Sports Digest

Bighorns open at Governors Field

The Bighorns' summer semipro baseball team makes its season debut with doubleheaders at Governors Field.

On Saturday at Field No. 6, the Bighorns host Sacramento at 3 and 5:30 p.m.

On Sunday at 10 a.m., the Bighorns will battle the Seagulls on Field No. 1.

The team is once again coached by Dennis Young.

SEC will scrap hoop divisions

DESTIN, Fla. (AP) - Men's basketball in the Southeastern Conference is about to be united.

The league is expected to eliminate divisions Friday, a move that would make seeding the postseason tournament more fair but also could create some scheduling issues.

The SEC's 12 basketball coaches proposed to athletic directors this week that the league scrap the divisional format and that the tournament be seeded 1 through 12.

The top four teams would receive byes in the opening round.

Commissioner Mike Slive expects the proposal to pass when athletic directors and school presidents vote Friday, and the changes would be implemented for the 2011-12 season.

The 16-game conference schedule would remain intact for one year, then the league would expand its number of league games the following season.

Allen, Abreu hit HRs in Aces win

TACOMA, Wash. - Solo home runs by Tony Abreu and Brandon Allen helped give Reno an early lead that would stand up, as the Aces won their third-straight game Thursday night, 5-2, over the Tacoma Rainiers at Cheney Stadium.

Reno scored in the first, second and fourth innings to take an early 3-0 lead on the evening.

The Rainiers managed to draw to within a run in the seventh, but they would get no closer as the Aces secured a series victory.