SPORTS digest

Ex-Auburn DL heads to Murray State

MURRAY, KY.

Former Auburn defensive lineman Elijah Daniel has transferred to Murray State.

Daniel was reportedly planning to enroll at Youngstown State after he was kicked off the Tigers’ team in May.

Daniel (6-2, 282) played in 27 games for Auburn the past two years but was dismissed after an April arrest for theft and burglary.

South Range sets deadline for seats

GREEN TOWNSHIP

South Range High School football fans seeking to retain reserved seats for this fall need to contact Don Feren or T.J. Irons in the athletic office by Aug. 14.

Feren and Irons may be reached at 330-549-2163 ext. 39104.

Any unconfirmed seats will be sold after Aug. 14.

Kirila Memorial set Saturday

Hartford

Sharon Speedway will kick off its final full month of racing on Saturday with the running of the “Bill Kirila Memorial” presented by Thompson Fabricating of Wheatland, Pa.

The “Steel Valley Thunder” event part of the 86th anniversary season will feature the Hovis Auto & Truck Supply DIRTcar Big-Block Modifieds, Summit Racing Equipment Modifieds, Weller Hughes Contracting & Developing RUSH Sportsman Modifieds, Gibson Insurance Agency Stock Cars, HTMA/Precise Racing Products Econo Mods, and Deforest Used Parts Mini Stocks.

Heat races get under way at 7 p.m.

Jacobson, Graham win

YOUNGSTOWN

Zach Jacobson, age 16, and Jimmy Graham, 15, both shot a 76 to win Wednesday’s 43rd annual Independent Insurance Agents Junior Golf Outing.

With an 81, Kerra Loomis won the girls division. Other division winners were: Vincent Leone 81, boys 17-18; Carmel Cerimele 88, girls 14-15; and Karley D’Apolito 92, 13-and-younger.

Scrappers rained out

NORWICH, CONN.

Thursday’s Mahoning Valley Scrappers-Connecticut Tigers game was rained out.

A makeup date was not announced and the teams aren’t scheduled to play again this season.

Today, the Scrappers will be in Troy, N.Y., to play the Tri-City ValleyCats.

Jets’ Richardson finds more trouble

FLORHAM PARK, N.J

Sheldon Richardson has already been suspended four games by the NFL for drug use. The New York Jets defensive lineman is now facing trouble with the law.

Richardson was charged Thursday in St. Charles County, Missouri, with resisting arrest and multiple traffic violations for an incident on July 14 — just two weeks after his NFL-issued drug suspension for marijuana use.

According to a release issued by the St. Charles County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, Richardson was driving at “exceedingly high rates of speed” on Interstate 64 in “what appeared to be a road race.”

In the police’s probable cause report, an officer stated that Richardson and the other vehicle were traveling at speeds as high as 143 mph. When the officer attempted to make routine traffic stops on the vehicles, Richardson sped away.

Isner advances at Atlanta Open

ATLANTA

Two-time defending champion John Isner beat Radek Stepanek 7-6 (3), 7-6 (7) on Thursday night in his opening match in the Atlanta Open.

The top-seeded Isner has reached the final four of the last five years, winning the last two after losing to Mardy Fish in 2010 and 2011.

Isner is 12-1 in tiebreakers in Atlanta since 2012.

Isner’s booming serve was potent, with the 6-foot-10 former University of Georgia player ripping 33 aces to three for Stepanek.

Staff/wire report