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LOCAL CORNER

Local Corner is an occasional feature of the Beacon Journal featuring local amateur and participatory results.

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GOLF

Ohio Public Golf Association
Junior Tournament

(At Tam O'Shanter Golf Course, Canton)
Tuesday's Results
18-20 (Gold Tees)
Doug Underwood, Stow 68—136
Steve Robison, Canton 69—137
Ben Smith, Carrollton 64—137
Ryan Gaughan, Uniontown 66—138
Ricky Boerner, Hilliard 68—139
Justin Lower, Canal Fulton 71—140
Drew Davidson, Akron 71—141
Jordan Millice, 70—141
Lucas Murray, East Sparta 69—141
Quinn Parker, Canton 68—141
Cory Muller, Akron 72—142
Byron Firestone, Canton 70—143
Jacob Detec, Girard 69—146
Dean Schneider, West Union 76—146
Michael Strayer, Shelbyville 73—146
Richie Schembechler, Massillon 73—147
Cody Cutright, Akron 74—148
Brian Rolland, Columbus 75—151
Joe Zucker, Rocky River 70—151
Yianni Vellios, Massillon 72—151
Seth McNeeley, Wapakoneta 77—152
Jonathan Reimer, Lyndhurst 79—152
Chris Bennington, Massillon 79—153
Brant Harbert, Uniontown 78—154
Mark Zimmerman, Canton 79—154
Adam Arman, Massillon 76—155
Andrew Leopold, Gahanna 80—155
Matt Finney, Waynesburg 78—156
Ryan Menafee, Columbus 83—158
Chris Juszczak, East Liverpool 77—158
William Krepop, Lakewood 80—160
Travis Roberts, Dalton 83—162
Michael Stroll, Canton 82—162
Kurt Keller, Louisville 79—163
Casey Wyatt, Mount Vernon 84—163
Luke Reynolds, Millersburg 81—164
Grant Morris, New Philadelphia 82—165
Lee Boring, Massillon 83—167
Travis Wireman, Wapakoneta 84—168
Scott Lawrence, Dover 84—171
Nick Dileno, Independence 89—177
12-14 (Blue Tees)
Ryan Troyer, Dover 73—149
Logan Lagodich, Canton 77—152
Matt Gerrard, Rocky River 74—153
Jake McBride, Hartville 79—157
William O'Hara, Mount Vernon 80—162
John Tidenberg, North Canton 81—162
Zach Arck, Mount Vernon 80—163
Brennan Anderson, Granville 80—166
Dominic Digulilio, Mount Vernon 79—167
Matt O'Hara, Mount Vernon 79—171
Ean Dickerhoof, Alliance 80—175
Eric Westerbeck, Canton 92—180
Adam O'Hara, Mount Vernon 95—188
Chris Lach, Canton 97—189
Andrew Wyatt, Mount Vernon 91—191
Vincent Smith, Canton 106—216
15-17 (Gold Tees)
Tyler Light, Massillon 72—138
Kevin Miller, Dover 69—145
Chris Vankunas, Canton 75—147
Tim Crouch, Mount Vernon 75—148
Jonathan Price, Dublin 78—149
Justin Grunstein, Green 78—150
Matt Crouch, Mount Vernon 77—151
Andy Fox, Millersburg 78—151
Brody Harwell, Howard 75—151
Garrison Myles, Centerburg 81—152
Charlie Phillips, Mount Vernon 82—153
Trevor Bright, Hartville 73—153
Chuck Demchak, Canton 74—153
Jon Clark, Clinton 81—155
Ryan Headley, Hartville 84—155
Jonathan Lieser, Minerva 77—155
Sean Myer, Uniontown 80—157
Mark Scott Jr., Bolivar 76—157
Dillon Bright, Hartville 78—157
Austin Mitchley, Salem 82—159
Michael Dague, Sugarcreek 80—161
Junior Miller, Canton 81—161
Jack Schlemmer, New Albany 83—162
Nathan Miller, Uniontown 82—163
Nick Paxos, Canton 81—163
John Auer, East Liverpool 81—163
Joe Cebulko, Canton 80—164
Stephen Lapinski, Massillon 88—164
Ridge Tomaselli, East Liverpool 84—164
Ryan Hufnagle, Willowick 79—166
Thomas Regula, Navarre 79—166
Jarod Blogna, Canton 85—168
Robert Young, New Albany 84—168
Nolan Sullivan, Canton 87—168
Aaron O'Hara, Mount Vernon 89—169
Zach Spino, Canton 86—169
Josh Heckathorn, North Canton 88—170
Casey Leggett, New Philadelphia 90—171
Nolan Wilson, Toronto 86—171
Michael Mann, Lousiville 89—172
David Patterson, New Philadelphia 88—173
Matt Kelly, Lousiville 88—174
Anthony Pentz, Canton 86—175
Keith Wright, Wooster 86—176
Jack Sypek, Canton 94—179
Kyle Pentz, Canton 92—181
Hal Tedrow, New Philadelphia 92—182
Jonathan Pentz, Canton 96—191
Hunter Palmer, Minerva 104—201
Alex Blocher, Massillon 105—215
Tri-County Women's
Golf Association

