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This Day In Sports 1933 — The first televised boxing match is an exhibition fight between Archie Sexton and Laurie Numbers Game Raiteri, staged at the Broadcasting House in London. Antelope Valley Press, Friday, August 23, 2019 C5 Morning rush Thomas loses cushion, shares lead Valley Press news services By DOUG FERGUSON It didn’t work out that way. Sparks win 10th straight at home, top Associated Press “We’ve got a golf event now,” Casey said. “This is kind of cool. Fever 98-65 ATLANTA — Xander Schauf- LOS ANGELES — Nneka Ogwumike had 17 fele was six shots behind before TIED Looks like it’s working.” There were a few other mo- points, seven rebounds and five steals as the Los he ever hit a shot Thursday in the Xander Angeles Sparks beat the Indiana Fever 98-65 on new scoring format for the Tour ments that indicated this Thurs- Schauffele day was different from all others Thursday night for their 10th straight win at home. Championship. His goal was to tees off on the The Sparks, 11-2 at Staples Center this season, in golf. keep his head down, play good second hole became the fourth WNBA team to clinch a spot in golf and see where he stood to par Thomas made the turn at 1 during the first the playoffs. at the end of two days. under, and as the walking scorer round of the Tour Eleven of the 12 players for the Sparks scored, The TV cameras following his brought the sign across the road including six in double figures.Chiney Ogwu- every move on the back nine at Championship and onto the 10th tee, one fans mike scored 15 points, Tierra Ruffin-Pratt add- East Lake were the first hint it golf tournament was shocked to see him at 11 un- ed 11, and Chelsea Gray, Riquna Williams and was going well. on Thursday in der until he said, “That’s right — Kalani Brown each had 10 for Los Angeles (17- A leaderboard on the 18th Atlanta. he started at 10 under.” 10). green confirmed it. Associated Press Schauffele was at 10 under “I saw I was in first,” he said. Instead of being six shots be- matters in deciding who wins the when he approached the 18th Annie Park leads CP Women’s Open; “Happy with the day.” hind Schauffele, who started at 4 FedEx Cup and the $15 million green to face a 6-foot birdie putt. Brooke Henderson 1 back Schauffele didn’t come seri- under as the No. 8 seed, Thomas prize. And after one day, it was “I had a putt for 59 on the AURORA, Ontario — Annie Park shot a 7-un- ously close to a bogey in a 6-un- was tied for the lead. Koepka, setting up to be a shootout. The last hole,” he said with a smile. der 65 on Thursday to take a one-stroke lead in the der 64 that was the best score of the No. 3 seed who started three top five players were separated “That’s what (Matt) Kuchar told opening round of the CP Women’s Open. the opening round by two shots. shots behind, birdied three of by five shots at the start, and that me. I looked at him the same way. Canadians Brooke Henderson, the defending It was only worth a share of the his last four holes for a 67 to join number was at 12 players by the Got it.” champion, and Anne-Catherine Tanguay were lead with Justin Thomas and them at 10 under. end of the day. Patrick Cantlay, the No. 2 one shot back along with top-ranked Jin Young Brooks Koepka in a Tour Cham- “It’s weird on Thursday to seed who began two shots behind, Ko, Pajaree Anannarukarn and Nicole Broch That included Paul Casey, pionship where players started shared the lead briefly until two Larsen. be three back after a couple of who felt a new kind of anticipa- with better scores to par than holes,” Koepka said of the start. tion for a Thursday. bogeys over the last five holes for others depending on their place “It’s nice to close that gap on Day “After five holes, I wanted to a 70. It wasn’t a good day, yet he in the FedEx Cup. 1.” see scores. I never usually care still was only two shots behind. Thomas, who started at Rory McIlroy, five shots be- about what’s going on after five Thomas missed a 3-foot par 10-under par and a two-shot lead hind at the start as the No. 5 holes,” said Paul Casey, who shot putt on No. 12. On the par-3 15th, Planner as the No. 1 seed, still led despite