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Abner Doubleday feted on 200th at hometown

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (AP) — Abner Doubleday’s boyhood hometown is celebrating his birth 200 years ago. The story that Doubleday invented baseball in 1839 at Cooperstown, New York, has been discredited. But the Civil War officer is still celebrated in Ballston Spa. The Brookside Museum is hosting a party for Doubleday on Wednesday evening to coincide with his birth date. There will be presentations about his life, and participants will take a walk to the house where Doubleday lived when he was a young boy.

Dogs go 5-0 to claim championship

CROWLEY – The Jennings Bronco All-Stars took home first-place honors at the Crowley Tune-Up Tournament over the weekend by sweeping undefeated through five games. Jennings defeated both Iowa and Kaplan in poll play games, then won three games on Sunday in bracket play to claim their title. The team is coming off of a third-place finish a week ago at the Frog City Tune-Up Tournament, and now have their sights on the upcoming Sectional Tournament set to begin this week in Jennings.

Jennings: 8, Iowa: 5

Big finish for Jennings

KAPLAN – The Jennings 12u Softball All-Stars notched a fourth-place finish at the PONY Section Tournament held at multiple sites around the Vermillion Parish area over the weekend. Fourteen teams from throughout South Louisiana competed at the three-day event, with Jennings making it to the third day of finals play.

Welsh Softball stars finish seventh at Sectional Tournament

KAPLAN – The Welsh 12u Softball All-Stars turned in a seventh-place finish at the Sectional Tournament held at multiple sites throughout Vermillion Parish this past weekend after getting off to a rocky start in pool play on Friday. The Lady Hounds dropped their two Friday contests 3-1 to Eunice, and eventually fell 7-1 to tournament champion Kinder in a game that was only 2-1 heading into the final inning of play. Welsh endured a 14-hour day on Saturday to go 2-2, and didn’t leave the ballpark until right at midnight after playing four games in bracket play.

States’ push to legalize sports betting differs by region

CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) — In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for every state to legalize sports betting , a regional divide has opened as states decide whether to expand their gambling options.

By year’s end, legalization is possible in a dozen states in the Northeast and Midwest. But most states in the Deep South and far West — SEC and Pac-12 territory in college sports — are staying on the sidelines, at least for now.

TIGERS AIMING BIG IN 2019

LAKE ARTHUR – The Lake Arthur Tigers had a heck of a run on the gridiron in 2018 before injuries and a brutal district plagued them down the stretch, and eventually dropped a firstround home playoff game to Northeast High School in a thriller that came down to the wire. Gone are many skill players, and numbers to Head Coach Mark Deshotel’s squad, however, an impressive spring showing and an improved returning offensive line leave the Lake Arthur head coach optimistic about the future in 2019.

Third Annual HHS Alumni Tourney set for June 28, 29

HATHAWAY - Hathaway High School (HHS) is set to host its third annual Alumni Softball Tournament on Friday, June 28, and Saturday, July 29, at Sportsman’s Park in Welsh. According to tournament organizer Johnathon Navarre, the tournament has 13 teams entered and going strong in only its third campaign.

The draft is over, and now on the clock: Free agency

(AP) - Now on the clock: Chaos.

The NBA offseason is about to kick into high gear.

A draft that had good bits of intrigue — at least after New Orleans’ Zion Williamson, Memphis’ Ja Morant and New York’s R.J. Barrett were chosen first, second and third in moves that were widely expected for weeks — is now done. Up next is free agency, which will be much more unpredictable when it begins on June 30.

No changes made to pass interference rule

NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL competition committee has decided against making any changes to the new rule for reviewing pass interference, the league announced Thursday.

That means the rule stands as approved by NFL owners in March.

Owners decided in May to let the competition committee consult with coaches and decide whether to refine the rule further. During the rule’s one-year trial this season, coaches still can challenge until the two-minute warning of each half or overtime. Then a replay official will be responsible for any reviews.

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