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Baseball

American Senior Legion

Wednesday’s Result

Spokane Bandits 7, Spokane Northstars 4

Today’s Games

Spokane Cannons vs. Spokane Bandits, 7:30 p.m.; at AK Jackson

Pullman Patriots at Palouse Summer Series, Noon; at WSU

Bandits 7, Northstars 4

Olson, Albinson (7) and Cornwall; Birdwell, Fox (7) and Schrader. W-Olson. L-Birdwell. Sv-Albinson.

HITS: Bandits-Olsuska 2, Olson, Duff, Cornwall, Roff. Northstars-Raynor, Fox 2, Ca. McNair, Naccarato, Baldini, Hoxie. 2B-Ca. McNair; Olsuska, Olson.

American Junior Legion

Wednesday’s Results

University 8, Ferris 5

Gonzaga Prep 11, Riverside 3

Shadle Park 18, Lincoln County 2

Mead 19, Northwest Christian/St George’s 2

Mt. Spokane 13, North Central 3

Today’s Games

Mead at Lewiston Tournament, 10 a.m.

Shadle Park 18, Lincoln County 2

Limery, Potter (5) Ennis, Erickson (4); Godley and Mouser. W-Limery. L-Godley.

HITS: Shadle Park-Raynor, Potter, Jordan 2, Sargent 2, Ennis, Seedall, Rowton, Pfeffer, Limery 2, Winkler 3. Lincoln County-Hopkins, Pittman, Klanstrom. 2B-Jordan, Sargent 2, Seedall, Pfeffer; Klanstrom. 3B-Limery.

Gonzaga Prep 11, Riverside 3

Van Tuyl, Devoe (5) and Orgill; Murphy, Senger (6) and Ulrich. W-Murphy. L-Van Tuyl.

HITS: Riverside-Weidemier 3, Goulet, Hooper 2, Devoe, Van Tuyl. Gonzaga Prep-Senger 3, Ulrich, McInnis 2, Rowland, Carpenter, Motsinger. 2B-Goulet; Motsinger. 3B-.

Mead 19, NW Christian/St. George’s 2

Kinney, Bron (3) and William; Peters, Bond (5) and Crane. W-Peters. L-Kinney.

HITS: NWC/ST.G-Loiseau, Caesar, Winfrey, Mendoza, Williams. Mead-Patterson 3, Thoen 3, Redding 3, Crane 4, Guzman 2, Fitzpatrick, Woodard, Nugen, Miller. 2B-Williams; Redding, Nugen, Guzman, Crane.

Mt. Spokane 13, North Central 3

Allard and Blankenship; Krupla, Hill (4), Yirak (5) and Campasino. W-Allard. L-Krupla.

HITS: Mt. Spokane-Leonard 2, Van Doren, Benner 2, McGriff, Baughman 3, Allard 2, Jeffery. North Central-Bertholf, Smith 2, Yirak 3. 2B-Van Doren, Allard, Jeffery; Yirak. 3B-Baughman. HR-Allard.

University 8, Ferris 5 (9)

Peasley, Liu (7) and Schmedding. Weber, Ansett (8) and Krustangel. W-Liu. L-Ansett.

HITS: University-Tabish 4, Elliott, Rapose 2, Wakem, Liu 2, Hickman, Motsinger 2. Ferris-Haack 2, Anderson, Krustangel 2, Ewing, Moris 2, Ansett. 2B-Liu, Krustangel 2. 3B-Tabish.

Basketball

NBA playoffs

All Times PDT

NBA FINALS

(Best-of-7)

Boston vs. L.A. Lakers

Thursday, June 5: Boston 98, L.A. Lakers 88

Sunday, June 8: Boston 108, L.A. Lakers 102

Tuesday, June 10: L.A. Lakers 87, Boston 81

Thursday, June 12: Boston 97, L.A. Lakers 91, Boston leads series 3-1

Sunday, June 15: Boston at L.A. Lakers, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, June 17: L.A. Lakers at Boston, 6 p.m., if necessary

Thursday, June 19: L.A. Lakers at Boston, 6 p.m., if necessary

Celtics 97, Lakers 91

Boston (97)—Pierce 6-13 8-9 20, Garnett 7-14 2-2 16, Perkins 1-3 0-0 2, Rondo 2-4 1-2 5, R.Allen 6-11 5-5 19, Brown 1-4 1-2 3, House 4-9 1-2 11, Posey 5-10 4-4 18, Powe 1-4 1-2 3, Cassell 0-1 0-0 0, T.Allen 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-73 23-28 97.

