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Small beach ﬁre set south of Port Careless beach users spark blaze, ignore city ban KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Rock ‘n’ Shaker The band Illvis Freshly rocked the stage Friday night at the Five Acre Shaker. Story on Page 3. [SUPPLIED PHOTO]

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ACRD re-opens some trails for public; dry conditions continue KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Last week the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District re-opened parks and trails for public use, but nearby trails remain closed due to continued dry conditions. The board made the decision last Wednesday to open the Log Train Trail and Alberni Inlet Trail to public use. The ACRD announced closure of those two local trails near the beginning of July. This announcement marks the first opening. “The fire hazard rating is moderate, it is forecast to increase in the next few days but decrease over the weekend,” ACRD CAO Russel Dyson wrote in a request for decision. The regional district cau-

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tions users to be conscientious and take precautions regarding fire safety. Other trails on the Island continue to have locked gates. The Regional District of Nanaimo follows instruc-

tions from landowners Island Timberlands and Timber West for some area trails, and as such, the Arrowsmith CPR trail and the stretch of the Trans-Canada Trail from Cowichan to Nanaimo remain closed. “They will likely stay closed until the end of the fire season,” said Joan Michel, RDN parks and trails coordinator. “They are on private land so we have to abide by the landowners’ requests.” The RDN has not had to close its local trails. “Generally speaking, people using the trails are good,” Michel said. “They are the eyes out there and help report anything. They also come in by foot, not vehicles, and that is usually where the trouble comes.”

Gates to Island Timberlands’ land within the Valley were recently opened to public access, however. “We are grateful for the access to the private lands and value that relationship greatly,” Michel said. Wendy Thomson, manager of administrative services for the ACRD, said the regional district posted signs on affected trails, as well as posted notices on its website and in the local newspapers. “They could consider closing them again, but it depends if the dry conditions continue,” said Thomson. Thomson advises to keep a watch for public information through the season. Kristi.Dobson@avtimes.net 250-723-8171

Controversy surrounds black bear rehabilitation

Alberni wrestlers win gold, silver for Team BC

For the past 20 years, the North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre has been rehabilitating black bears on Vancouver Island. » Community, Page 5

Wrestlers Aaron Badovinac and Seth Price travelled with the 22-member Team BC to compete in the 2015 Western Canada Summer Games. » Sports, Page 6

A small beach fire was sparked near Polly’s Point in the early hours of Friday morning. The result of beach users ignoring the current fire ban could have been much worse, according to officials. Reports of the fire were called in to both the Port Alberni Fire Department and Coastal Fire Centre. “We had a call come in at 2:30 a.m.,” said Randy Thoen, Port Alberni’s chief fire prevention officer. “We were requested by Coastal Fire Centre to attend.” When crews arrived, a resident identified the best route for firefighters to access the beach. The fire was extinguished with portable pumps and forestry hand tools. “After it was extinguished, we checked for anything underground,” Thoen said. The crew was on scene for approximately two hours. Coastal Fire Centre reported the fire as fairly small, measuring three by three metres. Thoen asks that the public be aware of the dry conditions. “Even with the recent moisture we are still under a fire ban,” he said. “We ask people to respect it and not to have outdoor fires even if they are near the water and think it is safe. We are still extremely dry as evidenced by some of the small fires in the regional area.” Thoen reminds anyone who sees a fire to report it to 911 and an operator will direct it to the appropriate department. Kristi.Dobson@avtimes.net 250-723-8171 » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this story to letters@ avtimes.net. Letters must include daytime phone number and hometown.

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Hawaiian at the Harbour Dan Washington and Rhylie Lee are ready for the final Our Town event on Tuesday, Aug. 18. The Luau theme will take place at Harbour Quay from 6-8 p.m. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]

bour Quay, every Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. Meat draws and other social events every Saturday at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 293, from 2 to 5 p.m. Every Sunday afternoon, from 3 to 5:30 p.m., the Kingsway Pub holds a meat draw and 50/50 raffle to benefit the Alberni Valley Hospice Society and Ty Watson House.

Child and youth Nights Alive, free drop-in recreational program for youth, ages 12-18, Saturday nights from 8 p.m. to midnight at Gyro Youth Centre. Info: 250-723-2181.

Support and help Port Alberni Alzheimerâ€™s Society Care Givers Support Group meets every third Monday of the month at Fir Park Village in the activity room at 6:30 p.m. Meals on Wheels, program needs volunteer drivers. Info: 250-730-0390. Pregnant? Concerned? For caring counsel call 1-877-88WOMAN.

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Come and join us for Laughter Yoga at West Coast General Hospital, room A, every Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Cost is by donation, all proceeds to the WCGH Foundation. Info: 250-723-0548. Mondays at Maquinna School Gym drop-in gym and reading time from 9 to 10:15 a.m. French Parent On Tots play group meets Mondays, from 9 to 11 a.m. in room. 2 at Alberni Elementary School.

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Lounge Music with Mohr Masala, alternate Mondays to City Council Meetings from 7 to 9 p.m. at Charâ€™s Landing. Timbre! Choir is looking for new members in all sections for their 43rd Season. Rehearsals commence Monday, September 14th. Please contact Pat Venn at (250) 723-2380 or Patricia Miller at (250) 390-7508 for more detailed information.

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The 4H Boots nâ€™ Bridles Horse Club meets the first and second Saturday of the month at 11 a.m. at 6199 Smith Rd. No horse required. Info: 250-723-8392. Drop-in circuit training. Stay fit and have fun. Sundays at 3 p.m. Info: 778-421-2721. Horseshoe Club practices Sundays at 11 a.m. at Dry Creek Park. Info: 250724-4770 or 250-723-6050. Adult drop-in badminton on Mondays, from 8 to 10 p.m. at the Alberni Athletic Hall. Info: 250-723-8990 (Marg Hudson). After School Burn - Youth Parkour, ages 7 to 12, on Mondays and Fridays, April 13 through May 22. Sign up at Echo Centre. Info: 250-723-2181. Lawn bowling drop-in for families every Friday from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Age 12+ for fun games, refreshments and goodies. 250-731-6375 or stephen@strobeonline.ca Crib Night every Monday at 7 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion branch No. 293 Alberni Valley.

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Low Vision group meets one Monday per month at Abbeyfield (basement) at 10 a.m. Call 250-724-0933 for more information. First Open Heart Society of Port Alberni support group. Info: 250723-2056 or 250-724-2196. Literacy Alberni, drop-in times Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Info: 250-723-7323.

Addictions Al-Anon and Al-Ateen Support Groups, for family and friends of problem drinkers, meet Saturdays at 10 a.m. (3028 Second Ave.) study group. Info: 250-723-5526, 250-723-2372 or 250-720-4855. Alcoholics Anonymous, Port Alberni. Info: 1-800-883-3968. Narcotics Anonymous, 1-800807-1780 for meeting times and locations. Overeaters Anonymous meeting Wednesday evening 7 p.m. 4711 Elizabeth St., Info: 250-723-7486 Port Alberni Friendship Center offers free counselling on addictions, mental health, relationships and other

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Whatâ€™s coming Maritime Discovery Fishing Derby for children, Aug. 22 from 10 a.m. to noon. Free, includes crafts and snacks. A.V. Legion Branch 293 Fun Fishing Derby Saturday, Aug. 22 6a.m. to 9p.m., Sunday Aug. 23 6a.m. to 11a.m., final weigh in 11a.m. Tickets available at the Legion and Gone Fishinâ€™. Words on Fire, Open Mike, Aug. 27 at 7 p.m. at Charâ€™s Landing. Feature presenter is Stephen Novik, who will launch his second chapbook of poetry. Wings for Angel dinner, entertainment, silent auction for Hugginz Foundation, Aug. 29. Tickets at the Best Western Barclay or call 250-735-7595. A.V. Legion Branch 293 Fun Fishing Derby Saturday, Aug. 22 6a.m. to 9p.m., Sunday Aug. 23 6a.m. to 11a.m., final weigh in 11a.m. Tickets available at the Legion and Gone Fishinâ€™.

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5-Acre Shaker a charity money maker 500-person fundraising concert in Beaver Creek for youth projects considered a success by organizers “In the end, there were no incidents, except a minor first aid call. It speaks to always having a strong risk management plan in place, which we did, and we were able to mitigate any risks.”

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Two days of live music, hundreds of tickets sold and five acres of a festival atmosphere ended with a successful charity event on in Beaver Creek on Sunday. According to organizer Jess Towers, the Five Acre Shaker went over without a hitch. “Overall it went really well,” Towers said. “There were no major incidents.” Instead there were crowd-pleasing bands and concert goers having a good time, she said. “A lot of my area was in dealing with the bands and so many of them said they couldn’t believe there was a festival of this calibre in Port Alberni,” Towers said. “I heard nothing but positive feedback and that it was well-organized.” Towers and co-organizer, Lance Goddard, did their homework ahead of time to ensure the event was run safe and without incident. Originally hoping for 1,000 people in attendance, the two were permitted by the regional district to hold the event as long as ticket sales were capped at 500. Even with a crowd that large, and under drought conditions, fire risk was a concern, but they had all authorities confirm their plans months prior to the event. “On Wednesday, the Beaver Creek Fire Department volun-

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Five Acre Shaker co-organizers Jess Towers (left) and Lance Goddard put safety precautions in place on the five-acre Beaver Creek property to host another 500-person fundraising concert on the weekend. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]

teers did a walk-through and felt there were no concerns,” Towers said. “They felt we covered all bases.” The following day, the RCMP and regional district planner did the same thing and said everything looked like it was under

full compliance, Towers said. “In the end, there were no incidents, except a minor first aid call,” Towers said. “It speaks to always having a strong risk management plan in place, which we did, and we were able to mitigate any risks.”

When final numbers are tallied, any proceeds of the event will be donated to the Zattzoo Project, an organization run by Kimberly Blake and Dallas Ward, in memory of their son and brother, Zakk Coss, who died in a car accident near Duncan last year. The

Project is aimed at funding youth projects that do not receive government funds. Despite the lower attendance, Towers hope the Zattzoo Project will still benefit. She hopes to continue the legacy by making the event a long-lasting community music festival. “Lance and I will sit down while it’s fresh in our minds and see what next year holds for us,” Towers said. Kristi.Dobson@avtimes.net

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Where are you Now? Jello Jump Kaden Tardif does a cannonball into a vat of Jello during an event at Port Alberni’s Pacifc Chevrolet Buick GMC dealership on Friday afternoon. One hundred jumpers fell into the mixture to earn a chance to win a car, a spectacle that lured more than 300 people during a hot afternoon. Showers were on site to help participants clean up. [PETER McCULLY, TIMES]

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hen is a school not a school? When it’s a neighbourhood green space. Or a place where daycare and seniors’ services cohabit in the same building. Or a structure where cultural and recreational services exist to “nourish community life.” That’s the case an advisory group has made to Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne to transform schools in danger of closing because of declining enrollment into “community hubs” that will continue to serve neighbourhood residents. Wynne says she is “fully supportive” of the recommendations in the report. And that’s a good

thing. It’s clear that some schools must close: school boards shouldn’t hang on to dozens of half-empty buildings at the expense of funding proper services for current students. But it’s also true that school properties should not be sold off in a rush to private interests when some of them can be re-purposed for public service, recreational, and community space. The advisory group, headed up by Karen Pitre, made 28 recommendations to try and break down the “silos” that prevent community groups from co-operating to buy schools. The report also highlights the need for provincial ministries to cut bureaucratic red tape and work

together to take advantage of the opportunity these schools present to house various services under one roof. Among the recommendations: Giving boards of education twice as much time to look for new buyers for a closed school – 180 days instead of just 90. The extra time would help community groups find ways to work together to purchase buildings and give provincial ministries a chance to see if they can make use of the buildings. Selling a closed school at less than the market price to make it affordable for community groups to buy the sites to transform them into community hubs. Creating a provincial “lead”

entity to help build bridges between various players from municipalities to school boards to health agencies and employers to find tenants to create community hubs. Another idea that might prove even more important was put forth by Toronto District School Board trustee Pamela Gough. That would see the province consider other current uses when it is considering which schools are underused and should be put up for sale. Currently the criteria for whether a school stays open or closed are based solely on enrollment. Low enrollment can mean a school may face closure even though it contains a well-used daycare or recreational facilities.

The report cites the town of Petawawa as an example of how municipalities and school boards can co-operate to create community hubs. Petawawa entered into an agreement with the Renfrew County District School Board to share community recreation facilities. This means students have access to curling and hockey rinks while town residents are able to use school gyms. In the end, some schools may well be worth saving even if there aren’t enough students in a neighbourhood to fill their halls. It just takes a little co-operation and imagination.

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from the PM.” The answer finally came from the ever-smiling Nigel Wright, who is said to be deeply religious; he quoted scriptures during his cross-examination, apparently to justify “doing a good deed” of cutting a personal $90,000 cheque for Senator Duffy. According to Mr. Wright’s sworn testimony, “Good To Go” referred to the Prime Minister agreeing to the “media line” that had been concocted by his team in the PMO. It declared that the errant Senator had repaid his own overblown expenses; intending the whole sordid story to end there. According to court testimony the devious strategy backfired, as the media line was a deception. For years we’ve known that Lyin’ Brian Mulroney earned his sobriquet, now we know that Deceivin’ Stephen Harper has earned his monicker, too, and he seems anything but holier-than-thou these days. In fact, the more Tory scandals change, the more they stay the same. Sir Walter Scott’s words are ringing through the Ottawa courtroom, and should be ringing in voters ears on October 19th : “Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive !

