SPORTS digest

Sharon Speedway races washed out

HARTFORD

Heavy morning rains coupled with a forecast calling for more precipitation and colder temperatures prompted Sharon Speedway to cancel Saturday’s program.

Friday, the race track Sharon will host the first “Summer Jam & BBQ Series” event featuring “E5C4P3” (a Journey tribute band). Gates will open at 6 p.m. with entertainment from 7-11 p.m. Admission costs $7.

Racing will resume on Saturday with Fan Appreciation Night featuring free general admission. Racing will begin at 7 p.m.

For more information, visit the website at www.sharonspeedway.com or call 330-772-5481.

Canfield will host lacrosse tournament

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Canfield High School will be the site of the Ohio High School Club Lacrosse Regional Finals on Saturday.

Canfield, Poland, Southeast and Eastlake will be competing. Poland plays Southeast at 11 a.m., Canfield plays Eastlake at 2 p.m. The winners will square off at 5 p.m. Both will advance to a club tournament in Cincinnati.

Columbiana’s Wilson wins at qualifiers

WARREN

Jared Wilson, a Columbiana native, finished first in the boys 16-19 division of the Junior PGA Qualifiers & NOPGA Series at Trumbull Country Club on Saturday. Wilson shot an 18-hole score of 68 (-2), Boardman’s Brian Terlesky finished second with a 76, while fellow Boardman golfer Cade Kreps took third with a 77.

In the girls 16-19 field, Kory Nielson of Kent won with a 76, while Canfield’s Kaci Carpenter finished third with an 86.

Also, Campbell’s Dean Austalosh won the boys 13-15 division with a 78 and Ivana Shah (Fairlawn) won the girls field with an 84.

Boardman softball roughs up Raiders

BOARDMAN

Sydney Aey threw a one-hitter for the Spartans who won 11-1 in five innings. On offense, Boardman clubbed 13 hits.

Miyah Mitchum had three hits to lead the team while Addison Menosky, Lexi Caraballo and Anna Saxton each had doubles. Olivia Russell hit a triple. Talayshah Harris had the one hit for the Raiders, a double.

Russia backs re-testing Sochi samples

MOSCOW

Russia says it supports retesting drug test samples from the 2014 Sochi Olympics after accusations it operated a mass doping program at the games.

Grigory Rodchenkov, the former head of the Russian national testing laboratory, told the New York Times he switched tainted urine samples for clean ones for athletes allegedly identified by the Russian government as being part of a state doping system.

It is far from clear how any retesting could work since Rodchenkov told the Times he threw away as many as 100 original samples.

FIFA audit chairman resigns in protest

ZURICH

FIFA audit and compliance chairman Domenico Scala has resigned in protest against a power grab by President Gianni Infantino over control of independent panels that monitor the scandal-hit soccer body.

Scala says his resignation is a “wake-up call” for people working to reform FIFA.

Scala says Infantino’s move on Friday at FIFA’s congress “undermines a central pillar of the good governance of FIFA and it destroys a substantial achievement of the reforms.”

FIFA member federations gave powers to Infantino’s ruling council to fire Scala and ethics committee leaders who investigate corruption claims.

Those independent officials have been a key check on FIFA since 2012.

Scala’s walkout challenges the integrity of Infantino, who succeeded Sepp Blatter in February.

In a speech on Friday, Infantino declared FIFA’s corruption-fueled crisis over.

Staff/wire report