L.A. Lakers (91)—Radmanovic 3-8 2-2 10, Odom 8-11 3-4 19, Gasol 6-13 5-7 17, Fisher 4-5 5-6 13, Bryant 6-19 5-6 17, Farmar 1-6 0-0 3, Ariza 2-2 1-2 6, Vujacic 1-9 0-0 3, Walton 1-3 0-0 3, Turiaf 0-1 0-2 0. Totals 32-77 21-29 91.

3-Point Goals—Boston 8-22 (Posey 4-8, House 2-4, R.Allen 2-6, Cassell 0-1, Pierce 0-3), L.A. Lakers 6-21 (Radmanovic 2-5, Ariza 1-1, Farmar 1-3, Walton 1-3, Vujacic 1-5, Fisher 0-1, Odom 0-1, Bryant 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Boston 48 (Garnett 11), L.A. Lakers 50 (Gasol, Odom 10). Assists—Boston 15 (Pierce 7), L.A. Lakers 23 (Bryant 10). Total Fouls—Boston 24, L.A. Lakers 23. Technicals—Boston Coach Rivers, L.A. Lakers defensive three second. A—18,997 (18,997).

WNBA

All Times PDT

EASTERN CONFERENCE

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Thursday’s Result

Sacramento 82, Minnesota 78

Today’s Games

Indiana at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.

Seattle at San Antonio, 5 p.m.

Washington at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.

Connecticut at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.

Monarchs 82, Lynx 78

Sacramento (82)—Powell 6-18 2-2 18, Brunson 3-9 0-2 6, Williams 0-0 3-4 3, Lawson 1-5 2-2 4, Penicheiro 1-1 7-10 9, Harper 4-5 1-1 9, Newton 1-5 2-2 4, Franklin 0-0 0-0 0, Kelly 5-9 8-8 18, Robinson 3-6 2-2 9, Smith 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 25-61 27-33 82.

Minnesota (78)—Augustus 10-20 0-0 21, Ohlde 0-0 3-4 3, Anosike 1-3 2-3 4, DeForge 4-9 3-5 13, Quinn 4-5 2-2 11, Houston 1-3 0-0 2, Wiggins 4-13 9-11 17, Hayden 1-1 0-0 2, Zoll 0-1 1-2 1, Rasmussen 1-2 0-0 2, Murphy 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 27-61 20-27 78.

3-Point Goals—Sacramento 5-12 (Powell 4-7, Robinson 1-2, Smith 0-1, Lawson 0-2), Minnesota 4-12 (DeForge 2-5, Quinn 1-1, Augustus 1-3, Zoll 0-1, Wiggins 0-2). Fouled Out—Wiggins. Rebounds—Sacramento 44 (Brunson 9), Minnesota 39 (Anosike 11). Assists—Sacramento 14 (Penicheiro, Lawson 4), Minnesota 17 (Wiggins 5). Total Fouls—Sacramento 28, Minnesota 27. A—4,875 (12,600).

Golf

U.S. Open

PGA Tour

At Torrey Pines, South Course, San Diego; Purse: TBA ($7 million in 2007); Yardage: 7,643; Par: 71 (35-36).