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» Your Letters // e-mail: letters@avtimes.net Central Park an ‘amazing step forward’ It is a pity some poor folk can only think about taxes when someone has a vision to beautify our town. Kudos to Stacy Gaiga and husband for envisaging this wonderful park in the uptown area. This will be an aesthetic bonus for everyone and much needed change from the bland and basic big box area on Johnston Road. Thank you to the Gaigas and to council for this amazing step forward. Margaret Growcott Port Alberni

Rainbow crosswalk proposal ‘a new low’ We have reached a new low with the proposals for painted, gay crosswalks on 3rd Avenue from the old Zellers building to Argyle Street and one from city hall to Char’s Landing. How gay are city hall and Char’s? How suitable would be a gay crosswalk to Gaiga’s new park? Why haven’t the proposals been submitted to the Traffic Advisory Committee, local police, and the Motor Vehicle Branch? Why is Councillor Sharie Minions supporting the proposals off the top of her head (as she frequently does

with city matters)? The proposals are undoubtedly going to be costly (with ongoing maintenance) and the money could be much better spent on new sidewalks or repairing existing ones. If the proposals go through, there will be no need for any rebranding of our community.

Guy Langlois Port Alberni

Richard Berg Port Alberni

Think twice about desalination solution

Deception from Prime Minister’s Office

Re: ‘De-salination is Alberni’s water shortage solution’ letter, August 14, Page 4

In 2007 Prime Minister Stephen Harper, in best holier-than-thou stance, ordered his Conservative caucus to have no further dealings with former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. This followed testimony given to the Ethics Committee by Karlheinz Schreiber and the former PM in what was known as the Airbus Affair. Depending on whose testimony you believe, envelopes containing either $225,0000 or $300,000 in cash were accepted by the former PM from the German businessman representing Airbus. Fast forward eight years to the latest Tory scandal with the trial of hand-picked Senator Mike Duffy. Canadians have waited with bated breath for the star witness to answer questions concerning an email that said: “We are good to go

Seawater desalination is one of the most expensive sources of fresh water because desalination requires a lot of energy. According to a report from Pacific Institute, “Desalination plants on average use about 15,000 kilowatt hours of power for every million gallons of fresh water that’s produced.” There are also environmental costs. High energy requirements can raise GHG emissions. Small ocean creatures like baby fish and plankton can get sucked into desalination plants, upsetting the food chain. On the plant maintenance and operation side there is also concern of what happens to the concentrated salt brine. Pumping this brine water back into

Bernie Smith Parksville, B.C.

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HEALTH

SAFETY

Build a culture of family ﬁtness

How many tie downs do you actually need?

hat is your ‘household culture’? Stop to think for a second about it. Your household culture is often the deeper value and understandings your family shares with each other. Usually these are the things that are not necessarily articulated easily because they are embedded in daily life, the basic underlying assumptions. Such as what you know and understand about daily household life in terms of things such as Internet access, TV time, and priority of homework, community or environmental stewardship…and of course your household beliefs on the importance of physical activity. As the adults in the lives of your children: grandchildren, nieces, nephews, etc, you can encourage this culture. Anything adults demonstrate as a behaviour has a greater impact on children than what we say. Families care about the amount of physical activity that children get, but they need to care about the amount of physical activity the family gets. You can have high values, but with little follow-through you won’t change the culture. Adults need to take the lead and set the cultural value around physical activity, have the vision and then also take part and be seen achieving fitness and activity goals too. Tips for Building Your Family Fitness Culture: • What you give to yourself, you

Susan Fox The Happy Life Project give to others. Invest in a small amount of time each day to exercise, and be seen exercising! You get your exercise time in, and the kids in your life see it too. You feel recharged and energetic and can give more to your family. It’s good for your health and you know it’s good for your kids too. • Don’t expect your kids to do it if you don’t do it. Be the change you wish to see…it gives you credibility. If it’s so important to pass the message onto kids, you should be willing to do it to. • Model it and love it. I have early childhood educators who come to my after-work class at the childcare centre they work at. These ladies are busy and energetic all day long with the kids and still take the time to fit in exercise after a long day. The best part is as the kids are leaving during the day they love to peek in and find out what Peggy, Louise and Lisa are up to, and they are pretty excited about it. Peggy, Louise and Lisa are happily exercising, and love to give a wave to the kiddos (unless we are doing a burpee drill, in which case they are happy only after the burpee drill is over).

• Gain momentum in building your culture by achieving quick wins. Setting small, quick goals that are realistic and achievable gives your family momentum and motivation to go on to the next goal. Set goals for yourself as the adult too. Let the kids hear and see you celebrate your fitness ‘wins’…maybe it’s signing up for three-kilometre race or commenting on how great you feel after your walk. • Make sure you spend time building culture together. You’ve got activity goals in mind for your kids, you’ve got fitness goals in mind for yourself, but never forget a family culture of activity should include a lot of time being active together. Go for small hikes and explore new swimming holes, try snowshoeing, take bike rides, walking trips to the grocery store, play outside games, PLAY with your kids in the park…DON’T sit and watch. • Do it often and make it a habit. Make it stick and soon it will be a part of your family culture. Once it’s a part of the culture, you’ve won, and you will always make time for it. » Susan Fox, BCRPA Certified Fitness Professional and Personal Trainer, believes in positive change and enhancing quality of life through fitness. Her goal is to collaborate in creating a vibrant, healthy community where all ages enjoy engaging in movement and daily activity. She can be reached at 250-730-0008 or susanfoxfitness.ca.

he load consisted of rough lumber, about 2x6 or 2x8 size 12 to 14 feet long and 3 feet high on a flat deck trailer pulled by a large pickup truck. Load security was provided by a single heavy strap wrapped once around the middle of the load. The combination was being pulled at highway speed which was 90 km/h. Do you think that this load was secured to the trailer sufficiently? Even if you knew nothing about the rules that must be followed to properly tie down this load I think you would join me in shaking my head. Have you seen a commercial truck drive past with a similar load at any time while you were driving? How many straps did they have wrapped around the load and how big were they? This knowledge alone should tell you that one strap is not enough. The minimum number of tie downs needed is determined by the length of the load. Since the load was more than 10 feet long but not more than 20, it needed three. These straps

Tim Schewe Behind the Wheel must also be distributed equally along the load. Next, the capacity of the tie downs must be considered. The aggregate strength must be at least equal to half of the weight of the load. Depending on how strong the tie downs are, you may end up having to use more than the minimum of three but never less. There are many other loads and situations that can complicate securing a load fully and properly. Rather than trusting to luck, a quick call to the nearest weigh scale, some of which are always open, will get you the expert advice that you need for everyone to be safe.

» Tim Schewe is a retired RCMP constable with many years of traffic enforcement experience. To comment or learn more, please visit www.drivesmartbc.ca.

WILDLIFE

Releasing captive Island black bears back into the Wild

or the past 20 years, the North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre has been rehabilitating black bears on Vancouver Island. It has always been a controversial subject between wildlife rehabilitators and those who believe that captive bears cannot successfully be released back out into the wild. Finally after three decades a research article has been released speaking to this subject and the reading is very interesting. John Beecham, an expert in these matters and mentor of our founder Robin Campbell, has finally made his finding available to the general public. The rehabilitation of bears for release is expanding globally because of increased human interaction. Data gathered from around the world show orphaned bear cubs are kept in captivity for two to 14 months and are released in areas with suitable habitat components. The report examined the fates of 550 captive-reared bears raised in 12 geographically disparate areas across three continents under a variety of management regimes in an attempt to evaluate the efficacy of raising orphaned bear cubs for release back to the wild. Their

Sylvia Campbell Wild N Free analyses reduce many uncertainties surrounding the fate of captive-reared bears and provide evidence that releasing orphaned bears back to the wild is a defensible management alternative. Captive-reared bears released to the wild met the primary and secondary definitions of success; survival rates, human conflict levels, and reproduction by captive-reared and released bears in this study were comparable to those reported for wild bears. The options when faced with an orphaned bear cub are: leave them and let nature take its course, put them in permanent captivity, euthanize them, or place them in a captive-rearing facility for release back to the wild at a future date. The North Island Wildlife Recovery Association responded many years ago to the public outcry and demand for giving orphaned bear cubs a second chance. At that time, founder Robin Campbell met with government officials along with other interested parties

A study just released gives the credibility that NIWRA has have been looking for. The centre’s main goal is to release these cubs to continue their lives as they were designed to do and to keep the public safe.

to successfully devise a plan to change the Wildlife Act. The society has spend over $400,000 of the public’s money to build a treatment centre, three bear enclosures for infant bears, junior bears and bears being prepared for release. Bears may sta-

yat the centre for up to 18 months depending on the scarcity or abundance of food sources upon release. The study just released gives the credibility that NIWRA has have been looking for. The centre’s main goal is to release these cubs

to continue their lives as they were designed to do and to keep the public safe. » Sylvia Campbell works at the North Island Wildlife Centre. If you would like more information about wildlife, call the centre at 250-248-8534.

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WESTERN CANADA GAMES

Alberni leads Team BC to gold Two local wrestlers set example for provincial athletes, Badovinac undefeated to qualify for 69kg ﬁnal SUBMITTED FOR THE ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Local wrestlers Aaron Badovinac and Seth Price travelled as part of the 22-member wrestling contingent of Team BC to compete in the 2015 Western Canada Summer Games in Wood Buffalo, Alta. Aug 6–11. Team BC was dominant in both the male and female divisions. Days one and two of competition saw BC face off against each province/territory in a dual meet format. Dual meets are team competitions where one athlete from each weight class wrestles their opponent’s athlete in the same weight class and the victor scores points for their team. The team with the most total points wins the dual. BC was dominant against NWT, Nunavut and Manitoba on day 1, giving them confidence heading into a challenging day 2. BC battled a tough Saskatchewan squad early on the second day. The girls team won 36–17 and the boys won 44–8. The final dual was against the home crowd favourite, second seeded Alberta, who, like BC, was undefeated coming into the match. Emotions were high as both teams had their sights on gold. The number one ranked BC girls’ team started things off for Team BC by winning their meet by a score of 35–14. “The atmosphere in the building was electric and the intensity on the mats was awesome!” said head coach Kate Walker. “The girls used the energy of the crowd to fuel them and they were unbeatable.” The Alberta and BC men’s teams were much more evenly matched than the girls and the highly anticipated dual lived up to the hype. BC dropped a couple of bouts early on but big wins by 76-kilogram Harbans Gill and 69-kilogram Aaron Badovinac of Port Alberni turned the tides. “Aaron has been the leader of the men’s team both on and off the mats since we came together,” said coach Mike McDonald. “He wrestled lights-out and he definitely pumped our guys up.” BC secured the team title with three matches left and won by a final score of 27–22. Team BC went 5–0 in team competition to take the gold medal. This is the first time in BC’s history that both the female and male teams won gold. The final day of the tournament

Team BC at the 2015 Western Canada Summer Games in Wood Buffalo, Alta. this month. Team BC set a precedent with both male and female teams winning gold. Two Alberni wrestlers were on the team; Each fo the team’s 22 members came home with a medal. [SUBMITTED PHOTO]

“Aaron has been the leader of the men’s team both on and off the mats since we came together. He wrestled lightsout and he definitely pumped our guys up.” Mike McDonald, Team BC coach

was the individual competition. Athletes were ranked based on their individual results from the dual meets and Team BC had an unprecedented 20 of 22 in the gold medal finals. Alberni’s Aaron Badovinac went 5–0 in dual meet action to put him in the 69-kg final. “Aaron has a commanding presence on the mat and he is technically very good. He moves extremely well making him hard to score on,” said coach Danny Einhorn. “Bado won four of his five matches by 10–0 technical superiority, proving he is the guy to beat.” Only Alberta’s Austin Gartman was able to score on Badovinac the entire tournament. Badovinac continued his dominance in the final by defeating Saskatchewan’s Josh Guthrie by another 10-0 technical superiority. Alberni Wrestling’s Seth Price was also in the gold medal final. Price defeated his Saskatchewan opponent to make the final where he met the only guy to beat him: Alberta’s Owen Martin. Price battled hard in the final

Alberni’s Aaron Badovinac wrestles Austin Gartman of Alberta at the Western Canada Summer Games. Badovinac was undefeated in the tournament, winning gold in the 69-kilogram class. Gartman was the only wrestler who managed to score on Badovinac during the competition. [BOGETTI-SMITH PHOTOGRAPHY/TEAM BC]

but was not able to beat the very tough and more experienced Martin, losing 12–2. “Seth is the grittiest kid on the team” stated Mike McDonald.” He has tenacity and determination, qualities that you can’t teach. Seth is young and has a ton of potential and a very bright future in this sport.” Price is only 12 years old and had to have special permission to wrestle at the Games after making Team BC. He is going into Grade 8 at ADSS and will be a tremendous addition to the Armada wrestling team. In total all of the 22 Team BC

wrestlers competing in the individual tournament came home with medals: 11 gold, 9 silver and 2 bronze. BC’s success at the WCSG can be attributed to the outstanding coaching staff and the commitment of the athletes to the rigorous training schedule. Coaches Kate Walker, Mike McDonald and Danny Einhorn invested significant time and provided quality training opportunities to develop these athletes along with approximately 25 alternate athletes who did not attend the games. Alberni’s Isaac McDonald, Daniel Spencer and Morgan Dag-

enais were alternates, who took advantage of the development opportunities, which included weekly practices at Simon Fraser University combined with camps in Idaho, Washington State and Alberni. These training opportunities allowed the athletes to grow as a team and learn as individuals. Alberni athletes will now take some time off the mats. Training will resume at the beginning of November. The WCSG occur every four years and include teams from BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nunavut and the NWT.

