Sports shorts
Golf Rohanna misses cut
Waynesburg’s Robert Rohanna had a rough start on the back nine on Pinehurst (N.C.) No. 2, and he wasn’t able to rebound for a berth into match play in the U.S. Amateur Championship.
Rohanna finished Monday’s opening round with a 2-over 70, but he wasn’t able to find like success on his first nine holes in the second and final day of stroke play.
He carded three bogeys and two double bogeys on the back nine for a 7-over 42 to push his score to 9-over with nine holes to play. Rohanna regrouped on the front with a 1-under 34 to finish with a two-round total of 8-over 148 (72-76) to tie for 129th place.
The cut was at 5-over with Robbie Fillmore, of Provo, Utah, gaining the top seed with a 6-under 134 (69-65).
Match play begins today for the top 64 finishers.
Hall of Fame
Cal announces class
California University of Pennsylvania will enshrine eight members to its athletic Hall of Fame at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, in the Performance Center at the Elmo Natali Student Center.
The newest class includes Brownsville baseball coach and athletic director Skooter Roebuck, who played baseball at Cal from 1986-88; Cal administrator Dr. Paul Burd who lives in Brownsville; Connellsville’s Sebastian “Sibby” LoNigro, who played basketball at Cal from 1955-57, and former Beth-Center athletic director and wrestling coach Dick Caputo, who played football at Cal from 1961-63 and coached there from 1977-88.
The rest of the 14th annual Hall of Fame class includes Nicholas Addlery (men’s soccer), Melissa Brooks (softball), Audrey Dawson (women’s soccer) and Francis Herron (football coach and player).
Boxing
Karpency featured bout
Adah’s Tommy Karpency will take on veteran light heavyweight boxer Tiwon Taylor in the featured bout of a boxing card Friday at the Waterfront Place Hotel in Morgantown, W.Va.
Karpency will put his 11-1-1 record on the line against Taylor, who has a 26-14-1 pro record. Karpency also hopes to bounce back from his only professional loss, a controversial 1-point decision in July against Rayco Sanders.
Tickets, at various prices, are available in the Uniontown and Masontown areas by calling 724-737-0292.
Auto racing
Gibbs penalties on hold
By The Associated Press
NASCAR will wait another day before issuing penalties against Joe Gibbs Racing’s Nationwide Series teams, who were caught trying to cheat during a postrace test last weekend.
The teams of Gibbs’ No. 18 and No. 20 Toyotas deliberately attempted to mask the true horsepower in their engines after Saturday’s race at Michigan International Speedway.
Inspectors found magnets under the gas pedals of both cars when they were sent to the chassis dyno for examination.
NASCAR traditionally hands out penalties from the previous week’s races on Tuesday, but NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp said the decision was put off until today.
Baseball
Yaz has triple bypass
BOSTON (AP) – Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski, the last player to hit for the Triple Crown, was resting comfortably Tuesday night after having triple bypass heart surgery.
Yastrzemski, who turns 69 on Friday, had the operation at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he underwent tests after experiencing chest pains in the morning, said his spokesman, Dick Gordon.
The popular Yaz was an 18-time All-Star and spent his entire career with the Boston Red Sox, taking over left field for Ted Williams in 1961 and playing through 1983.
Yastrzemski was elected to the Hall on the first ballot in 1989.
He finished with 452 career home runs and 1,844 RBIs. He had 3,419 lifetime hits and batted .285. He also won seven Gold Gloves, expertly playing the caroms off the Green Monster.
Copyright Associated Press 2008