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Houser promoted
TERRE HAUTE, IN. — Russell Houser has been promoted to the position of defensive coordinator for the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology football team.
He coached linebackers at the school last fall.
Houser player quarterback at Austintown Fitch High and graduated from Malone College where he earned four varsity letters as a member of the football team.
Later he coached three seasons at Youngstown State (2002-04).
Sharon Speedway
HARTFORD — Storms forced the halting of the action at the Sharon Speedway Saturday.
The MACS Late Models have been rescheduled for August 23. Rainchecks will be honored then.
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Crew, Galaxy draw
CARSON, Calif. — Second-half substitute Stephen Lenhart netted the tying goal in the 88th minute for the Columbus Crew, who scored three times in the final 23 minutes and earned a 3-3 draw with the Los Angeles Galaxy.
Landon Donovan converted a penalty kick in the 83rd minute, but Lenhart erased the second one-goal deficit of the half for the Crew (7-4-2).
Donovan had given the Galaxy a 1-0 lead in the fourth minute.
Edson Buddle’s goal in the 47th minute gave the Galaxy (6-4-3) a 2-0 lead, but Brad Evans and Guillermo Barros Schelotto answered to get the Crew even.
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Penguins pick Moon
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins, who traded away their top three picks in the NHL draft, chose center Nathan Moon from Kingston of the Ontario Hockey League on the fourth round.
The 5-foot-11 Moon had 35 goals and 42 assists for 77 points in 68 games last season.
The Penguins largely relied on the draft to rebuild themselves into a Stanley Cup finalist after finishing last in the Eastern Conference two years ago, but dealt away their top three picks in moves to pick up veteran players.
In later rounds, the Penguins drafted goaltenders Alexander Pechurski from Russia in the fifth round and Patrick Kileen from Brampton (OHL) in the sixth round and defenseman Nicholas D’Agostino from St. Michael’s of the Ontario Provincial Junior Hockey League in the seventh. He has committed to Cornell for next season.
Williams, Dhers win
BALTIMORE — Blake Williams won the freestyle motocross event Sunday and Daniel Dhers rose from 11th place to top the BMX Park field Sunday in the AST Dew Tour’s Panasonic Open.
Williams, from Australia, earned 90.33 on his first run with solid, smooth, big flip tricks and a combination of 360s on the ramps. He held the lead throughout.
Two-time defending Dew Cup champion Nate Adams of Glendale, Ariz., was second at 89.33. Switzerland’s Mathieu Rebeaud finished third.
Johnson Jordan and Davis take AVP title
BELMAR, N.J. — Annett Davis and Jenny Johnson Jordan won their first AVP title of the season Sunday, beating Carrie Dodd and Tatiana Minello 15-21, 21-18, 15-10 Sunday for their 10th title together.
“After the first game, we said ’OK, let’s throw that one out and refocus,”’ Davis said.
Matt Olson and Kevin Wong won their first title as a team, knocking off Nick Lucena and Sean Scott 22-20, 21-15.
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US moves to regional World Cup semis
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — After routing Barbados at home, the United States managed only a slim victory on the road.
Already ahead by eight goals in the home-and-home, total-goals series, the Americans advanced to the regional semifinals of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup with a listless 1-0 win victory Sunday.
Eddie Lewis scored in the 21st minute off a through ball from 19-year-old Freddy Adu, who started his first World Cup qualifier.
“We knew it wasn’t going to be a game of a lot of goals,” said Lewis, who served as U.S. captain. “Barbados came out with a good mentality, and we knew if we were just patient and controlled the game, that the goal would come.”
Queen’s Plate race
TORONTO — All winter, Roger Attfield knew Not Bourbon was capable of earning him a record-tying eighth Queen’s Plate victory.
On Sunday, Attfield proved to be prophetic.
Not Bourbon stalked the pace early and surged into the lead in upper stretch.
Vindicator staff/wire reports