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Football practicepostponed
YOUNGSTOWN -- The second day of Youngstown State University's spring football practice was postponed due to inclement weather.
Thursday's delay has forced a new date and time for the Penguins' first full-contact day which was originally scheduled Saturday morning starting with the Hoot-N-Holler drill.
YSU's first and only workout session so far was Wednesday.
This afternoon's practice at Stambaugh Stadium at 3:15 is still scheduled.
LOCAL
Mojock honored
NEW WILMINGTON -- Eric Mojock, a senior swimmer for Westminster College from Kennedy Catholic High, gained All-American honors for the first time in his collegiate career at the NCAA Division II Championships.
Mojock captured the honor by placing 12th in the 100 backstroke in a personal-best time of 52.03 seconds.
The top 16 finishers in each event make All-American.
Mojock helped the Titans to 25th place in the meet.
Easter bowling
YOUNGSTOWN -- Two tournaments are scheduled for the Easter weekend at A-Plus Family Bowl.
The junior Easter sweeper will be March 30 at 2 p.m. with scratch and handicap divisions. Handicap will be based on 90 percent difference between a bowler's average and 210. The entry fee is $25 with first place receiving a trama recovery bowling ball.
The seventh annual adult Easter sweeper will be March 31 at 6:30 p.m. Five games will be bowled across 10 lanes. Based on 50 entries, first place pays $500 in both scratch and handicap divisions. Entry fee is $39.
REGION
Sports Car Clubsets clinic
CLEVELAND -- The Northeast Ohio chapter of Sports Car Club of America will sponsor a competition clinic Saturday from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the I-X Center next to Hopkins International Airport.
The day consists of a series of workshops, which participants can select according to their interests.
Costs are $30 for adults and $20 for students. A continental breakfast and lunch are included. A registration form is available at www.neohio-scca.org or by calling Sherrie Weitzenhof at (330) 666-2627.
Gund Arena will hostAll-America games
CLEVELAND -- Gund Arena will play host to next year's McDonald's All-America high school basketball games, the sponsoring fast-food chain announced Thursday.
"With its rich basketball tradition and devoted basketball fans, the city of Cleveland, Gund Arena and McDonald's owner/operators make for an excellent team to host these prestigious events," said Mike Donahue, vice president of McDonald's USA.
The boys and girls games will be played on the same night in spring 2003, on a date to be announced later.
The game will benefit the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio and Youngstown. Ronald McDonald House Charities provides lodging for parents whose children are hospitalized far from home.
This year's 25th anniversary boys game and inaugural girls game will be April 4 in New York's Madison Square Garden.
B.G. eliminates four men's sports
BOWLING GREEN -- Bowling Green State University will eliminate four men's sports so it can comply with a federal law designed to equalize the money colleges spend on men's and women's teams, the school said Thursday.
The university will drop men's tennis, swimming, and indoor and outdoor track and field beginning in the fall. The move will cut 16 scholarships and will save $360,000 annually, said athletic director Paul Krebs.
Huggins considering West Virginia offer
CINCINNATI -- Cincinnati basketball coach Bob Huggins has received an offer to become West Virginia's coach and is considering whether to accept it or stay where he is, the University of Cincinnati and Huggins' lawyer said Thursday.
"It's really a personal decision for Bob to make," said Bret Adams, his lawyer in Columbus. He declined to discuss details of the offer.
Huggins, 48, has taken the Cincinnati Bearcats to post-season tournaments each of his 13 seasons as Cincinnati's head coach. His overall coaching record is 500-172, including 332-100 at Cincinnati.
Bucs' season sales slump 40 percent
PITTSBURGH -- Coming off a 100-loss season and a ticket price increase, Pittsburgh Pirates' season ticket sales have dropped 40 percent in their second season in PNC Park.
Only 10 days before the season opener, the Pirates have sold approximately 10,000 season tickets -- a drop of 7,000 from a year ago and 3,000 from 2000, their final season in Three Rivers Stadium.
The Pirates also have no home sellouts yet, including the April 8 home opener against Cincinnati. Last year, they had 19 sellouts, or about one-quarter of their home schedule, while drawing a club-record 2.4 million.
The team is blaming a downturn in the economy and the franchise's first 100-loss season in 16 years for the decline.
Vindicator staff/wire reports