Dec 26, 2017 3 min read

In girls basketball

Olivia Fasick scored 10 of her 17 points in the second quarter as Bishop McDevitt took a first-half lead to defeat Peters Township 49-45 Tuesday night Warwick Tournament.

Fasick’s 10 second-quarter points, including two three-pointers, gave Bishop McDevitt a 34-25 halftime lead.

Peters Township (7-1) was led by Olivia Ziegler’s 11 points. Isabella Mills and Lillian Young each finished with 10. Makenna Marisa didn’t travel with the team due to an illness.

At The Meadows

Graceful Vision zipped to the front from post No. 6 and never had an anxious moment thereafter in capturing Tuesday’s $17,000 Filly & Mare Not Listed Preferred Handicap Pace at The Meadows.

Graceful Vision easily turned back the first-over challenge of Spreester and drew away from the pocket-sitting Fox Valley Charm to defeat her by three lengths in 1:53.4. Southwind Roulette finished third at 55-1.

Jim Pantaleano piloted the 4-year-old daughter of Yankee Cruiser-Vision of Grace, who extended her career bankroll to $190,460, for trainer Doug Snyder and owner Frank Poerio, Jr.

Mike Wilder and Pantaleano each collected four wins on the 13-race card while Aaron Merriman enjoyed a triple.

Teasdale, Homet get top Powerade seeds

Jefferson-Morgan’s Gavin Teasdale (126) and Waynesburg’s Kyle Homet (170) earned the top seeds at their respective weight classes for the Powerade Christmas Wrestling Tournament Friday and Saturday at Canon-McMillan High School.

The two were the only local wrestlers to earn No. 1 seeds.

Canon-McMillan’s Logan Macri (120) and Belle Vernon’s Zachary Hartman (160) are No. 2 seeds.

Waynesburg’s Caleb Morris (132), Belle Vernon’s Brock Godzin (152) and Canon-McMillan’s Gerrit Nijenhuis (160) are No. 3 seeds.

Hughes stays

in NL Central

Reliever Jared Hughes and the Cincinnati Reds have agreed to a $4.5 million, two-year contract that includes a club option for 2020.

Hughes gets $2,125,000 in each of the next two seasons under the deal announced Tuesday, and the Reds have a $3 million option with a $250,000 buyout.

He can earn an additional $750,000 annually in performance bonuses for games: $100,000 each for 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 and 50, and $75,000 apiece for 55 and 60.

A 32-year-old right-hander, Hughes went 5-3 with a 3.02 ERA for Milwaukee last season with one save in 67 appearances. He became a free agent when the Brewers failed to offer a 2018 contract by the Dec. 1 deadline.

Cincinnati hopes Hughes will provide help getting leads to closer Raisel Iglesias, who had 28 saves in 30 chances last season.

Hughes pitched his first six seasons in the majors with Pittsburgh. He has allowed 27 homers in 369 innings and has the 12th-best ratio of ground ball outs among major league relievers since 2011 – attributes that should help him in homer-friendly Great American Ball Park.

Cincinnati’s bullpen had a 4.65 ERA – second-worst in the NL to the New York Mets – last season. The rotation ranked last with a 5.55 ERA and 73 losses.