GROVE CITY — Seneca Valley graduate and Grove City College freshman volleyball player Anna DeGraaf has been named Presidents' Athletic Conference Newcomer of the Year.

DeGraaf was also named first team All-PAC.

She led Grove City this season with a .280 hitting percentage and 35 blocks. She ranked fourth in the league in block average (0.88) and fifth in hitting percentage.

WASHINGTON, Pa. — Slippery Rock resident Brady Brown drove RN Nate to victory against 11-1 odds Thursday in harness racing action at The Meadows.The 9-year-old gelding won handily in the $6,000 Conditioned Pace.

GROVE CITY — Portersville Christian graduate and Zelienople resident Elijah White tossed eight scoreless innings of relief in the nightcap Friday as Grove City College's baseball team swept a doubleheader from Bethany, 8-0 and 5-2.Tate Ostrowski tossed the first perfect game in the program's history in the first game.White struck out five and allowed only one hit in the longest outing of his career to polish off the twinbill for GCC (17-7, 15-4).

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Just about everyone knew the Kansas City Chiefs were going to address their offensive line through the NFL draft.Nobody quite expected them to do it a week before it even started.The Chiefs plugged the biggest hole remaining on their AFC champion roster Friday when they acquired two-time Pro Bowl offensive tackle Orlando Brown from the Ravens for a package of draft picks, including the No. 31 overall selection this year.The Ravens announced the trade, which is pending a physical. ESPN.com was first to report the terms.The Ravens will get the No. 31 overall pick Thursday night, along with third- and fourth-round picks this year and a fifth-round pick next year. The Chiefs will get the Ravens' second-round pick next week and a sixth-rounder in 2022.

CLEVELAND — For all their drafting mistakes and missteps over the past two decades, the Browns got it right in 2018.On Friday, the team exercised the fifth-year contract options on quarterback Baker Mayfield and cornerback Denzel Ward, the respective Nos. 1 and 4 overall picks three years ago who have become integral to Cleveland's new-found success.Mayfield bounced back from a shaky 2019 season to threw 30 touchdown passes last season while leading the Browns to an 11-5 regular-season record, their first playoff appearance since the 2002 season and their first postseason win since 1994 — a wild-card victory over rival Pittsburgh.The 25-year-old is the franchise QB the Browns have longed for, and now the club will consider signing him to a long-term extension. In the meantime, Mayfield is under contract for the next two seasons, with his 2022 salary guaranteed for $18.8 million.Staff and wire reports