BOXING

Two women from the Portland Boxing Club won silver medals at the Golden Gloves of America National Tournament of Champions last week in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Portland’s Liz Leddy, a three-time national Golden Gloves champion, advanced to the championship bout in the 132-pound lightweight division before losing a 5-0 decision to Neida Ibarra of Tulsa. Leddy made it to the finals by winning a 5-0 decision over Karma El-Chanti of Detroit in the quarterfinals and a 4-1 victory over Yana Tomalcheva of New York in the semifinals.

Kate Zehr of South Portland earned a silver medal in her first national tournament by making it to the championship bout of the 125-pound featherweight division. Zehr defeated Kendra Adams of Salt Lake City in the quarterfinals, 4-1, and beat Olivia Blechschmidt of Miami, 3-2, in the semifinals before losing to Lizbeth Retiz of Houston, 5-0.

BASEBALL

SEA DOGS: Thursday’s game between the Portland Sea Dogs and Binghamton Rumble Ponies was rained out and will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Saturday at Hadlock Field, starting at 5 p.m.

The teams are scheduled to resume their six-game series at 6 p.m. Friday.

COLLEGES

WOMEN’S SOCCER: Kayla Kraemer scored in the final minute of the first half and Abby Kraemer added a goal early in the second half as the University of Maine opened its season with a 2-0 win over Sacred Heart in Orono.

Hannah Bamford assisted on the first goal. Kira Kutzinski made three saves for the shutout.

FOOTBALL: Washington State Coach Nick Rolovich said that he intends to follow a new state mandate requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for all those working at the state’s colleges and universities, including coaches. Rolovich had said previously that he was not going to get the vaccine for personal reasons and did not explicitly say Thursday that he would receive a shot.

“I’m just going to follow his mandate,” he said.

The mandate announced this week by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee also covers public, charter and private school teachers and staff. It allows for religious or medical exemptions but does not allow for a weekly testing alternative, and those who are not fully vaccinated by Oct. 18 risk losing their jobs. Asked if he would wait for full FDA approval before receiving the vaccine, Rolovich repeated his plan to follow the mandate.

• A former University of Miami football player was arrested in connection with the 2006 fatal shooting of his teammate Bryan Pata.

Rashaun Jones, 35, of Lake City, was arrested in Marion County on a first-degree murder warrant by Miami-Dade police and the U.S. Marshals Service, police spokesperson Alvaro Zabaleta said. South Florida authorities didn’t immediately release details about what led them to suspect Jones, who played three seasons for the Hurricanes and was a teammate of Pata’s.

Pata, a 22-year-old, 6-foot-4, 280-pound defensive lineman, was shot several times outside of his Kendall apartment the night of Nov. 7, 2006. Pata had been returning from campus in his black Infiniti. Some witnesses claimed to hear arguing and then gunshots. Despite having hundreds of dollars in his wallet, neither the car nor the cash were taken.

BASKETBALL

NBA: The Charlotte Hornets have agreed to a four-year, $97 million contract extension with guard Terry Rozier, according to a person familiar with the situation.

Rozier, a six-year NBA veteran, averaged a career-high 20.4 points and 4.2 assists in his second season with the Hornets. Rozier came to Charlotte in a sign-and-trade deal in 2020 that included Kemba Walker going to the Boston Celtics. Rozier averaged 18 points and 4.1 assists and shot a career-high 40.7% from 3-point range in his first season with the Hornets.

• The New Orleans Pelicans signed restricted free agent Josh Hart to a three-year extension worth up to $38 million, with $12 million guaranteed.

The 6-foot-5, 215-pound Hart averaged 9.2 points, eight rebounds and 2.3 assists in 47 games before a hand injury sidelined him for the final 25 games.

WNBA: DeWanna Bonner scored a season-high 31 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Connecticut Sun beat the visiting Minnesota Lynx, 82-71.

Jonquel Jones added 20 points and seven rebounds for Connecticut (17-6) despite being in foul trouble.

Sylvia Fowles led Minnesota (13-9) with 18 points and 12 rebounds.

TRIATHLON

IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Organizers of the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii said this year’s race will be postponed until February because of increasing COVID-19 cases in the state.

The race had been scheduled for Oct. 9.

TENNIS

WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN: Top-seeded Daniil Medvedev advanced to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open tune-up with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Grigor Dimitrov in Mason, Ohio.

Second-ranked Naomi Osaka wasn’t as lucky. In the second match of her first tour appearance since late May, Osaka sprayed balls all over the court in a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 loss to No. 76 Jil Teichmann.

Top-ranked Ash Barty rolled through the first 10 games of her match with defending champion Victoria Azarenka in a 6-0, 6-2 win to reach the women’s quarterfinals.

BOXING

ALVAREZ-PLANT FIGHT: Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has agreed to face unbeaten Caleb Plant on Nov. 6 in Las Vegas in a bid to become the undisputed super middleweight world champion.

Alvarez (56-1-2, 38 KOs) and Plant (21-0, 12 KOs) announced their showdown Thursday. Promoters haven’t selected a venue or booked an undercard for the pay-per-view show.

Alvarez is the WBC, WBA and WBO champion at 168 pounds, while Plant holds the IBF super middleweight belt.

SOCCER

NEW WOMEN’S TOURNAMENTS:  CONCACAF has announced a new Women’s World Cup qualification tournament structure and a Women’s Gold Cup, aimed at creating more opportunities for elite competition in the region.

The CONCACAF W Championship will take place next summer and serve as qualification for the 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The Women’s Gold Cup final will be held in 2024, the confederation announced.

The draw for the W Championship qualifiers will be held Saturday, with matches set to start in November. Thirty CONCACAF nations will compete in the preliminary round to be among the six teams to join the confederation’s two highest-ranking teams, the United States and Canada, in the W Championship tournament.

CYCLING

SPANISH VUELTA: Magnus Cort Nielsen won the sixth stage, holding off a hard-charging Primoz Roglic, who took back the red leader’s shirt with his second-place finish.

Cort Nielsen was part of an early five-man breakaway on the mostly flat 98.3-mile ride along Spain’s eastern coast. The Danish rider had just enough left to cross the finish line ahead of Roglic at the top of a short but steep ascent near the Cullera Castle overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. It was the fourth stage win at the Vuelta for Cort Nielsen, who also has a stage win at the Tour de France.

Roglic, the two-time defending Vuelta champion, reclaimed the race lead that he had held for the first two stages. Kenny Ellisonde lost the lead he held for one day after he struggled throughout the final stretches of the stage.

AUTO RACING

INDYCAR: IndyCar will return next season to Iowa Speedway, a short oval track beloved by fans and drivers that had fallen off the schedule after 14 years.

The track in Newton will host a doubleheader next July in a deal brokered between IndyCar Series owner Roger Penske, team owner Bobby Rahal and grocery chain Hy-Vee, which is based in Iowa. The company has been slowly increasing its presence in IndyCar as an occasional sponsor for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.