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Sachire winsATP event
LACHINE, CANADA -- Ryan Sachire of Canfield won the Open de Lachine, a professional ATP tournament, by defeating Canada's Philip Gubenco 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 Sunday.
Sachire, 25, was seeded fifth in the tournament. He knocked off top-seeded Simon Larose of Canada with a 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), 6-2 victory in the quarterfinals.
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Aeros defeatErie, 9-3
AKRON-- Luke Scott, who drove in three runs, hit a two-run home run in the sixth inning and Chad Durbin gave up one run in a five-inning start, as the Akron Aeros beat the Erie SeaWolves 9-3 Sunday in the Eastern League.
Luis Gonzalez paced Akron's 16-hit attack with two singles and a triple. Durbin (1-0) gave up seven hits but only one walk and struck out three. Relievers Kazuhito Tadano and Rafael Betancourt each gave up one run.
Erie starter Preston Larrison (1-8) also lasted five innings, but gave up five runs on nine hits.
Jhonny Perez produced four hits for Erie, including three doubles. Jack Hannahan and Rayner Bautista homered for the SeaWolves.
Corey Smith drove in two runs with a single to left, highlighting Akron's four-run first inning. Grady Sizemore, who singled in the first, tripled into the gap in right-center in the second and scored on a fielder's choice.
Master Tire winswater place
EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- Mitch Evans got the U-3 Master Tire hydroplane out to a big lead at the start of the Thunder on the Ohio and won easily Sunday, while six-time defending champion Miss Budweiser failed to start.
The victory on the Ohio River course was the first since 1989 -- anywhere -- for the only piston-powered craft still competing in the unlimited hydroplane series.
"Everything just came together for us today," said Evans, who stretched his lead for the first three laps and came home to victory almost unchallenged without the Budweiser boat and driver Dave Villwock to contend with.
The Master Tire finished at an average speed of 140.515 mph, almost 3 mph faster than the U-9 WABX 107.5. Mike Weber's U-10 Miss EMCOR was third at 130.463.
The Budweiser, which won one of its three heat races, lost a propeller and failed to start the finals.
The Thunder was the first race in the unlimited series this season. The boats head upriver for the Madison Regatta next weekend.
Ali-Martinto fight Aug. 23
The two biggest names in women's boxing will meet in the ring Aug. 23 in Mississippi.
Laila Ali, daughter of Muhammad Ali, and Christy Martin will fight in a scheduled 10-round bout in Biloxi, promoters said Sunday.
Ali, who on June 21 stopped Valerie Mahfood in the eighth round on the Lennox Lewis-Vitali Klitschko undercard, is 15-0 with 12 knockouts. Martin, who helped women's boxing gain attention in the late 1990s, is 45-2-2 with 30 knockouts.
Martin last fought in December when she won a decision over Mia St. John.
Dodge Citywins title
DODGE CITY, Kan. -- Alvin Jefferson had 29 points, eight rebounds and a league-record six blocks to lead the Dodge City Legend to a 97-96 overtime victory over the Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs in the United States Basketball League championship Sunday night.
Artie Griffin added 26 points and postseason MVP Darrin Hancock had 18 points and six rebounds for the Legend, who won their second USBL title in the first overtime championship game in the league's 18-year history.
Ronnie Fields scored 28 points, Tim Winn had 19 and Olden Polynice added 14 points and 14 rebounds for the ValleyDawgs.
Hancock hit a 3-pointer and Jefferson hit a 15-footer to tie it 88-88 with 1:32 left, erasing a five-point deficit.
Winn made a basket off a steal, but Hancock tied it again 90-90 with 56 seconds left.
Winn missed two free throws with 33 seconds remaining, Hancock missed a short runner and Polynice missed a jumper at the buzzer.
In overtime, Jefferson tipped in a missed shot for the Legend's first lead of the game, 92-90. Courtney James tied it with two free throws, but Griffin hit a 10-footer with 3:12 left to play to put the Legend up again by two.
Fields then hit two free throws and Ace Custis a 17-footer to put the ValleyDawgs back on top 96-94. Griffin then hit a 3-pointer with 14.6 seconds left to put the Legend up 97-96.
The ValleyDawgs had a chance to win with 4.7 seconds left, but Fields couldn't get a shot off and the Legend escaped with the victory.
Staff/wire reports