Rower earns berth in championships

PRINCETON, N.J. — For the second year in a row, Steve Gillespie of Renton and Brett Wilkinson won the men's double sculls at the World Championships Trials for Olympic-class boats.

Gillespie and Wilkinson completed the course in 6 minutes, 23.6 seconds on the third day of competition yesterday. J. Sloan DuRoss and Conal Groom of Seattle's Pocock Rowing took second in 6:28.1.

Pocock's Carol Skricki and Anne Browning were second in the women's double sculls. The top three finishers advanced to today's second final. The championships are Aug. 24-31 in Milan, Italy.

More Manchester United tickets on sale

The Seattle Sounders announced the release of several hundred face-value tickets to the sold-out Manchester United-Celtic FC match. The game will be July 22nd at 8 p.m. at Seahawks Stadium.

Tickets range from $35-$125. For tickets, call Ticketmaster at 206-628-0888 or visit the Seahawks Stadium box office.

AquaSox above .500

PASCO — The Everett AquaSox got above .500, beating Tri-City 4-3 in Northwest League play. Jeremy Dutton drove in two runs, stole a base and went 3 for 4 for Everett (14-13).

Brandon Moorhead earned his ninth save of the season to take the Northwest League lead.

Monday's AquaSox linescore

AquaSox 4, Dust Devils 3

Everett	001 012 000 — 4 11 2
Tri-City	002 000 010 — 3 6 1

LOB — Everett 7, Tri-City 5. Visiting Battery — Oldham, Stitt (7), Alcantara (8), Moorhead (8) and Kroski. Home Battery — Lo, Edwards (6), Castleman (9) and Sweeney. W — Oldham (2-0). L — Lo (1-2). SV — Moorhead (9). T — 2:35 Att — 1,093.

Notes

• Cameron Mackenzie, an Oregon State golfer, fired a 5-under-par 67 in the opening round to lead stroke-play qualifying by one at the 102nd Pacific Northwest Amateur Championship in Vancouver, Wash.

• The North Corner Tribe, a baseball team constituted of 17- and 18-year-olds, split two second-round, pool-play games at the AAU national tournament in Ft. Myers, Fla.

In Game 1, Shaun Guinn of Mariner High School took the 6-3 loss to a team from Orlando, Fla. In Game 2, Bryant Dailey, also of Mariner, got the 9-8 win over Cincinnati.