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Tucson resident Kayla Bonstrom pitched a complete game and keyed a late-inning rally to help the Pusch Ridge Little League team from Oro Valley win the Junior Softball World Series on Saturday in Kirkland, Wash.

Bonstrom's two-run double was part of a six-run sixth inning that helped the Pusch Ridge all-stars — representing the U.S. West region — break open a 4-4 tie and beat Latin America 10-4.

The team from Puerto Rico was the JSWS defending champion and surged to an early 4-1 lead. But Bonstrom settled in and quieted its bats, and Pusch Ridge's offense scored nine consecutive runs to clinch the championship.

Bonstrom finished the game with three hits.

The game was aired live on ESPNU and will be replayed Aug. 28 at 2 p.m. on ESPN2.

● Maryland manager Bill Abeles Jr. remained in disbelief minutes after his team was no-hit by Jeffersonville, Ind., starter Drew Ellis and still won 3-2 in the Little League World Series on Saturday in South Williamsport, Pa.

Maryland scored in the first off a walk and an error, and got two runs in the fifth off a hit batsman, a walk and four wild pitches.

In other action Saturday, Mexico defeated Curacao 6-2; Guam beat Italy 7-6; and Shelton, Conn., defeated Rapid City, S.D., 9-4.

NEW YORK — Seeking its first national championship in 28 years, Georgia is on top of The Associated Press preseason Top 25 for the first time.

The Bulldogs received 22 first-place votes and 1,528 points from a panel of 65 media members in the poll released Saturday.

Ohio State, coming off a second consecutive loss in the national championship game but returning 20 starters, is No. 2.

USC, which plays Ohio State in Los Angeles on Sept. 13, is No. 3 and is followed by No. 4 Oklahoma and No. 5 Florida.

The Arizona Wildcats were among other teams to receive votes with three points. Arizona State is No. 15, and Oregon is No. 21. (Poll, C11).

STORRS, Conn.— Elena Delle Donne, Connecticut's top recruit of this year's class, has decided not to enroll at the university, women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma said Saturday.

Delle Donne, a 6-foot-5-inch forward, "has decided not to play college basketball," Auriemma said in a statement.

Delle Donne, 18, won the Naismith National High School Player of the Year award based on her career at Ursuline Academy in Wilmington, Del. She averaged 30 points and 11 rebounds last season.

NEW YORK — Police say a promising New York City boxer is dead after being shot during an altercation in the Bronx.

Ronney Vargas was gunned down about 3:30 a.m. Saturday after the dispute with a group of men who fled the scene in a white car.

Police say the 20-year-old Vargas was shot once in the torso. The three-time Golden Gloves champion was pronounced dead at the hospital.

The junior middleweight turned professional last year and was 8-0.

● Nathalie Dechy reached her first final in four years with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 upset of Amelie Mauresmo Saturday in a semifinal of the Western and Southern Financial Group Women's Open in Ohio.

Dechy will play Nadia Petrova in the final today.