TENNIS

Swiss BB Gun hits a Rogers Cup bullseye GREGORY STRONG THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — For months, Swiss teenager Belinda Bencic has been tabbed as one of the rising stars on the women’s tennis scene. This week at the Rogers Cup, she showed that she can hang with — and beat — the sport’s elite. Bencic capped her improbable run to the final with a 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 3-0 victory over Simona Halep on a hot, sunny afternoon at Aviva Centre. Halep, who was hampered by a left leg injury, cramps and heat exhaustion, retired early in the third set. It was yet another upset win for the unseeded world No. 20. She beat four of the top five seeds — including Serena Williams in the semifinal — to claim her first Premier-Five level title. “It’s like I cannot believe it, and it’s amazing,” a giddy Bencic said afterwards. “I have no words for this, and definitely talk about a tough draw.” The 18-year-old Bencic took out a murderer’s row of WTA talent en route to her second career title. Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard was the first to fall. Fourth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki was next, followed by Sabine Lisicki, fifth-seeded Ana Ivanovic, the top-seeded Williams — who lost for just the second time all year — and finally the second-seeded Halep. Bencic became the first teen-

ager to win the $2.51-million tournament since Ivanovic took the crown as an 18-year-old in 2006. Bencic earned $456,000 with the victory and could move as high as No. 12 when the updated world rankings are released Monday. “Now I actually feel like I belong here and that I can really be one of the top players,” she said. “It’s an amazing feeling.” Halep needed treatment and massage therapy at times during the match. She used ice towels and drank fluids to try to cool down and did well to force a deciding set. But Bencic didn’t let up, taking the first three games in the decisive set before Halep decided to end it. “I was thinking that I need a miracle to finish the match,” Halep said. “I knew that I had no power so I tried just to finish the match, but at 3-0 I said there is no sense to continue and I stopped.” Halep, who was looking for her fourth title of the season, earned $227,640 as runner-up. She still plans to play at next week’s stop in Cincinnati. Both players primarily stuck to a baseline game and used their strong returning skills to their advantage. Breaks were more common than holds in the early going. Halep tried to shake out her leg pain at times in the opening set but with a 6-5 lead, she called for a trainer to work on her left

Murray wins third Rogers Cup title BILL BEACON THE CANADIAN PRESS

Belinda Bencic, of Switzerland, poses with winner’s trophy after defeating Simona Halep, of Romania, in the women’s final at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Toronto on Sunday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS/FRANK GUNN]

quadriceps. She returned to the court with a bandage taped to the outside of her leg. Bencic held serve and trailed 1-4 in the tiebreaker before taking control with four straight points. Halep misfired wide to set up a set point and Bencic converted when the Romanian found the net. Down 1-2 in the second set, Halep had the trainer come out

again to rub her left leg under the knee. She also had ice towels wrapped around her neck and upper legs while her blood pressure was checked. A heat alert was in effect for the Toronto area and while the temperature was 30 C, the humidity made it feel like 37 C. It’s also usually a few degrees warmer on the shadeless hardcourt.

MONTREAL — Andy Murray defeated Novak Djokovic 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 to win the US$4.1 million Rogers Cup on Sunday, ending an eight-match losing streak to the world’s top-ranked player. Second-seeded Murray posted his fourth tournament victory of the year. He won $685,200 for claiming the Rogers Cup for a third time after hoisting the trophy in 2009 and 2010. His three wins tie Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Andre Agassi for second place all-time behind Ivan Lendl’s six victories. The two top seeds split the first two sets in a three-hour match in hot, muggy conditions at Uniprix Stadium. It played out with Murray serving at 3-1 in the third, already up a break. A ferocious baseline battle went to deuce 10 times and Murray fought off six break points to all but put the match away. Djokovic had two more break points in the final game, but Murray pounded two service winners and eventually won when Djokovic hit a ground stroke long after a brief rally. Murray is 9-19 in his career against Djokovic and beat the Serb for the first time since the 2013 Wimbledon final.

SPORTS

FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2015 | ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES |

MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION N.Y. Yankees Toronto Baltimore Tampa Bay Boston

W 64 65 60 58 52

L 52 54 56 59 65

Pct .552 .546 .517 .496 .444

GB â€” 1 /2 4 61/2 121/2

WCGB â€” â€” â€” 21/2 81/2

L10 4-6 8-2 6-4 5-5 5-5

Str L-1 W-1 W-3 L-3 L-1

Home 32-21 40-23 37-21 30-29 29-29

Away 32-31 25-31 23-35 28-30 23-36

W 71 59 56 55 54

L 46 58 61 60 62

Pct .607 .504 .479 .478 .466

GB â€” 12 15 15 161/2

WCGB â€” 11/2 1 4 /2 41/2 6

L10 8-2 5-5 4-6 5-5 5-5

Str W-3 W-2 L-1 W-1 L-2

Home 42-20 38-24 28-30 30-28 24-34

Away 29-26 21-34 28-31 25-32 30-28

CENTRAL DIVISION Kansas City Minnesota Detroit Chi. White Sox Cleveland

WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Houston 64 54 .542 â€” â€” 4-6 W-1 40-19 1 /2 3-7 L-3 36-23 L.A. Angels 60 57 .513 31/2 Texas 59 57 .509 4 1 6-4 W-4 26-29 Seattle 55 63 .466 9 6 5-5 W-1 26-33 3-7 L-6 27-34 Oakland 51 68 .429 131/2 101/2 Note: d-clinched division title; x-clinched playoff berth; w-clinched wild card

Sunday Toronto 3 N.Y. Yankees 1 Baltimore 18 Oakland 2 Seattle 10 Boston 8 (12) Chi. White Sox 3 Chicago Cubs 1 Houston 6 Detroit 5 Minnesota 4 Cleveland 1 Texas 5 Tampa Bay 3 Kansas City 4 L.A. Angels 3 (10) Saturday N.Y. Yankees 4 Toronto 1 Boston 22 Seattle 10 Baltimore 4 Oakland 3 Chicago Cubs 6 Chi. White Sox 3 Kansas City 9 L.A. Angels 4 Detroit 4 Houston 2 (11) Minnesota 4 Cleveland 1 Texas 12 Tampa Bay 4 Monday Oakland (Gray 12-4) at Baltimore (Tillman 8-7), 7:05 p.m. Minnesota (Gibson 8-9) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 4-9), 7:05 p.m. Cleveland (Salazar 10-6) at Boston (Barnes 3-2), 7:10 p.m. Seattle (Walker 8-7) at Texas (Hamels 0-1), 8:05 p.m.

Away 24-35 24-34 33-28 29-30 24-34

Tampa Bay (Ramirez 9-4) at Houston (Kazmir 6-7), 8:10 p.m. Chi. White Sox (Rodon 5-4) at L.A. Angels (Heaney 5-1), 10:05 p.m. Tuesday N.Y. Mets at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Cleveland at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Seattle at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Houston, 8:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. Chi. White Sox at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. Wednesday Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. Seattle at Texas, 2:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Oakland, 3:35 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Cleveland at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Houston, 8:10 p.m. Chi. White Sox at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. Thursday Minnesota at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Cleveland at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Texas at Detroit, 7:08 p.m. Kansas City at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Houston, 8:10 p.m. Chi. White Sox at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W 63 58 53 47 46

N.Y. Mets Washington Atlanta Miami Philadelphia

L 55 59 64 70 72

Pct .534 .496 .453 .402 .390

GB WCGB â€” â€” 41/2 91/2 91/2 141/2 151/2 201/2 17 22

L10 5-5 2-8 5-5 4-6 4-6

Str L-3 L-6 W-1 W-1 L-3

Home 42-21 31-23 32-24 28-30 27-29

Away 21-34 27-36 21-40 19-40 19-43

CENTRAL DIVISION W 75 69 67 51 51

Home 44-18 39-18 34-24 28-26 27-36

Away 31-24 30-28 33-25 23-39 24-32

W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home L.A. Dodgers 67 51 .568 â€” â€” 5-5 W-3 42-20 5-5 W-4 35-24 San Francisco 64 53 .547 21/2 31/2 Arizona 57 59 .491 9 10 5-5 L-1 30-29 San Diego 56 62 .475 11 12 4-6 L-1 26-29 Colorado 48 68 .414 18 19 3-7 W-1 26-31 Note: d-clinched division title; x-clinched playoff berth; w-clinched wild card

Away 25-31 29-29 27-30 30-33 22-37

St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Cubs Cincinnati Milwaukee

L 42 46 49 65 68

Pct .641 .600 .578 .440 .429

GB WCGB â€” â€” 5 â€” â€” 71/2 16 231/2 25 171/2

L10 7-3 8-2 9-1 3-7 5-5

Str L-1 W-4 L-1 L-3 W-3

WEST DIVISION

Sunday Pittsburgh 8 N.Y. Mets 1 Atlanta 2 Arizona 1 (10) Milwaukee 6 Philadelphia 1 Miami 6 St. Louis 4 San Francisco 5 Washington 0 L.A. Dodgers 2 Cincinnati 1 Colorado 5 San Diego 0 Saturday Arizona 8 Atlanta 4 Pittsburgh 5 N.Y. Mets 3 (14) Milwaukee 4 Philadelphia 2 St. Louis 6 Miami 2 San Diego 7 Colorado 5 L.A. Dodgers 8 Cincinnati 3 San Francisco 12 Washington 6 Monday Arizona (Hellickson 8-8) at Pittsburgh (Cole 14-6), 7:05 p.m. Miami (Nicolino 1-1) at Milwaukee (Garza 6-12), 8:10 p.m. San Francisco (Heston 11-7) at St. Louis (Wacha 14-4), 8:15 p.m. Atlanta (Perez 4-3) at San Diego (Rea 1-0), 10:10 p.m.

Tuesday Toronto at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. Arizona at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. Kansas City at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. Detroit at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m. Miami at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. San Francisco at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. Washington at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Atlanta at San Diego, 10:10 p.m. Wednesday Miami at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m. Atlanta at San Diego, 3:40 p.m. Toronto at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. Arizona at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. Kansas City at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. San Francisco at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m. Detroit at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m. Washington at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Thursday San Francisco at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. Arizona at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia at Miami, 7:10 p.m. Atlanta at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m. Washington at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

SFâ€”Ortiz, Rutledge.

BLUE JAYS 3, YANKEES 1 N.Y. Yankeesab Ellsbury cf 4 Gardner lf 4 Rodriguez dh 3 Teixeira 1b 4 McCann c 2 Beltran rf 3 Headley 3b 3 Gregorius ss 3 Drew 2b 3 Totals 29 N.Y. Yankees Toronto

r 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

h bi 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 000 003

Toronto ab Tulowitzki ss 4 Donaldson 3b 3 Bautista rf 3 Encarnacion dh4 Smoak 1b 4 Martin c 3 Goins 2b 2 Pillar cf 3 Revere lf 3 Totals 29 001 000 000 00x

r 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

h bi 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 3 â€”1 â€”3

LOBâ€”Toronto 6, N.Y. Yankees 3. DPâ€” N.Y. Yankees 1. Toronto 1. 2Bâ€”McCann (13), Tulowitzki (3). HRâ€”Bautista (28). Ellsbury (6). N.Y. Yankees IP H R ER BB Severino L, 0-2 6 5 3 3 3 Shreve 1-3 1 0 0 1 Warren 1 2-3 1 0 0 0 Toronto Hutchison W, 12-2 6 2-3 3 1 1 1 Cecil H, 6 1-3 0 0 0 0 Sanchez H, 7 1 0 0 0 0 Osuna S, 13 1 1 0 0 0

SO 9 0 3

Balkâ€”Severino. HBP â€” McCann. Umpiresâ€”Home, Paul Emmel; First, Mark Wegner; Second, Andy Fletcher; Third, Jordan Baker. Tâ€”2:41. Aâ€”46,792 (49,282) at Toronto.

5 0 1 1

BRAVES 2, DIAMONDBACKS 1 (10) Arizona ab r h bi Inciarte cf 2 0 0 1 Hill 2b 3 0 0 0 &KDĂ€Q S Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 Goldschmidt 1b4 0 0 0 Peralta lf 3 0 1 0 Castillo c 4 0 0 0 Lamb 3b 4 0 0 0 Tomas rf 4 0 0 0 Ahmed ss 4 1 1 0 De La Rosa sp 2 0 0 0 Saltalamacchia 1 0 1 0 Owings pr-2b 1 0 0 0 Totals Arizona Atlanta

Atlanta ab r h bi Bourn lf 4 0 1 1 Maybin cf 5 1 2 1 0DUNDNLV UI Pierzynski c 4 0 0 0 Garcia 3b 4 0 0 0 Peterson 2b 3 1 2 0 Terdoslavich 1b4 0 1 0 Simmons ss 4 0 2 0 Miller sp 2 0 0 0 Detwiler p 0 0 0 0 Moylan p 0 0 0 0 Vizcaino p 0 0 0 0 Gomes ph 0 0 0 0 Aardsma p 0 0 0 0 32 1 3 1 Totals 33 2 9 2 000 000 010 0 â€”1 000 010 000 1 â€”2

Eâ€”Ahmed. LOBâ€”Arizona 5, Atlanta 9. DPâ€”Arizona 2. Atlanta 1. 2Bâ€”Peterson (20), Simmons (17), Bourn (1). HRâ€” Maybin (9). Arizona IP De La Rosa 7 &KDĂ€Q Hernandez L, 0-3 1-3 Atlanta Miller 7 Detwiler BS, 1 1-3 Moylan 2-3 Vizcaino 1 Aardsma W, 1-1 1

R ER BB SO 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 0

2 0 0 1 0

1 0 0 0 0

4 0 0 0 0

10 0 0 0 3

S.Miller pitched to 2 batters in the 8th Umpiresâ€”Home, Chris Segal; First, Tom Hallion; Second, Paul Schrieber; Third, Dan Bellino. Tâ€”3:13. Aâ€”20,840 (49,586) at Atlanta.

