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BATHURST, N. Fake Vans From China .B. - Anthony Mantha set up two goals and then scored the winner as the Val-dOr Foreurs edged the host Acadie-Bathurst Titan 3-2 in overtime on Tuesday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoff action. Louick Marcotte had a pair of goals in regulation for the Foreurs, who lead the first-round series 3-0, and Samuel Henley chipped in with two assists. Val-dOrs Antoine Bibeau stopped 17 shots for the victory. Scott Oke and Nicholas Blanchard scored for the Titan and Jacob Brennan kicked out 39-of-42 shots in a losing cause. The Foreurs can sweep the series Wednesday when the Titan host Game 4. --- MOOSEHEADS 4 ISLANDERS 1 CHARLOTTETOWN -- Philippe Gadoury scored three times and Zachary Fucale made 16 saves as Halifax toppled the Islanders to go up 3-0 in its first-round matchup. Jonathan Drouin had a goal and an assist for the Mooseheads while Andrew Ryan, Nikolaj Ehlers and Matt Murphy each tacked on two assists. Daniel Sprong scored the lone goal for Charlottetown. Islanders netminder Mason MacDonald turned away 38-of-42 shots in defeat. --- ARMADA 4 WILDCATS 3 MONCTON, N.B. -- Danick Martel had a pair of goals as Blainville-Boisbriand edged the Wildcats in Game 4 of its opening-round series. Ryan Tesink and Daniel Walcott also scored for the Armada, who lead the series 3-1, and Philippe Sanche had two assists. Vladimir Tkachev scored all three goals for Moncton, which trailed 4-0 after two periods of play. Blainville-Boisbriands Etienne Marcoux made 20 saves for the win. Alex Dubeau played the first two periods for the Wildcats and allowed four goals on 30 shots. Jason Rioux faced only two shots in a period of relief. --- OLYMPIQUES 7 SCREAMING EAGLES 2 SYDNEY, N.S. -- Vaclav Karabacek scored twice and Simon Tardif-Richard had a goal and two assists as Gatineau took Game 3 against Cape Breton in its first-round tilt. Alexis Pepin, Emile Poirier, Jonathan Bourcier and Adam Stevens also scored for the Olympiques, who lead the series 3-0, and Robert Steeves made 18 saves for the victory. Kyle Farrell and Julien Pelletier responded for the Screaming Eagles. Cape Bretons Zachary Fortin was relieved at the 10:33 mark of the second period after giving up four goals on 26 shots. Alex Bureau stopped 11-of-14 shots in relief. --- DRAKKAR 3 CATARACTES 0 SHAWINIGAN, Que. -- Philippe Cadorette made 26 saves as Baie-Comeau blanked the Cataractes to go up 3-0 in its first-round matchup. Robby Graham, Jeremy Gregoire and Francis Turbide supplied the scoring for the Drakkar. Marvin Cupper gave Shawinigan an opportunity to win by stopping 50-of-53 shots in defeat. Nicholas Welsh led the Cataractes with five shots in net. --- OCEANIC 4 SAGUENEENS 0 CHICOUTIMI, Que. -- Michael Joly scored three times as Rimouski downed the Sagueneens in Game 3 of Round 1 action. Peter Trainor also scored for the Oceanic, who lead the series 3-0, while Philippe Desrosiers stopped 19 shots for the shutout. Chicoutimis Simon Tremblay led his lcub with three shots against Desrosiers. Domenic Graham stopped 30-of-34 shots for the Sagueneens. --- VOLTIGEURS 6 TIGRES 3 VICTORIAVILLE, Que. -- Alexandre Grande-Maison scored twice and Olivier Caouette and Frederick Gaudreau each had a goal and two assists as Drummondville doubled up the Tigres to take Game 3 in Round 1 play. Matthew Boudens and Joey Ratelle also scored for the Voltigeurs, who lead the series 2-1. Yan Pavel Laplante, Angelo Miceli and Philippe Hudon scored for Victoriaville. Drummondvilles Louis-Philip Guindon made 19 saves for the win as Francois Tremblay turned away 24-of-29 shots for the Tigres. --- HUSKIES 5 REMPARTS 2 ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. -- Mathieu Lemay scored twice as the Huskies beat Quebec to take a 2-1 lead in first-round series action. Jean-Sebastien Dea, Francis Beauvillier and Francis Perron also scored for Rouyn-Noranda. Alexandre Belanger made 19 saves for the Huskies, who outshot the Remparts 54-21. Nick Sorensen scored both goals for Quebec and Francois Brassard stopped 49 shots in defeat. Fake Vans Outlet . Needing to bulk up on both sides of the line, the Falcons agreed to terms with guard Jon