Centennial’s Jacob Portaro went 2-for-5 with two RBIs, and the Bulldogs rallied for six runs in the sixth inning to top Palo Verde 6-5 on Monday in the American Legion state tournament at UNLV’s Wilson Stadium. Centennial advanced to third-round play. The Panthers were eliminated.
■ WINNING/LOSING PITCHERS: 51s, Matt Fox (5-3), Greg Burke (2-1); River Cats, Darren Byrd (1-1), Sonny Gray (9-6)
Kris Bryant, from Bonanza High and the University of San Diego, batted five times in his Northwest League debut for the Class A Boise Hawks on July 23. He struck out all five times. But Bryant, 21, didn’t stay in a rut for long.
It was a potential Wolf Pack coach on the hot seat, but it even made some UNLV officials squirm.
A former Penn State assistant coach says that longtime football coach Joe Paterno told him the university mishandled its response to the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.
He used to knock guys on their asses. That’s what Scott Martin told me the other day. He was pushing a glop of pizza fries around his plate at the old fashioned soda fountain at historic Huntridge Drug Store on East Charleston.
