SPORTS digest

Canfield softball team defeats Grand Valley

CLYDE

The Canfield 11-12 Little League softball team evened its record to 1-1 in the state tournament with Sunday’s 16-5 win over Grand Valley.

Trailing 4-0 in the bottom of the first inning, relief pitcher Lauren Fitzgerald came in to hold Grand Valley to one unearned run on no hits. She walked one and struck out five.

Parker Wilkins hit a home run with three RBIs and three runs scored.

Kate Grdic’s two hits included a double and drove in four runs.

Bayann Jadallah also had two hits including a double and two RBIs.

Canfield’s next game is tonight at 7.

Tri-T softball league sets All-Star Game

HUBBARD

The Tri-T high school doubleheader league will wind up its season tonight with an All Star Game at Harding Park.

The game will be nine innings and start at 6 p.m.

Guest coaches will be Erin Gabriel (Tennessee/Poland), Cheyenne Eggens (South Florida/Mathews), Alex DiDimineco (Ohio State/ Boardman),and Cali Mikovich (Youngstown State/Austintown Fitch).

Participating schools are Fitch, Boardman, Campbell Memorial, Newton Falls, Labrae, Mathews, Girard, Poland, Lowellville, Ursuline and Howland.

Baseball Oldtimers will meet Thursday

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown Baseball Oldtiimers will meet on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the Kramer Field Clubhouse on Bears Den Road.

Holtgraver wins Blaney Memorial race

Hartford

Danny Holtgraver won Saturday’s Lou Blaney Memorial at Sharon Speedway.

Holtgraver earned his second career $10,000 payday with an impressive run on a fast track holding off last year’s Blaney winner Sheldon Haudenschild in the 30-lap All Star Sprint feature. Holtgraver, a former track regular, became the eighth different Blaney winner in as many races.

Fowler, Reed confirm playing in Olympics

TROON, Scotland

Rickie Fowler took to Twitter to say he’s going to the Olympics. Patrick Reed confirmed at the Scottish Open that he will join him in Rio.

Now it’s up to Jordan Spieth.

With one day before the deadline to submit the American team for Rio, Spieth still has not made up his mind whether the threat of Zika and other security concerns are enough to keep him out of the Olympics.

Ty Votaw, the vice president of the International Golf Federation, said the deadline to commit for the American team is 5 p.m. at USOC headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado. That would be midnight at Royal Troon, where Spieth is playing the British Open.

Two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson already has said he was going.

Fowler played at St. Andrews upon his arrival in Scotland before coming over to Troon. Golfweek magazine reported that Peter Dawson, the former R&A chief executive who is president of the IGF, walked a few holes with Fowler on Saturday at the Old Course.

“Looking forward to wearing some red white and blue in Rio,” Fowler tweeted Sunday evening.

Reed, No. 13 in the world, was first alternate for the Americans when Dustin Johnson withdrew on Friday because of the Zika virus.

Sparks down Mystics

LOS ANGELES

Candace Parker hit four 3-pointers and finished with 26 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists to help the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Washington Mystics 93-82.

Nneka Ogwumike had 22 points and Jantel Lavender added 20 on 9-of-11 shooting for the Sparks (18-1).

Los Angeles has won seven straight and needs two wins to tie the 1998 Houston Comets for the best start in WNBA history.

Staff/wire report