Murray sets school records

BOARDMAN — Salem eighth-grader Chaya Murray won two events, setting school and meet records in both, at the Spartan Early Bird Junior High Invitational on Saturday.

Murray was first in the girls 200-meter dash (26.30 seconds) and long jump (15-feet-10 3/4) and was second in the 100 dash (12.93)

Addie Hopple also won the 1600 run (6:01.54).

Western Reserve’s Nonah Moore was first in the girls high jump (4-6).

Topping the Salem boys were Colt Stockman, first in the shot put (43-0 1/2), and Tavin Tice, second in the 1600 run (5:21.57).

The team champions were the Youngstown East boys with 100 points and the Austintown Middle girls with 83 points.

The Salem girls were fifth out of 17 teams with 50 points.

The Salem boys tied for ninth out of 16 teams with 31 points.

The Quakers will host Alliance on Wednesday.

Scheffler beats storm

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler took advantage of ideal, warm conditions on Sunday at the Masters, playing a practice round at Augusta National with his mother, Diane, ahead of some predicted bad weather.

The tournament announced Sunday night that patron gates would not open as scheduled on Monday because of anticipated heavy rain and thunderstorms. Forecasts called for rainfall of 1 inch or more, and the club cited safety concerns in barring spectators from the course.

Ovechkin passes Gretzky

NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored his record-breaking 895th career goal, but the New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 4-1 on Sunday.

Ovechkin pulled the Capitals to 2-1 as he scored on a one-timer 7 1/2 minutes into the second period, breaking a tie with Wayne Gretzky. The UBS Arena crowd — with a large contingent of Capitals fans — let out a large roar as Ovechkin took a few steps toward the blue line and dove on the ice with his teammates mobbing him.