BRIEFS

Parris holds free basketball clinic

Gaffney High girls varsity coach Stacey Parris will hold a clinic free of charge for girls in grades 4 and up on Wednesday July 23 and Thursday, July 24 at the Gaffney High gym.

The clinic will begin at 1 p.m. and

end at 4 p.m.

Granard football practice begins Aug. 12

Granard Middle School will begin football practice on Aug. 12 from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. Players must have a physical performed by their family physician. Physical forms are available at the school office.

Players should wear shorts, tennis shoes and a T-shirt to each practice.

Local hoop

league results

Playoffs continued Thursday and Friday in the Cherokee County Summer Youth Basketball League. The results were: (Division IV) American Community Bank 13, Wal- Mart 3; (Division II) L&L Realty 29 (high scorer Derrik Dawkins 9 points), Jayhawks 10; Tymes Up 27 (high scorer Jordan Crawford 14 points), Bulldogs 17; (Division IV) First Team Sport 11, Rocky's All- Stars 10; (Division II) First Piedmont 32 (high scorer Big Daddy Ellis 15 points), Tymes Up 25; L&L Realty 27 (high scorer Milek Bonner 9 points), Classic Cuts 20.

Today's championship games: Division IV - 5:30 p.m. American Community Bank vs. First Team Sport.

Division III - 6:15 p.m. L&L Realty vs. First Piedmont Federal.

Division II - 7 p.m. SageSport vs. Burns Chevrolet.

Division I - 7:45 p.m.. OneTime vs. 76ers.

Nationals rout

Braves

The Washington Nationals, again led by former Braves outfielder Willie Harris, made Atlanta look like a former contender.

Harris drove in five runs and reached base five times, Jesus Flores had five hits and Austin Kearns hit a two-run homer as the Nationals routed the Braves 15-6 on Sunday.

Washington outscored Atlanta 23- 8 to win the last two games of the series. The series loss was a crushing disappointment for the fourthplace Braves, who hoped for a strong start after the All-Star break.

The only highlights for Atlanta were two homers by Mark Teixeira, who had three hits and drove in three runs, and a two-run homer by Martin Prado in the fourth off Odalis Perez (3-7).

The Braves didn't play as if capable of making a second-half move in the NL East. They matched their season high with four errors and issued eight walks while.

Dolphins trade

Taylor to Skins

The trade Jason Taylor and the Miami Dolphins sought for months came together quickly once the Washington Redskins suddenly found themselves needing a defensive end.

With that, the Taylor soap opera in Miami was over.

On Sunday, the Redskins gave the Dolphins a second-round pick in 2009 and a sixth-round choice in 2010 for Taylor, who is leaving the only NFL team he's known. The deal came about nine hours after starting defensive end Phillip Daniels was carted away from the practice field at Redskins Park with a season-ending left knee injury on Day 1 of training camp.

Taylor, a six-time Pro Bowl defensive end, fell out of favor in the new Bill Parcells regime in Miami after spending his offseason on TV's ''Dancing With the Stars'' rather than working out with teammates.

Taylor was expected to report to the Redskins on Monday, when he'll meet team owner Dan Snyder and undergo a physical.