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THE WIRE

Quinney fifth at Nationwide Tour stop

SANDY, Utah - Former South Eugene High standout Jeff Quinney is tied for fifth place at the Nationwide Tour's Utah EnergySolutions Championship after shooting a first-round 66 on Thursday.

Quinney is tied at 6 under with Aaron Barber and Michael Putnam. Bryce Molder and Scott Parel each shot 64 to tie for the first round lead, and Ken Duke and Craig Lile are each a shot back at 65.

The tour will stop in Eugene for the Oregon Classic at Shadow Hills Country Club on Sept. 21-24.

THE REGION

Ellis receives exemption into Oregon Classic

Former University of Oregon golfer John Ellis received a sponsor's exemption to the Nationwide Tour's Oregon Classic, which runs from Sept. 21-24 at Shadow Hills Country Club.

Ellis has had nine top-10 finishes on the Canadian and Spanos tours this season.

Brown's hat trick leads Owls past NCC

SPRINGFIELD - Sarah Brown scored a hat trick to lead Oregon Tech to a 4-0 women's college soccer victory over Northwest Christian College on Thursday at the Morrisette Soccer Fields.

Brown scored her first goal on a rebound 7 minutes into the match, and scored off another deflection in the 26th minute to give the Owls a 2-0 lead.

Katie O'Brien made it a 3-0 game just before halftime when she scored on a high shot to the upper-right corner of the net.

Brown completed the hat trick by scoring in the 77th minute over NCC goalkeeper Beth McAlister.

- From Register-Guard and news service reports