SPORTS SHORTS

Central Lakes College softball player Jackie Sullivan was the top vote-getter for the Minnesota Community College All-Northern Division softball team while her father, Bob Sullivan, was named Northern Division coach of the year.

Also making the all-division team were Raiders catcher Leigha Walters and pitcher Amber Buttler.

Jackie Sullivan, Walters and Buttler were also named to the All-Region 13B tournament team.

Frosh softball team splits with Rocori

The Brainerd Warriors freshman softball team split a doubleheader against Rocori on Friday.

Kristin Helmberger earned a 6-5 win in the first game. Morgan Pulak, Karlye Barron, Kayla Huether and Tika Klauck all went 2-for-3.

In the second game, Amber Arnoldy went 2-3 and Sadie Panzer tripled in a 16-4 defeat.

On Thursday, the Warriors swept a doubleheader from St. Cloud Apollo.

Helmberger went the distance in a 10-2 victory. Pulak was 3-3, Katie Dutton 2-3, Huether had two triples and Barron tripled.

In the second game, Megan Jacobson struck out four in a 14-9 victory. Lacey McCulley was 3-3 and Ashley Bock doubled.

Corrections/clarifications

It was incorrectly reported in "The Contender" infobox in Monday's Dispatch that Anthony Bonsante was stopped in the third round of his fight against Jesse Brinkley. The fight was stopped in the fifth round.

It was incorrectly reported in Sunday's Dispatch that Gene Larkin had the game-winning hit in the 1987 World Series. Larkin had the game-winning hit in the 1991 World Series.

The Dispatch regrets the errors.

Buning to leave West Point for UND

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) -- Thomas Buning, an associate athletic director at Army, is leaving West Point to become athletic director at the University of North Dakota.

UND President Charles Kupchella made the announcement Monday, citing Buning's "rich array of leadership, management, budget and resource acquisition experiences."

Buning, 45, an Army lieutenant colonel, succeeds Roger Thomas, who resigned in February to become the commissioner of the North Central Conference.

Kupchella said Buning will start his new job July 1.

Roddick upset at Hamburg Masters

HAMBURG, Germany (AP) -- Top-ranked Roger Federer won his first match after a three-week injury layoff while Andy Roddick lost in the opening round of the Hamburg Masters and Rafael Nadal withdrew because of a cut hand.

Federer, recovering from an inflammation to both feet, defeated Fernando Verdasco 6-4, 6-3 in this $2.7 million clay-court tuneup for the French Open, which begins May 23.

Roddick, seeded second, was beaten by Chile's Nicolas Massu 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-5. Nadal, the ATP Tour's hottest player, was joined on the injury list by seventh-seeded Carlos Moya, who pulled out because of an ailing right shoulder.

Enjoying first-round victories were Gustavo Kuerten, the 2000 Hamburg winner and three-time French Open champion, and fifth-seeded Tim Henman.

Federer was rusty at first but soon found his rhythm on a cool, wet afternoon. The longer the rallies, the steadier the Swiss star played against Verdasco, the Rome Masters quarterfinalist last week.

D'Antoni to be named NBA coach of year

PHOENIX (AP) -- After unleashing the Phoenix Suns to a frenetic pace and guiding them to a league-best 62 wins, Mike D'Antoni is the NBA's coach of the year, a league source said on Monday.

The outcome of the vote first was reported by the East Valley Tribune in Mesa and was confirmed by a source speaking on the condition of anonymity. The selection is to be announced at a news conference on Tuesday, two days after Suns point guard Steve Nash was named the league's most valuable player.