ORIOLES 18, ATHLETICS 2 Oakland ab r h bi Baltimore ab r h bi Burns cf 5 0 0 0 Machado 3b 5 2 3 3 Crisp lf 4 0 2 0 Reimold ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Valencia 3b 4 0 1 0 Parra rf-cf 6 3 5 3 Phegley c 4 0 1 0 Jones cf 4 3 3 3 Lawrie 2b 4 1 2 1 Paredes 3b 1 0 1 0 Butler dh 4 0 1 0 Davis 1b 5 1 2 1 Canha 1b 4 0 0 0 Schoop 2b 6 2 3 0 Semien ss 3 1 1 0 Clevenger 6 2 4 1 Sogard ss 1 0 0 0 Hardy ss 4 0 0 0 Fuld rf 3 0 1 1 Flaherty ss 1 0 0 0 Urrutia lf 5 2 2 3 Joseph c 4 3 3 4 Totals 36 2 9 2 Totals 48 182618 Oakland 010 100 000 â€”2 Baltimore 141 092 10x â€”18

LOBâ€”Oakland 8, Baltimore 9. DPâ€” Oakland 1. 2Bâ€”Machado 2 (24), Semien (20), Paredes (16), Joseph (13), Fuld (13), Schoop (8), Crisp (5), Parra (3), Clevenger (2). HRâ€”Parra (3); Jones (22); Joseph (11). Lawrie (11). Oakland IP Graveman L, 6-9 3 1-3 Otero 1 1-3 Mujica 1 Abad 1-3 Scribner 1 Davis 1 Baltimore Chen W, 7-6 6 Matusz 1 Garcia 2

H R ER BB 8 6 6 1 8 8 8 0 5 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 8 1 0

2 0 0

0 0 1

SO 4 1 0 0 2 1

WP â€” Garcia. Umpiresâ€”Home, Ron Kulpa; First, Larry Vanover; Second, Vic Carapazza; Third, Adam Hamari. Tâ€”3:09. Aâ€”28,228 (45,971) at Baltimore.

7 2 1

MARINERS 10, RED SOX 8 (12) Seattle ab r h bi Marte ss 5 2 2 0 Seager 3b 7 1 2 1 Cruz rf 7 1 1 1 Cano 2b 7 2 5 3 Gutierrez lf 4 2 2 4 Smith lf 2 0 1 0 Jackson cf 4 1 2 0 Trumbo dh 6 0 1 0 Miller pr-dh 0 1 0 0 Montero 1b 3 0 0 0 Morrison ph-1b2 0 0 0 Zunino c 6 0 2 1 Totals 53101810 Seattle 304 Boston 001

Boston ab Betts cf 5 Holt 3b-2b 5 Bogaerts ss 5 Ortiz dh 4 Castillo rf 6 Shaw 1b-3b 5 Swihart c 4 Rutledge 2b 2 Cecchini ph-1b 3 Bradley Jr. lf 5

r 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1

Minnesota Hicks cf Dozier 2b Mauer dh Sano 3b Plouffe 1b Rosario rf Nunez ss Suzuki c Robinson lf

ab 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3

r 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0

SO 2 2 0 2 4 2 2 10 2 0 0 1 1

h bi 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 1 2 1 0

Totals 32 4 9 4 000 000 â€”1 000 02x â€”4

H R ER BB 6 2 2 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1

1 0 0 0 0

SO 7 0 0

3 0 0 0 0

Umpiresâ€”Home, Ben May; First, Greg Gibson; Second, Chad Fairchild; Third, Sam Holbrook. Tâ€”2:48. Aâ€”27,244 (39,021) at Minnesota.

h bi 1 0 3 0 2 3 1 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0

Totals 44 813 7 000 100 002 â€”10 210 202 000 â€”8

Eâ€”Breslow, Castillo. LOBâ€”Boston 10, Seattle 12. DPâ€”Seattle 1. Boston 1. 2Bâ€”Marte 2 (3), Cano (29), Holt (20), Bradley Jr. (5), Shaw (2). 3Bâ€”Smith (4). HRâ€”Bogaerts (4); Castillo (4). Cruz (36); Cano (13); Gutierrez (7). SBâ€”Jackson 2 (15), Betts (16), Holt (6). Sâ€”Morrison.

Detroit ab Kinsler 2b 4 Romine 2b 1 Iglesias ss 4 Cabrera 1b 3 V. Martinez dh 5 J. Martinez rf 4 Collins lf 4 Marte 3b 4 Avila c 4 Gose cf 4 Totals 37 Detroit Houston

r 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 5

h bi 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 5 200 041

Houston Altuve 2b Gonzalez 3b Correa ss Gattis dh Gomez cf Rasmus lf Carter 1b Conger c Marisnick rf

ab 5 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 4

r 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1

3 1 1 1 0

h bi 3 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0

Totals 33 6 9 6 000 210 â€”5 000 001 â€”6

H R ER BB 6 5 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 2 2

2 0 2 1

0 0 2 0

SO 4 1 0 0 0

2 0 0 1

5 2 1 5

A.Wilson pitched to 1 batter in the 9th WP â€” Boyd, Fiers. Umpiresâ€”Home, Doug Eddings; First, Jim Wolf; Second, Adrian Johnson; Third, Bill Miller. Tâ€”3:25. Aâ€”29,969 (41,574) at Houston.

RANGERS 5, RAYS 3 Tampa Bay ab Jaso dh 2 Guyer ph-dh 2 Sizemore rf 3 Shaffer ph-rf 1 Nava ph 1 Longoria 3b 5 Loney 1b 4 Forsythe 2b 4 Cabrera ss 4 Jennings lf 4 Kiermaier cf 4 Casali c 3 Totals 37 Tampa Bay Texas

r h bi 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 312 3 120 211

Texas ab Deshields cf 2 Choo rf 4 Fielder dh 4 Beltre 3b 3 Napoli 1b 4 Andrus ss 4 Odor 2b 4 Wilson c 3 Strausborger lf 4

r 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1

h bi 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1

Totals 32 5 9 5 000 000 â€”3 100 00x â€”5

LOBâ€”Texas 7, Tampa Bay 9. DPâ€”Texas 1. 2Bâ€”Choo (24), Kiermaier (21), Napoli (19), Sizemore (5). 3Bâ€”Jennings (1). HRâ€”Beltre (11); Strausborger (1). SBâ€”Deshields (21), Kiermaier (13). Sâ€” Casali. SFâ€”Beltre. Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB Smyly L, 0-2 4 7 5 5 2 Colome 3 2 0 0 0 Cedeno 1 0 0 0 0 Texas Gallardo W, 9-9 5 1-3 11 3 3 1 Freeman H, 12 2-3 0 0 0 0 Kela H, 11 1 0 0 0 0 Dyson H, 3 1 0 0 0 0 Tolleson S, 23 1 1 0 0 0

SO 4 1 3

HBP â€” Wilson. Umpiresâ€”Home, Tripp Gibson; First, Mark Carlson; Second, Gabe Morales; Third, Eric Cooper. Tâ€”3:04. Aâ€”29,167 (48,114) at Texas.

5 1 2 0 1

INTERLEAGUE WHITE SOX 3, CUBS 1 Chicago Cubsabr h bi Fowler cf 4 0 1 0 'HQRUĂ€D OI Coghlan ph-3b 1 0 0 0

Chicago Cubs IP Haren L, 8-8 4 2-3 Wood 1 2-3 Hunter 2-3 Russell 2-3 Motte 1-3 Chi. White Sox Sale W, 11-7 7 Jones H, 2 1 Robertson S, 24 1

0 0 1 2 0 1

0 0 1 0 0 0

Totals 32 3 8 3 000 001 â€”1 110 00x â€”3

H R ER BB 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SO 4 3 1 0 1

1 0 2

15 3 0

0 0 1

2 0 0

WP â€” Motte. HBP â€” Rizzo. Umpiresâ€” Home, D.J. Reyburn; First, Clint Fagan; Second, Kerwin Danley; Third, Joe West. Tâ€”2:46. Aâ€”39,475 (40,615) at Chi. White Sox.

NATIONAL LEAGUE PADRES 7, ROCKIES 5 San Diego ab r h bi Solarte 3b 3 1 1 1 Alonso 1b 3 1 1 0 Hedges c 1 0 0 0 Kemp rf 3 1 1 1 Upton lf 5 1 2 1 Gyorko 2b 4 0 1 2 D. Norris c-1b 4 1 2 0 Amarista ss 3 0 0 0 Spangenberg ph 1 1 1 0 Barmes ss 0 0 0 0 Upton Jr. cf 4 1 1 0 Cashner sp 2 0 0 0 Rzepczynski p 0 0 0 0 B. Norris p 0 0 0 0 Venable ph 1 0 0 0 Quackenbush p0 0 0 0 Wallace ph 1 0 1 1 Kimbrel p 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 7 11 6 San Diego 100 Colorado 102

Colorado ab Blackmon cf 4 Reyes ss 3 Gonzalez rf 3 Arenado 3b 4 Paulsen 1b 3 LeMahieu 2b 4 Hundley c 4 Parker lf 3 0 Oberg p

r 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

h bi 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0

Axford p Kahnle p Descalso ph Gray sp McBride ph Germen p Barnes lf

0 0 0 1 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 1 0 1 0 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals 32 510 5 003 003 â€”7 002 000 â€”5

Eâ€”D. Norris, Hundley, Barmes. LOBâ€” Colorado 4, San Diego 6. DPâ€”San Diego 1. 2Bâ€”D. Norris (25), Blackmon (24), Upton (13), Gyorko (11), Upton Jr. (3). SBâ€”LeMahieu (18). Sâ€”Reyes. SFâ€” Paulsen, Solarte, Kemp. San Diego IP H R ER BB Cashner 5 7 4 4 2 Rzepczynski BS, 3 1-3 0 0 0 0 B. Norris 2-3 2 1 0 0 Quackenbush W, 2-2 2 1 0 0 1 Kimbrel S, 33 1 0 0 0 0 Colorado Gray 5 4 1 1 0 Germen BS, 1 1 3 3 3 1 Oberg H, 8 1 0 0 0 1 Axford H, 2 1 1 0 0 0 Kahnle L, 0-1 BS, 1 1 3 3 2 1

SO 2 0 1 0 1 5 1 1 1 0

Cashner pitched to 2 batters in the 6th WP â€” Rzepczynski, Germen. Umpiresâ€” Home, Dan Iassogna; First, CB Bucknor; Second, Lance Barrett; Third, Dale Scott. Tâ€”3:13. Aâ€”37,554 (50,398) at Colorado.

DODGERS 2, REDS 1 Cincinnati ab Phillips 2b 4 Suarez ss 4 Votto 1b 3 Frazier 3b 4 Bruce rf 4 Byrd lf 4 Barnhart c 3 DeSclafani sp 2 Schumaker ph 1 Parra p 0 Hoover p 0 Hamilton cf 2

L.A. Dodgers ab Rollins ss 4 Hernandez 2b 4 Gonzalez 1b 3 Turner 3b 4 Ethier lf 3 Puig rf 3 Grandal c 2 Pederson cf 3 Greinke sp 1 Guerrero ph 1 Baez p 0 Howell p 0 Jansen p 0 Totals 31 1 6 1 Totals 28 Cincinnati 000 010 000 L.A. Dodgers 000 020 00x

r 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

h bi 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

r 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2

H R ER BB 6 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0

1 0 0 0

h bi 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 â€”1 â€”2

SO 6 2 2

1 0 1 0

Pittsburgh ab r h bi Polanco rf 6 1 2 1 Marte cf-lf 5 1 2 1 Walker 2b 3 1 1 0 Ramirez 3b 5 1 4 3 Alvarez 1b 4 1 2 2 McCutchen cf 0 0 0 0 Ishikawa lf 4 0 2 0 Bastardo p 1 0 0 0 6RULD S Stewart c 5 0 1 0 Florimon ss 3 1 0 0 /RFNH VS Caminero p 0 0 0 0 Morse ph 1 0 0 0 Rodriguez pr-1b22 1 0

N.Y. Mets ab Lagares cf 4 Granderson rf 4 Torres p 0 Cespedes lf 3 Conforto lf 0 Uribe 3b 4 Murphy 2b 4 Cuddyer 1b 3 'Âˇ$UQDXG F Recker c 1 Tejada ss 2 2Âˇ)ODKHUW\ S Johnson rf 1 Harvey sp 2 Parnell p 0 Flores ss 1 Totals 41 815 7 Totals 32 Pittsburgh 010 000 430 N.Y. Mets 010 000 000

8 0 0 2

Chi. White Soxab r h bi Eaton cf 4 0 0 0 $EUHX GK Cabrera lf 4 1 2 1

r h bi 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 â€”8 â€”1

Eâ€”Parnell. LOBâ€”N.Y. Mets 7, Pittsburgh 11. DPâ€”N.Y. Mets 1. 2Bâ€”Walker (26), 5DPLUH] 5RGULJXH] 'Âˇ$UQDXG (6). 3Bâ€”Polanco (5), Marte (2). HRâ€” 'Âˇ$UQDXG $OYDUH] Pittsburgh IP Locke 5 1-3 Caminero W, 4-1 2-3 Bastardo 2 Soria 1 N.Y. Mets Harvey 6 Parnell L, 1-3 2-3 2Âˇ)ODKHUW\ Torres 1 1-3

H R ER BB 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 3

1 4 2

1 2 2

SO 5 1 4 2

1 2 2

3%Âł'Âˇ$UQDXG HBP â€” Cuddyer. Umpiresâ€”Home, David Rackley; First, Jeff Kellogg; Second, Marvin Hudson; Third, Bob Davidson. Tâ€”3:23. Aâ€”40,250 (41,922) at N.Y. Mets.

