Valley Ultimate U20 Girls, an ultimate team made up of players from western Massachusetts, placed seventh in the Youth Club U20 division at the U.S. Open Club Championships, held Aug. 3-6 in Blaine, Minnesota.
Valley Ultimate went 2-1 in pool play. It dropped its first game, 13-10, to Texas Tango, but came back with wins over Minnesota Superior (10-4) and Swarm U20 Girls (10-9).
In the championship bracket quarterfinals, Valley fell 15-8 to eventual champion Warhawks.
The team fell to BUDA, 13-12, in the fifth-place semifinals, before beating Belle, 14-5, to finish seventh.
The following played for Valley Ultimate: Claire Babbott-Bryan, Karta Khalsa, Sydney Zobel, Mary Andrews, Alouette Batteau, Lyra Macek, Casey Shaw-Merrigan, Stella Wenczel, Xihu Arfa, Leija Helling, Libby Knapp, Rachel Oram-Brown, Elsa Wood, Sophie Acker, Harper Brooks-Kahn, Alexis Dimitriou, Lily Harris-Hendry, Zoe Lemos, Rachel Levitt and Aviva Weinbaum.
Babbott-Bryan led the team with five goals and four assists. Khalsa and Zobel each had three goals and one assist. Oram-Brown (goal) had five assists. Andrews and Batteau each had a pair of goals and assists. Arfa (goal) had four assists.
Valley Ultimate is coached by Leila Tunnel.
Amherst Regional graduate Valerie Willocq is an assistant coach for Boston-based BUDA, which placed sixth.
The Easthampton 10U and 12U Little League baseball teams have joined Jimmy Fund Little League.
Jimmy Fund Little League, which enters its 32nd season, provides thousands of New England players the opportunity to continue playing baseball and softball after the regular season ends by participating in local tournaments and fundraising efforts to support the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund.
For more information about the league, visit jimmyfundlittleleague.org.
Backhanded Complement, a tennis team consisting of players from western Massachusetts, captured the 18-and-over USTA New England District Championships for 3½ level players at the Bay Road Tennis Club and Maple Ridge Community Center in Amherst.
The event was held Aug. 4-5. Backhanded Complement went undefeated in the round-robin format tournament. The team beat Old Saybrook (Connecticut) Racquet Club’s Gamma Force (5-0), New Hampshire’s River Valley Club (4-1) and Connecticut’s Lyme Shores Racquet Club (3-2).
Members of the team are from Athol, Orange, Greenfield, Chicopee, Easthampton, Longmeadow, Montague, Warren and Westfield.
Backhanded Complement advanced to the USTA Sectional Tournament, Aug. 17-19 at Mount Holyoke College.
The BHC entered the tourney after winning eight of their nine regular-season matches.
WORCESTER (AP) — The chairman of the Boston Red Sox’s Triple-A affiliate in Rhode Island has been spotted taking a tour of Worcester, which has spent the past year trying to woo the team.
The Telegram & Gazette reports that Pawtucket Red Sox Chairman Larry Lucchino toured the Massachusetts city Tuesday along with PawSox president Mike Tamburro, International League president Randy Mobley and economist Andrew Zimbalist, of Northampton.
Worcester officials have been courting the team as it negotiates with Rhode Island officials for a new stadium.
Lucchino says the tour was scheduled weeks ago “as part of our due diligence as we explore options.”
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo signed a bill in June that would enable the team to seek bonds to finance a new stadium.
She says the team belongs in Pawtucket.