorm caused a delay of about 3Z\x hours, and play was halted shortly before 8 p.m.Sheehan's five birdies offset his two bogeys and gave him eight points for the day and 18 for the tournament, the only stop on the PGA Tour that uses the modified Stableford scoring system.Leggett was the lone golfer to post two eagles on his way to a 13-point round that gave him 17 points overall, one behind Sheehan.

LONDON, Ontario (AP) — Angela Stanford birdied her first two holes to reach 10 under and put herself in position to run away with Canadian Women's Open.Stanford played the final 16 holes in even par for a 70 to maintain a three-stroke lead.Cristie Kerr and Jee Young Lee were tied for second after 70s, Canadian star Lorie Kane (70) was another stroke back and Pat Hurst (71) and Vicki Goetze-Ackerman (73) were 4 under.

CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Serena Williams overcame the heat and her second three-set match in 17 hours to beat Meghann Shaughnessy 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-4 and advance to the JPMorgan Chase Open semifinals.Playing her second tournament after a six-month layoff because of a left knee injury, Williams is unseeded and ranked 110th in the world two weeks before the U.S. Open begins.Maria Sharapova, seeking her second title in as many weeks, defeated fifth-seeded Dinara Safina of Russia 6-2, 6-4, extending her winning streak to eight matches. She has yet to drop a set.

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The Edmonton Oilers signed forward Petr Sykora to a one-year contract.Sykora scored 23 goals and had 28 assists last season with Anaheim and the New York Rangers. It was the seventh consecutive NHL season that he scored 20 or more goals.