Sports
League: Pacific.
Colors: Red and Black
Coach: Jess Cavender.
2009 Record: 0-10.
Sept. 3: Warrenton (NL)
Sept. 10: at Willapa Valley (NL)
Sept. 17: Naselle
Sept. 24: Willapa Valley
Oct. 1: at Northwest Christian
Oct. 8: Ocosta.
Oct. 15: at South Bend
Oct. 22: Wahkiakum (NL).
Oct. 28: at North Beach
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) -- His team idled Monday night because of rain, Matthew Lang didn't waste a pitch when he got to the plate Tuesday.
Called on to pinch hit, the cheerful 13-year-old sent the first pitch he saw the opposite way for a homer to left-center to help keep Columbus, Ga.,...

The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA -- The Houston Astros' wild 4-2 win over Philadelphia lasted 16 innings, over 5 hours, and saw Phillies pitcher Roy Oswalt play left field and ground into the final out Tuesday night.
Oswalt became the first Phillies pitcher to play a position in the field in 39...
East County football jamborees set
Montesano and Elma are scheduled to host football jamborees Monday.
Hoquiam will join Orting and the host Eagles in the Elma Jamboree. The event begins at 6 p.m., with varsity and junior varsity contests being staged concurrently on opposite sides of midfield....

RENTON (AP) -- Pete Carroll has his first dilemma with the Seahawks, and his return to the NFL hasn't even started for real yet.
Sixth-overall draft pick Russell Okung has a high right ankle sprain, putting the key position of left tackle in flux for Seattle heading into the regular season.
Carroll...
PARAMUS, N.J. (AP) -- Jim Furyk picked a bad time to sleep in.
Furyk overslept today after his cell phone alarm clock lost power overnight, causing him to be late for his pro-am tee time in The Barclays. That left PGA Tour officials no choice but to disqualify him from the first of four FedEx Cup...
The Associated Press
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Joe Mauer's clean single to center field with one out in the ninth inning broke up the no-hit bid of four Texas Rangers pitchers.
The Rangers beat the Minnesota Twins, 4-0, on Monday night in the sixth no-hitter this season broken up in the ninth inning....

BOSTON (AP) -- On a night made for singles, Marco Scutaro came up with a timely pair.
Scutaro's second two-run single gave Boston the lead for good and John Lackey pitched eight strong innings to lead the Red Sox to a 6-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners on a windy, drizzly Monday night.
With...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- Tom Brady hates the New York Jets. Rex Ryan doesn't like the New England Patriots.
The verbal sparring has started again and there's still nearly three weeks to go before the fierce rivals begin their seasons.
During his contractually mandated weekly appearance on WEEI...

The Associated Press
Divorced. Single dad. Golf game still to be determined.
And so, after nine months of turmoil over his extramarital affairs, now begins the next chapter in the life and times of Tiger Woods.
In a hearing that lasted no more than 10 minutes in a Florida judge's chambers, Woods...

CHICAGO (AP) -- After all the wins, all the losses and all those arguments, Lou Piniella clearly felt it was time to leave.
Saying the final goodbye after a half-century in baseball, that was the hard part.
"I cried a little bit after the game. You get emotional. I'm sorry, I'm not trying to be,"...
The Associated Press
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Arjun Atwal became the first Monday qualifier to win on the PGA Tour in 24 years and the first Indian-born champion, shooting a 3-under 67 on Sunday for a one-stroke victory in the Wyndham Championship.
Atwal finished at 20-under 260 and earned $918,000....
Aberdeen season
tickets go on sale
Aberdeen High School season football tickets will go on sale Aug. 30 at the high school.
Tickets, priced at $25 apiece, may be purchased at the high school comptroller's office between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Past season ticketholders may call Andrea Leach at the...
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) -- An Oregon State University offensive lineman has been dismissed from the team after police say they found him naked and intoxicated in a stranger's home and had to use stun guns to take him into custody on Sunday.
Responding officers ordered 19-year-old Tyler Patrick Thomas...
MCMINNVILLE, ORE.
High school team restarts practice
The McMinnville High School Grizzlies opened fall football practice on Monday while two of their teammates remained hospitalized and doctors tried to determine why 24 players developed a condition that caused intense pain and dangerous swelling...
The Daily World
ELMA -- Do you have high levels of testosterone, hunger for monster trucks, wish you could take your 4-wheel drive vehicle through a mud-filled pit 150 feet long or see high flying motorcycles?
Well, Saturday night at the Grays Harbor Raceway was the place to be.
Monster trucks with...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Eduardo Nunez will certainly remember his first big league hit, when he drove in the go-ahead run at Yankee Stadium in place of Yankees star Alex Rodriguez.
He might get a few more chances, too, now that A-Rod's on the disabled list.
Nunez singled in the seventh inning Saturday,...
By Larry Dublanko
Late-summer fishing on Grays Harbor translates into serious ocean opportunities for salmon and other varieties of food fish. It also means there is a transition nearing as salmon begin to migrate to our coastal streams.
Currently, the Westport and Ocean Shores boat basins are...

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) -- As Kyle Busch crossed the finish line for a three-race sweep, his crew quickly credited the driver for his role in the record-setting moment.
"We are in the presence of greatness," a team member said over the radio.
Indeed, they were.
Busch completed an unprecedented sweep of...
The Daily World
MEDFORD, Ore. -- Battered but unbowed, the Grays Harbor Bearcats turned the tables on a traditional nemesis Saturday night.
Alex Todak threw three touchdown passes as the Bearcats upended the Southern Oregon Renegades, 24-3, in a North American Football League Northwest Division...