Two-Woman Best Ball
(At The Quarry Golf Course, East Canton)
July 12 Results

Flight 1 - Low Gross: Cari Mozingo-Rita Welling. Flight 1 - Low Net: Stevie Billingsley-Mary Kaster. Flight 2 - Low Gross: Joan Ash-Carolyn Gahagan. Flight 2 - Low Net: Marty Denmeade-Pauline Saternow.
TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL
National League
• NEW YORK METS—Sent OF Chris Aguila outright to New Orleans (PCL).
American Association• PENSACOLA PELICANS—Released INF Ricardo Cordova.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
• GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS—Signed F Anthony Randolph.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
• NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Signed DT DeMario Pressley to a three-year contract.
• SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Waived DL Melvin Oliver.
Arena Football League
• COLUMBUS DESTOYERS—Named Pat Sperduto coach.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
• ANAHEIM DUCKS
—Signed C Logan MacMillan to a three-year contract.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Signed D Aaron Johnson, D Doug Janik and C Colin Fraser. Named Adam Rogowin coordinator of media relations.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Acquired a 2010 conditional draft pick from Anaheim for F Joakim Lindstrom.
• MINNESOTA WILD—
Signed F Danny Irmen, C Corey Locke, C Bryan Lundbohm, D John Scott and D Brandon Rogers
• NEW YORK RANGERS—
Agreed to terms with F Dan Fritsche.
• PHILADELPHIA FLYERS—
Named Eric Desjardins player development coach.
PHOENIX COYOTES—Signed LW Jeff Hoggan and D Ryan Lannon to one-year contracts.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS—Re-signed C Kris Beech and C Ryan Stone. Signed RW Bill Thomas.
• ST. LOUIS BLUES—
Signed F Cam Paddock and F Steve Regier.
• SAN JOSE SHARKS—
Signed D Brendan Buckley and C Cory Larose to one-year contracts.
COLLEGEAPPALACHIAN STATE—Announced the resignation of Ahmad Smith, men's assistant basketball coach.
BUCKNELL—Named Jeremy Cook field hockey coach.
HOLY CROSS—Named Todd Pearson men's rowing coach.
QUINNIPIAC—Signed Rand Pecknold, hockey coach, to a contract extension through the 2012-13 season.
ST. FRANCIS, IND.—Named Christy Young women's soccer coach.
FOOTBALL
ARENA LEAGUE

Playoff Glance

ArenaBowl
(At New Orleans)
July 27: Philadelphia vs. San Jose, 3 p.m.
CFL

EAST DIVISION
W L T Pts PF PA
Montreal 2 1 0 4 90 57
Hamilton 1 2 0 2 70 79
Toronto 1 2 0 2 64 95
Winnipeg 0 3 0 0 64 103
WEST DIVISION
W L T Pts PF PA
Saskatchewan 3 0 0 6 93 57
Calgary 2 1 0 4 82 71
Edmonton 2 1 0 4 94 93
British Columbia 1 2 0 2 76 78

NOTE: Two points for a regulation or overtime win and one point for a tie.
Thursday's GameHamilton at Calgary
Friday's GameWinnipeg at British Columbia
Saturday's GameMontreal at Saskatchewan
BASKETBALL
WNBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct. GB
Detroit 14 7 .667 —

Connecticut 13 9 .591 11/2

New York 11 9 .550 21/2

Indiana 10 9 .526 3

Washington 8 12 .400 51/2

Chicago 6 13 .316 7

Atlanta 2 19 .095 12
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct. GB
San Antonio 15 7 .682 —

Seattle 14 7 .667 1/2

Los Angeles 13 8 .619 11/2

Minnesota 10 10 .500 4

Sacramento 10 11 .476 41/2

Phoenix 9 11 .450 5

Houston 9 12 .429 51/2
Tuesday's Results
New York 77, Connecticut 71
San Antonio at Phoenix, late
Today's Games
Chicago at Detroit, Noon
Atlanta at Indiana, 1 p.m.
Thursday's Games
Minnesota at Houston, Noon
Washington at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Phoenix, 10 p.m.
BOXING
Fight Schedule

(National TV in parentheses)
Today's Matches

At New York (ESPN2), Delvin Rodriguez, Danbury, Conn., vs. Oscar Diaz, San Antonio, 12, welterweights.

At Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula, Calif., Hasim Rahman, Las Vegas, vs. James Toney, Sherman Oaks, Calif., 12, heavyweights.
Friday's Matches

At Primm, Nev. (ESPN2), Yuriorkis Gamboa, Cuba, vs. Jose Rojas, Miami, 10, junior lightweights.
July 25 Matches

At Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (ESPN2), Raymond Joval, Netherlands, vs. Buddy McGirt Jr., Brentwood, N.Y., 10, middleweights.

At Table Mountain Casino, Friant, Calif., Isidro Garcia, Los Angeles, vs. Raul Martinez, San Antonio, 12, for the vacant IBA junior bantamweight title.

At Hard Rock Hotel-Casino, Las Vegas, Jesus Soto-Karass, Los Angeles, vs. David Estrada, Chicago, 12, for the Continental Americas welterweight title.
TENNIS
ATP

Indianapolis Tennis Championships

(At The Indianapolis Tennis Center, Indianapolis. Purse: $525,000 (Intl. Series); Surface: Hard-Outdoor)
Tuesday's Results
Singles
First Round

Rajeev Ram, United States, def. Fabrice Santoro (6), France, 7-6 (6), 6-4.

Alejandro Falla, Colombia, def. Thomaz Bellucci (8), Brazil, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.

Wayne Odesnik, United States, def. Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, 6-4, 7-5.

Bobby Reynolds, United States, def. Frank Dancevic, Canada, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-2.

John Isner, United States, def. Robert Kendrick, United States, 7-5, 6-4.

Tommy Haas (5), Germany, def. Jesse Levine, United States, 7-6 (4), 6-2.

Jun Woong-sun, South Korea, def. Chris Guccione, Australia, 6-4, 7-6 (4).

James Blake (1), United States, def. Dudi Sela, Israel, 7-6 (2), 6-2.
Doubles
First Round

Ashley Fisher, Australia, and Tripp Phillips, United States, def. Nicolas Mahut and Gilles Simon, France, 6-4, 6-4.

Scott Lipsky and David Martin, United States, vs. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, and Kristian Pless, Denmark, 6-0, 6-0.

Harel Levy, Israel, and Jim Thomas, United States, def. Brian and Dann Battistone, United States, 6-2, 6-3.

Rohan Bopanna, India, and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, def. Igor Kunitsyn and Dmitry Tursunov (4), Russia, 2-6, 7-5, 10-6 tiebreak.
Austrian Open

(At Kitzbueheler Tennis Club, Kitzbuehel, Austria. Purse: $909,700 (Intl. Gold); Surface: Clay-Outdoor)
Tuesday's Results
Singles
First Round

Daniel Koellerer, Austria, def. Philipp Oswald, Austria, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4).

Victor Hanescu, Romania, def. Pablo Andujar, Spain, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (2).

Brian Dabul, Argentina, def. Stephane Bohli, Switzerland, 6-1, 6-1.

Daniel Brands, Germany, def. Eric Prodon, France, 6-3, 6-4.

Jurgen Melzer (6), Austria, def. Luis Horna, Peru, 6-3, 6-1.

Potito Starace (4), Italy, def. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, 6-1, 6-2.

Juan Martin del Potro (7), Argentina, def. Josselin Ouanna, France, 6-3, 6-3.

Ivo Minar, Czech Republic, def. Olivier Rochus (8), Belgium, 3-6, 6-4, 6-0.

Alexander Peya, Austria, def. Guillermo Coria, Argentina, 5-7, retired.

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, def. Agustin Calleri (3), Argentina, 6-4, 6-4.

Sergio Roitman, Argentian, def. Martin Fischer, Austria, 6-4, 6-2.

Eduardo Schwank (5), Argentina, def. Michael Berrer, Germany, 6-4, 6-1.

Nicolas Devilder, France, def. Matthias Bachinger, Germany, 6-3, 6-3.

