Jun 6, 2018 3 min read

Pitt football adds grad transfer

Pitt head football coach Pat Narduzzi announced Wednesday the addition of tight end Will Gragg, a graduate transfer from Arkansas.

Gragg has two years of eligibility remaining.

“Our tight end room just got an immediate infusion of veteran talent with the addition of Will Gragg,” Narduzzi said. “He is a tremendously smart and tough competitor who will help us in the run and pass games. Will had a number of options following his graduation from Arkansas and we’re thrilled he picked Pitt to continue his academic and athletic careers.”

Gragg played in 10 games for the Razorbacks as a redshirt sophomore last season and caught five passes for 61 yards.

Gragg has family ties to the NFL. His older brother, Chris Gragg, played the past five seasons in the league with Buffalo and the New York Jets. His cousin, Jarius Wright, played wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings the past six years and recently signed with the Carolina Panthers.

At The Meadows

Moosonee and Crystal Fashion, a pair of 3-year-old trotters with lofty aspirations, took a step in the right direction Wednesday at The Meadows when they captured divisions of the $110,260 Currier & Ives.

Moosonee was in the pocket stalking the leader, Patent Leather, when Donatover moved on the outside into the final turn and appeared poised to pass them both. But Donatover broke stride, giving Moosonee the racing room he needed. He moved wide for Aaron Merriman and downed Patent Leather by a length in 1:53.4, a career best and just two ticks off the stake record. Rich And Miserable rallied for show.

“He’s come back good this year, he’s matured,” said Chris Beaver, who trains the homebred Explosive Matter-Lady Andover gelding for Winterbeary Farm. “I was able to take the hopples off this year, but I don’t think it made any difference. We send all our horses to Florida, and they work on sand all winter. He’s a big, growthy horse, and I think that helped him. He put on weight and muscle.”

Beaver said Moosonee, who now boasts a lifetime bankroll of $128,443, would be pointed to the Pennsylvania All Stars and Earl Beal Memorial at Pocono.

Crystal Fashion and Tim Tetrick found themselves sitting third after a sluggish 59.3 half cut out by I Know My Rights.

Crystal Fashion wore down I Know My Rights and held off the closing Scirocco Rob by ½ length in 1:56.2, with Meadowbranch Ricky third. Fashion Farms campaigns the winner, who vaulted over $200,000 in career earnings.

Heimlich goes undrafted

Oregon State pitcher Luke Heimlich, who as a teenager pleaded guilty to molesting a 6-year-old relative, was not selected in the Major League Baseball draft for the second straight year.

Heimlich is a two-time Pac-12 pitcher of the year for the Beavers and is regarded as one of college baseball’s top players, but his troubled past has given big league teams pause.

The 22-year-old left-hander was expected to be drafted early last year until The Oregonian reported Heimlich admitted to the crime when he was 15. He did not play for Oregon State last year in the second round of the NCAA Tournament or the College World Series.

Heimlich recently insisted in stories by Sports Illustrated and The New York Times he was actually innocent and said he pleaded guilty because of poor legal advice.

The three-day draft concluded Wednesday night, with 1,214 players selected.