First Round

a-amateur

Jesper Parnevik

38-39—77

Shingo Katayama

38-39—77

Robert Garrigus

41-36—77

Brad Bryant

40-37—77

Mathew Goggin

39-38—77

a-Nick Taylor

38-39—77

Bubba Watson

38-39—77

Andrew Svoboda

35-42—77

Michael Letzig

39-38—77

Jon Turcott

36-41—77

Chad Campbell

38-39—77

John Ellis

38-39—77

a-Jeff Wilson

38-40—78

Steve Flesch

39-39—78

Michael Campbell

40-38—78

Brian Kortan

38-40—78

Scott Piercy

40-38—78

Niclas Fasth

37-41—78

Soren Hansen

38-40—78

Fernando Figueroa

38-40—78

Padraig Harrington

37-41—78

Nick Dougherty

36-42—78

Phil Archer

37-41—78

Michael Allen

39-39—78

Ian Poulter

38-40—78

Henrik Stenson

39-39—78

Johan Edfors

38-41—79

D.J. Brigman

40-39—79

Angel Cabrera

43-36—79

Jason Gore

41-38—79

Jay Choi

41-38—79

Artemio Murakami

41-38—79

Paul Casey

39-40—79

Justin Rose

38-41—79

Jeff Quinney

42-37—79

Colin Montgomerie

39-40—79

Hunter Haas

39-41—80

a-Jordan Cox

37-43—80

Craig Barlow

38-42—80

Kevin Silva

38-42—80

Bob Gaus

40-40—80

Garrett Chaussard

39-41—80

Scott Sterling

40-40—80

Jeffrey Bors

38-43—81

Rob Rashell

42-39—81

a-Jimmy Henderson

39-42—81

Travis Bertoni

39-43—82

Yohann Benson

41-42—83

Gary Wolstenholme

39-44—83

Chris Devlin

40-44—84

Bobby Collins

40-44—84

Chris Stroud

42-42—84

Mike Gilmore

44-42—86

a-Michael Quagliano

45-41—86

Brian Bergstol

41-45—86

Philippe Gasnier

42-44—86

Mark Calcavecchia

WD

PNGA Senior Amatuer

At Semiahmoo GC; Blaine

Grand Division

1, Keith Crimp (Ellensburg); 68-80-74—222. Also: 20, Kent Brown (Colville); 82-75-79—236. 23, Ron Janney (Colbert); 80-79-78—237

Hole-in-one

CIRLING RAVEN GC —Ron Alles, #3, 182 yards, 5 wood.

ESMERALDA GC—Barry Anderson, #12, 144 yards, 8 iron.

Tennis

TheGC Artois Championships

ATP Tour

At The Queen’s Club

London

Purse: $1.12 million (Intl. Series)

Surface: Grass-Outdoor

Singles

Third Round

Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. Kei Nishikori, Japan, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

Ivo Karlovic (8), Croatia, def. Fernando Gonzalez (10), Chile, 6-3, 7-5.

Andy Roddick (3), United States, def. Mardy Fish (15), United States, 7-6 (5), retired.

Andy Murray (6), Britain, def. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, 5-7, 6-1, 6-4.

Richard Gasquet (5), France, def. Mario Ancic, Croatia, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

David Nalbandian (4), Argentina, def. Nicolas Mahut, France, 6-4, 6-1.

Lleyton Hewitt (11), Australia, def. Paul-Henri Mathieu (7), France, 6-4, 6-4.

Novak Djokovic (2), Serbia, def. Janko Tipsarevic (13), Serbia, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Orange Warsaw Open

ATP Tour

At Warszawianka Sport Club

Warsaw, Poland

Purse: $669,000 (Intl. Series)

Surface: Clay-Outdoor

Singles, Second Round

Evgeny Korolev, Russia, def. Potito Starace (6), Italy, 7-5, 4-0, retired.

Marcel Granollers (7), Spain, def. Marcos Daniel, Brazil, 6-2, 6-4.

Nikolay Davydenko (1), Russia, def. Jiri Vanek, Czech Republic, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1.

Juan Monaco (3), Argentina, def. Florent Serra, France, 7-5, 6-3.

DFS Classic

WTA Tour

At Edgbaston Priory Club

Birmingham, England

Purse: $200,000 (Tier III)

Surface: Grass-Outdoor

Singles, Third Round

Alona Bondarenko (5), Ukraine, def. Sunitha Rao, India, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1.

Yanina Wickmeyer, Belgium, def. Michaella Krajicek (8), Netherlands, 6-3, 6-4.

