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B4 Pantagraph Wednesday, August 1, 2007 www.pantagraph.com Garnett sees Boston as his best shot at winning ring Celtics part with five players, two draft picks to land 10-time All-Star I 4 though that it was a difficult one," said Wolves owner Glen Taylor, who made it clear that Garnett did not request a trade. The Garnett trade eclipses the latest one involving an NBA star, Allen Iverson. Philadelphia traded the guard and Ivan McFarlin to Denver last Dec. 19 for Andre Miller, Joe Smith and two first-round draft choices. "This is a tremendous day," said a smiling Pierce, who had been frustrated for years as the sole star on a rebuilding team.

"I feel like a rookie again." The key to the deal for Minnesota is Jefferson, whom the Celtics were reluctant to part with. He had a breakout season in 2006-07, his third with Boston, when he averaged 16 points and 11 rebounds after struggling with injuries. He joins a youth movement in Minnesota, which drafted forward Corey Brewer from Florida. tions Kevin McHale. But Ainge cautioned that it's much too early to equate the two trios.

"These guys will never be the Big Three until they win" a championship, he said. Garnett signed a multi-year extension Ainge wouldn't say how long. He had one year plus an option year remaining on his contract. The Timberwolves get the Celtics' first-round pick in 2009, unless it is among the top three, and a return of Minnesota's conditional first-round draft pick obtained in January 2006 when they sent Ricky Davis to the Timberwolves for Wally Szczerbiak. The previous biggest NBA trade for one player came in 1999, when Houston obtained Scottie Pippen from Portland for six players.

"I'm confident I made the right decision here, even By Howard Ulman ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON Kevin Garnett gives Boston a new Big Three that brings the Celtics much closer to what their old Big Three delivered an NBA title. The Celtics, who have 16 championships but have gone without one for more than two decades, obtained the former MVP and 10-time All-Star on Tuesday in a 7-for-1 deal the NBAs biggest trade for one player. Boston sent the Minnesota Timberwolves forwards Al Jefferson, Ryan Gomes and Gerald Green, guard Sebastian Telfair and center Theo Ratliff, two first-round draft picks and cash considerations. Besides Ratliff, 34, the other four are 24 or younger. With Paul Pierce and Ray Allen already on the roster, the Celtics have been transformed from a promising collection of youngsters who had the NBAs second-worst record last season into an instant contender in the mediocre Eastern Conference.

"This is probably my best opportunity at winning a ring," Garnett said. "It was a no-brain-er." The Celtics won their last championship, the third with the original Big Three of Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish, in 1986. Two members of that club orchestrated Tuesday's blockbuster trade Celtics executive director of basketball operations Danny Ainge and Timberwolves vice president of basketball opera Associated PressCHARLES KRUPA New Celtics forward Kevin Garnett, center, stands with forward Paul Pierce, left, and guard Ray Allen during a news conference Tuesday in Boston. The Celtics sent the Minnesota Timberwolves forwards Al Jefferson, Ryan Gomea and Gerald Green, guard Sebastian Telfair and center Theo Ratliff, two first-round draft picks and cash considerations in the trade for Garnett. SCOREBOARD Baseball Miller, English qualify for U.S.

Amateur golf PANTAGRAPH STAFF BLOOMINGTON Matt Miller and Kyle English of Bloomington qualified for the U.S. Amateur Golf Championship this week. The U.S. Amateur will be played Aug. 20-26 at the On the Web Updated results You can check pantaqraph.eom for results of local high-school and college sporting events before they make it in your morning paper.

www.pantagraph.comsports Minier. Entry fee is $20. Race-day registration is from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. Awards will be presented to the top three in each age category.

For more information, visit www.lakerun-club.org. TRYOUTS Tryouts for the Tremont Titans Softball team will be Aug. 4 and 1 1 at the Tremont City Park. Girls 10-under will try out from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.; 14-underand 16-underfrom 11 a.m.

to 12:30 p.m. For more information, call Mark Reecy at 256-3352 or Lori Jones at 208-0558. GOLF PRACTICE The Fieldcrest High School girls golf team will begin practice from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Aug.

9 at Tall Oaks Golf Course, Toluca. Players must bring their physical examination forms. For more information, contact, contact coach Judy McNamara at (309) 432-2908. 4.p. mi Olympic Club in San Francis-co.

i MiUel. a minois state graduate, fired rounds of 68 3 mm mm A and 66 for an 8-under-par 134 total at Oak Grove Golf Course in Harvard Tuesday to earn medalist honors by three strokes in a 90-man field shooting for four spots. This will be the second straight U.S. Amateur appearance for Miller. A Matt Miller "That's probably the best I've ever played for 36 holes," said Miller.

"I drove it well and my iron game was good. I missed four greens (in regulation) and three of those I got up and down for par and I holed a flop shot for a birdie." The 16-year-old English, who will be a University High School junior, shot a pair of 70s Monday at Bon Vivant Country Club in Boiirbonnais to earn the third and final qualifying spot in the 68-man field. He finished behind Aus- T-l I- mn 1 rzi ve uanans kick iuiauz yioo) anu Fnnikh Jamie Arnold (139). Lngnsn Three otner Bloomington golfers will compete in another qualifier Monday at Illini Country Club in Springfield. Todd Mitchell will attempt to qualify for his fourth U.S.

