6 county players in All-Star Games

ROBINSON TWP — The eighth annual WPIAL All-Star Baseball Games will be played June 12 at Burkett Field.

Butler’s Cody Herald and Bobby Swartwout are on the Class AAAA team, Mars’ Blake Friday and Tyler Dean are on the AAA team, Freeport’s Jake Campbell and Dalton Moore on the AA team.

Pennell, Sheppeck honored by PACGROVE CITY — Seneca Valley graduate Lauren Pennell and Knoch graduate Amanda Sheppeck are among six Grove City College softball players earning second team All-Presidents’ Athletic Conference honors.Pennell was 8-8 with a 2.57 earned run average in 17 starts and ended her career as GCC’s all-time innings pitched leader with 542.1. She also hit .317 and led the Wolverines with three home runs.Third baseman Sheppeck led the team with a .370 batting average. She also led the squad with 26 runs, 37 hits, 13 doubles and 18 RBI.Other Wolverines homnored were pitcher Lauren Clarke, outfielder Grace Murtoff, designated player Casey Schmidt and shortstop Christine Slater.

Woods withdraws from TPC eventPONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Tiger Woods withdrew after nine holes at The Players Championship on Thursday because of leg injuries that sent him limping off the course toward a future that is murkier than ever.Woods shot a 42 on the front nine, walking 20 yards behind others.

Ex-Cowboy Springs dies after long comaDALLAS — Former Dallas Cowboys running back Ron Springs, who spent the past four years in a coma after losing oxygen during a 2007 operation, has died without ever regaining consciousness. He was 54.