Jan Hernych, Czech Republic, def. Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, Spain, 7-5, 7-5.

Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, def. Denis Gremelmayr, Germany, 6-1, 7-6 (3).

Rainer Schuettler (2), Germany, def. Andreas Beck, Germany, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2.
BASEBALL
MLB

American League

East Division
W L Pct GB

Boston 57 40 .588 —
Tampa Bay 55 39 .585 1/2
New York 50 45 .526 6
Toronto 47 48 .495 9
Baltimore 45 48 .484 10
Central Division
W L Pct GB

Chicago 54 40 .574 —
Minnesota 53 42 .558 11/2
Detroit 47 47 .500 7
Kansas City 43 53 .448 12

Cleveland 41 53 .436 13
West Division
W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 57 38 .600 —
Oakland 51 44 .537 6
Texas 50 46 .521 71/2
Seattle 37 58 .389 20
Tuesday's Result
All-Star Game at New York, late
Thursday's GameDetroit at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.
National League

 

East Division
W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 52 44 .542 —
New York 51 44 .537 1/2
Florida 50 45 .526 11/2
Atlanta 45 50 .474 61/2
Washington 36 60 .375 16
Central Division
W L Pct GB

Chicago 57 38 .600 —
St. Louis 53 43 .552 41/2
Milwaukee 52 43 .547 5
Cincinnati 46 50 .479 111/2
Pittsburgh 44 50 .468 121/2
Houston 44 51 .463 13
West Division
W L Pct GB

Arizona 47 48 .495 —
Los Angeles 46 49 .484 1
San Francisco 40 55 .421 7
Colorado 39 57 .406 81/2
San Diego 37 58 .389 10
Tuesday's Result
All-Star Game at New York, late
Thursday's GamesN.Y. Mets at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.
San Diego at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Colorado, 9:05 p.m.
Home Run Derby

(At Yankee Stadium, New York)
Monday's Results
First Round Tot Long
Dan Uggla, Florida 6 437
Grady Sizemore, Cleveland 6 459
Evan Longoria, Tampa Bay 3 446
Chase Utley, Philadelphia 5 398
Lance Berkman, Houston 8 476
Justin Morneau, Minnesota 8 479
Ryan Braun, Milwaukee 7 444
Josh Hamilton, Texas 28 518
———
Second Round 2R Tot Long
Lance Berkman, Houston 6 14 446
Justin Morneau, Minnesota 9 17 479
Ryan Braun, Milwaukee 7 14 448
Josh Hamilton, Texas 4 32 471
———
Finals Tot Long
Justin Morneau, Minnesota 5 469
Josh Hamilton, Texas 3 491
MINOR LEAGUE

International League
(AAA)

North Division
W L Pct. GB
Pawtucket (Red Sox) 61 37 .622 —
Scranton-WB (Yanks) 57 41 .582 4
Syracuse (Blue Jays) 50 46 .521 10
Rochester (Twins) 45 54 .455 161/2
Buffalo (Indians) 43 56 .434 181/2
Lehigh Valley (Phills) 39 58 .402 211/2
South Division
W L Pct. GB
Durham (Rays) 51 47 .520 —
Charlotte (Sox) 47 51 .480 4
Richmond (Braves) 42 55 .433 81/2
Norfolk (Orioles) 41 57 .418 10
West Division
W L Pct. GB
Louisville (Reds) 56 42 .571 —
Toledo (Tigers) 55 43 .561 1
Columbus (Nats) 52 44 .542 3
Indianapolis (Pirates) 45 53 .459 11
Tuesday's Results
No games scheduled
Today's Games
All-Star game vs. PCL at Louisville
Thursday's Games
Charlotte at Louisville
Durham at Syracuse
Indianapolis at Columbus
Norfolk at Rochester
Richmond at Buffalo
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre at Lehigh Valley
Toledo at Pawtucket
Eastern League (AA)

North Division
W L Pct. GB
Trenton (Yankees) 59 37 .615 —
Portland (Red Sox) 53 42 .558 51/2
Binghamton (Mets) 51 46 .526 81/2
Connecticut (Giants) 49 48 .505 101/2
New Britain (Twins) 40 56 .417 19
New Hampshire (Jays) 37 59 .385 22
South Division
W L Pct. GB
Akron (Indians) 61 35 .635 —
Harrisburg (Nationals) 54 41 .568 61/2
Bowie (Orioles) 53 44 .546 81/2
Altoona (Pirates) 41 54 .432 191/2
Reading (Phillies) 39 56 .411 211/2
Erie (Tigers) 39 58 .402 221/2
Tuesday's Results
No games scheduled
Today's Game
All-Star game at New Hampshire
Thursday's Games
Connecticut at Binghamton
Erie at Akron
Harrisburg at Altoona
New Britain at New Hampshire
Reading at Bowie
Trenton at Portland
South Atlantic League (A)

