LODI, Ohio — Master Tim Wentling, a Butler resident, recently placed second in the Master's Black Belt Division at a Judo and Jujutsu tournament in Lodi, Ohio.

Wentling, 46, who trains under Master P-Jobb in Clarion, went 4-1 at the event and now has nine gold and eight silver medals to his credit. He is ranked third in Pennsylvania.

Wentling and his wife, Betsy, have five children.

PITTSBURGH — Slippery Rock High School graduate and Penn State-Altoona runner Jason Anna has been named Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week.Anna finished 12th out of 81 runners at the Saint Vincent College Invitational 8K Saturday, posting a time of 28 minutes, 35.1 seconds.

CINCINNATI — No champagne. No curtain call in front of joyous fans. No celebrating at all, really. The Cincinnati Reds clinched a playoff spot with hardly any notice.If anything, they were a little bummed out.Shin-Soo Choo drove in the winning run with a single off the left-center field wall in the 10th inning, and the Reds secured their third playoff spot in four years shortly after beating the New York Mets. Eight minutes later, St. Louis Cardinals beat Washington, clinching an NL wild card for Pittsburgh.The Reds were pulling for first-place St. Louis to lose. Instead, the Cardinals retained their two-game lead over Cincinnati and Pittsburgh in the NL Central.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers are prepared to go forward without star linebacker Aldon Smith for as long as it takes for him to get clean, healthy and improve his life.Smith was placed on the reserve non-football injury list as he enters rehab for substance abuse and begins what team CEO Jed York has termed an indefinite absence.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Shaquille O’Neal is joining the ownership group of the Sacramento Kings.The Kings announced O’Neal has acquired a minority stake in the team under new owner Vivek Ranadive. The Kings will introduce the four-time NBA champion at a news conference Tuesday in Sacramento.O’Neal tormented the Kings during the height of his career with the Los Angeles Lakers.