Amateur, while Drew Miller and William Cullen also are in the 66-man field with three players advancing. Missing Beckham irks fans, but his slow start hasn't hurt ticket sales ASSOCIATED PRESS PARKS AND REC BLOOMINGTON CO-ED Good Calls 1 Thirsty Beavers 0 Witnesses 5, Grumpas 2 Fusion 6, Rhino's 3 Fut Fetish 3, Los Internationals 2 Motor sports LOCAL Farmer City Raceway POINTS LEADERS LATE MODELS 1. Daren Friedman, 622; 2. Frank Shickel, 618; 3. Scott Bull, 610; 4.

Joe Harlan, 594; 5. Donny Watden, 570; 6. Ryan Dauber, 522: 7. Derek Chandler. 510; 8.

Wes Steidinger, 438; 9. Mike Mulvain. 428; 10. Eric Vaughan, 362. MODIFIEDS 1.

Dave Porth. 692; 2. (tie) Matt Bachman and Jeffery Curt, 620; 4. Jason Hastings, 5. Jeb Friedman, 582; 6.

Lance Dehm, 524; 7. Kevin Hastings, 508; 8. Jim Farris, 502: 9. Tommy Kroll, 484; 10. McKay Wenger.

476. SPORTSMAN 1 Joel Funk, 626; 2. Dav? Rudesil, 578; 3. Jason Unzicker. 550; 4 Loren Haberkorn, 546; 5.

Justin DeLong, 544; 6 Darrell Dick, 488: 7. Tim Fitz-patrick, 484: 8. Scott Williams. 448; 9. Ben Hulse, 416; 10.

A.J. Evans, 378. Golf PGA TOUR Statistics Through July 29 Scoring Average 1, Tiger Woods, 68.60. 2, Vijay Singh, 69.03. 3, Jim Furyk, 69.26.

4, Ernie Els 69.41. 5, Justin Rose, 69.43. 6, Phil Mickelson, 69.56. 7, Sergio Garcia, 69.60. 6 (tie), David Toms and Steve Strieker, 69.64.

10, K.J. Choi, 69.71. Driving Distance 1, Bubba Watson, 316.0. 2, J.B. Holmes, 312.4.

3, Robert Garrigus, 31 1 .6. 4, John Daly, 309.9. 5, Scott Gutschewski, 305.4. 6, Steve Allan, 303.6. 7, Harrison Frazar, 303.5.

8, Matt Hendrix, 302.1. 9 (tie). Charles Warren and Steve Marino, 301 .6. Driving Accuracy Percentage 1, Jose Coceres, 76.30. 2, Jim Furyk, 74.97.

3, Fred Funk, 74.45. 4. Zach Johnson, 73.58. 5, Chris Riley. 72.32.

6, Michael Boyd, 71.96. 7, Olm Browne, 71.62. 8, Joe Durant, 71.54. 9, Mark Brooks, 71.50. 10, Bart Bryant, 70.71.

Greens In Regulation Pet. 1, Jeff Gove, 71.18. 2, John Senden, 70.40. 3, Alex Cejka, 69.79. 4, Tommy Armour III, 69 49.

5, Tiger Woods, 69.44. 6, Briny Baird, 69.1 1. 7, Tom Lehman, 68.80. 8, Robert Allenby, 68.74. 9, John Merrick, 68.65.

10, Jim Furyk. 68.58. TotaJ Driving 1, Charles Warren, 57. 2, Hunter Mahan, 58. 3.

Mathew Goggin. 64. 4, Sean Hair, 85. 5. Kenny Perry, 94.

6, Briny Baird. 102. 7, Peter Lonard, 107. 8. Nick Watney.

110. 9, Mark Cal-cavecchia, 114. 10, Jason Gore, 119. Putting Average 1, Fredrik Jacobson. 1.730.

2, Jonathan Byrd. 1 .731 3, Bob Estes, 1.738. 4, PtJraig Harrington, 1.741. 5. Rocco Mediate, 1.743 6 (tie), Jes-per Pamevik and Nathan Green, 1.746.

8, Phil Mickelson, 1.748. 9, Brian Gay, 1.749. 10, Charlie Wi, 1.750. Birdie Average 1, Jonathan Byrd, 3 85. 2 (tie), Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh and Adam Scott, 3 84.

5, Bubba Watson, 3.77 6 (tie), Fredrik Jacobson and Justin Rose, 3.76. 8 (tie), Robert Allenby, Jesper Pamevik and J.B. Holmes, 3.75. Eagles (Holes per) 1 Tiger Woods, 80.0. 2, Phil Mickelson, 98 0.

3, Danon Stiles, 101 3. 4, Charles Warren, 109.5. 5, Rod Pam-pling, 114.5. 6 (tie), Chris DiMarco and Robert Garrigus, 120.6. 8.

Michael Allen, 1 23.4. 9, Chris Tidland, 126.0. 10, Tim Clark. 129.6. Sand Save Percentage 1 Jonathan Byrd, 66.00.

2, Chris Riley, 61 .54. 3, Mike Weir, 60.95. 4, Matt Kuchar, 60.38. 5 (tie). Jose Coceres and John Rollins, 60.34.

7, Tim Clark, 60.32. 8, Bob Heintz, 59.34. 9, K.J. Choi, 59.18. 10, Gavin Coles.

59.14. Ail-Around Ranking 1, Vijay Singh, 284. 2, Hunter Mahan, 341 3, Tiger Woods, 352. 4, Anthony Kim, 358. 5, John Rollins, 407.