seed, had a 66 and was one shot 66. He started eight shots behind which played 60 yards shorter having trouble finding the fair- behind at 9 under going into the as the No. 16 seed and cut that than usual, his wedge was right COMING UP IN THE VALLEY way. That was the least of his second round. margin in half after one round. all the way and found the water. JETHAWKS (Major League Baseball) problems on the back nine. He hit Over the next three days, it The concern was that Thom- And on the 17th, he hit wedge to ■ Today vs. Lake Elsinore, 6:35 p.m. pitching wedge into the water for should look and feel like a normal as, who won last week at Me- 3 feet only to see his birdie putt ■ Saturday vs. Lake Elsinore, 6:05 p.m. double bogey and missed a pair of tournament. dinah, might post another low spin 270 degrees around and out ■ Sunday vs. Lake Elsinore, 5:05 p.m. 3-foot putts for a 70. The score to par is all that score and build a huge lead. of the cup. ANTELOPE VALLEY COLLEGE (Junior College) ■ Cross Country: Aug. 31 at Ventura Invite, 3 p.m. NFL MLB SPORTS ODDS AUTO RACING GOLF ■ Football: Sept. 7 at Glendale, 1 p.m. Major League Baseball NFL Preseason Glance American League Glance National League NASCAR Monster Energy PGA — Tour Champion- ■ W Golf: Sunday at South Coast Classic, TBA AMERICAN CONFERENCE West Division W L Pct GB Today Cup Schedule ship Par Scores ■ M Soccer: Tuesday vs. Imperial Valley, 5 p.m. West FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE Feb. 10 — x-Advance Auto Parts Clash Thursday W L T Pct PF PA Houston 82 47 .636 _ at CHICAGO -125 Washington +115 (Jimmie Johnson) At East Lake Golf Club ■ W Soccer: Sept. 4 at Chaffey, 2 p.m. Oakland 3 0 0 1.000 69 50 Oakland 74 53 .583 7 at PITTSBURGH -105 Cincinnati -105 Feb. 14 — x-Gander RV Duel at Atlanta ■ Kansas City 1 1 0 .500 45 34 Texas 63 66 .488 19 Philadelphia -170 at MIAMI +158 DAYTONA 1 (Kevin Harvick) Bonus Money: $15 million (Winner- W Volleyball: Wednesday vs. Rio Hondo, 6 p.m. Angels 63 67 .485 19½ Denver 1 2 0 .333 43 56 at NEW YORK -175 Atlanta +163 Feb. 14 — x-Gander RV Duel at take-all) Seattle 54 74 .422 27½ L.A. Chargers 0 2 0 .000 30 36 at MILWAUKEE -150 Arizona +140 DAYTONA 2 (Joey Logano) Yardage: 7,346; Par: 70 (35-35) UNIVERSITY OF ANTELOPE VALLEY (NAIA) East Division East at ST. LOUIS -210 Colorado +190 Feb. 17 — DAYTONA 500 (Denny Hamlin) parentheses ■ Cross Country: Aug. 31 at Mark Covert Classic in W L T Pct PF PA W L Pct GB American League Xander Schauffele (-4).. 32-32—64 -10 New York 83 46 .643 _ at BALTIMORE OFF Tampa Bay OFF Feb. 24 — Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 Brea, 8:30 a.m. New England 3 0 0 1.000 63 23 (Brad Keselowski) Brooks Koepka (-7) ....... 34-33—67 -10 Buffalo 2 0 0 1.000 51 30 Tampa Bay 75 54 .581 8 at CLEVELAND -170 Kansas City +158 Justin Thomas (-10) ..... 34-36—70 -10 at MINNESOTA -200 Detroit +180 March 3 — Pennzoil 400 presented by ■ M Soccer: Sat. vs. Arizona Chr. at LNSC, 1:30 p.m. Miami 2 1 0 .667 70 50 Boston 68 61 .527 15 Rory McIlroy (-5) ........... 34-32—66 -9 Toronto 52 78 .400 31½ Texas -142 at CHICAGO +132 Jiffy Lube (Joey Logano) ■ W Soccer: Sat. vs. Arizona Chr. at LNSC, 11 a.m. N.Y. Jets 1 1 0 .500 44 41 at HOUSTON -290 LA Angels +260 March 10 — TicketGuardian 500 (Kyle Matt Kuchar (-4) ........... 34-32—66 -8 South Baltimore 41 87 .320 41½ Patrick Cantlay (-8) ....... 34-36—70 -8 ■ W Volleyball: Tuesday at Westmont College, 7 p.m. Central Division Toronto -115 at SEATTLE +105 Busch) W L T Pct PF PA Interleague March 17 — Auto Club 400 (Kyle Busch) Hideki Matsuyama (-3) . 32-34—66 -7 Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 44 32 W L Pct GB at LA DODGERS -150 NY Yankees +140 March 24 — STP 500 (Brad Keselowski) Paul Casey (-2) ............. 32-34—66 -6 Houston 1 1 0 .500 56 51 Minnesota 77 50 .606 _ Jon Rahm (-4)............... 32-36—68 -6 Boston -115 at SAN DIEGO +105 March 31 — O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 COMING UP IN SOCAL Jacksonville 0 3 0 .000 17 75 Cleveland 74 54 .578 3½ College Football Patrick Reed (-6) ........... 35-35—70 -6 (Denny Hamlin) Indianapolis 0 2 0 .000 34 45 Chicago 58 69 .457 19 Saturday Adam Scott (-3) ...........