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Published: September 2, 2010

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Uptown pep rally

MOUNT CARMEL - There will be an "Uptown Pep Rally" tonight for Red Tornado football fans. The rally will begin at 8:15 at the Silver Bowl, where the Big Red Marching Band, accompanied by cheerleaders and team members, will parade up Third St. to N. Apple St., where the pep rally will commence.

Athletic courts available

MOUNT CARMEL - The newly built Mount Carmel Area "Athletic Courts" will be open for use starting Friday. Students and community residents will be permitted to use the facility for tennis, basketball and volleyball. The facility will be open daily from dawn to dusk. Those utilizing the facility will be required to wear only athletic shoes on the courts. No shoes with metal cleats or bottoms will be permitted. Food or drinks must be consumed outside the fenced areas. Any trash must be placed in proper receptacles. Violation to these regulations will result in loss of privileges in using the facility and be subjected to arrest.

Fana regains junior lightweight title

BRAKPAN, South Africa (AP) - Mzonke Fana won a vacant junior lightweight title with an easy unanimous decision over fellow South African Cassius Baloyi on Wednesday night.

The 36-year-old Fana regained the IBF version of the title he lost to Baloyi in April 2008 at the Carnival City casino in Brakpan, near Johannesburg. The belt had been vacated by Robert Guerrero when he couldn't defend it against Fana in February.

All three judges scored the fight in lopsided fashion for Fana: 119-109, 119-110 and 118-110. He improved to 30-4, while Baloyi dropped to 37-5-1.

Judge blocks alcohol evidence

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - The attorney for a man accused of killing Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart and two others in a drunken driving crash cannot introduce evidence that the driver of Adenhart's car may also have been drinking, a judge ruled Wednesday.

The evidence is irrelevant in the triple-murder trial of Andrew Gallo, 23, Orange County Superior Court Judge Richard Toohey said during a motions hearing.

Defense attorney Jacqueline Goodman had argued that the woman driving with Adenhart on April 9, 2009, was also negligent because she had an elevated blood-alcohol level and may have run the red light instead of Gallo.

One test showed 20-year-old Courtney Stewart had a blood-alcohol content of .06, but a second test showed the level to be .16. The legal limit for drivers under 21 is .05.

Authorities said Gallo's blood-alcohol content was nearly three times the legal limit when he ran a red light and crashed into Stewart's car in a Fullerton intersection, killing her, the 22-year-old Adenhart and 25-year-old Henry Pearson. Hours earlier Adenhart had pitched six scoreless innings in his season debut in nearby Anaheim.

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