HIGH SCHOOLS

Gatorade names Geoghegan Maine’s top male track star

Will Geoghegan of Brunswick was named the 2009-10 Gatorade Maine Boys’ Track & Field Athlete of the Year.

Geoghegan was also the Maine Sunday Telegram’s first MVP in three sports — cross country, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field.

He won this year’s individual Class A title in cross country, won three individual titles in indoor track and three individual titles in outdoor track and helped Brunswick win Class A team championships in indoor and outdoor track.

Geoghegan also won the boys’ 1,600 at the New England outdoor track championships. At the New Balance national championships in Greensboro, N.C., over the weekend, he placed ninth in the mile with a time of 4:12.76 and 20th in the championship 2-mile run, finishing in 9:22.71.

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NEW ENGLAND GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP: D. J. Honan of Cheverus was the low Maine boys’ finisher in the New England Interscholastic Golf Championship in Keene, N.H.

Honan scored a 2-over 74 to finish tied for ninth overall. The tournament was won by Damon Salo of Mascenic High in New Hampshire in a playoff with Jake Orr of Essex Junction, Vt., after both finished with 71s.

The second Maine finisher was Kyle Bonefant of Cony with a 75. Karli Soracco of Leavitt and Laura Grant of Greely were low Maine players in the schoolgirl tourney with 85s.

COLLEGES

BASEBALL: Jackie Bradley and Adrian Morales homered during an eight-run second inning that propelled South Carolina to an 11-4 victory over No. 1 national seed Arizona State, knocking the Sun Devils out of the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.

The Sun Devils (52-10) lost consecutive games for the first time this season and went two-and-out at the CWS for only the third time in 22 appearances. The other 0-2 years were 1987 and 1993.

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Sam Dyson (6-5) held ASU to two runs through seven innings, then was relieved by Matt Price in the eighth.

CYCLING

TOUR DE FRANCE: The World Anti-Doping Agency will monitor drug-testing at next month’s Tour de France.

The International Cycling Union signed the agreement Tuesday. WADA representatives will be able to observe all phases of the UCI’s anti-doping controls, from the selection of riders to be tested to the handling of results. They will also have access to all related documents.

The WADA observers will write a report on UCI’s anti-doping activities after the Tour, which runs July 3-25.

AUTO RACING

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NASCAR: NASCAR suspended former driver Randy LaJoie for failing a drug test, and he said he’s enrolled in a substance-abuse program.

LaJoie, who has not raced at any of NASCAR’s top three national levels since 2006, said in a statement that he smoked marijuana once in May.

BASKETBALL

NBA: The Milwaukee Bucks acquired forward Corey Maggette in a trade with the Golden State Warriors, sending them guard Charlie Bell and center Dan Gadzuric in return.

The Bucks also got a second-round pick from the Warriors in the NBA draft, leaving them with three selections in the second round.

Maggette played in 70 games with 49 starts for Golden State last season, averaging 19.8 points.

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• Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum’s injured right knee was drained for the third time in recent weeks, and he’ll have surgery next month.

• Detroit Pistons forward Charlie Villanueva faces a charge of domestic assault after a May 19 incident in Burlington, Ontario.

WNBA: Epiphanny Prince scored 19 points and the Chicago Sky (5-8) ended a four-game losing streak with an 86-77 win over the Connecticut Sun (8-4) in Uncasville, Conn.

• Rebekkah Brunson had 21 points and 13 rebounds and Seimone Augustus added 20 points to lead the Minnesota Lynx (5-9) to a 75-68 win over the Liberty (4-7) in New York.

FOOTBALL

NFL: The Seattle Seahawks claimed safety Kevin Ellison off waivers from San Diego, a day after the Chargers released him following his arrest on suspicion of possessing a controlled substance.

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Police in Redondo Beach, Calif., stopped Ellison for speeding in a school zone near his former high school in late May. Police said a search of Ellison’s vehicle turned up 100 Vicodin pills. He was booked and released on $10,000 bail.

• Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll says recently acquired running back Leon Washington will be ready for the start of training camp despite having a metal rod in his leg.

• Fourth-round draft pick Joe McKnight signed with the Jets.

 


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