SPORTS digest

Canfield advances in 11-12 state play

BOARDMAN

Colin Burdette, Ryan Bennett and Nate Shaw combined to pitch Canfield’s 11-12 baseball team to Monday’s 6-1 victory over New Albany in the state Little League tournament at the Fields of Dreams.

With two outs in the fifth inning, Canfield trailed 1-0 when Tony Pannunzio hit a RBI single to tie the game. An overthrow produced another run.

In the sixth inning, Canfield scored four time.

Today at 6 p.m., Canfield will play West Hamilton in the winners bracket final. The winner will advance to Sunday’s championship round.

Scrappers lose in 11th against Auburn

AUBURN, N.Y.

The Mahoning Valley Scrappers forced extra innings, but couldn’t finish the job. They lost to the Auburn Doubledays, 4-3, in 11 innings.

Nick Banks gave the Doubledays the early lead with an RBI double. Shledon Neuse hit and RBI-single in the fifth and a wild pitch scored Kerian in the seventh.

The Scrappers made up the three-run defict in the eighth inning. Andrew Calica hit an RBI-single with two outs and Mitch Longo hit a two-run double Longo replace Jod Carter in the sixth inning at DH after Carter was ejected for arguing balls and strikes.

Daniel Johnson’s bloop-single to right field off Randy Valladares won the game for Auburn. The Scrappers conclude their series with the Doubledays tonight at 7:05 p.m.

Ohio State dismisses RB Bri’onte Dunn

COLUMBUS

Ohio State has dismissed running back Bri’onte Dunn from the football team for a violation of team rules.

Coach Urban Meyer announced Dunn’s dismissal in a statement Monday that did not specify the violation.

Dunn, a running back from Canton, had one season of eligibility remaining. He graduated in May with his degree in sports industry. He had 15 carries for 95 yards and a touchdown last season for the Buckeyes.

Houston AD meets with Pac-12 commissioner

University of Houston athletic director Hunter Yurachek met last month with Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott while on a trip to the West Coast as the school tries to attract interest from Power Five conferences.

Pac-12 spokesman Erik Hardenbergh confirmed Monday that Scott met with Yurachek at the athletic director’s request. Yurachek was not immediately available for comment.

Houston is a member of the American Athletic Conference and one of many schools outside Power Five leagues that have been working behind the scenes to move to a more lucrative conference.

The Big 12 has been considering expansion for months and still has not made a definitive decision. The conference is holding media days in Dallas this week and its presidents are scheduled to meet Tuesday, with expansion on the agenda.

Interpol cracks down on illegal soccer gambling

BANGKOK

Interpol says a crackdown on Asian gambling dens and websites during football’s European Championship led to more than 4,100 people arrested and $13.6 million seized.

Police raided nearly 4,000 illegal dens across Asia and Europe, including in China, Singapore, France, and Italy.

Two operations coordinated in Thailand targeted organized crime networks and transnational networks in Asia “behind illicit websites and call-center type operations running online scams,” Interpol says.

Three Thai offices of illegal online gambling sites were shut down, and 15 people were arrested in Malaysia linked to payment card fraud.

Interpol’s head of anti-corruption and financial crimes unit, Jim Anderson, says “illegal gambling generates massive profits for organized crime networks which are often linked to corruption, human trafficking, and money laundering.”

Staff/wire report