SPORTS digest
Rams’ Hill to host skills camp at YSU
YOUNGSTOWN
Los Angeles Rams defensive back Troy Hill will bring a Stars Players Academy football skills and enrichment camp to Youngstown State University on Saturday.
The camp at Farmers National Bank Field is free.
The session from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. is for players ages 6-11. The session from 1:30-4:30 p.m. is for players ages 12-16.
Advance registration includes lunch and a t-shirt. To register, visit the website www.eventbrite.ca/e/troy-hill-x-star-players-academy-football-camp-registration-62198957757#tickets
South Range’s Pancake commits to Ohio State
BEAVER TOWNSHIP
South Range pitcher and catcher has committed to continuing his baseball career at Ohio State, the incoming junior announced via Twitter on Saturday.
Teammate Jake Gehring is also committed to the Buckeyes’ baseball team.
Crusher Kid wins at Lernerville
SARVER, PA.
For the second consecutive year, “The Crusher Kid” Michael Norris outdueled the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series stars on his home dirt in the Friday Feature at Lernerville Speedway’s Firecracker 100 weekend.
Norris held off a hounding Mason Zeigler and a hard-charging Brandon Sheppard over 30 laps to pick up his second career World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series win.
Ortiz out of ICU, remains in hospital
BOSTON
David Ortiz’s wife says he has moved out of intensive care.
Tiffany Ortiz said in a statement distributed by the Red Sox on Saturday that the ex-Boston slugger remains hospitalized and in good condition, almost two weeks after he was shot in the back while at a club in the Dominican Republic.
Ortiz was flown to Boston the next day for treatment.
Dominican prosecutors say Ortiz was attacked in a case of mistaken identity by a gunman who was hired to kill an auto shop owner.
Larson wins pole for Sonoma race
SONOMA, Calif.
Not even a change in the course layout could halt Kyle Larson’s qualifying dominance on his home track.
Larson won the NASCAR Cup Series pole at Sonoma Raceway for the third consecutive year on Saturday, easily navigating the return of the Carousel turn to the wine country course.
Larson reached an average lap speed of 95.712 mph in his Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet to earn his first pole of the season. William Byron was second for Hendrick Motorsports, barely behind Larson at 95.669 mph, making an all-Chevy front row today.
Joey Logano was third, with Chase Elliott and Daniel Suarez rounding out the top five.
“In the Carousel, I think I gave up a little speed, but I feel like I made up some time in other areas, too,” Larson said. “It’s cool to get a third pole at my home track.”
Larson sees a simple reason for his excellence in qualifying, and it isn’t his familiarity with Sonoma: “I think our cars are just quick for short-run stuff. It just fits my style a little bit. You can be really aggressive for a lap.”
Sims scores 20 to lead Lynx
MINNEAPOLIS
Odyssey Sims scored 20 points and Sylvia Fowles had 19 points and 10 rebounds in the Minnesota Lynx’s 92-83 victory over the New York Liberty.
Napheesa Collier added 19 points and nine rebounds for Minnesota (5-5). Fowles and Collier combined to shoot 24 for 38 from the field and the Lynx finished at 51.6%.
Minnesota outscored New York 28-14 in the third quarter. Reshanda Gray’s 3-pointer with 3:46 left brought New York to 76-71.
Kia Nurse led the Liberty with 24 points.
Staff/wire report