Mars High graduates D.J. Cannon and Zach Zollner led the WPIAL Class AAA all-stars to a 5-1 win over the Quad A all-stars Saturday in Washington (Pa.).

Zollner's two hits and two runs batted in earned him the game's 'Most Valuable Batter' award, while Cannon took home 'Most Valuable Pitcher' honors after striking out four, walking one and giving up zero runs on one hit in three innings of work.

Seneca Valley freshman lacrosse player Brenna Gallagher was recognized at the Pittsburgh Lacrosse Foundation and Western Pennsylvania Lacrosse Association's recent banquet by receiving the U.S. Lacrosse "Spirit of the Game" award.The award is given to the player who best embodies good character, good sportsmanship, commitment, teamwork and love of the game.Gallagher has played lacrosse since the seventh grade. She is the daughter of J. Stephen and Susie Gallagher.

OTTAWA — Brandon Watson extended his hitting streak to 43 games, breaking a 95-year-old International League record with a base hit in the Columbus Clippers' 9-8 loss to the Ottawa Lynx on Sunday.Watson hit a leadoff single off J.D. Durbin in the sixth and finished 1-for-5 in Clippers' 11-inning loss.Jack Lelivelt set the IL record for the Rochester Hustlers in 1912.

RALEIGH, N.C. — District Attorney Mike Nifong was disbarred Saturday for his "selfish" rape prosecution of three Duke University lacrosse players — a politically motivated act, his judges said, that he inexplicably allowed to fester for months after it was clear the defendants were innocent.Even Nifong and his attorneys supported the decision, though the veteran prosecutor refused to admit to the end that no crime occurred at a March 2006 lacrosse team party.The committee said Nifong manipulated the investigation to boost his chances of winning his first election for Durham County district attorney. In doing so, he committed "a clear case of intentional prosecutorial misconduct" that involved "dishonesty, fraud, deceit and misrepresentation."

ATLANTA — NASCAR filed a $100 million counter claim against AT&T Inc. on Sunday, accusing the wireless provider of interfering with its exclusive sponsorship agreement with rival wireless company Nextel.The suit also asks that NASCAR be granted the right to kick AT&T — and all telecommunications companies other than Nextel — out of its top series in 2008.