LOCAL

LOCAL
Jolly Joe's losesin tournament
HOWLAND -- Penn-Ohio defeated Jolly Joe's 11-10 in a AABC Stan Musial Tournament game Monday.
With the defeat, Jolly Joe's was eliminated from the tournament.
Gary Hinkson and Frank Santore had three hits apiece for Jolly Joe's. Both hit doubles, as did Mark Nightingale, while Nick Guerrieri hit a solo home run. Santore drove in five runs.
Steve Liebel and Steve Cleary had four hits each for Penn-Ohio, while Jason Martin had three hits and Kyle Moore and Kurt Weaver had two each. Mike McKee and Moore homered, while Weaver tripled. Liebel and Cleary both had doubles.
Glenn Morris pitched eight innings for the win, with relief from Craig Boyer.
REGION
Aeros fall, 7-5
AKRON -- Kurt Arioso hit a two-run homer and an RBI single as the Bowie Baysox beat the Akron Aeros 7-5 Monday night in the Eastern League.
Arioso's homer to left in the second inning was his fourth of the season. He also drove in a run with a single to center field in the fifth.
Dave Borkowski (4-3) limited Akron to two runs, one earned, on seven hits in six innings. Eddy Rodriguez earned his eighth save with 11/3 innings of one-hit scoreless relief.
Derrick Van Dusen (8-6) gave up three runs on 10 hits in five innings for Akron.
Bowie's Kris Wilken had a two-run double in the seventh.
Akron was led by Joe Inglett's three-run triple in the eighth and Ryan Church's two-run double in the sixth.
Blue Jacketsplayer found dead
COLUMBUS -- Trevor Ettinger, a forward in the Columbus Blue Jackets' organization, was found dead in Canada.
Ettinger, 23, died on Saturday the Syracuse Crunch, Columbus' AHL affiliate, announced on its Web site.
The team didn't add any details about Ettinger's death, and Doug MacLean, Columbus' coach and general manager, said he wasn't sure how Ettinger died.
The Halifax Chronicle-Herald reported that Ettinger was found dead at his mother's house in Upper Kennetcook, Nova Scotia. Police told the newspaper there was no foul play and they will not pursue the case further.
NATION
Judge overturnsNCAA rule
COLUMBUS -- A federal judge's ruling overturned an NCAA rule prohibiting Division I basketball teams from playing in more than two exempt tournaments in a four-year period.
U.S. District Judge Edmund Sargus Jr. said the NCAA's restrictions violated federal antitrust laws, and he granted a group of tournament promoters and organizers a permanent injunction.
By limiting which teams could play in such tournaments -- known as exempt events -- the NCAA was creating a "substantial anticompetitive effect," said the plaintiffs' attorney, Bill Markovits.
Markovits said the judge's ruling does not prevent an appeal.
Spokesman Jeff Howard said the NCAA will review the ruling before making any decisions.
USOC sued
DENVER -- Three Paralympic athletes filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Olympic Committee, saying the organization gives better benefits to Olympic athletes and violates disabilities law.
Wheelchair athletes Scot Hollonbeck of Atlanta, Tony Inguez of Aurora, Ill., and Jacob Heiveil of Bothell, Wash., say the USOC should be giving Paralympians the same health insurance, grants, living expense stipends and opportunities as Olympians.
Serena withdraws
CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Serena Williams withdrew from the $1 million Acura Classic because of a left quadriceps strain.
Williams, the world's No. 1 ranked player and winner of five of the past six Grand Slam titles, pulled out of the tournament because the injury was causing her considerable pain in her left knee, WTA Tour spokesman Darrell Fry said.
Mary Pierce beat Virginia Razzano 6-1, 6-3 in the tournament's first round.
Vindicator staff/wire reports