Canfield LL falls to North Canton

Canfield LL falls to North Canton

PAINESVILLE

The Canfield 11-12 Little League baseball team lost to North Canton, 10-4, on Sunday.

Mike Pelini and Brandon Mikos each homered for the second game in a row for Canfield, which fell to the loser’s bracket and will next play on Tuesday.

Canfield opened the tournament with an 11-6 win over New Albany on Saturday.

Morrow places third at Portage amateur

RAVENNA

Boardman’s Tim Morrow placed third in the Open Division of the 85th Record-Courier Portage County Amateur golf tournament at Oak Knolls Golf Club.

Morrow shot a 73-79—152 to finish seven strokes behind Austin Zoller of Summerville, S.C.

Cavs re-sign Jones; trade Haywood, Miller

CLEVELAND

The Cavaliers re-signed small forward James Jones and traded center Brendan Haywood and small forward Mike Miller to the Portland Trail Blazers.

Jones will make the veteran’s minimum next season. He played in 57 games and made two starts in his first season with Cleveland. He also appeared in 20 postseason games, averaging 4.4 points in 15.6 minutes.

In return for Haywood and Miller, the Cavaliers received two separate trade exceptions, one for $10.5 million and another for $2.94 million, which can be used to bolster their roster later in the season.

The Cavs remain interested in re-signing restricted free agent forward Tristan Thompson and guard Matthew Dellavedova as well as unrestricted free agent guard J.R. Smith.

Heat trade Napier to Magic for pick

MIAMI

The Miami Heat will trade Shabazz Napier to the Orlando Magic in exchange for a future protected second-round pick.

Napier was acquired in the first round of the 2014 draft in a trade with the Charlotte Hornets. The trade not only cost the Heat the pick utilized on Napier but also a 2014 second-round pick that was utilized on Semaj Christon, a 2019 second-round pick and cash in order to move up two spots to select Napier.

Napier appeared in 51 games with the Heat as a rookie, starting 10, averaging 5.1 points, 2.5 assists and 2.2 rebounds in an average of 19.8 minutes per game.

World Cup qualifying to begin in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS

The U.S. soccer team will open qualifying for the 2018 World Cup on Nov. 13 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.

Given a bye in the first three rounds of qualifying along with the other powers of the North and Central American and Caribbean region, the 34th-ranked United States was drawn into Group C on Saturday for the fourth round.

In addition to No. 64 Trinidad and Tobago, the group will include 105th-ranked Guatemala or No. 107 Antigua and Barbuda, and 135th-ranked Aruba or No. 115 St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Seeking its eighth straight World Cup appearance, the Americans start with a pair of games on Nov. 13 and 17.

Mexico beats Jamaica for 7th Gold Cup title

PHILADELPHIA

Andres Guardado scored his fourth goal of the knockout rounds, not needing a penalty kick this time, and Mexico won its seventh CONCACAF Gold Cup title Sunday with a 3-1 victory over upstart Jamaica.

Jesus Corona and Oribe Peralta added goals as El Tri scored twice early in the second half to ensure this match wouldn’t come down to any calls in the final minutes. It was a convincing performance for coach Miguel Herrera and his team after some shaky play and contentious moments in the previous two games.

Jamaica stunned the U.S. in the semis to become the first Caribbean nation to reach the Gold Cup’s championship match. And the Reggae Boyz looked as though they belonged in the opening minutes, keeping the pressure on Mexico with several promising scoring chances but never putting a shot on goal.

Vindicator staff/wire reports