Melanie South, Britain, def. Aiko Nakamura (17), Japan, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, def. Yaroslava Shvedova, Russia, 6-3, 7-5.

Bethanie Mattek, United States, def. Tamarine Tanasugarn, Thailand, 6-4, 6-2.

Nicole Vaidisova (3), Czech Republic, def. Ekaterina Makarova (15), Russia, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4.

Kateryna Bondarenko (12), Ukraine, def. Melinda Czink, Hungary, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5.

Petra Cetkovska, Czech Republic, def. Camille Pin, France, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3.

Torneo Barcelona KIA

WTA Tour

At Centro Municipal de Tenis

Barcelona, Spain

Purse: $145,000 (Tier IV)

Surface: Clay-Outdoor

Singles, Second Round

Maria Kirilenko (2), Russia, def. Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.

Lucie Safarova (4), Czech Republic, def. Arantxa Parra Santonja, Spain, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3.

Ekaterina Ivanova, Russia, def. Maria Kondratieva, Russia, 1-6, 6-1, 7-5.

Edina Gallovits, Romania, def. Klara Zakopalova (7), Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-0.

Track & Field

College

NCAA Div I Outdoor Track Championships

At Drake Stadium, Des Moines, Iowa; All race distances in meters

Men

Team Standings (through three events)

1, Florida State 16. 2 (tie), Oregon and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 10. 4 (tie), Arkansas, Tennessee and Arizona State 8. 7, Missouri 7. 8, Texas A&M and Alabama 6. 10 (tie), Idaho and Eastern Kentucky 5. 12 (tie), Weber State, Fresno State and Long Beach State 4. 15 (tie), Northern Iowa, LaSalle and Washington 3. 18 (tie), New Mexico and Akron 2. 20 (tie), UTEP, Washington State and Indiana 1.

10,000

1, Shadrack Songok, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 28 minutes, 46.69 seconds. 2, Shawn Forrest, Arkansas, 28.47.08. 3, Tyson David, Alabama, 28:49.76. 4, Jacob Korir, Eastern Kentucky, 28:49.92. 5, Seth Pilkington, Weber State, 28:51.81. 6, Sean Quigley, LaSalle, 29:03.27. 7, Jeremy Johnson, New Mexico, 29:06.13. 8, Japheth Ng’ojoy, UTEP, 29:07.08.

Long Jump

1, Ngoni Makusha, Florida State, 27 feet, 2 3/4 inches. 2, Matt Turner, Arizona State, 26-3 1/2 . 3, Julian Reid, Texas A&M, 25-11. 4, Elvie Williams, Idaho, 25-7 1/2 . 5, Gary Lee, Fresno State, 25-7 1/2 . 6, Norris Frederick, Washington,, 25-6 3/4 . 7, Cadeau Kelley, 25-5 1/4 . 8, Kiwan Lawson, Indiana, 25-4 3/4 .

Decathlon

1, Ashton Eaton (Oregon) , 8,055 points. 2, Jangy Addy (Tennessee) 7,916. 3, Gonzalo Barriolhet (Florida State), 7,907. 4, Nick Adcock (Missouri), 7,612. 5, Chris Richardson (Long Beach State), 7,594. 6, Raven Cepeda (Northern Iowa), 7,581. 7, Lars Rise (Missouri), 7,534. 8, Rickey Moody (Washington State), 7,477.

Women

Team Standings (through two events)

1, Stanford 11 points. 2 (tie), Iowa State and Mississippi 10. 4 (tie), Providence and Jacksonville 8. 6, UTEP 6. 7, Boston University 5. 8 (tie), Wisconsin, Iowa and Penn State 4. 11, Colorado State 3. 12 (tie), Southern Illinois and Weber State 2. 14, Florida 1.

10,000

1, Lisa Koll, Iowa State, 32 minutes, 44.95 seconds. 2, Danette Doetzel, Providence, 33:44.23. 3, Alexandra Gits, Stanford, 33:49.73. 4, Marisa Ryan, Boston University, 33:54.38. 5, Katrina Rundhaug, Wisconsin, 34:00.62. 6, Meghan Armstrong, Iowa, 34:01.87. 7, Morgan Haws, Weber State, 34:05.56. 8, Racheal Marchand, Iowa, 34:05.87.

