Triplett Two Shots Back

Paul Stankowski, a nonwinner on the PGA Tour, had a bogey-free 6-under-par 66 to take a share of the second-round lead at the Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic in Madison, Miss.

Stankowski, 10-under at 134, is tied with Dicky Pride. Three players are one back and former Pullman resident Kirk Triplett is in a group 2 behind after a 70.

Michelle McGann pushed her lead to four strokes after a 3-under-par 68 in the second round of the Big Apple Classic in New Rochelle, N.Y.

Second, at 138, is Caroline Pierce of England. Tracy Hansen of Rathdrum, Idaho, shot a 75 and is at 140 while Robin Walton of Clarkston faltered with a 75-148 and just made the cut at 6-over.

George Archer, who has won 29 PGA Tour and Senior PGA Tour events, and Chuck Montalbano, who hasn’t won on either tour, shot 6-under-par 66s to share the first-round lead in the First of America Classic in Ada, Mich.

Vicky Strada, a Stanford University senior from Cosmopolis, Wash., who led by as many as five holes early, had to hold on at the finish to claim the championship of the Pacific Northwest Women’s Amateur Tournament in Portland with a 1-up win over Joan Edwards-Powell in the 36-hole final.