6 0 3

Eâ€”Ahmed. LÂşOBâ€”Arizona 5, Atlanta 9. DPâ€”Arizona 2. Atlanta 1. 2Bâ€”Peterson (20), Simmons (17), Bourn (1). HRâ€” Maybin (9). H 7 1

R ER BB SO 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 0

2 0 0 1 0

1 0 0 0 0

4 0 0 0 0

10 0 0 0 3

S.Miller pitched to 2 batters in the 8th Umpiresâ€”Home, Chris Segal; First, Tom Hallion; Second, Paul Schrieber; Third, Dan Bellino. Tâ€”3:13. Aâ€”20,840 (49,586) at Atlanta.

BREWERS 6, PHILLIES 1 Philadelphia ab Hernandez 2b 5 Galvis ss 4 Herrera cf 4 Howard 1b 4 Blanco 3b 3 Brown rf 4 Ruiz c 3 Asche lf 3 Neris p 0 Jimenez p 0 Francoeur ph 1 Harang sp 2 Loewen p 0 Ruf lf 1 Totals 34 Philadelphia Milwaukee

r 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

h bi 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 000 100

Milwaukee Peterson cf-lf Lucroy c Braun rf Lind 1b Davis lf Cotts p Rodriguez p Gennett 2b Segura ss Herrera 3b Jungmann sp Knebel p Schafer ph-cf

ab 3 2 4 4 4 0 0 4 4 4 3 0 1

r 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0

h bi 0 0 1 0 1 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Totals 33 6 8 6 000 001 â€”1 050 00x â€”6

Eâ€”Harang, Ruiz. LOBâ€”Milwaukee 6, Philadelphia 9. 2Bâ€”Gennett (12). 3Bâ€” Lucroy (2). HRâ€”Braun (21). Blanco (4). SBâ€”Herrera (13). Philadelphia IP H R ER BB Harang L, 5-14 4 2-3 7 6 6 1 Loewen 1 2-3 1 0 0 2 Neris 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 Jimenez 1-3 0 0 0 0 Milwaukee Jungmann W, 7-4 6 1-3 3 0 0 2 Knebel 1 2-3 1 0 0 0 Cotts 2-3 3 1 1 1 Rodriguez S, 29 1-3 0 0 0 0

SO 2 2 2 0 9 2 0 0

MARLINS 6, CARDINALS 4 r h bi 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 610 6 100 102

St. Louis ab Carpenter 3b 4 Piscotty lf-rf 4 Heyward rf-cf 4 Grichuk cf 2 Maness p 0 Peralta ph 1 Broxton p 0 Molina c 4 Wong 2b 4 Reynolds 1b 4 Kozma ss 4 Martinez sp 1 Bourjos ph 1 Villanueva p 0 Choate p 0 Moss ph-lf 0 Totals 33 041 000 010 000

r 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

h bi 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 â€”6 â€”4

Eâ€”Wong 2. LOBâ€”Miami 5, St. Louis 4. DPâ€”St. Louis 1. 3Bâ€”Hechavarria (5), Dietrich (1). HRâ€”Piscotty (1); Heyward

H R ER BB 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SO 4 2 0 1 0 2

SOCCER

GOLF

MLS

At Kohler, Wisconsin Par 72 Fourth round

PGA PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

EASTERN CONFERENCE W L 13 8 11 6 9 8 9 9 9 10 8 9 7 11 7 11 6 13 6 12

TGF 5 35 6 38 7 38 7 34 4 37 4 29 7 32 6 34 6 32 5 27

GA 29 25 39 36 41 31 41 37 43 34

Pts 44 39 34 34 31 28 28 27 24 23

Balkâ€”Martinez. Umpiresâ€”Home, Phil Cuzzi; First, Gerry Davis; Second, Will Little; Third, Tony Randazzo. Tâ€”3:13. Aâ€”43,826 (45,399) at St. Louis.

D.C. New York Columbus New England Toronto Montreal Orlando New York City Philadelphia Chicago

GIANTS 5, NATIONALS 0

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Washington ab r Taylor cf 4 0 Rendon 2b 4 0 Harper rf 4 0 Escobar 3b 4 0 Zimmerman 1b3 0 Desmond ss 3 0 Werth lf 2 0 Ramos c 3 0 Ross sp 0 0 Treinen p 1 0 Janssen p 0 0 Espinosa ph 1 0 Thornton p 0 0 Totals 29 0 Washington San Francisco

h bi 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 000 000

7 1 1 1 0

5 1 0 0 0

1 1 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 0

San Franciscoab r Blanco cf 2 1 Duffy 3b 4 0 Belt 1b 4 1 Posey c 4 0 Pence rf 4 1 Crawford ss 3 0 Maxwell lf 3 0 Tomlinson 2b 3 1 Adrianza 2b 0 0 Bumgarner sp 3 1

5 1 0 0 0

h bi 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2

Totals 30 5 7 5 000 000 â€”0 310 10x â€”5

LOBâ€”Washington 4, San Francisco 3. DPâ€”Washington 1. 2Bâ€”Belt (28), Crawford (26), Bumgarner (1). HRâ€” Pence (9); Bumgarner (4). SBâ€”Desmond (10). Sâ€”Ross. Washington IP H R ER BB Ross L, 3-5 4 6 4 4 1 Treinen 2 0 0 0 0 Janssen 1 1 1 1 1 Thornton 1 0 0 0 0 San Francisco Bumgarner W, 14-6 9 3 0 0 1

SO 6 2 1 0 14

J.Ross pitched to 3 batters in the 5th Umpiresâ€”Home, Jeff Nelson; First, Laz Diaz; Second, Chris Guccione; Third, Cory Blaser. Tâ€”2:17. Aâ€”41,904 (41,915) at San Francisco.

CFL WEEK 8 EAST Hamilton Toronto Ottawa Montreal

GP W L T PF PA Pt 7 5 2 0 243 136 10 7 5 2 0 193 183 10 7 4 3 0 134 198 8 7 2 5 0 142 135 4

WEST Calgary Edmonton B.C. Winnipeg Saskatchewan

GP W L T PF PA Pt 7 5 2 0 185 151 10 7 5 2 0 180 101 10 7 3 4 0 166 211 6 8 3 5 0 160 237 6 7 0 7 0 174 225 0

Saturday, August 15 Hamilton 52 B.C. 22 Calgary 48 Ottawa 3 Thursday, August 20 Montreal at B.C., 10 p.m. Friday, August 21 Hamilton at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Saturday, August 22 Calgary at Saskatchewan, 7 p.m. Sunday, August 23 Ottawa at Toronto, 4 p.m.

STAMPEDERS 48, REDBLACKS 3

3 0 0 8 23 10

0â€”3 7â€”48

Attendance â€” 27,566 at Calgary. Ott 10 21 179 17-35 138 0-0 3-3 5 11-41.3 9-65 27:06

GA 31 26 25 28 29 27 30 29 38 25

Pts 43 42 40 39 38 35 31 29 29 24

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. x â€” clinched playoff berth Saturday, Aug. 15 New York 3 Toronto 0 New England 2 Houston 0 Los Angeles 2 Dallas 1 Kansas City 4 Vancouver 3 Portland 1 Salt Lake 0 Sunday, Aug. 16 Seattle 4 Orlando 0 Philadelphia 3 Chicago 3 Wednesday, Aug. 19 New York City at Columbus, 7:30 p.m. San Jose at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21 Houston at Portland, 11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22 Orlando at Toronto, 4 p.m. San Jose at D.C., 7 p.m. Kansas City at Columbus, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Montreal, 8 p.m. Colorado at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Dallas at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Seattle at Salt Lake, 10 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23 New York City at Los Angeles, 3 p.m.

ENGLAND Saturday

PREMIER LEAGUE Everton 3 Southampton 0 Norwich 3 Sunderland 1 Swansea 2 Newcastle 0 Tottenham 2 Stoke 2 Watford 0 West Brom 0 Leicester City 2 West Ham 1 Championship Burnley 2 Birmingham 2 Brentford 4 Bristol City 2 Derby County 1 Charlton Athletic 1 Brighton & Hove Albion 2 Fulham 1 +XGGHUVĂ€HOG 7RZQ %ODFNEXUQ ,SVZLFK 6KHIĂ€HOG :HGQHVGD\ Preston North End 1 MK Dons 0 Middlesbrough 3 Bolton 0 Nottingham Forest 2 Rotherham United 1 Queens Park Rangers 2 Cardiff 2

LEAGUE TWO

First Quarter Cal â€” TD Mitchell 11 run (pass from Mitchell to Harrison) 5:47 Ott â€” FG Milo 31 10:38 Second Quarter Cal â€” TD Mitchell 1 run (Paredes convert) 2:16 Cal â€” TD West 17 pass from Mitchell (Paredes convert) 7:58 Cal â€” FG Paredes 22 14:03 Cal â€” TD Rogers 23 pass from Mitchell (Paredes convert) 14:57 Third Quarter Cal 0:06...Cal â€” Safety 3:46 Cal â€” TD Walter 6 run (Paredes convert) 9:01 Fourth Quarter Cal â€” FG Paredes 34 1:08 Cal â€” FG Paredes 36 5:26 Cal â€” Single Maver 56 10:45

TEAM STATISTICS First downs Yards rushing Yards passing Passes made-tried Return yards Interceptions-yards by Fumbles-Lost Sacks by Punts-average Penalties-Yards Time of Possession

TGF 7 44 3 37 7 37 6 26 5 33 2 30 7 30 5 24 8 27 9 20

Barnsley 1 Burton Albion 0 Rochdale 2 Blackpool 0 Bradford City 1 Shrewsbury Town 1 Bury 2 Swindon Town 2 Coventry 4 Millwall 0 Oldham Athletic 1 Fleetwood Town 0 Peterborough United 2 Colchester United 1 Port Vale 1 Gillingham 1 Scunthorpe 2 Crewe Alexandra 0 6KHIĂ€HOG 8QLWHG &KHVWHUĂ€HOG Walsall 2 Southend United 0

SATURDAY

Ottawa Calgary

Los Angeles Vancouver Kansas City Portland Dallas Seattle Houston San Jose Salt Lake Colorado

W L 12 7 13 9 11 4 11 8 11 7 11 12 8 9 8 10 7 10 5 9

LEAGUE ONE

Cal 20 92 275 20-31 172 1-20 0-0 5 12-45.6 6-55 32:54

Wycombe Wanderers 2 Barnet 0 Carlisle United 4 Cambridge United 4 AFC Wimbledon 2 Crawley Town 1 Leyton Orient 3 Dagenham & Redbridge 1 Luton Town 2 Oxford United 2 Morecambe 1 Accrington Stanley 0 Newport County 2 Stevenage 2 Northampton Town 3 Exeter City 0 Portsmouth 2 Plymouth Argyle 1 Bristol Rovers 1 Yeovil Town 0 Hartlepool United 2 York City 1 Sunday

PREMIER LEAGUE Arsenal 2 Crystal Palace 1 Manchester City 3 Chelsea 0 Championship Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Hull 1 Reading 0 Leeds 0

LEAGUE ONE Wigan Athletic 0 Doncaster 0

DENMARK Superliga Saturday AaB Aalborg 3 AGF Aarhus 2 Sunday Esbjerg 2 Nordsjaelland 1 Brondby 4 Viborg 0 Randers FC 3 OB Odense 2 Ă‘Ă‘Ă‘

FRANCE LIGUE UN Saturday St-Etienne 1 Bordeaux 1 Angers 0 Nantes 0 Caen 1 Toulouse 0 Lyon 1 Guingamp 0 Rennes 1 Montpellier 0 Troyes 3 Nice 3 Sunday Reims 1 Marseille 0 Lorient 1 Bastia 1 Paris St-Germain 2 Gazelec Ajaccio 0

GERMANY

Rushing â€” Ott: Walker 7-11, Johnson 3-10. Cal: Walter 10-41, Mitchell 3-22, Harrison 7-18, Moniz 1-8, Parker 1-3. Receiving â€” Ott: Sinopoli 3-50, Ellingson 3-46, Johnson 3-31, Jackson 3-24, Walker 2-11, Price 2-10, Macdonell 1-7. Cal: Rogers 5-92, West 2-54, McDaniel 4-47, Fuller 3-27, Parker 1-26, Harrison 3-19, Cote 1-10. Passing â€” Ott: 2Âˇ%ULHQ Burris 7-17-114-0-0, Demarco 1-8-70-1. Cal: Mitchell 17-25-243-2-0, Tate 3-5-32-0-0.

