Jeff Jones, the top Gophers football recruit in 2014 who left the program last year, was jailed Tuesday in connection with violating terms of his conditional release from jail after a May 13 arrest. Jones had been charged with felony drug possession after being arrested by Bloomington police.
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• Matthew Garside of Vadnais Heights won a three-player playoff to win the Minnesota Junior PGA Championship at Jewel Golf Club in Lake City. He closed with a 3-over-par 74 for a 143 total. The girls' winner was Stephanie Herzog of Red Wing; she won by six shots with her 149. Both advance to the national championship Aug. 9-12 in Rumford, R.I.
• Three athletes with Minnesota ties, headlined by four-time World Cup overall champion Lindsey Vonn, were been named to the U.S. Alpine ski team.
Vonn, a Burnsville native, and St. Paul native David Chodounsky were selected to the A team roster. Michael Ankeny of Deephaven is on the B team roster. All are alumni of the Buck Hill racing program.
• Majestic Lady Jo set a track record for trotters at Running Aces Casino and Racetrack on Monday, covering the one-mile distance in a time of 1 minute, 56 seconds. The 5-year-old mare, trained by Rick Bertrand and driven by Steve Wiseman, won for the sixth time this season.
