Sports briefs
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OHS soccer plays at home today
The Ottawa High School soccer team plays 5 p.m. today at home against Spring Hill in the first round of a 5-1A regional.
The Cyclones (6-10) have two straight matches and five of their past seven matches after a 1-8 start.
OU softball falls in region tourney
WICHITA — The Ottawa University softball lost both of its games in the NAIA Region IV tournament this past weekend in Wichita.
Ottawa fell to Bethany, 9-7, and to Bellevue, 13-5. Bethany jumped to a 6-0 lead in the top of the first inning and held on to down the Lady Braves.
Ashley Mundy paced Ottawa with three hits and three RBIs. Ottawa had nine hits.
Bellevue broke open a tight game with five runs in the fifth and three in the sixth. Ottawa trailed just 5-4 through four innings. Mundy and Kerry Higbie had three hits each. Ottawa finished at 31-19.
Garcia kisses putter after victory
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Sergio Garcia summed up his day, his week, maybe even his career, with one small gesture Sunday.
Garcia lagged a 45-foot putt from the fringe to 3 feet for par on the famed 17th at TPC Sawgrass, then kissed his putter.
The stick that tormented him so many times before, including earlier in the week and most notably at last year’s British Open, became his trusted ally in the final round at The Players Championship.
The 28-year-old Spaniard rolled in one critical putt after another on a blustery day, none bigger than the 7-footer for par on No. 18 that forced a playoff against Paul Goydos, and clinched the next best thing to a major with a near-perfect tee shot in sudden death.
‘‘It feels good,’’ Garcia said. ‘‘These were tough greens to putt on this week, as quick as they were with the wind and everything.
‘‘It’s definitely getting there, but there’s still room for improvement, which is good.’’
Goydos, who started the day with a one-shot lead, could have won it in regulation. But he pushed his tee shot on No. 18 in the right rough, hacked out to about 50 yards in front of the green, chunked a pitching wedge to 15 feet, missed the par putt and created the first playoff in 21 years at The Players.
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