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Roger Henderson has been named the new girls basketball coach at Blacksburg High School.

Henderson previously served as boys head coach at Roanoke Catholic from 1993-1995 and one year as girls head coach at Giles in 2000.  He was an assistant under Tony Dunford for four years with the Christiansburg boys program before coming to assist Mickey McGuigan with the girls team at Blacksburg.

Henderson replaces McGuigan, who stepped down after last season.

Salem starter Casey Kelly has been selected to represent the U.S. in the Futures Game during Major League Baseball’s All-Star festivities.

The game pits prospects from the U.S. against those from the rest of the World on July 12 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.

Kelly, a first-round draft pick by the Boston Red Sox last June, has gone 1-2 with a 2.52 ERA with Salem. He is, though, planning to switch from pitching to playing shortstop soon.

Shortstop Yamaico Navarro, who spent just one game with Salem before hitting the disabled list, is back with the Red Sox for the second half of the season, the Red Sox announced Thursday.

Also added to the roster before Thursday’s second-half opener were catcher Tim Federowicz, outfielder David Mailman and first baseman Anthony Rizzo.

Navarro was rated the ninth best prospect in the Boston Red Sox organization before the season. But had surgery on the hamate bone in his left wrist and has been recovering and rehabbing in extended spring training all spring.

Federowicz was leading the South Atlantic League in hitting (.345), and had 10 homers and 34 RBIs.

Mailman was hitting .297 with 13 doubles, seven triples, three homers and 32 RBIs for the Greenville Drive, which won the SALLY league’s Southern Division first-half title. Rizzo hit .298 with 21 doubles, nine homers and a team-high 42 RBIs.

Making room on the Salem roster, Daniel Nava was placed on the disabled list and Jon Hee, Jered Stanley and Ty Weeden were sent down to Greenville.

Houston Astros prospect Jonathan Gaston hit a first-pitch home run in the bottom of the 10th inning off Salem's Derrick Loop to lead the California League All-Stars to a 2-1 win over the Carolina Leaguers late Tuesday night in Lake Elsinore, Calif.

Loop, who came in with two out and runner at third in the eighth, went 1 1/3 innings without allowing a batter to reach base and struck out two before taking the mound again in the 10th.

Salem's Ryne Miller pitched two perfect innings, striking out five in the fourth and fifth innings.

Some changes to the Saturday TV listings:

Because the truck race was rained out Friday, it will air at 1:30 p.m. Saturday on Speed. Speed was going to show Sprint Cup practice at that time.

And because there is no College World Series action Saturday afternoon thanks to LSU's win Friday, ESPN will show the Spain-South Africa soccer match at 2 pm Saturday and ESPN2 will air the Iraq-New Zealand match at that same 2 pm time.

Originally, the Spain match was going to be on ESPN2 and the Iraq match was not going to air until 1 a.m. Sunday morning on delay.

Drew Weaver discusses his tee shot on the 13th hole Friday at the U.S. Open with his caddie C. Damian Velaquez

Former Virginia Tech golfer Drew Weaver shot a 1-under-par 69 Friday morning and shared the lead for a while at the U.S. Open at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, N.Y.

When play concluded on the course Friday, Weaver was tied for 12th place. The amateur is tied with Phil Mickelson, David Duval and two others at 1-under. Lucas Glover leads at 6-under.

Some golfers -- including the top 11, Mickelson and Glover -- played part of the second round Friday. But Weaver won't tee off for his second round until 9:11 a.m. Saturday. NBC will begin its telecast at 10 a.m.

It's too bad that Weaver finished his first round Friday morning, because the golf course became easier to play as the day wore on.

Of the 25 players who shot par or better in the first round, only seven came from the first wave of tee times. Graeme McDowell and Weaver were the only early starters to break par. The course played almost two strokes harder in the morning — averaging 74.8 to 72.9 for the afternoon players.

Weaver, who played in the 2008 Masters, was  2-over through 10 holes Thursday when play was suspended by rain.

On Friday, he made birdies on the par-5 13th, par-4 16th and par-3 17th holes. His round consisted of five birdies and four bogeys, including three straight on holes five through seven. He needed only 21 putts.

Weaver recently finished his collegiate career with a 12th-place finish in an NCAA regional tournament.

For an interview with Weaver about his round, read the newspaper Saturday or read the story online Saturday.

Corpus Christi's Wladimir Sutil, Collin DeLome, Polin Trinidad and Douglas Arguello and Northwest Arkansas outfielder Jordan Parraz made the Texas League's all-star teams, the league announced on Tuesday. Arguello, though, won't participate in the July 1 game because of an injury.

Shortstop Sutil played in Salem's infield the latter half of 2006, 2007 and the first half of 2008. He was elected as a starter for the Texas League's South Division team.

 DeLome leads the league with 13 home runs and he will be a reserve for the South.

Arguello (2-3, 3.29) ranks 10th in the league in ERA and Trinidad (6-4, 3.53) is tied for the league lead in wins. Both played in Salem in 2008, as did Parraz.

Parraz ranks third in the league in hitting (.357) and leads the league in on-base percentage (.454). He'll play for the North.

Parraz was the "player to be named later" when the Houston Astros acquired former Cave Spring pitcher Tyler Lumsden from the Kansas City Royals.

Salem outfielder Matt Sheely was called up to double-A Portland Monday. Catcher Ty Weeden came off the disabled list to fill his spot on the Red Sox roster.

RADFORD -- Broad Run ended Hidden Valley's hopes of a state title Sunday, beating the Titans 3-0 in the Group AA girls' soccer final at Radford University.

Timesland teams are now 0-4 in state finals today, with only Blacksburg boys' soccer left to play.

No Timesland school has won a state team title at the Jubilee this year, including Saturday's state team finals in tennis. Three Timesland doubles pairs won state tennis titles Saturday.

The Spartans become the first team in Group AA Girls Soccer history to win back-to-back state titles. It was also the third state title in school history for Broad Run, which is also a new Group AA Girls Soccer standard.

Erin Brady (14th minute), Whitney Church (39th minute) and Valerie Powell (49th minute) each found the back of the net for Broad Run, while Kelly Evans provided the game’s only assist on Brady’s eventual difference maker.

Broad Run finished with an 8-1 advantage in shots and finished with a 5-0 edge in corner kicks.

2009 Group AA Girls Soccer State Championship
BR (14m) Erin Brady (Kelly Evans)
BR (39m) Whitney Church
BR (49m) Valerie Powell
Shots: Broad Run 8; Hidden Valley 1
Corner Kicks: Broad Run 5; Hidden Valley: 0

RADFORD – Violet Miller’s goal with 2:25 left in regulation gave George Mason a 3-2 victory over Radford and its second straight and fourth overall Group A Girls Soccer Championship from Patrick D. Cupp Memorial Stadium on the campus of Radford University.

The Mustangs trailed 2-1 going into halftime, but Kim Kenny netted the equalizer in the 52nd minute after knocking in a cross from Miller inside the left post.

George Mason, who controlled much of the play in the second half, continued to put pressure on the Radford defense and it finally paid off. After a foul 25 yards left of the goal, Mayssa Chehata’s service found Millers foot just inside the box and she ripped it inside the left post for her second goal of the game.

Radford had a golden opportunity to tie off the restart, but Mary Wiley’s cross from the right went by three Bobcat players and was eventually cleared away.

The Mustangs outshot the Bobcats, 13-6, including 8-2 in the decisive second half. Britt Smith made seven saves for Radford. Caitlin Sickler stopped one shot for George Mason.