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LOCAL
Express win 2-1
CANTON -- The Youngstown Express collegiate baseball team beat previously undefeated Stark County 2-1 Wednesday.
Justin Hedrick threw a six-hitter for eight innings for the Express (3-2).
The Express got on the board when Chase Odenreider hit a two-run single to center in the first inning.
The Terriers are 4-1.
McGee leadssenior event
UNIONTOWN -- Jerry McGee of East Palestine shot rounds of 67 and 69 to lead the NOPGA Michelob Light/Acushnet Co. Senior Open at Prestwick Country Club.
McGee's 8-under 136 leads the pro division by four strokes over Joe Flogge of Norton, who shot 73-67.
Powerliftingat Mountaineer
CHESTER, W.Va. -- The Mountaineer Cup IV Powerlifting Series gets underway at Mountaineer Race Track & amp; Gaming Resort Saturday at 10 a.m.
There will be a heavyweight division as well as light heavyweight and masters competition. For information call (304) 387-8174.
Malaska pitchestwo innings
WILMINGTON, Del. -- Tampa Bay Devil Rays prospect Mark Malaska of Youngstown pitched two scoreless innings for the California League All Stars as they tied the All Stars of the Carolina League, 3-3, on Tuesday.
Malaska, a left-handed pitcher drafted in 2000 from the University of Akron, was the starting pitcher and allowed no hits.
NATION
Padres, Kleskofinalize contract
SAN DIEGO -- Assured they'll be in their new downtown ballpark by 2004, the San Diego Padres finalized slugger Ryan Klesko's $16.5 million, two-year contract extension.
WORLD
Tennis roundup
* EASTBOURNE, England -- Unseeded American Chanda Rubin routed No. 4 seed Sylvia Farina Elia of Italy 6-1, 6-0 to reach the semifinals of the Eastbourne grasscourt championships.
Rubin will next face Daja Bedanova, who followed up her second-round win over top-seeded Jelena Dokic by beating fifth-seeded Meghann Shaughnessy 7-6 (6), 6-2.
* LIVERPOOL, England -- Paraguay's Ramon Delgado beat Ken Skupski of Britain 7-5, 6-2 to reach the semifinals of the Liverpool International.
* DEN BOSCH, Netherlands -- Lleyton Hewitt edged Mikhail Youzhny 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (4) in the rain-delayed third round of the Ordina Open.
Hewitt's next opponent will be Arnaud Clement, who eliminated Michael Russell, 7-5, 6-0. Guillermo Canas also advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Kenneth Carlsen 6-4, 6-4.
In women's play, unseeded Tina Pisnik upset Kim Clijsters, No. 5 at Wimbledon, in their quarterfinal 7-6 (5), 6-2; Elena Dementieva beat Magdalena Maleeva, 6-2, 0-6, 6-1; No. 2 seed Justine Henin won her match with Elena Bovina 7-6 (4), 6-4; and third-seeded Amelie Mauresmo was eliminated by Eleni Daniilidou 6-4, 6-4.
* NOTTINGHAM, England -- Switzerland's Michel Kratochvil upset No. 2 seed Fabrice Santoro of France 6-1, 6-3 to reach the semifinals of the Samsung Open.
Kratochvil, the No. 6 seed, will take on Wayne Arthurs in the semifinals after the Australian defeated Britain's Arvind Parmar 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-4.
In another quarterfinal, Britain's Greg Rusedski beat Sweden's Magnus Larsson 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), 6-3. Rusedski will face Jonas Bjorkman, who beat Russian Andrei Stoliarov 6-1, 6-0.
Vindicator staff/wire reports