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The winners' bracket final between Butler City and Center Township will be played at 6 p.m. Saturday at Highfield Park.

Slippery Rock will play Meridian in a losers' bracket game at 6 p.m. Saturday at Highfield Park. The other losers' bracket game pitting Saxonburg and East Butler will be played at 6 p.m. Saturday at Speed-O Field.

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Game Commission is offering sportsmen and sportswomen the opportunity to sign up to receive emails from the agency.Information on deer licenses, hunter-trapper education classes, etc., can be sent to interested parties at no fee.Visit www.pgc.state.pa.us and click on “Subscribe to Email” for details.

MARBLE — Slippery Rock resident Dave Murdick won the BRP Modified Tour event Thursday night at the Expo Speedway in Trumball County.Murdick started on the front row and topped the 25-car field. Brad Rapp, Jeremiah Shingledecker and Red King Sr. finished second through fourth. - See more at:

SILVIS, Ill. — Zach Johnson has evolved into one of the most consistent players the John Deere Classic has ever seen.Johnson put together another steady round Friday, maintaining a share of the lead despite standout efforts from rookie Patrick Reed and Lucas Glover.Johnson, the defending champion, shot a 5-under 66 to join Reed and Glover atop the leaderboard at 12-under 130 following second-round play. - See more at:

NEW YORK — Boston's blockbuster breakup is complete. Pierce and Garnett are Brooklyn-bound, and it's the Nets who are thinking big as they head into their second season in their new home.It's a nine-player, three-draft-pick swap agreed to on draft night and centered on the two aging champions who won a title in Boston in 2008.Along with Pierce and Garnett, the Nets also got Jason Terry and D.J. White from Boston, while sending Gerald Wallace, Kris Humphries, MarShon Brooks, Kris Joseph, Keith Bogans and first-round draft picks in 2014, 2016 and 2018 to the rebuilding Celtics. Boston also gets the right to swap first-round picks in 2017. -

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Boston Red Sox have acquired reliever Matt Thornton and cash from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for minor league outfielder Brandon Jacobs.The Red Sox announced the move during Friday night's game at Oakland. To make room for Thornton on the 40-man roster, Andrew Miller was transferred to the 60-day disabled list.Miller is expected to have surgery soon to repair a damaged left foot ligament and likely will be out for the season.Thornton is 0-3 with a 3.86 ERA in 40 games with the White Sox this season. His addition gives Boston's bullpen another lefty besides Craig Breslow.

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