Second Half
Northern Division

W L Pct. GB
West Va. (Brewers) 18 7 .720 —
Lakewood (Phillies) 15 10 .600 3
Delmarva (Orioles) 13 12 .520 5
Hagerstown (Nats) 11 14 .440 7
Hickory (Pirates) 11 14 .440 7
x-Lake Cty.(Indians) 11 14 .440 7
Greensboro (Marlins) 8 17 .320 10
Lexington (Astros) 5 19 .208 121/2
Southern Division
W L Pct. GB
Columbus (Rays) 16 7 .696 —
x-Asheville (Rockies) 16 9 .640 1
Augusta (Giants) 16 9 .640 1
Kannapolis (Sox) 14 10 .583 21/2
Rome (Braves) 12 13 .480 5
Savannah (Mets) 11 14 .440 6
Charleston, S.C. (Yanks) 10 13 .435 6
Greenville (Red Sox) 10 15 .400 7

x-won first half
Tuesday's Results
No games scheduled
Today's Games
Charleston, S.C. at Kannapolis
Columbus at West Virginia
Delmarva at Asheville
Hagerstown at Augusta
Lake County at Greenville
Lakewood at Hickory
Rome at Lexington
Savannah at Greensboro
SOCCER
MLS

Eastern Conference
W L T Pts GF GA
New England 10 4 3 33 25 19

Columbus 8 5 3 27 24 22
Chicago 7 5 3 24 24 14

D.C. United 7 7 1 22 28 26

Toronto FC 6 6 3 21 19 20

Kansas City 5 5 5 20 14 18

New York 5 6 5 20 16 24
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Real Salt Lake 6 6 5 23 20 19

Los Angeles 6 6 4 22 34 31

CD Chivas USA 6 6 4 22 22 21

Colorado 6 8 2 20 25 21

Houston 4 4 8 20 17 19

FC Dallas 4 6 6 18 19 22

San Jose 3 9 4 13 11 22

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Thursday's Game
Kansas City at Columbus, 8 p.m.
Saturday's Games
San Jose at Toronto FC, 3 p.m.
Los Angeles at New York, 6:30 p.m.
Colorado at FC Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
CYCLING
Tour de France

Overall Standings
(After 10 stages)
1. Cadel Evans, Australia, Silence-Lotto, 42 hours, 29 minutes, 9 seconds.
2. Frank Schleck, Lux., Team CSC Saxo Bank, :01.
3. Christian Vandevelde, U.S., Garmin Chipotle, :38.
4. Bernhard Kohl, Austria, Gerolsteiner, :46.
5. Denis Menchov, Russia, Rabobank, :57.
6. Carlos Sastre, Spain, Team CSC Saxo Bank, 1:28.
7. Kim Kirchen, Lux., Team Columbia, 1:56.
8. Juan Jose Cobo, Spain, Sau. Duval-Scott, 2:10.
9. Riccardo Ricco, Italy, Sau. Duval-Scott, 2:29.
10. Vladimir Efimkin, Rus., AG2R-La Mondiale, 2:32.
11. Mikel Astarloza, Spain, Eusk.-Euskadi, 3:51.
12. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Liquigas, 4:18.
13. Samuel Sanchez, Spain, Eusk.-Euskadi, 4:26.
14. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Spain, Caisse d'Epargne, 4:41.
15. Tadej Valjavec, Slov.,AG2R-La Mondiale, 5:23.
16. Damiano Cunego, Italy, Lampre, 5:37.
17. Oscar Pereiro, Spain, Caisse d'Epargne, 6:01.
18. Stefan Schumacher, Germ.,Gerolsteiner, 6:11.
19. Moises Duenas, Spain, Barloworld, 6:43.
20. Maxime Monfort, Belgium, Cofidis, 6:47.
Also57. George Hincapie, U.S., Team Columbia, 39:51.
119. Danny Pate, U.S., Garmin Chipotle, 1:25:36.
149. William Frischkorn, U.S., Garmin Chipotle,1:40:53.

Stages
• Monday's Result
— 10th Stage, Pau—Hautacam, high mountains, 156 (96.9) (Leonardo

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