PRO BASKETBALL
Norfolk State alumnus Kris Bankston gained a spot on the Minnesota Timberwolves’ summer league roster.
The 18-player team, coached by Timberwolves assistant coach Max Lefevre, will play at least four games from July 7-14 in Las Vegas. The first will be against the New Orleans Pelicans at 4:30 p.m. July 7 on NBA TV.
Bankston, a 6-foot-9 forward, averaged 14.2 points, 7.1 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game as a senior, when he was named to the All-MEAC first team and all-defensive team and earned a Portsmouth Invitational Tournament berth. Academically, he was on the MEAC honor roll.
GOLF
Great Bridge’s Marrion qualifies for national amateur tourney
Rising Great Bridge High senior Trey Marrion qualified for the USGA Boys Junior Amateur, and he did so in winning style.
He shot 5 under par at Delaware Country Club in Muncie, Indiana, to win the qualifier by one stroke over three players, all of whom also qualified for the Amateur: Jacob Modleski, Happy Gilmore and Noah Harper.
Gilmore’s real name is Landon Gilmore, but he goes by “Happy” after the character in a 1996 movie featuring Adam Sandler. Gilmore, known for his long-driving acumen, is a rising senior at Bloomington South High who has committed to play for Ball State.
SOCCER
VBCFC loses to Northern Virginia United
Virginia Beach City FC fell 3-1 to Northern Virginia United in a National Premier Soccer League match on George Mason’s campus in Fairfax.
The hosts (2-4-1) took a 1-0 lead on Carter Humm’s goal off a Carter Berg pass in the 21st minute of the Mid-Atlantic Conference clash. VBCFC (1-4-3) pulled even in the 45th minute on Eli Carr’s penalty kick, set up when Alexander Moody drew a foul from NVU.
Ethan Gregory scored off a deft Berg pass to give Northern Virginia a 2-1 lead in the 76th minute, and Berg converted a penalty kick in the 82nd for the final goal.
BASEBALL
Pilots, Chili Peppers split doubleheader
The Peninsula Pilots (5-13) split a Coastal Plain League doubleheader Sunday night against the Tri-City Chili Peppers, winning 2-1 in eight innings before losing 6-3 in seven before a crowd of 2,935 at War Memorial Stadium in Hampton.
In the opener, Trey Morgan pitched three hitless shutout innings for the victory in relief of Sam Rochard, who struck out six in five innings and limited Tri-City to one hit.
Mason Dunaway singled and eventually scored the winning run in the eighth.
Cole Stanford singled him Christopher Martinez in the second inning to put Peninsula ahead, but the Chili Peppers (9-8) pulled even in the third when Brandon Eike’s single brought home Henry Cooke. Neither team scored again.
In Game 2, Eike slugged two homers and drove in three runs. The Pilots’ Aaron Manias was 3 for 3 with a 1 run, and Zac Morris doubled in a run.
Peppers starter Colin Yablonski pitched four innings for the victory, and three relievers threw a shutout inning apiece. Pilots reliever Vincent Bashara suffered the loss, giving up a pair of runs in the fifth inning.
Peninsula will head to Martinsville to face the Mustangs at 7 p.m. Monday.
Cox High grad goes to the injured list
The Los Angeles Dodgers placed outfielder Chris Taylor, a former Cox High and Virginia standout, on the injured list with right knee soreness, backdated to June 22. They recalled infielder Yonny Hernández to fill that spot.
Mets pick up former Tides pitcher from Richmond area
The Baltimore Orioles announced that right-handed pitcher Reed Garrett was claimed off outright waivers by the New York Mets.
Garrett from VMI and Richmond-area Mills Godwin High, has pitched for the Triple-A Norfolk Tides most of the season.
SOCIAL
Peninsula Sports Club Headliners Night set for Monday
The Peninsula Sports Club will host its annual Headliners Night at the Holiday Inn on J. Clyde Morris Boulevard in Newport News. The social hour is set for 6 p.m., with the program at 7.