Asamoah, defensive end Tyson Jackson and defensive tackle Paul Soliai. Asamoah and Jackson played last season with Kansas City, where Asamoah lost his starting job. Wholesale Fake Vans . The 25-year-old native of Milford, Conn., has 18 points in 41 games this season. The five-foot-eight 166-pound centre also has 28 points (10-18) in 15 games with AHL Oklahoma City. http://www.fakevans.com/fake-vans-old-skool/ . -- Barry Bonds is all set to return to the San Francisco Giants.SAN FRANCISCO -- The city of San Joses antitrust claims against Major League Baseball were dismissed Friday by a federal judge, who allowed the city to pursue allegations of contract interference in connection with the Oakland Athletics stalled relocation plans. U.S. District Judge Ronald M. Whyte in San Jose ruled that MLBs antitrust exemption, created by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1922, barred most of the claims in San Joses lawsuit. The city filed the lawsuit in June, accusing MLB of conspiring to stop the teams proposal to move to a planned ballpark in downtown San Jose. MLB defines San Jose and its suburbs in Santa Clara County as the exclusive territory of the San Francisco Giants. Whyte rejected San Joses contention that the antitrust exemption was limited to the player reserve system and ruled it includes MLBs "business interests," such as relocation issues. The Supreme Court last upheld the exemption in the 1972 Curt Flood case, when the court said it was up to Congress to change the exemption. Whyte said the fact that Congress altered the exemption in the 1998 Curt Flood Act only with respect to the employment of major league players was evidence that Congress did not wish to alter it for baseballs other business. "The court holds that MLBs alleged interference with the As relocation to San Jose is exempt from antitrust regulation," the judge wrote. San Joses outsider lawyer, Joe Cotchett, said he plans to appeal the decision to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. "I find it hard to believe Major League Baseball is not subject to the same antitrust rules that apply to all other sports," Cotchett said. The judge did allow San Jose to pursue claims MLB interfered with the citys contract with the As, which involves an option to purchase downtown land for a new ballpark. Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig established aa committee in March 2009 to study the issue and says the group remains at work. Fake Vans Online. "The city was justified in assuming that MLB would make a decision within a reasonable time, which it has not," Whyte wrote. "Regardless of whether MLB ultimately approves or denies the relocation request -- and the court has concluded that it is within MLBs authority to decide either way -- the As were recently forced by MLBs delay to extend the Option Agreement for another year, or lose the option. As a result of MLBs delay, the As incurred an additional $25,000 expense to renew the option, and the city is left waiting another year to sell the land set aside for the stadium in question." MLB, in a statement, said it was pleased by Whytes ruling "that MLB has the legal right to make decisions about the relocation of its member clubs." It also said it was confident that San Jose didnt suffer any "compensable injury" because of MLBs action and that it ultimately would prevail on the contract claims. The As play in the O.co Coliseum, originally the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, which opened in 1966, and it is the only facility shared by MLB and the NFL, whose Oakland Raiders are based there. A sewage problem forced the As and Seattle Mariners to use the same locker room after a game this summer. The pipes backed up on the lower levels of the stadium, creating a stink of raw sewage and pools of water in the clubhouses used by both teams and the umpires. The As were not a party to the lawsuit, but owner Lew Wolff said the team remained committed finding a new home. "No matter what the outcome of any legal action, the As have and will continue to follow the process available to all MLB ownerships in our desire to have a modern and exciting state of the art baseball only venue," Wolff said in statement. ' ' '