Perry’s Fearbry decides on Penn State

Tyreese Fearbry celebrated July 4th by making his college choice. If you just consider the history of recruiting in Western Pennsylvania, Fearbry’s choice is extremely surprising.

Fearbry, a defensive end at Perry Traditional Academy in the City League, announced on Twitter that he has made a verbal commitment to Penn State. His other finalists were Pitt, Auburn and Kentucky.

Fearbry will be the first Perry player to sign with an FBS school since offensive lineman Cameron Holland signed with North Carolina in 2007.

But Penn State landing a Pittsburgh City League player is extremely rare. It is not known the last time Penn State signed a City player, but it has been at least four decades. Pitt was thought to be the leader for Fearbry for a long time, but things apparently changed when Fearbry visited Penn State in June.

Fearbry is an interesting story, coming out of obscurity and turning into one of the most heavily recruited players in the City League in the past two decades. Fearbry lived in Pittsburgh, but moved to Las Vegas for about seven years, before moving back to the Pittsburgh area in ninth grade. He attended Upper St. Clair as a freshman and did not play football.

Baseball

Andrew Czech hit his seventh home run of the season and extended his hitting

streak to 12 games, but the Washington Wild Things (13-20) lost to the host New York Boulders (16-16), 4-3.

Olympics

Luka Doncic and Slovenia are headed to the Olympics for the first time, after winning, 96-85, Sunday at Lithuania to clinch a spot in the Tokyo Games. Doncic —

the MVP of the tournament in Kaunas, Lithuania — had 31 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists, the first triple-double by any player in any of the four Olympic qualifying tournaments that were played in the past week to determine the final four teams in the Olympic field. Italy beat Serbia, 10295; Germany topped Brazil, 75-64; and Czech Republic beat Greece, 97-72, to complete the field.

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Pro basketball

Kelsey Plum had 23 points and passed 1,000 for her career, and the Las Vegas Aces (14-4) set a franchise record for points with a 118-95 win over the visiting Atlanta Dream (6-11) in WNBA play. Plum reached the milestone on a 3-pointer with 8:47 left in the fourth quarter.

Soccer

The United States’ first home World Cup qualifier, Sept. 5 against Canada, will be at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn. The Americans will open Sept. 2 at El Salvador and finish Sept. 8 at Honduras.

• Toronto FC fired head coach Chris Armas in the wake of a 7-1 loss at D.C. United, the club’s sixth consecutive defeat. Toronto (1-82) is winless in seven and in last place in the 27-team league.

Rugby

England defeated the United States, 43-29, at Twickenham in London with a messy finish after a brilliant start. England led at halftime, 26-3, but the United States had a 26-17 edge in the second half.