6. Bubba Watson, 41 1 7, Phil Mickelson, 414. 8, Mark Calcavecchia, 436. 9, Jim Furyk, 444. 10, K.J.

Choi, 445. PGA TOUR Official Money Leaders 1. Tiger Woods, (11), $5,214,385. 2, Vijay Singh, (21), $4,427,916. 3, Phil Mickelson, (16), $4,120,588.

4, Jim Furyk, (18), $3,798,266. 5, K.J. Choi, (19), $3,438,492. 6, Zach Johnson, (17), $3,072,288. 7, Sergio Garcia, (13), $2,959,916.

8, Rory Sabba-tini, (17), $2,820,390. 9, Adam Scott, (13), $2,562,218. 10, Charles Howell III, (19), $2,521,999. LPGA TOUR Statistics Through July 29 Scoring 1 Lorena Ochoa, 69.9643. 2.

Morgan Pressel, 70.8824. 3, Paula Creamer, 71 0000. 4, Se Ri Pak, 71.0667. 5, Stacy Prammanasudh. 71 .2292.

6. Mi Hyun Kim. 71 .2373. 7, Suzann Pettersen, 71 .3542. 8, Sarah Lee.

71 3830. 9. Jee Young Lee, 71.4815. 10, Angela Park, 71.6250. Rounds Under Par 1, Lorena Ochoa.

.714. 2. Paula Creamer, 547. 3. Se Ri Pak.

.533 4, Morgan Pressel. .529. 5 (tie). Suzann Pettersen and Stacy Prammanasudh, .521. 7.

Annika Sorenstam, .519. 8. Seon Hwa Lee, .517. 9, Sarah Lee, 511. 10.

Nicole Castrate. .509. Eagles 1. Lorena Ochoa, 11. 2, Laura Davies, 10 3.

Brittany Uncicome, 9. 4. Pat Hurst. 8 5. Kann SOdin.

7 6, Maria Horth. 6 7 (tie). Wendy Doolan, Juk Inkster. Young Kim and Laura Diaz, 5. Greens in Regulation 1, Lorena Ochoa, .754.

2, Jee Young Lee. .727. 3, Suzann Pettersen. .725 4. Paula Creamer, 719.

5 (tie). Brittany Linctcome and Nicole Castrate. 714 7. Karne Webb. 701 8 (tie).

Morgan Pressel and Angela Stanford. 698 10 (tie), Juli Inkster and Wendy Ward. 687. Tennis ATP TOUR Legg Mason Classic results A U.S. Open Series Event At William H.G.

FitzGerakJ Tennis Center Washington Purse: $600,000 (Intl. Series) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles First Round John Isner. U.S., del. Tim Henman, Britain. 4-6.

6-4, 7-6 (4) Wesley Moodie, South Africa, def. Ryan Sweeting, U.S., 6-3. 6-4. Wesley Whitehouse, U.S., def. Jiri Vanek, Czech Republic, 3-6.

6-3, 6-3. Michael Berrer, Germany, def. George Basil. Switzerland. 6-3.

6-2. Paul Goldstein. U.S., def. Somdev Dev Varman. India.

6-4, 6-2. Wayne Odesnik. U.S.. def. Adnan Garcia.

Chile. 4T6. 6-3. 6-0. Kei Nishikori.

Japan, def. Teimuraz Gabashvili, Russia. 7-6 (4), 6-3. Second Round Lee Hyung-taik (5). South Korea, def.

Igor Kumlsyn, Russia, 6-7 (7), Andy Roddick (1 U.S.. def Tomas Zib. Czech Republic. 6-4. 6-2.

Gael Monfils (9). France, def. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Robin Haase, Netherlands, def. Michael Llodra (14), France, 6-2, 6-7 (7).

7-6 (4). Marat Safin (3). Russia, def. Jan Hernych, Czech Republic, 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 Paul Capdeville, Chile, def. Amer Doubles First Round Chris Haggard, South Africalvo Karlovic, Croatia, def.

Marcelo MeloAndre Sa, Brazil, 6-1, 6-7 (6), 12-10 tiebreak. Martin Damm, Czech RepublicLe-ander Paes (2), India, def. Somdev Dev Varman, IndiaJohn Isner, U.S., 6- 10-8 tiebreak. Paul Hanley, AustraliaKevin Ul-lyett (3), Zimbabwe, def. Jeff Coetzee.

South AfricaRogier Wassen, Netherlands, 6-4, 6-2. WTATOUR Acura Classic results At La Costa ResortSpa Carlsbad, Calif. Purse: $1 .34 million (Tier I) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles First Round Meghann Shaughnessy, U.S., def. Olga Poutchkova, Russia, 6-3, 6-1. Lucie Safarova (16), Czech Republic, def.

Meilen Tu. U.S.. 6-4. 6-3. Sybille Bammer (15).

Austria, def. Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, 6-4. 7- 6 (5). Victoria Azarenka. Belarus, def.

Yung-Jan Chan. Chinese Taipei. 4-6, 6-3. 6-0. Sania Mirza, India, def.

Shahar Peer (12), Israel, 6-3, 4-6. 6-2. Ai Sugiyama, Japan, del. Akgul Amanmuradova. Uzbekistan, 6-3.

6-2. Virginie Razzano, France, def. Yaroslavia Shvedova, Russia. 7-6 (2). 6-4.

Katarina Srebotknik, Slovenia, def. Nicole Pratt, Australia. Alia Kudryavtseva. Russia, def. Julia Vakulenko, Ukraine, 6-1 6-3.