Long jump

1, Brittany Reese, Mississippi, 22 feet, 9 inches. 2, Natasha Harvey, Jacksonville, 21-10. 3, Blessing Okagbare, UTEP, 21-7 1/2 . 4, Erica McLain, Stanford, 21-6 1/4 . 5, Gayle Hunter, Penn State, 21-4 3/4 . 6, Janay DeLoach, Colorado State, 21-3 1/4 . 7, Bianca Stuart, Southern Illinois, 21-2 3/4 . 8, Shara Proctor, Florida, 20-10 1/2 .

Horse Racing

At Emerald Downs

First Race - - Purse $12,000, Maiden Claiming $20,000, 9-Free Action (Frazier R). $14.40 $7.00 $5.20 7-Fast Tacticts (Martinez S). $6.80 $4.80 1-Hit the Juice (Jones C). $3.60 Also Ran: He’s a Screamer, Aqaba, Nickel Nickel, Alder Ed, Eddie Spaghetti, Sittingonarainbow

Second Race - - Purse $6,000, Maiden Claiming $5,000, 8-One Tough Knight (Martinez S). $5.60 $3.60 $2.60 6-Storm Writer (Torres J). $5.80 $4.80 2-Pi Gold (Mawing L). $3.80 Also Ran: Peter’s Charity, High Ryder, Ruler’s Estate, Seattle Sonic, E Z Austin, Bamboosero, Sixgun Slew, Slewdledru

Third Race - - Purse $14,200, Maiden Claiming $30,000, 8-Owhatablast (Gutierrez J). $10.20 $6.40 $3.60, 4-Known as Lu (Mitchell G). $6.60 $4.40, 2-She’s a Sweetie (Mawing L). $4.80. Also Ran: Proud Sophie, Udowhatugottado, Kylee Wyotee

Fourth Race - - Purse $6,700, Maiden Claiming $7,500, 3 yo, 2-Unknown Doctor (Torres J). $120.80 $43.20 $14.20, 5-Heck Ya (Radke K). $3.20 $2.80, 4-Bold Act (Rojas A). $3.20. Also Ran: Diego’s Special, Jazz Z Ledo, Big Sky Vatti, Fast Horse Sadorus, King of Dixie Reds, A Valid Buzz, Mr Baquero

Fifth Race - - Purse $6,100, Claiming $4,000, 3 yo’s & up, 7-Six Point O (Radke K). $8.00 $3.60 $2.80, 4-Bagshots Dawn (Mitchell G). $5.60 $4.20, 5-Trip Aces (Mawing L). $4.20. Also Ran: Mountains of Green, Cougar Moon, Clever American, Beau Bryan

Sixth Race - - Purse $6,100, Claiming $4,000, 3 yo’s & up, 3-Pavan Raj (Werner-Hagerty M). $15.40 $5.00 $4.40, 1-Is the Bar Closed (Frazier R). $3.20 $3.00, 5-Air Molecule (Cunningham T). $8.20, Also Ran: Freedom Venture, Corona’s Party, Two Intent, Poker Pete, Tropical Tom

Seventh Race - - Purse $7,500, Claiming $7,500, 3 yo, 1-Restless River (Radke K). $9.60 $7.00 $2.60, 3-Glory Bound (Frazier R). $6.20 $2.60, 5-Granite Basin (Martinez S). $2.10, Also Ran: Bluffed Ya, Red Ocean, (dh)Alyak’s Superstar, (dh)Hillbilly Red

Eighth Race - - Purse $6,200, Claiming $3,500, 3 yo’s & up, 9-Guessaway (Frazier R). $7.20 $3.00 $3.00, 3-Basket Wave (Estrada J). $2.60 $2.20, 1-Viva Evita (Gutierrez J). $5.80, Also Ran: D J Whitney, Seneca Exceller, Lainey Lu, Aksalano, Liberty Way, Soaring Swiftly, Torrey Stop It

