Curbstone Coaches honor track champions

June 22, 2014 at 12:00a.m.

AUSTINTOWN

Area athletes who won state track championships will be honored when the Curbstone Coaches host a luncheon Monday at noon at Lucianos Banquet Center. The public is welcome.

Among individuals who will be honored are Bobby Johnson and Jai’Lynn Mosley of McDonald, Chad Zallow and Morgan Rice of Warren JFK and Bucyrus Palo of Newton Falls. Also, the McDonald girls team which includes Mosley, Iva Domitrovich, Frankie Humphries, Joya Humphries, Sara Joseph, Vanessa Perry, Tory Ross and Brenna Rupe will be honored for capturing the Division III team title.

Gaughan triumphs at rainy Road America

ELKHART LAKE, Wis.

Tiptoeing at high speed around a rain-slicked track under the pressure of a two-lap overtime, Brendan Gaughan handed away the lead to Chase Elliott. Then he snatched it right back a few corners later. He’d still have two more drivers to hold off on the final lap — including a last-ditch charge from Alex Tagliani, the man who appeared to have the race all but won with a little more than a lap left in regulation.

Gaughan already had gone sliding off the track a couple of times earlier and his team forgot to bring a windshield wiper to install on his car. Through all that, Gaughan held on to win a rainy and wild NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Road America on Saturday. Gaughan won for the first time in the series, breaking through in his 98th career start.

Williams’ Massa takes pole for Austrian GP

SPIELBERG, Austria

Felipe Massa felt like he was kick-starting his Formula One career after earning his first pole position since 2008 as Williams stunned Mercedes in Austrian Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday. Massa and Williams teammate Valtteri Bottas posted the two fastest times, setting up the first race of the season without Mercedes in the front row.

Championship leader Nico Rosberg was third, while Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton went off track in the final qualifying round and will start ninth.

Lawyer: Solo did not assault sister, nephew

SEATTLE

U.S. women’s soccer star goalkeeper Hope Solo was arrested at a suburban Seattle home early Saturday on suspicion of assaulting her sister and 17-year-old nephew, but her attorney insisted that Solo herself was a victim in the altercation.

Officers responded to her sister’s home just before 1 a.m. after receiving a 911 call that a woman at the Kirkland residence was hitting people and that she refused to stop or leave, the Kirkland Police Department said in a news release. They found Solo intoxicated and upset, saw injuries on her nephew and her sister, and arrested her after speaking with those present and determining that she was the primary aggressor, the release said.

She was booked into jail for investigation of two counts of fourth-degree domestic violence assault, and she was expected to remain in custody until a court appearance Monday.

Lopez retains title, Keys wins her first

EASTBOURNE, England

Feliciano Lopez of Spain completed a successful title defense when he beat top seed Richard Gasquet of France 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-5 in the Aegon International final on Saturday. Madison Keys earned her first career WTA title by beating Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 in the women’s final.

Staff reports/Associated Press