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The Butler County Area Baseball League will continue its double-elimination tournament Saturday.
Freeport plays Pine Richland in the winner's bracket final at 6 p.m. at Laura Doerr Park.
The winner advances to the championship game Aug. 1.
Butler Township plays Karns City in an elimination game at 6 p.m. at East Butler's Speed-O Field.
Cranberry hosts Center Township in an elimination game at 6 p.m. at Graham Park.
In Thursday's tourney action, Pine Richland defeated Butler Township 10-3, Karns City edged West Sunbury 4-3 and Center Township topped Saxonburg, 4-2.
BLAINE, Minn. — Michael Thompson and Richy Werenski topped the 3M Open leaderboard going onto the weekend, Tony Finau and Talor Gooch climbed within a stroke and stars Brooks Koepka and Tommy Fleetwood struggled again Friday.In warmer and windier conditions on the quiet, spectator-free TPC Twin Cities course, the scores crept up after Werenski led the first-round pack with an 8-under 63. The 24-year-old, who's winless on the PGA Tour, followed up with a 67. Thompson caught him with a 66.
PAC postponing football to springNEW WILMINGTON — The Presidents' Athletic Conference has voted to postpone its fall 2020 football, men's and women's soccer, women's volleyball, men's and women's cross country seasons to spring.Women's tennis, men's and women's golf will still take place this fall.The PAC also decided to not to hold any winter sports competitions prior to Jan. 1.
NFL training camps are set to open after the league and the players' union reached agreement on several issues, including future salary cap mechanisms and how players can opt out of the upcoming season because of the coronavirus.The NFL Players Association's executive committee and 32 player representatives approved the offers Friday, two people with knowledge of the decisions told The Associated Press.Players who decide they want to opt out have until Aug. 3 to do so, and they will receive a stipend from the owners, the people said on condition of anonymity because the offer has not been made public. The amount of the stipend will be $350,000 for medical opt outs and $150,000 for voluntary opt outs.
ST. LOUIS — Joe Musgrove struck out seven in 5.2 innings Friday night, but the Pittsburgh Pirates dropped a 5-4 decision to the St. Louis Cardinals in a mutual season opener at Busch Stadium.Jacob Stallings had a two-run single for the Pirates in the seventh inning. Jose Osuna added a two-run single in the ninth.Musgrove allowed solo homers to Dexter Fowler and Tyler O'Neill. Richard Rodriguez allowed a two-run homer to Paul DeJong in the eighth.Jack Flaherty was the winning pitcher, striking out six in seven innings.
Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw's back issue that forced him to miss his opening day start is improving and he hopes to return soon.Manager Dave Roberts said Friday that Kershaw had an MRI after tweaking his back three days earlier. It showed no structural damage.“That's the most important thing,” Roberts said before the Dodgers hosted the Giants. “We're all really encouraged.”
