SPORTS digest

Ursuline names Kernan girls basketball coach

Youngstown

Mike Kernan has been named the Ursuline girls basketball coach, the school announced on Friday.

Kernan was an assistant girls basketball coach at Ursuline from 2003-08. The team won the 2004 Division III state championship and was the runner-up in 2006.

Kernan is also the Irish’s softball coach. In 18 seasons coaching softball, Kernan has a 346-146 record, won seven district titles and Ursuline was the 2009 Division III state runner-up.

Canfield tops Grandview in Junior regionals

PENDLETON, IND.

The Canfield-Poland junior league softball team won the opening game of the Central Regional on Friday, beating Grandview, Iowa, 14-0, in 41/2 innings.

The winner of the regional tournament in Pendleton, Ind., heads to the Junior League Softball World Series in Portland, Ore.

Emily Denny collected four RBIs and Mary Brant had a team-high three hits for Canfield. Mia Opalick struck out nine through three innings in the circle.

Canfield-Poland will face Edwardsburg, Mich., at 1 p.m. today.

Harper, Haseley help Phillies beat Pirates

PITTSBURGH

Bryce Harper’s go-ahead RBI single was one of 15 hits the Philadelphia Phillies used to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-1 on Friday night.

Harper hit a seventh-inning single off Pirates reliever Richard Rodriguez (3-4) that scored pinch-hitter Brad Miller to give the Phillies their first lead.

Rookie outfielder Adam Haseley added a solo homer to start the scoring and a run-scoring double to cap it for the Phillies.

Philadelphia made it 3-1 in the eighth inning on Jean Segura’s bases-loaded infield single that followed a 13-pitch battle with reliever Kyle Crick.

The rally made a winner of Juan Nicasio (2-3), who pitched one-third of an inning in relief of starter Jake Arrieta. Arrieta worked 52/3 innings of one-run ball. He struck out four and allowed six hits.

Cole Irvin pitched two innings for his first save.

Pirates starter Jordan Lyles struck out seven in 52/3 innings while allowing one run.

Wells offers reward in brother’s homicde

AKRON

Former Ohio State and NFL player Beanie Wells is offering a $5,000 reward for the capture of the person who gunned down his brother.

Akron police said 31-year-old Joel “Joey” Wells was found in a driveway in Akron on Thursday morning. He had been shot in the head.

Police are continuing to look for the driver of the getaway car and other leads but have not named a suspect.

Police said Joel Wells apparently was taking his infant daughter to day care when he stopped at a friend’s house in East Akron, where he was shot.

Summit County Crimestoppers also is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the killer. Others from the Columbus area are adding to the reward money, Beanie Wells said.

NFL won’t suspend Chiefs’ Tyreek Hill

NEW YORK

The NFL will not suspend Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill under its personal conduct policy in a domestic violence case involving his 3-year-old son.

The league says in a statement Friday it has not been given access to information in the court proceedings, and a district attorney in June said an investigation was dropped because officials couldn’t prove who injured the boy.

The league says “information developed in the court proceeding is confidential and has not been shared with us” and all law enforcement records are sealed.

Staff/wire report