From staff reports
Jerry Sands (Catawba) has been named MVP of the Albquerque Isotopes.
Sands completed a phenomenal regular season with the Isotopes on Monday. 
In 119 games, Sands hit 26 homers and 17 doubles, drove in 107 runs and scored 84. He led the Pacific Coast League in RBIs and was third in homers. 
Sands and his teammates clinched a division championship on Sunday and will start the playoffs at Omaha on Wednesday. 
Sands remains in limbo as a current Dodger and future member of the Boston Red Sox.
He was included in the massive trade betweem Boston and L.A. last month, but players dealt after Aug. 1 have to clear waivers before changing organizations and Sands was claimed by another team. That prevented him from going to Boston, and the Dodgers had to pull him back off waivers.
Sands, who turns 25 late this month, still is expected to become a member of the Red Sox when the season ends. Until then, he remains the proverbial “player to be named later.”
Intimidators
The Kannapolis Intimidators won 5-2 against Savannah on Monday to close the season on a high note. Joey DiMichele homered for the Intimidators, who decided the game with a three-run fifth.
The Intimidators finished 61-78 overall and 28-41 in the second half.

• Daniel Wagner

Wagner (South Rowan) batted .265 this season with two homers, 34 RBIs and 30 steals. Wagner, 24, hit .270 in 19 games with Double A Birmingham but spent most of the season with the Winston-Salem Dash. The Dash had the best record in the minor leagues this season at 87-51-1.
Winston-Salem starts the Carolina League playoffs against Myrtle Beach on Wednesday.

• Whit Merrifield

Merrifield (Davie) stole two bases for Northwest Arkansas on Monday and finished the season with 28 swipes. The versatile 23-year-old hit .258 in advanced Class A ball with Wilmington and batted .260 after being promoted to Double A. He hit nine homers and drove in 44 runs.

• Rudy Brown

Brown (South) went 3-0 this season for the Kane County Cougars of the Class A Midwest League. The 24-year-old lefty had a 2.95 ERA and struck out 40 while walking 11 in 43 innings.

• Ryan Query

Query (A.L. Brown, Catawba) is batting .217 with three homers and 16 RBIs. Query, who turned 25 in late August, played nine games in the Braves organization with advanced A Lynchburg and has played 46 with Class A Rome. 
Rome won a second-half division championship in the South Atlantic League and starts the playoffs against Asheville on Wednesday.
Greensboro tangles with Hagerstown in the other playoff matchup.

• Jordan Jankowski

Jankowski (Catawba) had an impressive pro debut with Greeneville in the Appalachian League.
Jankowski, 23, went 4-0 with a 2.23 ERA and four saves after being drafted by Houston in June. The right-handed reliever struck out 53 in 32 innings.

• Corey Seager

Seager (NW Cabarrus), a first-round draft pick by the L.A. Dodgers, batted .319 in 43 games with Ogden in the advanced rookie Pioneer League. Seager had seven homers, two triples and nine doubles and stole eight bases.

Livingstone athletics
Livingstone freshman quarterback Drew Powell was named Rookie of the Week.
Powell was 22-for-35 passing for 343 yards and four TDs in a 70-35 loss to Chowan, the most TD passes by a Blue Bear since 2009.
The Blue Bears play at Catawba at 7 p.m. on Saturday.

• Volleyball

Livingstone opened the season in Florida with a sweep of Edward Waters and also beat Florida Memorial 3-1. 
Phylicia Egbuna had 25 kills in the two matches. 
Livingstone goes to Sumter, S.C., to face Allen and Morris today.