Fish counts

The upstream movement of Chinook, steelhead and shad at Columbia and Snake River Dams on 10/4 and year-to-date totals:

Moves

BASEBALL

American League

CLEVELAND INDIANS—Placed C Victor Martinez and INF Josh Barfield on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contracts of C Yamid Haad and SS Jorge Velandia from Buffalo (IL). Acquired C Damaso Espino from Kansas City for cash considerations and assigned him to Akron (EL). Transferred RHP Jake Westbrook from the 15- to the 60-day DL. Designated RHP Oneli Perez for assignment.

DETROIT TIGERS—Named Ron Colangelo vice president of communications, effective June 16.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Designated RHP Brett Tomko for assignment. Called up RHP Carlos Rosa from Omaha (PCL).

LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Optioned INF Brandon Wood to Salt Lake (PCL).

MINNESOTA TWINS—Designated RHP Juan Rincon for assignment.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Agreed to terms with RHP Tyson Ross, RHP Matthews Fitts, RHP Michael Hart, RHP Kenny Smalley, INF Jason Christian and INF Nino Leyja.

SEATTLE MARINERS—Agreed to terms with RHP Brett Lorin, OF Jarrett Burgess, INF Nate Tenbrink, LHP Bobby LaFromboise, RHP Kenn Kasparek, OF Ryan Royster, OF Jacob Shaffer, INF Bennett Billingsley, C Travis Howell, RHP Taylor Lewis, RHP Jordan Alivs, RHP Blake Nation, C Henry Contreras, C Thomas Johnson, RHP Brad Reid, RHP Nick Love, LHP Kyle Brown, LHP Nick Czyz, RHP Chris Kirkland, LHP Brandon Pullen, RHP Andres Esquibel, RHP Christian Staehely and INF Donnie Jobe.

TEXAS RANGERS—Optioned RHP Kameron Loe to Oklahoma (PCL). Purchased the contract of RHP Eric Hurley from Oklahoma.

National League

CHICAGO CUBS—Placed OF Alfonso Soriano on the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Kevin Hart to Iowa (PCL). Recalled INF Micah Hoffpauir and INF Eric Patterson from Iowa. Agreed to terms with 1B Ben Broussard on a minor league contract and assigned him to Iowa.

CINCINNATI REDS—Named Jerry Walker special assistant/player personnel for Walt Jecketty, president of baseball operations and general manager.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Released RHP Jeff Weaver from his minor league contract.

NEW YORK METS—Agreed to terms with INF Josh Satin, RHP Michael Hebert, 3B Eric Campbell, LHP Mark Cohoon, RHP Travis Babin, RHP Collin McHugh, RHP Zachary Rosenbaum, C Michael Moras, RHP Chris Schwinden, RHP Kyle Allen, OF Justin Garber and LHP Tim Erickson.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Agreed to terms with RHP Michael Stutes, RHP Michael Schwimer, OF Damarii Saunderson and RHP Tyler Cloyd.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Agreed to terms with SS Benjamin Gonzalez, LHP Chris Aure, RHP Brian Leach and OF Edwin Roman.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Placed 1B Albert Pujols on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 11. Activated RHP Joel Pineiro from the 15-day DL.

SAN DIEGO PADRES—Activated RHP Jake Peavy from the 15-day DL. Optioned LHP Joe Thatcher to Portland (PCL).

FOOTBALL

National Football League

BUFFALO BILLS—Released TE Teyo Johnson and QB Luke Drone. Signed CB Reggie Corner.

CINCINNATI BENGALS—Extended the contract of DT Domata Peko five-year’s through 2014.

DENVER BRONCOS—Signed S Josh Barrett.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Agreed to terms with DE Trevor Johnson on a one-year contract.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Released P Scott Player.

OAKLAND RAIDERS—Signed LB Grant Irons. Waived LB Shane Simmons.

TENNESSEE TITANS—Signed S Rocky Schwartz.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Agreed to terms with S Chris Horton. Released S Justin Hamilton.

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