May 6, 2022 3 min read

High school baseball

Peters Township wrapped its home schedule late Thursday night with a 12-5 non-section victory over Ringgold at Peterswood Park.

The Indians (14-1) scored in only two innings but that was enough as PT pushed across five runs in the second inning and seven more in the fifth. The seven-run inning came after Ringgold (5-01) scored four runs in the top of the fifth to pull into a 5-5 tie.

Jack Kail went 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBI to lead PT at the plate. Drew Ripepi and Sam Miller also had three RBI.

Ringgold’s Mason Suss hit a solo home run.

Luke Markowski was the winning pitcher with 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief.

The Indians will try to clinch the outright Class 5A Section 4 title today when they play at Trinity (4 p.m.).

In horse racing

Secret Oath charged from pack to grab the lead from Yuugiri and off favorite Nest by two lengths Friday in the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs, giving 86-year-old trainer D. Wayne Lukas his fifth Oaks win and first since 1990.

Coming off a third-place run behind colts Cyberknife and Barber Road in the Arkansas Derby, the chestnut filly started the 14-horse race from the rail and was in the middle as Yuugiri set the pace through the final turn. Secret Oath steadily worked forward and moved into contention by the far turn before surging along the rail into the lead.

Nest, the 2-1 favorite, made a push down the stretch but couldn’t catch Secret Oath at the finish. As she earned her fifth career win in eight starts, the Hall of Fame trainer got his first Grade 1 stakes win since the 2017 Hopeful Stakes with Sporting Chance at Saratoga.

Lukas, who last won the Oaks in 1990 with Seaside Attraction, also won in 1989, 1984 and 1982. The win offset Ethereal Road’s defection from the Kentucky Derby earlier in Friday.

Ridden by Luis Saez, Secret Oath covered the 1 1/8th mile on a good track in 1:49.44 and paid $10.80, $5.60 and $4.60. She took $767,250 for the win.

Nest returned $4.20 and $3.20 to place, and Desert Dawn paid $15.40 to show.

In college football

The brother of Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney has been arrested and charged with sexual exploitation of a minor, according to South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson.

Henry Ervil Swinney III, 53, of Clemson, South Carolina, was arrested on April 23. The attorney general’s release said investigators received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that led them to Swinney.

Investigators say Swinney distributed child sexual abuse material. It is a second-degree felony charge that could bring up to 10 years in prison.

Swinney’s case will be prosecuted by the attorney general’s office.

In the NFL

The Green Bay Packers signed both of their first-round draft picks Friday, with former Georgia teammates Quay Walker and Devonte Wyatt agreeing to terms.

Walker played linebacker and Wyatt was a defensive lineman on Georgia’s national championship team last season. The Packers selected Walker with 22nd pick and Wyatt with the 28th.

The Packers also have signed five of their other draft picks – UCLA offensive lineman Sean Rhyan (third round), South Carolina outside Kingsley Enagbare (fifth) Georgia Tech safety Tariq Carpenter (seventh), Miami defensive lineman Jonathan Ford (seventh) and Nebraska wide receiver Samori Toure (seventh).