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Baseball Pepe picks Winthrop

Connellsville graduate Chris Pepe will continue his academic and athletic careers at Winthrop University on a baseball scholarship.

Pepe excelled at Connellsville in basketball and baseball. He selected Winthrop, a Division I-A program, over several other colleges and universities. The school is located in Rock Hill, S.C.

Bud’s tops Hopwood

Bud Murphy’s pounded out 14 hits in an 11-3 win over Hopwood in a Fayette County Baseball League game Saturday.

Alex Lefcakis drove in four runs with two hits, including a solo home run in the sixth inning for Bud’s. Brian Sankovich drove in three runs with a 5-for-5 day at the plate and Ryan Miscik doubled among two hits, good for a pair of RBIs.

Jonathan Kiral had two hits for (3-18) Hopwood.

Matt Basinger gave up two earned runs on eight hits with five strikeouts and two walks in a complete game for Bud’s, which improved to 20-3.

Auto Racing

Motordrome Results

Richard Mitchell was the feature winner in the Napa Late Models Friday night at Motordrome Speedway in Smithton.

Saturday’s card at Motordrome was canceled due to heavy rains.

Other feature winners Friday night were Gary Scott in the modifieds, Mike Bakalon in modifieds make-up from May 27, Frank Turek in the street stocks, Jeff Giles Jr. in the chargers and Ed Dinneen in the American flyers.

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