Second Round Nadia Petroya (4), Russia, def. Elena Bovina, Russia. 6-3. 7-5. Marion Bartoli (5), France, def.

Aiko Nakamura. Japan, 7-6 (4), 6-1 Martina Hingis (7), Switzerland, def. Michaella Krajicek. Netherlands, 7-5, 6-2. Doubles First Round Corina Moranu, U.S.

Patty Schyn-der. Switzerland, def. Yuhana Fedak. UkraineTatiana Poutchek, Belarus, 6-3. 6-3.

Victoria Azarenka, BelarusAnna Chakvetadze, Russia, def. Brittany August! neAhsha Rolle, U.S.. Tatiana Golovin, FranceDinara Safina, Russia, def. Angelique Ker-ber, GermanyLilia Osterloh, U.S., 7- 5, 6-1 Jill CraybasLaura Granville. U.S., def.

Akiko Morigami, JapanMeilen Tu, U.S.. 5-7. 6-4. 10-6 tiebreak. Gisela Dulko.

ArgentinaMaria Kir ilenko (6), Russia, def. AlonaKatery-na Bondarenko, Ukraine, 6-4, 7-6 (6). Andreea Ehritt-Vanc, RomaniaAnastasia Rodionova, Russia, def. Janette Husarova. Slova-kiaMeghahn Shaughnessy (5), U.S., 6-4, 7-6 (2).

Catalina Castano, ColombiaTamanne Tanasugarn, Thailand, def. Eleni Daniilidou, GreeceJasmin Woehr, Germany, 4- 6. 6-1, 10-7 tiebreak. Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Pts GF GA New England 8 3 6 30 31 21 Kansas City 8 5 5 29 32 26 New York 8 7 3 27 26 23 Columbus 6 5 7 25 23 23 C. United 7 6 3 24 26 22 Chicago 5 8 4 19 16 26 Toronto FC 5 9 4 19 18 29 WESTERN CONFERENCE Pts GF GA Houston 10 5 4 34 28 13 FC Dallas 9 6 3 30 24 24 CDChivasUSA8 6 3 27 24 19 Colorado 4 8 6 18 16 24 Los Angeles 3 5 4 13 17 18 Real Sail Lake 1 9 6 9 13 26 NOTE Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Thursday's game Kansas City at New England, 6 p.m. Saturday's games Columbus at Chicago, 7 30 p.m. Colorado al FC Dallas. 7:30 p.m. Houston at Real Salt Lake.

8 p.m. Sunday's games United at New England. 3 p.m. Los Angeles at Toronto FC, 6 30 p.m. Miscellaneous MINIER 5K The Minier Com Daze 5K road race is scheduled for 7 30 a.m.

Saturday. Aug. 5 at Minter Railroad Park in MIDWEST LEAGUE Standings Second Half Eastern Division Pet GB West Michigan 24 13 .649 Lansing 22 15 .595 2 x-Dayton 19 18 .514 5 South Bend 19 18 .514 5 Fort Wayne 14 22 .389 9'2 Great Lakes 12 25 324 12 Western Division Pet GB Peoria 23 14 .622 x-Beloit 22 14. .611 '2 Quad Cities 22 14 .611 VS Burlington 18 19 .486 5 Cedar Rapids 17 20 .459 6 KaneCounly 16 20 .444 6V2 Clinton 16 21 .432 7 Wisconsin 13 24 .351 10 x-won first half Results Beloit 7. Fort Wayne 4 Lansing 6, Cedar Rapids 5 Great Lakes 9, Clinton 8, 10 innings Kane County 4, Burlington 2 West Michigan 7, Peoria 3 South Bend 1 1 Quad Cities 6 Dayton 2, Wisconsin 1 Today's games Betoit at Fort Wayne Burlington at Kane County Cedar Rapids at Lansing Clinton at Great Lakes Peoria at West Michigan Quad Cities at South Bend Wisconsin at Dayton Thursday's games Beloit at Fort Wayne Burlington at Kane County Cedar Rapids at Lansing Clinton at Great Lakes Peoria at West Michigan Quad Cities at South Bend Wisconsin at Dayton AMERICAN JUNIOR LEAGUE 2 Noodles and Company 6, Riddell Sporting Equipment 5 Original Smith Printing 13, Felm-ley-Dickerson Co.

8 Softball ASA GIRLS 14-UNDER NATIONALS AT NORMAL TUESDAY'S SCORES Arizona Storm 92 3, So Cal Fury 1 Kenosha Cyclones 11, BNGSA Fusion 2 Shamrocks 1, Sudden Impact 0 Indy Dreams Lemming 9, Vancouver Thunder 1 The Next Level Gold 11, Miami Valley Express 0 Georgia Titans 7, Alton Flames 2 Severna Park Green Hornets 6, Rockets 92 5 Orland Park Sparks 4, California Stars 3 Oak Park Windmills 3, Texas Travelers 2 American Athletics 3, Tulsa Shootout 0 Texas Glory 3, West Pines Diamond Dusters 1 New Lenox Lightning 7, Originals 4 Homer Hawks Raber 2, Team Flonda 0 American Freedom 93 4, Kansas Renegades 2 OC Wildcats 12. Mississippi Blast 4 Chi-Town Express Silver 8, Idaho Golden Gloves 0 Corona Angels 93 7, Mizuno Pride 92 2 Colorado Rebels 7, Wasco Diamonds 4 San Diego Power Surge 4. Texas Rapid Fire 2 New Orleans Voo Doo 1, Desert Thunder 93 0 So Cal Wicked 10. Finesse 4 Illinois Chill 8, Albuquerque Scorpions 5 Corona Angels Red 9, Quest 0 Team Aurelio's 7, Vienna Stars 92 0 Southridge Blaze 5, Soutti Florida Mini Bulls 1 Indy Dreams Lewis 1, Texas Elite 92 0 San Jose Lady Sharks 4, Orlando No Fear 0 Bombers Black 92 7, Lady Lasers Orange 0 Worth Cobras Black 10, Milan Aces 2 St. Louis Chaos 8, Arizona Hot-shots Sunderhaus 2 Arizona Suncats 6, Thunder Softball 2 Cincinnati Doom 6, San Jose Sting 1 Arizona Hotshots 92 8, Texas Elite 930 Bloomington Force 8, Lady Lakers 0 Katy Express 2, Lady Lasers Green 1 OC Firebirds 93 2, Lookouts 0 Texas Travelers 93 2, Louisiana Patriots 0 Newton' Rock Blue 6, Midwest Sluggers 5 Georgia Impact Black 3, So Cal Batbusters 2 Virginia Legends 7, St.

