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INDIANAPOLIS — When Takuma Sato strolls into his garage at Indianapolis, he gets a quick glimpse into the two distinct paths that have defined these past 12 months.

There’s the wall that features front pages from two Japanese newspapers with his arms raised in victory. Back home, he’s a national hero.

A few feet away, on another wall, is a poster of team owner A.J. Foyt wearing an Indianapolis 500 winner’s ring -- a stark reminder of what happened last May and of Sato’s primary goal this month.

SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Blaze defense provided a lockdown effort in a 43-34 victory over the Iowa Barnstormers on Saturday night at EnergySolutions Arena.

The unit forced four turnovers on the night, holding the Barnstormers to just 150 yards in total offense. Utah improved to 4-4 on the season at the midway point of 2013 AFL play.

ST. GEORGE — No. 8-seed Wallace State (Alabama) Community College won its second-ever NJCAA Division I softball national title, but had to put in a little extra work to earn the trophy, as the Lions bounced back with a 7-3 victory over No. 2-seed Salt Lake Community College Saturday afternoon at the Canyons Complex.

SALT LAKE CITY — The Bonneville High Lakers didn’t quite get the ultimate prize they sought at the state 4-A boys tennis championships, but they put a cap to a successful 2013 season at Saturday’s semifinal and final rounds of action.

PROVO — On a soggy Clarence F. Robison Track at Brigham Young University Saturday, the Davis High School girls track team proved for the third consecutive year why they deserve to be state 5-A champs.

OGDEN — Even a downpour couldn’t dampen the spirits of thousands of soggy runners and their friends and family during Saturday morning’s Zions Bank Ogden Marathon.

HILL AIR FORCE BASE — Kirk Siddens found a bit of redemption in winning the UGA Senior Match Play championship Friday at Hill Air Force by a 3 and 1 margin over Mark Madsen. 

For 15 years, every time Siddens has set foot on the Hubbard Golf Course at Hill Air Force Base, memories of the past have stalked him with the ghost of ‘what could have been.”