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LaBrae clinches AAC Blue softball title

LEAVITTSBURG

LaBrae, headed to the Division III regional softball tournament next week, clinched the All-American Conference Blue Division title on Friday with a 10-0 victory over Brookfield (11-13). Emily Dugan fanned five, walked one and gave up three hits.

The Vikings (20-5, 10-2) were led by Danielle Miracle with a triple and a double, Morgan Meyer with two doubles and a single, Kasey Rininger with four singles and Lauren Rutherford with three singles.

Top Star football camp at Creekside Dome

GIRARD

Ray Marrow’s Top Star football camp is scheduled for June 14 at the Creekside Golf Dome in Girard. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and is for boys aged 12-18. The cost is $50 and campers will receive a T-shirt. Deadline for payment is June 1.

For more information call Ray Marrow at 330-707-6177 or Jim St. George at 330-545-5000.

Nine-pin, no-tap bowling event slated

CANFIELD

Amron Lanes will host its second annual 9-pin, no-tap tournament May 30-June 7 at 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.

Cost is $18 per person and there are two divisions, two-women or mixed man/woman. Tournament sponsor HD Davis CPAs has added $1,000.

For more information, call 330-533-3339.

Watson, other familiar names lead Senior PGA

BENTON HARBOR, Mich.

Tom Watson shot a 3-under 68 for a share of the lead in the Senior PGA Championship with fellow Hall of Famer Bernhard Langer and Colin Montgomerie and three other players. The 64-year-old Watson, playing alongside Langer and Montgomerie, had five birdies and a double bogey — on the par-4 12th — to reach 4-under 138 after two rounds at Harbor Shores. Trying to win for the first time since the 2011 Senior PGA, Watson is coming off a sixth-place tie last week in the Regions Tradition in Alabama.

Langer also had a 68, and Montgomerie shot 69 to join Watson, Bart Bryant, Steen Tinning and Kiyoshi Murota atop the leaderboard. Bryant shot 67, Tinning 66, and Murota 65.

Tour rookie Garnett leads at Colonial

FORT WORTH, Texas

PGA Tour rookie Brice Garnett shot a 4-under 66 on Friday and moved to 7-under 133 in the PGA Crowne Plaza Invitational at the Colonial. He had a one-stroke lead over long-putting Chris Stroud (64) and Robert Streb (68). Adam Scott, playing as No. 1 in the world for the first time, had birdies on three of his last seven holes for a 68 to get to 1 under. He has made the cut in his last 34 PGA Tour events, the longest active streak.

Matthew remains atop LPGA leaderboard

MOBILE, Ala.

Catriona Matthew remained atop the Airbus LPGA Classic leaderboard, birdieing four of the last seven holes to take a one-stroke advantage over Charley Hull into the weekend. The 44-year-old Matthew had a 5-under 67 to reach 13-under 131 on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail’s Crossings Course. The 18-year-old Hull also shot 67. Matthew had six birdies and a bogey — on the par-4 ninth — in her afternoon round. The Scot won the last of her four LPGA Tour titles in 2011.

Staff reports/Associated Press