Louis Esprit 3 San Diego Legacy Black 13. Orland Park Sparks Black 2 Missouri Pride 10, Atlanta Vipers 0 Birmingham Vtpers 9, Berwyn BashO Huntsville Sparks 3, Contra Costa Cobras 1 Tampa Mustangs 5. Parker Eagles 1 CA Grapettes 5, Oregon Panthers 2 American Pastlime 3, Georgia Panthers 2 Desert Thunder Tony 6, Bagsai Heat 1 American Athletics Naudin 8. West Cobb Explosion 0 Valley Extreme Blue 10. Pittsburgh Power Cotton 1 Oklahoma Lady Sooners 3, Bnstol Stompers 1 Indiana Shockwaves 16, Fresno Heat 1 So Cal Firecrackers 10.

Aoers 92 0 GCKA Nightmare 6, Chi-Town Express Black 0 NW Lady Sharks 7. BNGSA Angels 14 1 Carolina Crush 5, Salt Lake Flames 0 Team Long Island 6, Black Widow Elite 1 Bomb Squad 5. Texas Chill 1 Georgia Impact Red 2, California Cruisers 0 Lady Magic 10. St Louis Esprit 0 Top 10 Finishes 1, Lorena Ochoa, .813. 2, Angela Stanford, .563.

3 (tie), Morgan Pressel and Stacy Prammanasudh, .467. 5 (tie). Paula Creamer and Jee Young Lee, 43B. 7, Se Ri Pak, .429. 8, Mi Hyun Kim, .412 9, Ai Miyazato, .400.

10, Annika Sorenstam, .375. Driving Distance 1, Karin Sjodin, 276 6. 2, Jee Young Lee, 273 4. 3, Suzann Pettersen, 273.0. 4, Brittany Lincicome, 272.1 5, Lorena Ochoa.

271 .1. 6. Sophie Gustafson, 269.8. 7, Laura Davies, 268.4. 8, Alena Sharp, 264.6.

9, Christina Kim, 264.1. 10, Maria Hjorth, 263.6. Sand Saves 1 Annika Sorenslam. .609. 2.

Lorie Kane, .608. 3, Rachel Helherington, .580. 4. Sarah Lee, .561 5, Kim Sai-ki-Maloney. .538.

6, Jamie Hullett, 7, Jane Park, .533. 8, In-Kyung Kim, 9 (tie), Kate Golden and Liselotte Neumann, .529. Birdies 1, Lorena Ochoa, 229. 2, Angela Park, 209. 3, Mi Hyun Kim, 203.

4, Laura Davies, 192. 5, Jee Young Lee, 186. 6, Chnstina Kim, 181. 7, Morgan Pressel, 179. 8 (tie), Paula Creamer and Kyeong Bae, 178.

10, Seon Hwa Lee, 177. Driving Accuracy 1 Won Lee, .837. 2, Sae-Hee Son, .804. 3, Yu Ping Lin, .801. 4, Vicki Goetze-Ackerman, .797.

5, Ji-Young Oh, .796. 6, Mi Hyun Kim, .790. 7, Erica Blasberg, .788. 8, Hilary Lunke, .786. 9, Julieta Granada, .781 1 0, Johanna Head, .777.

Putting Average Per Round 1, Young Kim, 28.27. 2, Riko Hi-gashio, 28.60. 3 (tie). Silvia Cavalleri and Cindy Rarick, 28.79. 5, In-Bee Park, 28.81.

6, Seo-Yeon Jeon, 28.87. 7, Mi Hyun Kim, 28 88. 8, Soo Young Moon, 29.00. 9, Beth Bader, 29.02. 10.

Se Ri Pak, 29.04. Putts Per Green (GIR) 1, Se Ri Pak, 1.75. 2, Stephanie Louden, 1.76. 3 (tie), Young Kim, Catriona Matthew, Lorena Ochoa and Natalie Gulbis, 1.77. 7 (tie), Mi Hyun Kim.

Laura Davies, Morgan Pressel and Na On Min, 1 .78. CHAMPIONS TOUR Statistics Through July 29 Scoring Average 1, Loren Roberts, 69 21. 2. Jay Haas, 69.53. 3, Eduardo Romero, 69.90.