BUNDESLIGA

TIGER-CATS 52, LIONS 22

Saturday FC Zwolle 3 De Graafschap 0 Ajax 3 Willem II 0 ADO Den Haag 4 FC Twente 1 Excelsior 2 AZ Alkmaar 2 Sunday PSV Eindhoven 2 FC Groningen 0 Feyenoord 2 Cambuur 0 FC Utrecht 1 SC Heerenveen 1 Heracles Almelo 3 NEC Nijmegen 0

Saturday Bayer Leverkusen 2 Hoffenheim 1 Darmstadt 2 Hannover 2 Hertha BSC Berlin 1 Augsburg 0 FC Ingolstadt 04 1 Mainz 0 Schalke 3 Werder Bremen 0 Borussia Dortmund 4 Borussia Moenchengladbach 0 Sunday Wolfsburg 2 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 FC Koln 3 Stuttgart 1

NETHERLANDS EREDIVISIE

First Quarter Ham â€” TD Banks 44 pass from Collaros (Medlock convert) 2:08 Ham â€” Norwood 85 fumble return (Medlock convert) 7:21 Ham â€” TD Underwood 58 pass from Collaros (Medlock convert) 14:37 Second Quarter Ham â€” FG Medlock 42 1:59 B.C. â€” Single Leone 78 4:13 Ham â€” Banks 74 punt return (Medlock convert) 7:20 B.C. â€” TD Collie 7 pass from Lulay (Leone convert) 13:22 B.C. â€” FG Leone 51 15:00 Third Quarter Ham â€” TD Tasker 3 pass from Collaros (Medlock convert) 2:12 B.C. â€” Safety 5:52 Ham â€” TD Tasker 15 pass from Collaros (Medlock convert) 10:57 Ham â€” TD Harris 31 interception return Medlock convert 12:29 Fourth Quarter B.C. â€” FG Leone 45 5:37 Ham Âł 6LQJOH 2Âˇ1HLOO B.C. â€” TD Collie 22 pass from Beck (Leone convert) 13:45

ATP

B.C. Hamilton

ROGERS CUP

0 10 2 10â€”22 21 10 20 1â€”52

Attendance â€” 24,110 at Hamilton.

WP â€” Loewen, Harang, Jungmann. Umpiresâ€”Home, Bruce Dreckman; First, Fieldin Culbreth; Second, Jim Reynolds; Third, Manny Gonzalez. Tâ€”3:07. Aâ€”33,920 (41,900) at Milwaukee. Miami ab Gordon 2b 5 Rojas 3b 5 Dietrich lf 4 Morris p 0 Ramos p 0 Bour 1b 4 Ozuna cf 4 Gillespie rf-lf 4 Hechavarria ss4 Mathis c 3 Phelps sp 1 Narveson p 0 McGehee ph 1 Ellington p 0 Dunn p 0 Suzuki rf 1 Totals 36 Miami St. Louis

Miami IP Phelps 2 1-3 Narveson W, 1-0 2 2-3 Ellington H, 1 1 2-3 Dunn H, 18 2-3 Morris H, 8 2-3 Ramos S, 19 1 St. Louis Martinez L, 12-5 5 Villanueva 1 1-3 Choate 2-3 Maness 1 Broxton 1

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Arizona ab r h bi Inciarte cf 2 0 0 1 Hill 2b 3 0 0 0 &KDĂ€Q S Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 Goldschmidt 1b4 0 0 0 Peralta lf 3 0 1 0 Castillo c 4 0 0 0 Lamb 3b 4 0 0 0 Tomas rf 4 0 0 0 Ahmed ss 4 1 1 0 De La Rosa sp 2 0 0 0 Saltalamacchia1 0 1 0 Owings pr-2b 1 0 0 0

Arizona IP De La Rosa 7 &KDĂ€Q Hernandez L, 0-3 1-3 Atlanta Miller 7 Detwiler BS, 1 1-3 Moylan 2-3 Vizcaino 1 Aardsma W, 1-1 1

(11). SBâ€”Gordon (36). Sâ€”Narveson.

Net offence is yards passing, plus yards rushing, minus team losses such as yards lost on broken plays.

BRAVES 2, DIAMONDBACKS 1 (10)

Totals Arizona Atlanta

Eâ€”Gonzalez, Carter. LOBâ€”Detroit 8, Houston 5. DPâ€”Detroit 1. 2Bâ€”Cabrera (17), Collins (4). 3Bâ€”Marisnick (4), Gonzalez (1). HRâ€”Rasmus (17). Cabrera (16). SBâ€”Gose (18). Detroit IP Boyd 5 Farmer 1 1-3 Alburquerque 1 1-3 Gorzelanny L, 1-2 1 Wilson 0 Houston Fiers 5 1-3 Fields H, 5 2-3 Qualls H, 10 1 Harris W, 5-2 BS, 4 2

0 0 1 0 0 0

PIRATES 8, METS 1

Eâ€”Plouffe. LOBâ€”Cleveland 8, Minnesota 7. DPâ€”Cleveland 1. 2Bâ€”Raburn (14), Nunez (13), Sands (3). 3Bâ€”Rosario (9). HRâ€”Plouffe (17). SBâ€”Sano (1). Sâ€” Urshela. SFâ€”Almonte. Cleveland IP Carrasco L, 11-9 7 McAllister 1-3 Webb 2-3 Minnesota Milone W, 6-3 5 Duensing H, 5 1 1-3 Fien H, 13 2-3 Jepsen H, 24 1 Perkins S, 31 1

4 4 3 4 3 3

Howell pitched to 1 batter in the 8th Umpiresâ€”Home, Mike Estabrook; First, Ed Hickox; Second, Paul Nauert; Third, Dana DeMuth. Tâ€”2:41. Aâ€”47,388 (56) at L.A. Dodgers.

TWINS 4, INDIANS 1 h bi 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 1 010 020

Garcia rf Laroche 1b Ramirez ss Sanchez 2b Flowers c Saladino 3b

Eâ€”Castro, Laroche. LOBâ€”Chicago Cubs 6, Chi. White Sox 8. 2Bâ€”Sanchez (16), Saladino (2). HRâ€”Abreu (22); Cabrera (8); Ramirez (8). Soler (6).

Cincinnati IP DeSclafani L, 7-8 6 Parra 1 Hoover 1 L.A. Dodgers Greinke W, 13-2 7 Baez H, 8 2-3 Howell 0 Jansen S, 24 1 1-3

Breslow pitched to 4 batters in the 12th WP â€” Nuno, Rodney, Smith. Umpiresâ€” Home, Mark Ripperger; First, Brian 2Âˇ1RUD 6HFRQG $ODQ 3RUWHU 7KLUG 5\DQ Blakney. Tâ€”4:24. Aâ€”35,260 (37,221) at Boston. Cleveland ab r Ramirez 2b 4 0 Lindor ss 3 0 Gomes c 3 0 Santana 1b 4 0 Raburn dh 4 1 Urshela 3b 3 0 Almonte cf 3 0 Sands rf 2 0 Chisenhall ph-rf2 0 Aviles lf 3 0 Totals 31 1 Cleveland Minnesota

0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 000 001

LOBâ€”Cincinnati 6, L.A. Dodgers 5. DPâ€”Cincinnati 1. L.A. Dodgers 1. 2Bâ€” Votto (26), Byrd (13), Barnhart (6). HRâ€” Pederson (23); Greinke (2). Sâ€”Greinke. SFâ€”Hamilton.

ASTROS 6, TIGERS 5

H 7 1

1 0 0 0 0

Seattle IP H R ER BB Nuno 4 1-3 9 4 4 1 Wilhelmsen 2 0 1 1 1 Beimel 0 0 1 1 1 Rodney H, 7 1 2-3 1 0 0 0 Smith BS, 3 2 3 2 2 3 Rasmussen W, 2-1 1 0 0 0 2 Farquhar S, 1 1 0 0 0 0 Boston Owens 6 10 7 7 1 Ogando 1 2 1 1 1 Machi 1 0 0 0 0 Tazawa 1 1 0 0 1 Breslow L, 0-3 2 4 2 2 1 Ross Jr. 1 1 0 0 0

Bryant dh 4 0 Rizzo 1b 3 0 Soler rf 3 1 Russell ss 4 0 Castro 2b 4 0 Montero c 3 0 Herrera 3b 2 0 Schwarber ph-lf1 0 Totals 31 1 Chicago Cubs Chi. White Sox

TEAM STATISTICS First downs Yards rushing Yards passing Passes made-tried Return yards Interceptions-yards by Fumbles-Lost Sacks by Punts-average Penalties-Yards Time of Possession

B.C. 14 86 234 20-32 210 0-0 2-2 2 10-50.7 13-122 30:01

Ham 16 64 332 22-28 189 2-41 1-0 4 7-45.3 10-80 29:59

Net offence is yards passing, plus yards rushing, minus team losses such as yards lost on broken plays.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing â€” B.C.: Harris 8-36, Beck 1-24, Antolin 4-14, Murray-Lawrence 3-9, Lulay 1-3. Ham: +ROOH\ 6LQNĂ€HOG Banks 1-7, Collaros 1-4, Mathews 1-1. Receiving â€” B.C.: Arceneaux 4-84, Taylor 6-58, Collie 2-29, Harris 4-21, Leonard 2-19, Iannuzzi 1-18, Murray-Lawrence 1-5. Ham: Tasker 6-100, Underwood 3-70, Banks 3-49, Holley 4-43, Toliver 6LQNĂ€HOG Passing â€” B.C.: Lulay 13-20-139-1-2, Beck 7-12-95-1-0. Ham: Collaros 19-23290-4-0, Mathews 3-5-42-0-0.

PORTUGAL Liga Primeira Saturday FC Porto 3 Guimaraes 0 Sunday %HQĂ€FD (VWRULO

SCOTLAND Premiership Saturday Celtic 4 Inverness CT 2 Dundee 2 St. Johnstone 1 Hamilton Academical 4 Dundee United 0 Aberdeen 2 Motherwell 1 Partick Thistle 2 Kilmarnock 2 Hearts 2 Ross County 1

TENNIS

At Montreal, Canada Sunday, Aug. 16 results MEN Singles Finals Andy Murray (2), Scotland, def. Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.

WTA ROGERS CUP At Toronto, Canada Sunday, Aug. 16 results WOMEN Singles Finals %HOLQGD %HQFLF 6ZLW]HUODQG GHI Simona Halep (2), Romania, 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (4-7), 3-0 (retired).

ATP WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN At Cincinnati, United States Sunday, Aug. 16 results MEN Singles First Round Martin Klizan, Slovakia, def. Dominic Thiem, Austria, 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 7-6 (7-4). Grigor Dimitrov (16), Bulgaria, def. Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.

Jason Day, $1,800,000 68-67-66-67â€”268 Jordan Spieth, $1,080,000 71-67-65-68â€”271 Branden Grace, $680,000 71-69-64-69â€”273 Justin Rose, $480,000 69-67-68-70â€”274 Brooks Koepka, $367,500 73-69-67-66â€”275 Anirban Lahiri, $367,500 70-67-70-68â€”275 George Coetzee, $293,000 74-65-70-67â€”276 Matt Kuchar, $293,000 68-72-68-68â€”276 Dustin Johnson, $293,000 66-73-68-69â€”276 Robert Streb, $243,000 70-73-67-67â€”277 Tony Finau, $243,000 71-66-69-71â€”277 David Lingmerth, $185,400 67-70-75-66â€”278 Brendan Steele, $185,400 69-69-73-67â€”278 Russell Henley, $185,400 68-71-70-69â€”278 Brandt Snedeker, $185,400 71-70-68-69â€”278 Martin Kaymer, $185,400 70-70-65-73â€”278 Rory McIlroy, $148,000 71-71-68-69â€”279 Victor Dubuisson, $126,000 76-70-67-67â€”280 Phil Mickelson, $126,000 72-73-66-69â€”280 Justin Thomas, $126,000 72-70-68-70â€”280 Bubba Watson, $97,667 72-71-70-68â€”281 Hiroshi Iwata, $97,667 77-63-70-71â€”281 Matt Jones, $97,667 68-65-73-75â€”281 J.B. Holmes, $86,000 68-71-69-74â€”282 Tyrrell Hatton, $74,600 73-72-68-70â€”283 Cameron Smith, $74,600 74-68-70-71â€”283 Henrik Stenson, $74,600 76-66-70-71â€”283 Ernie Els, $74,600 71-71-69-72â€”283 Billy Horschel, $74,600 72-68-68-75â€”283 Louis Oosthuizen, $56,057 72-71-72-69â€”284 Steve Stricker, $56,057 71-72-71-70â€”284 Nick Watney, $56,057 78-68-68-70â€”284 Rickie Fowler, $56,057 73-70-70-71â€”284 Jim Furyk, $56,057 73-70-69-72â€”284 Patrick Reed, $56,057 75-69-67-73â€”284 Paul Casey, $56,057 70-70-70-74â€”284 Ryan Moore, $39,200 73-70-75-67â€”285 Vijay Singh, $39,200 73-71-71-70â€”285 Jason Bohn, $39,200 74-71-66-74â€”285 Hideki Matsuyama, $39,200 70-70-71-74â€”285 Charl Schwartzel, $39,200 73-69-68-75â€”285 Boo Weekley, $39,200 75-70-65-75â€”285 Kevin Chappell, $30,000 73-68-78-67â€”286 Danny Lee, $30,000 68-77-69-72â€”286 Lee Westwood, $30,000 72-72-70-72â€”286 Hunter Mahan, $30,000 72-68-73-73â€”286 Luke Donald, $30,000 72-70-70-74â€”286 Harris English, $25,750 68-71-76-72â€”287 Marc Warren, $25,750 72-73-69-73â€”287 Y.E. Yang, $25,750 70-72-72-73â€”287 Thomas Bjorn, $25,750 69-75-69-74â€”287 Marcel Siem, $25,750 70-70-73-74â€”287 Scott Piercy, $25,750 68-70-74-75â€”287 Troy Merritt, $22,500 74-70-75-69â€”288 Sergio Garcia, $22,500 72-71-75-70â€”288 Kevin Streelman, $22,500 73-71-74-70â€”288 Mikko Ilonen, $22,500 72-73-71-72â€”288 Danny Willett, $22,500 74-70-71-73â€”288 Webb Simpson, $22,500 71-71-72-74â€”288 Francesco Molinari, $22,500 71-73-69-75â€”288 Keegan Bradley, $20,200 76-70-72-71â€”289 Emiliano Grillo, $20,200 70-73-72-74â€”289 Chesson Hadley, $20,200 73-71-70-75â€”289 Sang-Moon Bae, $19,400 71-72-72-75â€”290 Brendon de Jonge, $18,800 72-71-75-73â€”291 Charles Howell III, $18,800 70-70-77-74â€”291 Bill Haas, $18,800 73-72-71-75â€”291 Nick Taylor, $18,200 73-73-75-71â€”292 Kiradech Aphibarnrat, $18,20072-72-73-75â€”292 Jason Dufner, $18,200 71-75-69-77â€”292 Brian Gaffney, $17,900 71-73-78-71â€”293 J.J. Henry, $17,700 75-70-74-75â€”294 Koumei Oda, $17,700 79-67-72-76â€”294 6HDQ 2Âˇ+DLU Âł Carl Pettersson, $17,450 76-70-75-75â€”296 Morgan Hoffmann, $17,450 72-74-72-78â€”296 James Morrison, $17,300 69-74-76-78â€”297

