Page 24 — THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Saturday, July 24, 2010
Race week coming up for yacht club
Babe Ruth League All-Stars 2nd at district tourney The Armand J. Laramie 13-year-old Babe Ruth League All-Star Team from Laconia earned the runner up spot in the District III tournament held recently in Goffstown. Pictured in the back row (l-r) are Josh Weimann, Jesse Osuchowski, Chase Dickinson, Garett Gilbert and Michael Laflam. In the front row are Sean Cashman, Jordan Bladecki, Jacob Towle, Eamon Bean, Max Troiano, Trace Privette and Joey Livesque. The coaches were Matt Cashman and Joe Bladecki. (Courtesy photo)
Tony Allen signs with Memphis Grizzlies
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Grizzlies guard Tony Allen said Friday he’s ready to bring defensive toughness and championship experience to his new team as it guns for the playoffs this season. Allen signed a multiyear contract with the Grizzlies two weeks ago, leaving the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics after six seasons. He appeared in two NBA Finals against the Lakers, winning the title in 2008 and losing this past season. Allen has averaged 7.2 points per game and 1.04 steals per game in his career. The 6-foot-4 guard is valued for his ability to cover the other team’s best player. Last season playoffs saw Allen defend Kobe Bryant, Vince Carter and
Dwyane Wade. “I’m definitely going to try to start early defining a role, try to bring some sort of toughness to the ballclub,” Allen said. “It’s obvious I have experience and I’m just looking forward to just letting that marinate amongst the players that’s in this locker room.” Allen joins a young team with a crowded backcourt. O.J. Mayo and Mike Conley are projected as starters, with Allen, Sam Young and first round picks Greivis Vasquez and Xavier Henry as possible contributors. Allen, who was drafted by Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace when Wallace was with Boston, says he considers his arrival in Memphis as a fresh start.
GILFORD — The Winnipesaukee Yacht Club will host Winnipesaukee Race Week, six days and nights of sailboat racing activities and events July 25 — 30. With a “Key West” theme, the inaugural event will get underway on Sunday, July 25 with a Skippers Meeting and opening party. The Commodore’s Cup will follow the evenings of Monday, July 26 and Tuesday, July 27. Wednesday, July 28 is the Distance Race, starting at 6:00 PM and finish-
ing under the full moon. The J-80 Summer Series Race 6 will be held Thursday, July 29. Friday, July 30 will crown the week with the Jimmy Fund Race at 3 p.m. and the J-80 Fall Series Race 1, followed by an auction, barbeque, and live band. Race scheduling is designed to facilitate individual race participation. Visit www.wyc-nh.org for registration forms and more details or e-mail RaceweekWYC@metrocast.net.
SEATTLE (AP) — The battered Boston Red Sox are slowly making their way back. Dustin Pedroia is hitting indoors and taking grounders outside, the next steps to the second baseman returning from a broken left foot. The 2008 AL MVP, who has been out since June 26, played catch on the field without his walking boot hours before Boston welcomed recuperated right-hander Josh Beckett back to its rotation on Friday night against Seattle. Manager Terry Francona said the Red Sox hope to have Pedroia looked at by a doctor in Southern California early next week during a series at the Los Angeles Angels. Boston’s doctors want to examine Pedroia when the team returns home on Thursday before deciding whether to accelerate his recovery plan. “They keep saying he’s unique.
Maybe he is,” Francona said of Pedroia’s healing powers. Pedroia is hitting .292 in 73 games. The Red Sox entered Friday 10-11 without their No. 2 hitter and twotime All-Star, and seven games behind the first-place New York Yankees in the AL East. Bill Hall, who has been filling in at second base, made a crucial error in the ninth inning Thursday night trying to rush his throw to first base on what could have been a game-ending double play. Seattle’s two tying runs scored on the play, completing a five-run rally that sent the game into extra innings. Boston ultimately won in 13 innings. Francona praised the veteran Hall, who also homered Thursday, for doing “a pretty good job” in Pedroia’s absence. But the manager added, “You can’t replace Pedroia. That’s just not how it works.”
Pedroia doing more on broken foot
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