BUFFALO TWP — The All-Star Sprints show, scheduled for Friday at Lernerville Speedway, was postponed due to heavy rain. It will be rescheduled at a later date.

Fab Four racing returns to the track next Friday.

Girls lacrosse pairings set

The WPIAL girls lacrosse playoffs will feature three Butler County teams. They include:

Division I: Seneca Valley (10-3) will host Mt. Lebanon (11-5) at 7 p.m. Friday.

Division II: Butler (8-9) will travel to Blackhawk (13-4) for a game at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Knoch (6-9-1) will play at Hempfield (7-5) at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

McClellan nabs 4th at Open qualifier

EXPORT — Butler Country Club pro Rob McClellan finished in fourth place with a 2-under-par 69 at a recent U.S. Open local qualifier at Westmoreland Country Club.

McClellan qualified as an alternate behind Daniel Obremski of Irwin, who carded a 66, Kevin Shields of Pittsburgh and Dan Konieczny of Mt. Pleasant. Both shot a 69.

Women’s U.S. Open qualifier at BCC

PENN TWP — Butler Country Club will host a U.S. Women’s Open qualifier Monday.

A total of 40 golfers — including Butler graduate Marissa DeCola and a few LPGA competitors — will play 36 holes beginning at 7:30 a.m. The top two earn guaranteed berths in the upcoming U.S. Women’s Open.

Play will be from the back tees. Spectators are welcome and there is no admission charge.

Seattle increases offer for Kings

SEATTLE — If this is Chris Hansen’s final salvo in his attempt to purchase the Sacramento Kings, it’s coming with an additional $75 million price tag to what already could be the richest franchise sale in NBA history.

Hansen increased his total valuation of the Kings from $550 million to $625 million in another attempt to sway NBA owners to allow him to buy the franchise and move it to Seattle.

Hansen also announced on his website that he has guaranteed owners that the franchise would pay into the league’s revenue-sharing system in Seattle and not collect money as it has in Sacramento.

Bulls’ Gibson fined $25K

CHICAGO — The NBA fined Chicago Bulls forward Taj Gibson $25,000 for an outburst at a referee in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals at Miami.

Hamlin intends to race Saturday

DARLINGTON, S.C. — Denny Hamlin doesn’t have a contingency plan for Darlington Raceway. He has every intention of running the entire race.

Hamlin turned 23 laps last week at Talladega before turning the car over to relief driver Brian Vickers. It was Hamlin’s first race since suffering a compression fracture in a vertebra in his lower back. The March 24 injury cost him four races.

From staff and wire reports