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Bud Light Dash 200 contigency to be held in El Centro

Contingency/tech inspection for the Bud Light Dash 200 presented by MDR Racing will be from 1 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Off Road Warehouse, 2298 Merrill Center Dr., in El Centro. A flyer at MDRracing.com stated the contingency/tech inspection was to be held at a different location.

IVC men's basketball game confirmed

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Imperial Valley College officials confirmed today, the IVC men's basketball team will face Cuyamaca College at 7 p.m. tonight in their Pacific Coast Conference opener.

Mario Renteria, Sports Editor

IVC men's basketball game postponed

The Pacific Coast Conference opener between Imperial Valley College and Cuyamaca scheduled for 7 tonight has been postponed.

According to a press release from IVC, Interstate 8 has been closed preventing the Cuyamaca squad and San Diego-area officials from traveling to IVC.

The game has been tentatively rescheduled to tip off at 7 p.m. Thursday pending confirmation from game officials.

Mario Renteria, Sports Editor

Thomas re-signs with Raiders

Imperial native Robert Thomas has agreed on a 1-year contract to play linebacker for the Oakland Raiders.

Thomas, an Imperial High graduate, signed a 1-year, $710,000 contract with the Raiders, the team that waived him after agreeing to an injury settlement before the start of the regular season. Thomas suffered a knee injury during the pre-season.

Thomas' brother, Stan Thomas Jr., confirmed the signing, saying Robert Thomas was contacted by the Raiders on Monday, worked out with the team and agreed to a deal Tuesday.

Thomas, a former first-round draft pick for the St. Louis Rams, has played for the Packers and was in his second season with the Raiders before being waived. Thomas will wear No. 94 for Oakland and is expected to practice with the team Wednesday and play Sunday at the Baltimore Ravens, his brother said.

-- ERIC GALVAN, Staff Writer

Southwest beats Sweetwater in girls' tennis

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CHULA VISTA – The Southwest High girls’ tennis team defeated the Sweetwater High Devils here Wednesday 16-2 in a nonleague match.

In singles action for the Eagles, No. 1 Priscilla Malagon won 6-0, 6-0, 6-0. No. 2 Ana Mora won 6-0, 6-2, 6-0. Lakshmi Muralidharan won 6-1, 6-0, 6-1.

In doubles action for Southwest, the No. 1 team of Shelby Larson and Ashley Morales went 6-1, 6-0, 6-0. The No. 2 team of Karla Maldonado and Bethany Pineiro won 4-6, 6-1, 6-0. The No. 3 team of Bianca Nava and Krupa Bhatt won 2-6, 7-5, 6-1.

The Eagles next match is at 3:45 p.m. Sept. 11 at Helix High.

Giants' Romo gets his first win

Sergio Romo picks up his first win in majors

SAN DIEGO—San Francisco Giant Sergio Romo (1-1) pitched the ninth inning for his first MLB win here Friday night against the Padres in a 3-2 decision. Romo pitched one inning, walked one, struck out one, and threw 18 pitches, nine of them being strikes. His ERA is now 2.35 for the season.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

Eclipse advances to second round

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PARK CITY, Utah — The Imperial Valley Eclipse under-14 softball team wrapped up pool play action with a 6-3 win against the Colorado Lady Outlaws at the Triple Crown Sports World Series of Softball here Wednesday.

Also on Wednesday, Eclipse’s Roxy Morales threw a no-hitter to lead her squad over Salt Lake City for a 7-0 win.

With the two wins, Eclipse finishes pool play action with three wins and one loss which qualifies them for the second round today.

Eclipse’s next opponent was not known as of Wednesday evening. The time of Eclipse’s game today was also not known.

Against the Lady Outlaws, Justinn Gonzalez picked up the win with 10 srikeouts. In the game, Kassandra Garcia had two RBIs, Rylee Perez and Gonzalez combined for three RBIs.

In the game against Salt Lake City, Morales also had seven strikeouts. Claudia Cortez had two hits with two RBIs and Gonzalez had a triple with an RBI.

On Tuesday, Eclipse kicked off pool play action with a win and a loss.

Eclipse beat the Las Vegas Majestics 9-2 with Gonzalez picking up the win with four strikeouts. At the plate for Eclipse, Amanda Ortiz went 3-for-4 with five RBIs.

