Youth Sports

Jefferson County Little Leaguers advance — District 5’s Jefferson County defeated Portland-based District 2 on Wednesday by a score of 7-5 to claim the championship in the Oregon Little League 50/70 (Intermediate, ages 11-13) state baseball tournament in Gold Hill. As state champion, Jefferson advances to regional play set for July 19-26 in Irvine, Calif. In its first game in the three-team state tourney on Saturday, Jefferson lost 13-1 to District 2 (Portland, Powell and Taborvilla). But Jefferson bounced back on Sunday to beat District 8 (Central Point) 15-5 and stay alive in the double-elimination event. In the semifinal round, Jefferson faced District 8 again on Tuesday and won 14-2 to advance to Wednesday’s championship, where the District 5 champs avenged their earlier defeat and claimed the state title.

Hockey

Bruins lock up goalie — Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask has signed an eight-year contract to stay with Boston. The Bruins say that the annual salary cap charge on Rask’s contract is $7 million, but they didn’t reveal the total value of the deal. Rask was 19-10-5 with a 2.00 goals against average in the regular season. In the postseason, he had a 1.88 goals against average, leading the Bruins to the Stanley Cup finals.

Basketball

Ole Miss suspends Henderson — Mississippi guard Marshall Henderson has been suspended indefinitely. In a release Wednesday, the university announced the 6-foot-2 senior is suspended because of a “violation of team rules,” but it did not provide any details about the violations. “Since the season ended, we have talked a lot about Marshall taking a greater leadership role with our team,” Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy said in a statement. “With that comes greater responsibility, and he must do a better job of living up to the high standard we expect from him and he desires from himself.” Henderson averaged 20.1 points per game last season and helped the Rebels win the SEC tournament and advance to the NCAA tourney for the first time since 2002.

Soccer

Portland gets All-Star game — Portland will host the 2014 Major League Soccer All-Star game. MLS Commissioner Don Garber, Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson and Portland Mayor Charlie Hales announced the event at Jeld-Wen Field on Wednesday. In recent years, the MLS All-Stars have played premier international teams. The MLS opponent for the match in Portland will be announced at a later date.

— From staff and wire reports