LPGA CAMBIA PORTLAND CLASSIC At Portland, Ore. Par 72 Fourth round B. Henderson, $195,000 Pornanong Phatlum, $89,641 Ha Na Jang, $89,641 Candie Kung, $89,641 Austin Ernst, $44,322 Mo Martin, $44,322 Azahara Munoz, $44,322 Jaye Marie Green, $30,264 Alison Lee, $30,264 Cristie Kerr, $24,253 Alena Sharp, $24,253 Morgan Pressel, $24,253 Sakura Yokomine, $18,802 Joanna Klatten, $18,802 Amy Anderson, $18,802 SooBin Kim, $18,802 So Yeon Ryu, $18,802 Brittany Lang, $13,815 Carlota Ciganda, $13,815 Jennifer Song, $13,815 Minjee Lee, $13,815 Yani Tseng, $13,815 Sun Young Yoo, $13,815 Lisa Ferrero, $13,815 Min Lee, $13,815 Jenny Shin, $13,815 Giulia Sergas, $9,940 Ju Young Park, $9,940 Karine Icher, $9,940 Stacy Lewis, $9,940 P.K. Kongkraphan, $9,940 Julieta Granada, $9,940 Sandra Gal, $9,940 Caroline Masson, $9,940 Jee Young Lee, $7,759 5\DQQ 2Âˇ7RROH Hyo-Joo Kim, $7,759 Mika Miyazato, $7,759 Christina Kim, $6,191 Eun-Hee Ji, $6,191 I.K. Kim, $6,191 Xiyu Lin, $6,191 Maria McBride, $6,191 Sydnee Michaels, $6,191 Lizette Salas, $6,191 Lydia Ko, $4,728 Haru Nomura, $4,728 Jenny Suh, $4,728 Anna Nordqvist, $4,728 Kelly Shon, $4,728 Kim Kaufman, $4,728 Mirim Lee, $4,728 Gerina Piller, $3,863 Sandra Changkija, $3,863 Mi Hyang Lee, $3,863 Brooke Pancake, $3,863 Karrie Webb, $3,863 Becky Morgan, $3,413 Ariya Jutanugarn, $3,413 Mina Harigae, $3,091 Jane Park, $3,091 Felicity Johnson, $3,091 Ashleigh Simon, $3,091 Wei-Ling Hsu, $3,091 Sarah Jane Smith, $2,833 Cheyenne Woods, $2,833 Beatriz Recari, $2,833 Yueer Cindy Feng, $2,704 Nontaya Srisawang, $2,587

66-67-65-69â€”267 69-69-69-68â€”275 68-70-67-70â€”275 69-66-70-70â€”275 72-66-70-68â€”276 67-69-71-69â€”276 68-70-69-69â€”276 76-68-63-70â€”277 66-71-69-71â€”277 67-71-69-71â€”278 67-70-70-71â€”278 71-67-65-75â€”278 73-69-72-65â€”279 72-72-67-68â€”279 65-72-71-71â€”279 69-72-67-71â€”279 68-71-69-71â€”279 70-71-73-66â€”280 70-74-69-67â€”280 70-71-70-69â€”280 68-72-70-70â€”280 70-69-71-70â€”280 72-69-68-71â€”280 71-67-70-72â€”280 72-67-68-73â€”280 67-68-71-74â€”280 69-72-73-67â€”281 71-68-72-70â€”281 69-73-68-71â€”281 71-69-70-71â€”281 71-68-70-72â€”281 66-69-72-74â€”281 67-72-65-77â€”281 70-64-70-77â€”281 71-69-72-70â€”282 Âł 68-68-74-72â€”282 70-70-70-72â€”282 71-73-72-67â€”283 72-72-69-70â€”283 72-70-70-71â€”283 70-68-71-74â€”283 70-71-68-74â€”283 69-68-72-74â€”283 71-70-68-74â€”283 70-72-72-70â€”284 72-70-72-70â€”284 70-72-71-71â€”284 70-69-73-72â€”284 68-73-70-73â€”284 69-67-73-75â€”284 71-68-70-75â€”284 72-72-73-68â€”285 65-72-77-71â€”285 70-70-74-71â€”285 70-73-70-72â€”285 74-68-71-72â€”285 74-69-74-69â€”286 71-73-72-70â€”286 72-72-73-70â€”287 70-73-72-72â€”287 68-76-69-74â€”287 71-72-70-74â€”287 70-73-69-75â€”287 73-71-76-68â€”288 70-74-72-72â€”288 73-69-70-76â€”288 71-73-73-72â€”289 74-70-73-73â€”290

Lee-Anne Pace, $2,587 Sadena Parks, $2,587 Doris Chen, $2,479 Jacqui Concolino, $2,479 Kelly Tan, $2,479 Christel Boeljon, $2,417 Danielle Kang, $2,387 M.J. Hur, $2,356 Stacey Keating, $2,311 Kendall Dye, $2,311 Dori Carter, $2,267 Amelia Lewis, $2,224 Marina Alex, $2,224

67-75-74-74â€”290 72-68-75-75â€”290 72-71-74-74â€”291 67-75-74-75â€”291 70-73-72-76â€”291 74-70-72-76â€”292 69-75-77-72â€”293 72-72-74-76â€”294 69-75-77-74â€”295 74-69-73-79â€”295 69-75-77-77â€”298 70-71-79-80â€”300 69-73-76-82â€”300

WEB.COM PRICE CUTTER CHARITY CHAMPIONSHIP $W 6SULQJĂ€HOG 0LVVRXUL Par 72 Fourth round Dawie Van Der Walt, $121,500 63-65-65-72â€”265 Smylie Kaufman, $72,900 65-67-65-70â€”267 Dicky Pride, $35,100 67-70-66-65â€”268 Brad Elder, $35,100 66-68-66-68â€”268 Martin Piller, $35,100 67-64-66-71â€”268 Jason Allred, $21,853 69-69-65-66â€”269 Haotong Li, $21,853 68-66-69-66â€”269 Steve Marino, $21,853 67-69-66-67â€”269 Patton Kizzire, $21,853 64-70-67-68â€”269 Craig Barlow, $14,962 69-69-66-66â€”270 Curtis Thompson, $14,962 71-63-70-66â€”270 Cameron Wilson, $14,962 68-66-70-66â€”270 Glen Day, $14,962 67-68-67-68â€”270 Cody Gribble, $14,962 68-65-69-68â€”270 Joel Dahmen, $14,962 68-70-63-69â€”270 Edward Loar, $9,469 67-68-68-68â€”271 Billy Mayfair, $9,469 69-62-72-68â€”271 Andy Winings, $9,469 69-67-67-68â€”271 Peter Malnati, $9,469 64-68-70-69â€”271 Kelly Kraft, $9,469 67-66-67-71â€”271 Chase Wright, $9,469 62-70-68-71â€”271 Sebastian Vazquez, $9,469 68-67-64-72â€”271 Corey Conners, $6,079 68-67-71-66â€”272 Si Woo Kim, $6,079 65-71-67-69â€”272 Ryan Spears, $6,079 67-67-69-69â€”272 Andrew Loupe, $6,079 66-70-66-70â€”272 Matt Weibring, $6,079 68-68-66-70â€”272 Nicholas Lindheim, $4,483 70-67-70-66â€”273 J.Fernandez Valdes, $4,483 70-68-68-67â€”273 Mathew Goggin, $4,483 70-67-68-68â€”273 Bud Cauley, $4,483 69-66-68-70â€”273 Tag Ridings, $4,483 67-67-69-70â€”273 Aaron Watkins, $4,483 66-70-67-70â€”273 Michael Kim, $4,483 69-65-67-72â€”273 Steve Allan, $3,526 69-69-69-67â€”274 Travis Bertoni, $3,526 67-68-70-69â€”274 Tyler Duncan, $3,526 68-69-68-69â€”274 Kyle Thompson, $3,526 64-67-70-73â€”274 Wes Roach, $2,700 63-66-80-66â€”275 Andrew Yun, $2,700 68-70-71-66â€”275 Roberto Diaz, $2,700 71-66-71-67â€”275 Hunter Hamrick, $2,700 67-69-70-69â€”275 Lucas Lee, $2,700 70-68-67-70â€”275 Andy Pope, $2,700 71-67-66-71â€”275 Zack Fischer, $2,700 68-69-66-72â€”275 Chris Wilson, $2,038 67-69-73-67â€”276 Jeff Gove, $2,038 71-67-68-70â€”276 Trey Mullinax, $2,038 66-67-73-70â€”276 Scott Parel, $2,038 69-68-69-70â€”276 Julian Etulain, $2,038 68-64-72-72â€”276 Richy Werenski, $1,835 69-69-72-67â€”277 Nathan Tyler, $1,835 70-67-72-68â€”277 Tyler Aldridge, $1,835 70-68-70-69â€”277 Troy Matteson, $1,835 69-69-70-69â€”277 Jin Park, $1,835 68-67-73-69â€”277 Brett Drewitt, $1,835 66-68-73-70â€”277 Casey Wittenberg, $1,835 69-68-70-70â€”277 James Driscoll, $1,835 68-68-70-71â€”277 Taylor Pendrith, $1,835 69-69-68-71â€”277 Peter Tomasulo, $1,748 68-70-68-72â€”278 D.H. Lee, $1,748 67-67-71-73â€”278 Vince India, $1,667 70-68-72-69â€”279 Marc Turnesa, $1,667 67-70-73-69â€”279 Brad Fritsch, $1,667 68-70-71-70â€”279 Alistair Presnell, $1,667 67-68-74-70â€”279 Bronson Burgoon, $1,667 68-70-70-71â€”279 Rick III Cochran, $1,667 68-70-70-71â€”279 Rod Pampling, $1,667 66-69-73-71â€”279 Adam Svensson, $1,667 70-65-73-71â€”279 Chris Baker, $1,667 70-67-70-72â€”279 Tyler Weworski, $1,667 67-68-69-75â€”279 Shi Kim, $1,579 65-73-74-68â€”280 Henrik Norlander, $1,579 69-69-72-70â€”280 Ashley Hall, $1,579 68-68-71-73â€”280 Matt Fast, $1,525 68-69-73-71â€”281 %URQVRQ /DÂˇ&DVVLH Âł Dustin Bray, $1,525 70-68-69-74â€”281 Andrew Landry, $1,525 67-71-69-74â€”281 Chris Thompson, $1,525 67-69-69-76â€”281 Adam Crawford, $1,471 70-68-74-70â€”282 Paul McConnell, $1,471 69-67-75-71â€”282 Abraham Ancer, $1,471 69-69-68-76â€”282 Kelvin Day, $1,437 69-69-73-72â€”283 Mark Silvers, $1,437 68-68-74-73â€”283 Gregory Yates, $1,417 70-68-73-73â€”284

PARAPAN AM MEDAL STANDINGS Final medal standings at the 2015 Parapan Am Games (ranked by total gold medals won): Nation G S B Total Brazil 109 74 74 257 Canada 50 63 55 168 U.S. 40 51 44 135 Mexico 38 36 39 113 Colombia 24 36 30 90 Cuba 19 15 13 47 Argentina 18 25 24 67 Venezuela 8 14 25 47 Chile 4 2 6 12 Jamaica 2 2 1 5 T&T 2 0 0 2 Ecuador 1 0 4 5 Bermuda 1 0 0 1 Uruguay 1 0 0 1 Nicaragua 0 0 4 4 Costa Rica 0 0 2 2 Puerto Rico 0 0 2 2 D.Rep. 0 0 1 1

WHAT CANADA DID

What Canada Did on Saturday â€” the Ă€QDO GD\ RI FRPSHWLWLRQ Âł DW WKH Parapan American Games: FOOTBALL (Seven-A-Side) Men â€” Canada (1-3-1) lost 2-1 to Venezuela in the bronze-medal game. Samuel Charron, Ottawa, scored the &DQDGLDQVÂˇ ORQH JRDO

GOALBALL Men â€” Canada (5-2) won the bronze medal, 13-3 over Argentina.

WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL Men â€” Canada (5-1) earned the silver medal after losing 62-39 to the U.S. in the Ă€QDO /HDGLQJ WKH &DQDGLDQV LQ VFRULQJ were Nik Goncin, Regina, with 17 points and David Eng, Montreal, with 12.

BASEBALL

Brewers farmhand MLBâ€™s ďŹ rst openly gay player THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho â€” It had been a long day and night for David Denson, in so many ways. His team had been swept in a doubleheader in the low-level Pioneer League, he didnâ€™t have much luck hitting and heâ€™d made a throwing error, too. But it wasnâ€™t a total loss. As the 20-year-old Denson headed to the Helena Brewersâ€™ clubhouse at Melaleuca Field late Saturday, a middle-aged fan of the opposing Idaho Falls Chukars approached and extended his hand. â€œIâ€™m proud of you,â€? the man said. â€œThank you,â€? Denson said. Hours earlier, the Milwaukee Brewers minor leaguer had become the first openly gay active player on a team affiliated with Major League Baseball. The news broke in the middle of the second game, after he reached out to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell told his team about Densonâ€™s story after its 4-2 win Saturday night over Philadelphia at Miller Park. â€œItâ€™s a very courageous move on his part to be the first one, the first active player to make this announcement,â€? Milwaukee star outfielder Ryan Braun said Sunday. â€œHopefully, everybody is at a point where we can just be supportive, not just understanding, but accepting and supportive.â€?

COFFEEBREAK

8 | ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES | MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2015

ZITS by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman

TODAY’S CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Tip one’s hat 5 Mural base 10 -- 1 (speed of sound) 14 Indigo plant 15 Luncheonette lure 16 Melville novel 17 LP player (hyph.) 18 Not hold back (3 wds.) 20 Porch adjuncts 22 Mr. Hammarskjold 23 Dromedary stops 24 Kitchen gadget 26 Pumper’s pride 27 Made driving hazardous 30 Abate 34 Whole lot 35 Trunk or torso 36 Flood control 37 Technical sch. 38 Cover story 40 Hyper ending 41 Use sparingly 42 Way out 43 Rudder control 45 Hung freely 47 “La Mer” composer 48 Get -- of that junk! 49 Zenith opposite 50 Sporty fabric 53 Worthless coin 54 Iffy attempts 58 Pine product 61 Emmy relative 62 “Sting like -- --” 63 Brawl weapons 64 Longest arm bone 65 Cabbage unit 66 Highest point 67 Turner and Koppel DOWN 1 Dit partners 2 I’m working -- --! 3 Drum’s companion 4 Most pert 5 Muffle 6 Eaten away 7 Up to now (2 wds.) 8 Metro haze

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OLIVER, B.C. â€” Residents in southeastern British Columbia are regrouping from an immense and fast-spreading wildfire that has so far wiped out 29 homes and forced hundreds to flee with little more than the clothes on their backs. Kerstin Klenheimer and her husband deserted their house when the 37-square-kilometre Rock Creek fire broke out Thursday evening. On Sunday she stood next to a charred piece of property on the side of a highway and stared into the distance at the fire burning near her house. â€œIt was like a tornado coming â€” a fire tornado coming up the valley,â€? she said, recalling the moments before their hasty departure. â€œThere was no time. You just have to run. â€œItâ€™s just been a frightening few days and my heart goes out to all the people in Zamora, Westbridge (and) Rock Creek,â€? Klenheimer said. â€œLetâ€™s just band together and get through this.â€? Premier Christy Clark visited a community centre packed with evacuees in nearby Midway on Sunday. She told reporters she wants to see harsher penalties for people who start forest fires. â€œIf you are found to have been throwing a cigarette butt out of your car, perhaps one of the penalties available should be that we should be able to take away the use of your car for a period of time.â€? The blaze in Rock Creek began by a highway junction and is believed to be human-caused. Clark said if evidence shows an individual is responsible, that person will face consequences. The premier predicted the cost of fighting fires this season could balloon to as much as $400 million. The province budgets for fires on a fiveyear average, working out to about $60 million a year.

A helicopter dumps water on flames from a wildfire near Oliver on Sunday. THE [CANADIAN PRESS/JONATHAN HAYWARD]

The aggressive blaze forced campers at the Kettle River Provincial Park to rush out on foot last week, leaving nearly everything behind, including vehicles and trailers. Campers were escorted back in small groups on Sunday to pick up their belongings. The winding highway leading into the park was flanked by heaps of destroyed homes and scorched earth. The biggest challenge to fighting the several aggressive blazes that have flared up across the region has been the strong and gusty winds, said Kevin Skrepnek of the B.C. Wildfire Service. The wildfire service hadnâ€™t called for any significant wind on Sunday,

said Alan Stanley of the Kootenay Boundary Regional District. But that situation could change quickly, he warned. â€œYou canâ€™t guarantee anything with a wildfire,â€? he said. â€œIt is bold, all-caps â€™unpredictableâ€™ with several exclamation marks.â€? Some 220 fires continue to burn across B.C., out of a total of more than 1,600 that have sparked since Apr. 1. More than 900 people remain under evacuation order across the province, including 240 in the Rock Creek area. Some evacuation orders were recently downgraded to alerts, meaning the occupants of 88 homes and businesses were allowed to return.

Another two wildfires in the heart of B.C.â€™s wine country, near Oliver in the Okanagan Valley, continued to smoulder on Sunday, with scores of residents still forced from their homes. Though residents affected by the three-square-kilometre Wilson Mountain fire were allowed home Saturday, about 110 people living near the 15-square kilometre Testalinden Creek fire remained under evacuation order. The B.C. Wildfire Service reported that a stray drone had grounded fire aircraft at the Testalinden fire. This is at least the second instance so far this year where a drone has interfered with firefighting efforts.

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Green Party Leader Elizabeth May pledged to restore cuts to veteran services during a campaign stop in Nanaimo Friday. Speaking at a local Royal Canadian Legion, May also said the Greens would reinstate monthly payments to injured veterans to counter the ‘lump sum’ payments brought in by the Conservatives in 2006, although the party acknowledges the policy change would cost “tens of millions of dollars annually.” She was flanked by supporter Capt. Trevor Greene, a Nanaimo resident and arguably one of the country’s best-known veterans. Greene famously suffered a severe brain injury after being struck in the head with an axe by a teenager while he was serving with the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan in 2006. He had stopped and removed his helmet to talk to a group of village elders. Since leaving the military, Greene has embarked on a prolific career as a researcher and public speaker. May introduced Greene, praising his conduct in the field. “You are Canada to me, Trevor,” she said, choking back tears. In an emotional speech punctuated by long pauses, Greene slammed the governing Conservatives’ military record, citing their failure to retain its seat for the country on the U.N. Security Council. He also said Canada has drastically reduced its involvement in peacekeeping missions.

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Wounded veteran Trevor Greene speaks to the crowd at a Green Party event in the Royal Canadian Legion. [AARON HINKS/NANAIMO DAILY NEWS]

“We’ve become a laughingstock,” he said. “We lost (our security council seat) to Portugal. That’s how far we’ve fallen.” The announcement centred on resources for veterans. May suggested her party’s position was one accepted by a majority of the population. “I have not met a single Canadian who thought it was right that we should nickel and dime

our veterans,” May said. “I don’t know a single, solitary soul who believes this was right. I know a lot of Conservatives who voted for these cuts who don’t think they were right.” May, who was also joined by Nanaimo-Ladysmith Green candidate Paul Manly and candidates from other parts of Vancouver Island, promised her

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Courtenay man saves girls from river tragedy SCOTT STANFIELD COMOX VALLEY RECORD

The unthinkable might have happened had Andrew Payne not been in the right place at the right time. On Aug. 7, the 32-year-old Courtenay man jumped into the rapids at Nymph Falls on the Puntledge River and saved two young girls who had slipped into the river. “If they weren’t exactly where they were, there would have been no chance,” said Payne, a retired member of the military who considers himself a “river rat.” He and two friends, Cole Howey and Steve Tobacca, were at the falls but had separated. Tobacca was with his daughter Austin, 11, and her younger friend Jaydyn. They were near the part of the river known as the grotto. “It’s pretty dangerous,” Payne said. “Water funnels in from the top and it stirs inside like a washing machine. It’s undertow and it’ll shoot you out the bottom, if you’re lucky.” He says Tobacca and the girls were walking across the river when one of the girls slipped. Both girls were sucked into the top hole of the grotto. “Nobody goes in there because it’s so dangerous,” Payne said. “It’s like a hole in the rocks underneath.” A limping Tobacca — who Payne says had tried to rescue the girls but was sucked out at the bottom of the river — was screaming that they were still inside. “They had been underwater (chest level) about five minutes,” said Payne, who dove under-

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neath the current and came up underneath the rocks. When he reached an air pocket, the girls were holding each other and screaming. They were huddled in a spot the size of a small car tire. “That’s the only thing that saved them. All around them, it’s just undertow with water shooting in.” Payne managed to reach the girls on his second attempt. The back of the Jaydyn’s head was split open. Bear-hugging Payne, she took a breath at his count of three. Then they went underneath the water, and back up and under the falls. Payne managed to hold onto a rock, and walked part way across the rapids while holding Jaydyn. Then he jumped out of the waterfalls and handed her to Howey, who was halfway in the water.

Payne jumped in a second time to reach Austin, who was crying. He got her on his chest and conducted the same exit manoeuvre. “We both got sucked into the undertow. She held her breath, and the current sucked us right out and spit us out down the falls.” He passed Austin to Howey, who handed the youngster to others who had gathered. “It’s crazy. For a young child, I can’t imagine what they went through,” Payne said. “It was the best case scenario. Things couldn’t have gone any better.” “It doesn’t get any closer than that,” Howey added. “It was the best of a bad situation.” An exhausted Payne threw up when the ordeal was over. Jaydyn wound up with a couple stitches in the back of her head. But other than some scrapes and bruising, the girls are fine.

MPs would vote to restore $266 million in funding to Veterans Affairs Canada. She also committed to funding the training of service dogs for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, a program she estimated that would cost $1 million. May’s appearance marks the first election campaign stop of any major party leader in the city.

A 41-year-old Courtenay man suspected in the death of a Comox Valley man Tuesday night appeared in court Friday morning and is now facing a second degree murder charge. The suspect was identified as Shane Stanford and is known to Comox Valley RCMP. Stanford has already four other unrelated charges pending against him that included assault, possession of stolen property and breach of his own recognizance. The RCMP are still continuing their investigation of the late Tuesday night incident that took place on the Riverway Trail just behind Courtenay City Hall at around 10:30 p.m. A 23-year-old male, who police later identified as Kevin John Burns of Courtenay was discovered with severe injuries. He was taken to St. Joseph’s General Hospital but was pronounced dead shortly after.Stanford remains in police custody. The case was adjourned until Aug. 27. Police are asking anyone with information that may assist investigators to call the RCMP detachment at 338-1231 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this story to letters@avtimes.net.

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A two-year-old Qualicum Beach girl is expected to make a full recovery after being run over by a vehicle Aug. 7, according to police. Oceanside RCMP Cpl. Jesse Foreman said the girl returned home Tuesday from B.C. Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, where she was airlifted. Foreman said the girl sustained a concussion from the accident and received stitches at the hospital.” Police were called to a home along Widgeon Road in Qualicum Beach after a call that a family friend had run over a young girl. “It’s not a criminal investigation of any nature,” confirmed Foreman. “It was a complete accident.”

Effective Wednesday, fire is OK again in Campbell River. The campfire ban within the Campbell River Natural Resource District area of the Coastal Fire Centre was lifted at noon on Aug. 12. And the City of Campbell River pulled its ban on open fires within city boundaries to align with the Ministry of Forests Coastal Fire Centre. The Coastal Fire Centre lifted the campfire prohibition in these areas due to the amount of precipitation that was recently received and a forecast of additional precipitation. Residents are reminded that burning wood for recreational purposes is limited to using a permanent outdoor fireplace, barbecue or fire pit

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Sunfest might now shine Fire chief warns ﬁre risk at a different location continues despite rain Organizers of Duncan’s Sunfest Country Music Festival — one of Vancouver Island’s biggest annual music events — is considering moving the event to Cowichan Lake. The proposed venue, recently purchased by the owners of Sunfest, is located off the Youbou Highway, about five kilometres from the town of Lake Cowichan. Sunfest PR manager Emmalee Brunt said the organizers have deemed the move necessary due to the growing popularity of the event. About 50,000 country music fans flocked to the festival this year, featuring Keith Urban. Carrie Underwood has been announced as the headliner for next year.

Despite recent rain, a return to hot, dry summer conditions is forecast, leading authorities to remind people overall conditions have not improved. “People need to continue to be vigilant,” said Parksville fire chief Doug Banks. “Be aware of your surroundings.” The fire danger rating dipped from extreme to dangerous thanks to some rain and cooler temperatures last weekend, meaning Parksville’s stand-by fire crew was off duty for a time. “But if it’s back up at extreme for a few days we’ll bring them back,” Banks said. The rating had returned to extreme Tuesday, just two days after the weekend rain.

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