In the second game, Eclipse lost to the Idaho Diamond Bandits, 7-1.

Also on Wednesday, Eclipse won the Showcases of Pins, where each squad presents its original pin.

Brawley on to 11-12-year-old All-Star championship

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The Brawley 11-12-year-old Little League All-Star team advanced to the championship after beating Imperial 10-8 in nine innings. Imperial will play Sunbeam at 7 p.m. tonight in Imperial to determine who faces Brawley in the championship at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Mexican National U-17 team defeats Alianza FC 6-0

By Tom Ronco

Special to this Newspaper

BRAWLEY — The Mexican National under-17 soccer team dominated Alianza FC 6-0 in an exhibition match played Monday night here at Warne Field.

Alianza FC is based in Yuma but has players from Phoenix as well as from the Imperial Valley’s Southwest, Central Union and Brawley Union High’s.

“Our main goal is to get the team working together for the 2009 under-17 World Cup,” Mexican National coach Rafael Jardon said. “Tonight we were very pleased with how the team played.”

The game was the third match in four days for the Mexican national team as they tied an all-star team in San Luis, Ariz., 1-1 on Friday before defeating a Riverside County squad 3-0 in Rancho Mirage on Sunday.

The Mexican national team’s roster showcased Martin Luis Galvan, a member of the Mexican League’s first division with Cruz Azul, even though he’s only 15 years old.

Alianza spent the first half playing solid defense trying to control Galvan, at times dropping as many as ten players back to control the Mexican offense.

Mexico was held at bay by five stellar saves in the first 30 minutes of the match by Southwest High Hector Romo who opened in goal for Alianza.

Due to no fault of Romo, Mexico drew first blood in the 32nd minute.

Drawing two defenders, Galvan passed the ball to Abraham Coronado who was a step behind and redirected the ball into the right side of the goal.

“I was drawing a defender who marked me, many times too,” Galvan said. “I was forced to give the ball up more times than usual.”

Three breakaways were all the Alianza offense could muster in the first half and their efforts resulted in the first shot of the game on a header with no such scoring luck.

With Mexico leading 1-0 at the half, the crowd was entertained by an exhibition match featuring the Dynamo El Centro U-12 Select team who outscored the Heber Eagles 2-0 behind goals by Fabrizio Marchesini and Erik Felix.

Galvan added to Mexico’s lead in the 60th minute when he picked up a loose ball in the box and chipped it over a sliding defender for a goal.

Nine minutes later, Juan Carlos Ivan Pineda stole an Alianza pass near mid-field and scored on a break-away. And just as quickly, two minutes later Carlos Alberto Campos passed to Salvador Jasso for a goal to give Mexico a 4-0 lead.

“The first half Alianza competed very well with us but then later in the match they seemed to wear down,” Pineda said.

In the 80th minute Pineda added a second goal and just before the final whistle, Mexico’s Octavio Hernandez scored.

Alianza manager and head coach Ezequiel Zuniga, whose team had tied the Mexicans 1-1 in Yuma earlier this spring, had a different agenda in the second half.

“We could have tried to keep it close but it wasn’t our goal to keep it 1-0 because I felt I needed to play a lot of the kids,” said Zuniga. “These kids have earned the right to play against these guys, to learn how to compete with them.”

Brawley advances to semifinals in D-III softball

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SAN DIEGO

— Pebbles Gonzalez connected for a go-ahead run that gave her No. 6 Brawley Union High softball team an 8-7 win in 10 innings against No. 3 University City High in the CIF-San Diego Section Division III quarterfinals here Wednesday.

Breanna Ruelas scored the go-ahead run after getting on base with an error in the top of the 10th. Brawley‘s Cammi Correa had a big day hitting for the cycle. She went 5-for-6 with two singles, a double, a triple and a home run.

Also for the Wildcats, Brittani Gibson had two singles and Gabby Alcantar had a double and a single. Megan Salcido pitched the complete game to get the win. She had six strikeouts and connected for a triple at the plate.

Brawley (19-8) plays against No. 2 Cathedral Catholic of San Diego at 3 today at the Poway Sportsplex.

If the Wildcats win, they will advance to the section championship scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the Poway Sportsplex.