Freeport graduate Danika Durand had 21 kills and three aces as the Butler County Community College volleyball team swept Point Park JV 25-21, 25-18, 25-16.

Another Freeport grad, Alexis Schrecengost, had a big night as well for the Pioneers (12-7, 5-1) with nine kills.

NEW YORK — The NFL has begun testing for human growth hormone for the first time, three years after the league and players’ union tentatively agreed to do so.HGH testing was part of the 2011 labor agreement but was delayed because the NFL Players Association was not comfortable with the procedures or science involved. Both sides agreed last month on the new policy, which took effect Monday.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Julius Thomas said he never intended to hurt Calais Campbell despite Arizona coach Bruce Arians calling the Pro Bowl tight end’s chop block the “dirtiest play I’ve ever seen” in 37 years in the NFL.Thomas said he and tackle Ryan Clady would never try to hurt anyone and the play Sunday that sent Arizona’s star defensive end out with a sprained right MCL was a matter of miscommunication, not malice.Broncos coach John Fox passionately defended Thomas, too. He said he’s been in the league just two years less than Arians and “it’s not the dirtiest play I’ve seen this year, let alone in 35 years.”

Michael Phelps’ comeback took a major hit with USA Swimming suspending the 18-time Olympic champion for six months and forcing him to withdraw from next year’s world championships.Phelps also lost six months of funding from the sport’s national governing body as a result of his second DUI arrest.