4. Brad Bryant, 69.96. 5, Hale Irwin, 70.26. 6, Denis Watson, 70 38. 7 (tie).

Andy Bean and Tom Purtzer, 70 50. 9. Mark Meara, 70.52. 10, D.A. Weibring.

70.57. Driving Distance 1 Tom Purtzer, 292 9. 2. Eduardo Romero, 290.3. 3, Craig Stadler, 287 7.

4, Dick Mast, 286.9. 5, R.W. Eaks, 286 3. 6, Keith Fergus, 284 8. 7, Brad Bryant, 284.7.

8, John Harris, 284.6. 9. Lonnie Nielsen, 284.4. 10, Gil Morgan. 282.8.

Driving Accuracy Percentage 1, David Edwards, 77.38. 2, Bruce Fleisher, 76.79. 3, Jack Ren-ner, 76.61. 4. Hubert Green, 76.32.

5 (tie), Hale Irwin and Wayne Levi, 75.51. 7, D.A. Weibnng, 75. 1 4. 8, Tom McKnight, 75.06.

9. Tom Kite. 74.70. 10, Mark McNulty, 73.55. Greens in Regulation PcL 1, Tom Purtzer.

75 89. 2, Brad Bryant, 74.78. 3, Jay Haas. 73.58. 4, Loren Roberts, 73.36.

5, Hale Irwin, 73.28. 6, Tom Jenkins, 7254. 7, Eduardo Romero, 72 .22. 8, Tom Kite, 71 80. 9, Scott Hoch, 71.62.

10, D.A. Weibnng, 71.56. Total Driving 1 (tie), Tom Kite and Eduardo Romero, 35. 3, D.A. Weibnng, 39.

4, Bobby Wadkins, 40. 5, Tom Purtzer, 42. 6. Brad Bryant, 47. 7.

Jay Haas, 48. 8, Wayne Levi, 49. 9 (tie). Hale Irwin and Tom Jenkins, 54. Putting Average 1, Ben Crenshaw, 1.711.

2, Loren Roberts, 1.713. 3, Joe Ozaki. 1.717. 4, Denis Watson, 1.720. 5, Andy Bean, 1.728 6, R.W.

Eaks, 1 738. 7 (tie), Jay Haas and Mark O'Meara, 1.741. 9, Hale Irwin, 1.742. 10. Eduardo Romero, 1 .745.

Birdie Average 1, Loren Roberts, 4.42. 2, Jay Haas, 4.33. 3, Eduardo Romero, 4.31 4. Andy Bean, 4.26. 5, Denis Watson, 4.25.

6, Hale Irwin, 4.14. 7, Brad Bryant, 4.07. 8, Scott Hoch, 4.02. 9, R.W. Eaks, 4.00.

10, 2 tied with 3.98. Eagles (Holes per) 1. R.W. Eaks, 72.0. 2, Craig Stadler, 96.8.

3, Tom McKnight, 115.2. 4, John Harris, 116.0. 5, Tom Jenkins, 117.0. 6, Tom Purtzer, 121.5. 7, Larry Nelson, 122.4.

8 (tie), Hale Irwin and Eduardo Romero, 126.0. 10, Tom Kite, 128.3. Sand Save Percentage 1, Walter Hall, 61.11. 2, Don Pooley, 58.54. 3, James Mason, 58.33.

4, Eduardo Romero, 57.89. 5. Dana Quigley. 56.90. 6, Denis Watson, 56.41.

7 (tie). Joe Ozaki and Dave Stockton, 56.25. 9, Tom Wargo, 55.00. 10, Loren Roberts. 53.85.

AH-Around Ranking 1. Eduardo Romero, 70. 2, Hale Irwin, 100 3. Denis Watson. 131.4, Jay Haas, 134.

5. Tom Purtzer, 137. 6, Tom Kite. 139. 7.

Loren Roberts. 144. 8 Brad Bryant, 145 9, D.A. Weibnng, 168. 10.

2 tied with 185. JUNIOR AT SAVOY Lauren English of Bloomington fired a 3-under-par 73 Tuesday at the University of Illinois Orange Course and is in second place after the first round of the 28th Illinois Junior Girls State Amateur Championship. Samantha Sloan of Lansing leads with 71. Kaitlyn Wampter of Bloomington shot 75 and is tied for fourth. AT BOISE, IDAHO William Cullen of Bloomington shot 77 Tuesday for a 36 -note total of 1 50 and made the cut in the boys division of the 39th annual Trusted Choice Big I Junior Classic at Crane Creek Country Club Boise.

Idaho. Cullen stands tied tor 23rd place heading into today third round. Chelsea Harris of Normal fired 78 for a 163 total and missed the cut by a stroke in the girls division. WOMEN'S CLUB AT LEROY COUNTRY CLUB Tuesday Morning Ladies League. Play of the day Which 6uit.

Winners Eleanor Yount, Lee Albert, Ann Ripsom. AT HIGHLAND PARK 18-HOLE LEAGUE Play of the day Low net. Winners -Linda Faull, Jean Lee 9-HOLE LEAGUE Play of the day Evens. Flight A -Carol Kennell, Dawn Fleming; Flight Louise Vandevender. Shirley Wey; Flight Jean LeCount, Virginia Baker AT EL PASO GOLF CLUB Tuesday Morning 9-League.

Play of the day gross score minus putts. Winners A Flight: Ann Hocker (play of day), Loretta Lawhun and Carol Bordner (low gross), Jeanie Nord (tow net); Flight: Jill Fogle and Verna Good (play of day), Good (low gross), Fogle (low net). Tuesday 18-Hole League. Play of the day Most net birdies per foursome. Winners Kay Moore.

