SEATTLE (AP)—Brandon Morrow came within two hits of a no-hitter in his first major league start and the Seattle Mariners crippled the New York Yankees’ already remote playoff chances with a 3-1 victory Friday at Safeco Field. Yuniesky Betancourt, Kenji Johjima, and Miguel Cairo each had an RBI for the Mariners as they built a 3-0 lead through four innings. From there, Morrow’s solid pitching enabled Seattle to hold on for only their 55th win of the season against 85 losses. Although the Yankees are still 75-66 on the season with the loss, the chances are remote for them to make the postseason at this point as they are 8 ½ games behind the hated Red Sox for the American League wild card berth with only 21 games left in the season. In other MLB action Friday, Oakland blasted Baltimore, 11-2, Toronto surged past Tampa Bay, 6-4, Cincinnati smacked the Chicago Cubs, 10-2, Philadelphia blanked the New York Mets, 3-0, Atlanta doubled up Washington, 10-5, Milwaukee edged San Diego, 3-2 in 11 innings, Boston pasted Texas, 8-1, Cleveland stymied Kansas City, 9-3, Minnesota trounced Detroit, 10-2, the Chicago White Sox steamrolled the Los Angeles Angels, 10-2, Florida gashed St. Louis, 4-1 in 11 innings, Colorado ousted Houston, 5-3, the Los Angeles Dodgers pounded Arizona, 7-0, and Pittsburgh humbled San Francisco, 7-0.

NEPHI, Utah (AP)—The Juab Wasps used a 12-0 3rd Quarter surge to blow past the North Sevier Wolves, 33-14 Friday in non-region football action.

GUNNISON, Utah (AP)—Zach Cropper amassed three rushing touchdowns, including a 65-yarder as the Richfield Wildcats bested the Gunnison Bulldogs, 26-13 in non-region football action Friday. Heston Neal had a 15-yard touchdown run for Gunnison.

ROOSEVELT, Utah (AP)—Gauge Smith completed 14 of 17 passes for 302 yards and four scores as the Union Cougars decimated the North Sanpete Hawks, 31-6 Friday in non-region football action. Tyler Nelson caught two of Smith’s touchdown passes and amassed 129 receiving yards overall for Union.

MONROE, Utah (AP)—Zach Blackham and Zach Dustin combined to rush for 121 yards and three touchdowns as the South Sevier Rams pasted the Parowan Rams, 27-7 in non-region football action Friday.

KANAB, Utah (AP)—The Manti Templars broke open a close game with three unanswered second-half touchdowns as the overpowered the Kanab Cowboys, 45-21 Friday in non-region football action. The Templars have exceeded 40 points in all three of their games thus far this season.

FILLMORE, Utah (AP)—The Canyon View Falcons outscored Millard 23-0 in the second half to blow past the Eagles, 30-20 in non-region football action Friday. A.J. Cozzens scored a pair of touchdowns for the Falcons, including a 50-yard interception return, while Clancy Mortensen had a 92-yard kickoff return for a score as well as a 10-yard touchdown run for Millard in defeat.

BEAVER, Utah (AP)—Brennon Hunt posted 177 rushing yards and five touchdowns and the Beaver Beavers ran for 419 yards overall as they shellacked the Milford Tigers, 41-6 Friday in non-region football action.

GRANTSVILLE, Utah (AP)—Derek Peterson ran for 147 yards and Joey Dotson scored a pair of touchdown as the Delta Rabbits blanked the Grantsville Cowboys, 23-0 in non-region football action Friday. The stifling Rabbits defense held Grantsville to under 50 offensive yards as well.

(SALT LAKE CITY) – Juab County Attorneys and the Utah Attorney General’s Office are upset with the Federal Government for allowing conservation groups to have a seat at the table in a lawsuit over ownership of roads in wilderness study areas. U.S. District Judge Tena Campbell this week granted the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, the Sierra Club and The Wilderness Society the right to be defendants in the lawsuit in which the state and county seek ownership of three roads in Utah’s Deep Creek Mountains. The state and county are disappointed in the ruling because they say that conservationists have no claim of ownership at all but Campbell agreed with conservationist’s arguments that they cannot rely on federal land agencies to adequately represent their defense of wilderness in cases involving a Civil War-era law entitled, Revised Statute 2477. The three roads are known as, Tom’s Creek, Granite Canyon and Trout Creek canyon roads. The conservationists claim that the roads are not part of the state’s highway transportation system and therefore, cannot be accessed but state and county attorneys say that SUWA is assigning a modern definition to a 19-century highway statute. They say that there were no paved roads in 1866 and that highways back then were wagon trails and are currently, noticeable. The state says they have no desire to pave the roads and they should remain open for Snake Valley residents who have used them for generations to reach favorite camping or picnicking areas.