SPORTS BRIEFS: Baconton finishes second in 7-8 district play

Baconton takes second in district baseball

The Baconton All-Stars finished second in the Dixie Youth District 5 coach-pitch baseball tournament for players ages 7 and 8 last weekend in Donalsonville.

On Saturday, Seminole beat Baconton 12-5, Seminole beat Irwinton 12-3, and Baconton beat Irwinton 9-8.

Seminole won the district title on Sunday, beating Baconton 5-2. Both teams advance to state competition, slated for June 29-July 1 in Cochran.

The team members for Baconton were Camden Dent, Gage Plymel, Ashton Fraser, Bryson Williams, Daniel Cruz, Grant Shiver, Mason Jones, Lane Murphy, Miller Welch, Hayden Hall, Logan Hooks, and Beau Warren. Chris McGahee is the head coach, assisted by Kelvin Hooks, Kyle Jones Donald Welch.

Colts’ Luck throwing again

For the first time since last October, Andrew Luck was seen throwing regulation-size footballs at the Indianapolis Colts’ mandatory minicamp on Tuesday, and he is expected to be without limitations entering training camp.

The Colts’ Twitter account posted video of Luck dropping back and throwing a pass to the flats, along with the caption, “Another step closer.”

After practice, owner Jim Irsay told reporters that Luck will not have any limitations when training camp begins in late July.

“It makes me excited, makes me happy,” an exuberant Luck told the media. “It was really fun to come out and throw.”

Luck was throwing a Wilson TDS 1205 on Tuesday, a standard high school football that is lighter than NFL footballs, but he said he started throwing “The Duke” a few weeks ago and it “felt great,” despite a bit of a mental block building back up to it. He is currently “bridging” the gap between the lighter footballs and a regulation ball right now, also working in overhead tennis serves and throws with round balls to make the same motion with less stress on the shoulder.

Warriors’ GM looking to make deals

Back up the money truck. The Golden State Warriors are ready to pay up for a shot at more NBA titles.

Fresh off the sweep of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals, Warriors GM Bob Myers said that NBA Finals MVP Kevin Durant and coach Steve Kerr can expect little trouble as they seek new deals to stay with the team.

Myers said of Durant, “Sometimes you don’t negotiate. I’d love to have him for 10 years. Kevin Durant, look what he did for us last year, he did us a great service. He’s earned the right to sign whatever deal he wants.

“I just want him to sign a deal. But want him to be happy and want him to know that we want him as long as he wants to be here. He’s earned that, to kind of lay out the terms. He can do whatever he wants. That shouldn’t be a long negotiation. Our goal, to be honest, is to try to keep the whole thing together, so that’s the pieces of the puzzle we’ve got to try to figure out.”

And part of that puzzle is Kerr, who still has a year left on his original five-year contract.

“Whenever he wants to start,” Myers said of Kerr. “We’ll figure it out. I think the nice thing is we developed a camaraderie and we feel like he wants to be here. We want him here. We’ll work it out. If it happens later, it won’t be because it was put to the side. It was because organically it didn’t happen. But it’s going to happen.

“We can start whenever we want and however he feels comfortable beginning.”