Betty Whistler, Marilyn Thiel. A Flight: Whistler (low gross), Dyni Weber (low net); Flight: Nancy Beckman (low gross), Jane Powell (low net); Flight: Angie Ulbrich. (low gross), Marilyn Dehority (low net). Ladies of the Evening. Play of the day Net score orvHoles 10, 12, 14, 16, 18.

Winners Championship flight: Dyni Weber (play of day, low net, low gross). A Flight; Vicci Brandel (play of the day), Peg Smith (low gross, low net); Flight: Anita Col-mone (play of day. low net, low gross); Flight: Becky Gruen (play of day, low gross), Jill Fogle (low net). ATIRONWOODG.C. Tuesday Morning Ladies League.

Play of the day fairway shots. Winners Betty Presley (A Flight), Lynn Warner (B Flight), Marilyn Weissert (C Flight). A Flight: Presley (low gross, low net); Flight: Warner (low gross, low net); Flight: Weissert (low gross, low net). Tuesday Evening Ladies League. Play of the day Throw out par-3s.

Winner Donna Peterson. Low gross Peterson. YOUTH LAKESIDE COUNTRY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS 9-HOLE BOYS 1. S. Mullins.

2. J. Romani. 3. B.

Patkunas 9-HOLE GIRLS 1 M. Patkunas, 2. C. Gruenwald. 3.

M. Patkunas S-HOLE BOYS 1 T. Orgler. 2. J.

Davis. 3. N. McKeon 5-HOLE GIRLS 1 H. Foley.

2 N. Doud. 3. J. Romani BLOOMINGTON C.C.

JUNIOR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP 3-HOLE BOYS-Tommy Egbers, Ryan Jacob 3-HOLE GIRLS-Elli Paul, All Re- 6-HOLE BOYS-Nick Morris, Jake Gilmore. Jack Costigan 6-HOLE GIRLS-Gracyn Paul, Katie Pugh 9-HOLE BOYS-Austin Egbers. Patrick Wieland 9-HOLE GIRLS Molly Hanson, MacKenzie Jenkins 18-HOLE BOYS Aaron Armstrong, Parker Miller 18-HOLE GIRLS Elizabeth Swanlund. Cassidy Brady CRESTWICKEC.C. JUNIOR GOLF 9-HOLE LONG BOYS Dan Cur-ran, Adam Rebholz 9-HOLE SHORT BOYS Jensen Roll, Thomas Bernhardt 9-HOLE SHORT GIRLS Kelly Curran, Erin Shulman 5-HOLE LONG BOYS Eric Gilpin, Rob Wuethnch 5-HOLE LONG GIRLS Madison Cassidy 5-HOLE SHORT BOYS Jacob Pinter, Anthony Palumbo 5-HOLE SHORT BOYS Brian Hilten, Sean O'Connor 5-HOLE SHORT GIRLS Georgi Roll, Sophia Wood HOLES IN ONE AT MAHOMET Shirley Irion of Normal used a 5-wood to record her first career ace Monday on the 140-yard eighth hole at Lake of the Woods Golf Course.

Witnesses were Do Hellweg, Jean Pankonin and Alma Stoddard. THE DEN AT FOX CREEK Denny Feicke of Normal used a 7-iron Tuesday for a hole in one on the 156-yard 13th hole. Witnesses were Gregg McElroy, Chip Hennchs and Ron Westbecher. Basketball WNBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Pet GB Detroit 21 6 .778 Indiana 17 10 630 4 Connecticut 15 12 .556 6 Chicago 12 15 .444 9 New York 10 15 .400 10 Washington 10 15 400 10 WESTERN CONFERENCE Pet GB San Antonio 16 9 .640 Phoenix 17 10 630 Sacramento 15 10 600 1 Seattle 13 14 .481 4 Los Angeles 9 16 .360 7 Houston 8 18 308 8V2 Minnesota 7 20 259 10 Results Connecticut 74. Chicago 56 Indiana 66.

Washington 57 Los Angeles 73. New York 63 Detroit 84. San Antonio 79 Phoenix 76. Houston 74 Sacramento 78. Seattle 74 Today's games No games scheduled Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES Named Dave Trembley manager through the end of the 2007 season.

BOSTON RED SOX Traded RHP Joel Pineiro and cash to SI Louis for a player to be named. Traded LHP Ka-son Gabbard. OF David Murphy and OF Engel Beltre to Texas for RHP Eric Gagneand cash. CHICAGO WHITE SOX Activated OF Darin Erstad from the 15-day DL. Traded OF-INF Rob Mackowiak to San Diego for RHP Jon Link.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS Traded RHP Octavio Dotel to Atlanta for RHP Kyle Davies. NEW YORK YANKEES Traded RHP Scott Proctor to the Los Angeles Dodgers for INF Wilson Betemit. OAKLAND ATHLETICS Released OF Bobby Kielty. TEXAS RANGERS Traded 1B Mark Teixeira and LHP Ron Mahay to Atlanta for C-1B Jarrod Saltalamac-chia, SS Elvis Andrus, LHP Matt Harrison, LHP Beau Jones and RHP Nef-tali Feliz. Activated 2B Ian Kinsler from the 15-day DL.

