Greenfield reports violations
What has become an interesting off-season for Greenfield football, took another turn Monday.
The district issued a press release stating that it had become “aware of efforts to fraudulently enroll students at Greenfield High School. The alleged basis for enrollment was to participate on the football team for the 2017 team.”
WIAA rules prohibit schools from recruiting students for the sole purpose of athletics. The school said it self-reported the matter to the WIAA and noted that the individual associated with the “alleged efforts to fraudulently enroll students” is no longer employed by the district.
The statement went on to say that the district was not aware of any members of last season’s team who were enrolled improperly.
BASEBALL
Boston Red Sox pitcher Matt Barnes was suspended four games and fined for throwing a fastball past the head of Baltimore star Manny Machado.
The commissioner’s office issued the penalty Monday. The Red Sox are off and Barnes is appealing, meaning the reliever can continue to pitch until the process is done.
Barnes was ejected Sunday after sailing a fastball past Machado’s helmet at Baltimore.
Sano suspended: Minnesota’s Miguel Sano was suspended for one game and fined by Major League Baseball for what the sport termed “aggressive actions” that caused benches to clear during a game against Detroit last weekend.
Detroit’s JaCoby Jones was hit in the face by a pitch from Justin Haley in the third inning of the Tigers’ 5-4 victory Saturday. Two innings later, Detroit’s Matthew Boyd threw behind Sano, who pointed his bat toward Boyd and yelled out at the mound. Tigers catcher James McCann intervened and appeared to put his mitt in the face of Sano, who reacted immediately with a right hand to McCann’s mask.
Sano is appealing.
Ex-all-star suspended: Former all-star pitcher Steve Delabar, a veteran of six major league seasons with Seattle, Toronto and Cincinnati, has been suspended for 80 games following a positive test under baseball’s minor league drug program.
The 28-year-old right-hander, on the roster of Cleveland’s Class AAA team in Columbus, tested positive for the performance-enhancing substance Ostarine. Ostarine is used to retain lean mass.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
North Carolina juniors Joel Berry II and Theo Pinson declared for the NBA draft, but they won’t hire agents.
Berry was the Final Four’s most outstanding player as the Tar Heels beat Gonzaga for their sixth NCAA championship April 3. The 6-foot point guard averaged 14.7 points.
The 6-6 Pinson averaged 6.1 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.7 assists while also being a top perimeter defender.
TENNIS
Albert Montanes defeated Spanish countryman Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, 6-4, 6-4, in the Barcelona Open to begin his final ATP tournament. The 36-year-old Montanes announced last week he will retire after nearly 20 years on tour when he’s knocked out of Barcelona, where he lives. He beat Goran Ivanisevic on debut, and his best result was the semifinals in 2004. He won six ATP titles and was ranked a career-best 22 in 2010.
HOCKEY
The Chicago Blackhawks fired assistant coach Mike Kitchen.
Kitchen joined coach Joel Quenneville’s staff in July 2010. He helped the Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup in 2013 and 2015.
The Blackhawks won the Central Division this season with a 50-23-9 record, finishing with the most points in the Western Conference. But they were swept by Nashville in the first round of the playoffs, managing just three goals in the series.