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Midwest meet
JACKSON, Mich. -- Fitch senior Adam Kagarise finished eighth in the 400-meter dash and was a member of the winning 4x400 relay as the Ohio boys all-stars won the meet's last three running events to defend their title at Saturday's Midwest Meet of Champions.
Ohio had 1641/2 points, while Michigan had 161 and Indiana 1491/2 in the three-state all-star triangular meet.
Mooney senior Mike Mazerik placed eighth in the 100 and anchored the second-place 4x100 relay, while Salem senior Aiman Scullion placed third in the 3200. Fitch senior Sam Cassano placed seventh in the discus.
Michigan (207) won the girls title, while Ohio (160) was second and Indiana (108) third. For complete results, visit www.midwestmeet-teammichigan.com.
Sharon Speedway
HARTFORD, Ohio -- On Saturday at Sharon Speedway, Ed Lynch, Jr. won the Warren Harley Davidson Sprint Car Division 25-lap feature event, Rex King won the Gibson-Governor Insurance Modified Division feature, Dan Lewis won the Tom's Sewer and Drain Stock Car Division and Guy Griffin won the Green Flag Sprint Car 15-lap feature.
Mercer Park
MERCER, Pa. -- Frank Guidace (modifieds), Rob Eyler (sprint cars), Bill Thomas (E-mods), Brian Booher (stock cars), Bryan Wagner (strictly stocks) won races at Saturday's Jeff Hoffman Memorial at Mercer Raceway Park.
Masters track
MAYFIELD HEIGHTS -- The 37th Lake Erie Association Open and Masters track and field championships will be held at Mayfield Heights High School, June 17 at 9 a.m.
For details, visit www.lakeerieassocation.org or contact Jeff Gerson at (440) 473-0636, Larry Seifert at (440) 842-2142 or Ed Wilson at (330) 448-2632.
NATION
Arena Bowl
LAS VEGAS -- The Chicago Rush took a page out of the Pittsburgh Steelers' book.
Matt D'Orazio passed for six touchdowns and ran for two more, and the Rush completed an unlikely run to the Arena Football League championship Sunday by beating the Orlando Predators 69-61 in the 20th ArenaBowl. The Rush won three straight road playoff games to reach the ArenaBowl -- just as the Steelers did last winter before beating Seattle to win the Super Bowl. After losing six of seven games at one point, it appeared the Rush would miss the playoffs. But they won three of their final four to qualify before their triumphant postseason run.
The Rush celebrated their first championship in six years of existence in a sea of confetti at midfield of the Thomas & amp; Mack Center, where a crowd of 13,476 watched the second-highest scoring ArenaBowl.
Powell ties record
GATESHEAD, England -- Asafa Powell has a message for Justin Gatlin.
"That's how you run a world record," Powell said after he ran 9.77 seconds in the 100 meters at the British Grand Prix on Sunday, equaling the world record he holds with Gatlin. The Jamaican originally ran 9.77 in June 2005 in Athens, Greece. Gatlin tied Powell's record in Qatar on May 12 after his initial mark of 9.76 was changed five days later because of a timing mistake. Michael Frater of Jamaica finished second in 10.06. Dwain Chambers of Britain, in his first race since his two-year ban for the drug THG ended last November, finished third in 10.07.
The co-world record-holders will race in the 100 at the London Grand Prix on July 28.
Boxing
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- This was one doozy of a retirement party for Bernard Hopkins. The star middleweight ended his boxing career after 18 years and 52 fights with a storybook finish, an upset of light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver.
"I'm done, I'm done, I'm done," he said. "I don't need to risk anything else."
He risked plenty Saturday.
At 41, coming off back-to-back losses, he jumped two weight classes to take on the 175-pound champion in hopes of doing what his idol Sugar Ray Robinson couldn't -- win a light heavyweight title. The big night for Hopkins started when his sisters, wife and teachers were brought into the ring in a tribute before a video about his career played on the scoreboard. A who's who of Hollywood and pro sports watched from ringside, with announced spectators including Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing, Allen Iverson, Edgerrin James, Queen Latifah and Julius Erving. Asked by HBO if he would consider coming back for a $20 million payday, Hopkins replied: "I might come out of my grave for that kind of money."
Vindicator staff/wire reports