Recallled LHP A.J. Murray from Oklahoma (PCL). Designated INF Desi Relaford for assignment. TORONTO BLUE JAYS Signed LHP Mark Redman to a minor league contract, National League ATLANTA BRAVES Optioned LHP Royce Ring and RHP Chad Paronto to Richmond (IL). Purchased the contract of Corky Miller from Mississippi (SL).

CINCINNATI REDS Activated SS Alex Gonzalez from the restricted list. Placed INF Juan Cabtro on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 29. Recalled RHP Elizardo Ramirez from Louisville (IL). Purchased the contract of INF Mark Bellhorn from Louisville. Sent Chad Moeller outright to Louisville.

HOUSTON ASTROS Traded INF Morgan Ensberg and cash to San Diego for a player to be named or cash. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES Traded INF Jesus Merchan to Seattle for RHP Julio Mateo. Optioned Mateo to Ottawa (IL). Placed OF Shane Vtctonno and OF Michael Bourn on the 15-day DL Recalled OF ChnsRoberson from Ottawa SAN DIEGO PADRES Acquired RHP Wilfredo Ledezma and LHP Will Startup from Atlanta for LHP Royce Ring. Fired Merv Reltenmund, hitting coach.

Named Wally Joyner hitting coach. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Traded RHP Matt Morris to Pittsburgh for CF Rajai Davis and a player to be named. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association BOSTON CELTICS Acquired Kevin Garnett from Minnesota for Al Jefferson, Ryan G-F Gerald Green, Sebastian Telfair, Theo Ratliff and two first-round draft picks. FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS Agreed to terms with DT Darwin Walke on a live-year contract. GREEN BAY PACKERS Signed TE Joe Werner.

NEW YORK JETS Released RB Tony Fisher. ST. LOUIS RAMS Signed Dave Pearson. Waived Donovan Raiola. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS Signed DE Tim Jones.

HOCKEY National Hockey League BUFFALO SABRES Agreed to terms with Nathan Paetsch on a three-year contract. DALLAS STARS Named Brett Hull special advisor to hockey operations. OTTAWA SENATORS Re-signed Chris Kelly to a one-year contract. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS Named Derek Clancey professional scout and David McNamara amateur scout. International Hockey League FORT WAYNE KOMETS Agreed to terms with Kevin Hansen.

MOTORSPORTS NASCAR Fined Tony Stewart $25,000 and docked him 25 points for cursing during his television interview after his win on July 29. Fined Stewart's car owner Joe Gibbs 25 points. COLLEGE BALL STATE Named Karin Lee associate athletic director and senior women administrator, effective Aug. 20. CONNECTICUT Names Becky Irvine women's assistant ice hockey coach.

DAYTON Named Linda O'Keefe women's tennis coach. DUKENamed Ryan Ressa men's assistant golf coach. EVERGREEN STATE Named Clay Blackwood women's volleyball coach. FLAGLER Named Michael Fry rear and Cory Domel assistant baseball coaches. KINGS, PA.

Named Laurie An-othony women's lacrosse coach. NEW MEXICO STATE Dismissed senior Tyrone Nelson from the men's basektball team. NORTH CAROLINA-PEMBROKE Named Pat Kennedy wide receivers coach. PITTSBURGH Suspended football DB Eliah Fields for the 2007 season for an unspecified violation of team rules RUTGERS Named Scott Goodale wrestling coach. STEPHEN F.

AUSTIN-Wamed Brad Laird linebackers coach. SYRACUSE Named Tim Cupeto men assistant soccer coach. TUSCULUM Named Frankie De-Busk interim athletic director addition to his duties as football coach. David Beckham's left ankle kept him, sidelined from the Los Angeles Galaxy's game against FC Dallas in the SuperLiga tournament Tuesday night in Dallas, but the injury hasn't hurt Major League Soccer's bottom line. Like nearly all of the Galaxy's road games through the end of this season, this match was sold out, an MLS rarity in the pre-Beckham era.

"As much as we are benefiting, there are markets across the country that are benefiting," said Alexi Lalas, the Galaxy's president and general manager. "This is a win-win situation for everybody." Except for fans. Word of Beckham's no-show came too late to affect ticket sales in Dallas. The stadium was about two-thirds full, and fans expressed frustration with Beckham's nonappearance. "My daughter has a broken ankle and she sat in the car and made it up here for the game," said Jane Kobren, who drove more than 220 miles from Austin with her family.

Preston Sledge, who brought his son and a friend of his son's to the game, said they bought tickets because Beckham was expected to play. "We weren't going to waste the tickets, but it was a big disappointment. There was a lot of hype to get people here," he said. League officials acknowledge that Beckham's sputtering start in the United States is not the fairy-tale beginning they envisioned. But they stress his five-year commitment to MLS.

ESPN2 to air Galaxy game Beckham's potential debut for the Los Angeles Galaxy in a Major League Soccer game has been picked up by ESPN2. The network will televise Sunday's match at Toronto FC. Beckham has been sidelined by a left ankle injury, and his status for Sunday's game has yet to be determined. Beckham made his Galaxy debut July 21, playing 16 minutes in an exhibition against Chelsea. Douglas, Sun outshine Sky ASSOCIATED PRESS UNCASVILLE, Conn.

Katie Douglas scored 18 points, Asjha Jones had 16 points and nine rebounds, and the Connecticut Sun beat the Chicago Sky 74-56 on Tuesday night. Evanthia Maltsi added 13 points and Lindsay Whalen had 10 as the Sun (15-12) posted its third straight win. Jia Perkins scored 17 points for Chicago (12-15). Candice Dupree was held to just four points..