Sports in brief 12/02/2012

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December 1, 2012

Sports in brief 12/02/2012

Anonymous Staff and wire reports The Tribune-Democrat Sat Dec 01, 2012, 11:29 PM EST

— BASEBALL

Pirates sign left-hander

PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed former Arizona reliever Mike Zagurski to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.

The Pirates announced the deal Saturday.

The 29-year-old Zagurski was 0-0 with a 5.54 ERA in 45 games last season. The left-hander struck out 34 in 37 1/3 innings.

Zagurski was 1-0 with a 6.13 ERA in 82 career games with Philadelphia and the Diamondbacks.

GOLF

McDowell clings to 2-shot lead

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Graeme McDowell rolled in two long putts early and kept bogeys off his card to keep the lead in the World Challenge on Saturday.

McDowell, trying to win at Sherwood for the second time in three years, had a 4-under 68 for a two-shot lead over Keegan Bradley (67). Tiger Woods failed to birdie any of the five par fives at Sherwood, though the tournament host and defending champion stayed in the game with enough birdies late in his round for a 69. He was five shots behind, along with Bo Van Pelt (70).

SOCCER

Beckham wins 2nd MLS title

CARSON, Calif. – Landon Donovan scored the tiebreaking goal on a penalty kick in the 65th minute, and David Beckham left MLS as a two-time champion with the Los Angeles Galaxy’s 3-1 victory over the Houston Dynamo in the MLS Cup on Saturday.

The Galaxy gave an appropriate farewell to Beckham, the 37-year-old English midfielder who transformed the league and his team over six seasons in Los Angeles. Beckham will play elsewhere in the new year, but he hasn’t disclosed his immediate plans.

BASKETBALL

Host Panthers win tournament

MUNDYS CORNER – Dom Williams led all scorers with 21 points to lead Cambria County Christian past Northumberland Christian 67-45 in the championship game of the Bobbi D Memorial Tournament.

Tyler Gary added 16 points and Jon Perry had 10 for the Panthers.

Williams was named tournament MVP, while Gary made the all-tournament team.

Sokira records double-double

MUNDYS CORNER – The Warriors’ Alyssa Wesner scored 25 points and Northumberland Christian dealt Cambria County Christian a home loss.

Natalie Sokira had 11 points and 13 rebounds for the Panthers.

Rick Majerus dies at 64

LOS ANGELES – Rick Majerus, the jovial college basketball coach who led Utah to the 1998 NCAA final and had only one losing season in 25 years with four schools, died Saturday.

He was 64.

Utah industrialist Jon Huntsman, the coach’s longtime friend, confirmed in a statement released through The Salt Lake Tribune that Majerus died of heart failure in a Los Angeles hospital.

Majerus said Nov. 19 that he wouldn’t return to St. Louis because of the heart condition.

Majerus was undergoing evaluation and treatment in California for the ongoing heart trouble and the school announced he was on leave in late August.

HOCKEY

UPJ skates past PSU Altoona

UPJ improved to 12-6 on the season with a 6-3 win over Penn State Altoona on Saturday at Galactic Ice.

UPJ was led by Troy Schall, who had two goals and one assist, and returning All-American Eugene Mack with one goal and two assists.

Mack missed the first half of the season with a shoulder injury.

Wayne David recorded two assists. UPJ goaltender Tyler Mains stopped 37 of 40 shots. UPJ was 1 for 6 on the power play and PSA was 0 for 3. UPJ had 49 shots on goal.

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