Aaron Wise tied for lead at Byron Nelson Classic

SATURDAY LOCAL SPORTS NEWS/Former Duck shooting for fist PGA Tour win; Paxton sharp again for Mariners





PGA TOUR

• Aaron Wise is tied for the lead heading into Sunday's final round of the AT&T Byron Nelson at Dallas.

The PGA Tour rookie and former Oregon Duck shares first with Marc Leishman at 17- under par 196. They are four strokes up on Matt Jones and Kevin Na and five ahead of Jimmy Walker and Brian Gay.

Unflustered by blustery conditions at Trinity Forest Golf Club, the 21-year-old Wise shot a 3-under 68 on Saturday on the 7,380-yard course. He would have had the lead to himself but bogeyed the final hole.

Wise had six birdies and three bogeys on Saturday.

Two weeks ago, Wise tied for second at the Wells Fargo Championship, two strokes behind winner Jason Day.

Wind gusts were above 25 mph at times on Saturday. Leishman shot 69.`

WEB.COM TOUR

• Former Jesuit High golfer Scott Harrington (3-under 207) and former Oregon Duck Wyndham Clark (9-over 219) failed to make the cut for Sunday's final round of the BMW Charity Pro-Am at Greer, South Carolina.

LPGA TOUR

• Caroline Inglis of Portland remained in need of a late second-round charge to make the cut in Kingsmill Championship at Williamsburg, Virginia.

The tournament has been shortened to 54 holes. Inglis is one of those yet to complete her second round. Through 13 holes, she was 1-over for the tournament, two back of the projected cut line.

The second round will be completed Sunday morning, with the third and final round to follow.

CHAMPIONS TOUR

• Wilsonville's Brian Henninger is tied for 46th and Corvallis native Bob Gilder tied for 49th at the

Regions Tradition at Birmingham, Alabama.

Henniger, 55, shot a 5-over 77 and is 1-under 215 for the tournament through three rounds. Gilder shot a 76 and is even par.

COLLEGE WOMEN'S GOLF

• Oregon State's Nicole Schroeder shot a 1-over 73 to move up 24 spots at the NCAA Division I championships at Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Schroeder had four birdies and five bogeys and is tied for 44th at 6-over 150 at Karsten Creek Golf Course.

WOMEN'S FOOTBALL

• The Everett Reign beat the visiting Portland Fighting Shockwave 6-0 in Women's Football Alliance action.

MARINERS

Seattle 7, Detroit 2

• James Paxton pitched a three-hitter with eight strikeouts and one walk in his first Safeco Field start since his no-hitter at Toronto.

It was his second complete game over his last three starts and his fifth consecutive start going at least six innings while allowing fewer than four runs.

Jean Segura drove in three runs and hit his third home run of the season and Dee Gordon knocked in a pair of runs for Seattle (26-19).

A four-run sixth inning gave Paxton (3-1) and the Mariners a nice cushion.

Wade LeBlanc is scheduled to start for the Mariners at 1 p.m. Sunday against the Tigers' Francisco Liriano.