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Volleyball teamloses fifth straight
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Youngstown State volleyball team lost its fifth straight Horizon League match Saturday, 27-30, 30-19, 17-30, 25-30, to Wright State at Beeghly Center.
Colleen Royer had 11 kills and 20 digs, while Kristen Meech added 13 kills and Annie Buschur 10 kills for the Penguins (9-9, 1-7). Melissa Lyczkowski recorded 43 assists.
Youngstown State faces Butler at noon Sunday at Beeghly Center.
LOCAL
Curbstonersto preview YSU
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Curbstone Coaches will hold their Youngstown State University Basketball Tip-Off Dinner on Wednesday, Nov. 7, starting at 6:30 p.m. at the DeBartolo Stadium Club at YSU.
Highlight of the dinner will be the introduction of the YSU men's and women's basketball teams, and coaches John Robic and Ed DiGregorio.
Tickets are priced at $16 and may be reserved by calling Byrd Gampietro at 330-792-2820.
Ron Strollo, new athletic director at Youngstown State, will be the guest speaker at Monday's noontime luncheon of the Curbstone Coaches at the Lockwood House.
Strollo, a former football standout at both Austintown Fitch High and YSU, was named to replace Jim Tressel as AD this past summer after Tressel left for Ohio State University.
The luncheons are open to the public.
Yankee Run offer
BROOKFIELD -- Yankee Run Golf Course is offering golfers a good deal and at the same time will be helping the poor and homeless this Thanksgiving.
On Nov. 12 Yankee Run owners Paul and Gary McMullen are offering golfers a free round of golf if they bring in a turkey (12 pounds or more) to the pro shop.
Yankee Run will then in turn donate all the turkeys to the St. Vincent DePaul Society for their soup kitchen.
For more information and tee times call (330) 448-8096 or 1-800-4-GOLFIN.
Dr. Dagati selected
LIBERTY -- Local tennis teaching professional, Dr. Joe Dagati, has been selected for the third year to represent the Midwest section of the United States Tennis Association at the national sectional tennis tournament.
The Midwest section covers six states and will compete against the other sections of the USTA across the nation. The competition is held in Tucson, Ariz. in November.
Dr. Dagati is scheduled to play in the men's 35-year-old division. The Midwest section has been consistently performing in the top five of the section.
Fonderlac teamin nationals
POLAND -- When Fonderlac Country Club members Don Kniska, Tom Onesti, Alice Porter and Joe Valentini teamed up with Squaw Creek Country Club assistant golf professional Scott Karabin this past summer to put a team in the local Oldsmobile Scramble tournament they had no idea what they were in for.
That team easily won their local and Ohio sectional tournaments and qualified for the national finals hosted by Disney World in Orlando, Fla.
In all there were 20,000 entries into this tournament throughout the country, a total of 130 of them qualified for the national finals in Orlando.
The team led by Karabin, one of the top playing professionals in the area, and Kniska, considered one of the area's best amateurs, was competing in the gross division of the tournament.
They shot scores of 58, 57 and 60 for a 41-under-par total over the Palm, Celebrity and Magnolia courses and qualified for the final round.
In that final round, which only 24 teams survived, the locals shot a 59 for a four-round total of 234 and finished 13th in the country and took home $2,350 in prizes.
"It was just an unbelievable experience," Kniska said. "We never dreamed that we would be in the finals."
"This tournament is in a class by itself," added Onesti. "It was run so smoothly."
The tournament was won by a team from Cottage Grove, Minn., which short a 57 final round and a 223 total.
Dick Rileyto be inducted
YOUNGSTOWN -- Longtime Youngstown bowler Dick Riley will be inducted into the Ohio State Bowling Hall of Fame, Nov. 3 in Columbus.
In addition to his accomplishments, Riley, inducted in the Youngstown Men's Bowling Association Hall of Fame in 2000, served in many other capacities for the promotion of bowling.
Tickets for the event may be purchased by calling Bill Thompson at 782-4501.
Habitat run
YOUNGSTOWN -- Habitat for Humanity of Mahoning County will hold its 5K Home Run Nov. 3 at 9 a.m. The start and finish line is at the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Poland.
Habitat Home Run is an official Mahoning Valley running series out and back race. A two-mile walk has been added to the event. Walkers will be competing on a separate out and back course.
Registration at the race site will be from 8:30 a.m. on race day. Runners and walkers may pre-register by calling (330) 758-4513. The pre-race registration fee is $10.00 and race day it is $12.00.
REGION
Stadium crumbling
CINCINNATI -- The concrete plaza at Paul Brown Stadium is crumbling just a year after it was built, and county officials and the construction company are arguing over who is responsible for the problem.
Large portions of concrete are cracking, and some parts have already been replaced after steel reinforcing bars popped through to the surface.
Repair costs have not been determined, but Hamilton County officials and stadium managers want construction manager Turner Barton Malow D.A.G. to fix the problem after football season.
NATION
Murphy, McCordshare lead
SAN ANTONIO -- Bob Murphy shot a 6-under par 66 to grab a share of the lead in the Senior PGA's SBC Championship.
Murphy and opening-round leader Gary McCord were at 10-under 134 going into the final day of the 54-hole event at The Dominion Country Club.
Vindicator staff/wire reports