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YSU
Baseball camp
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Youngstown State Baseball Winter Camp for boys and girls ages seven to high school seniors will be held Dec. 27-28 at Beeghly Center.
The camp, under the direction of the YSU baseball staff, will cover fielding, throwing, base running, hitting and pitching.
Cost for those attending both days from 9 a.m. until noon will be $75.00 if paid by Dec. 24 and $85.00 if registering on the first day of the camp.
If signing up for pitching only, the cost will be $45 if paid by Dec. 24 and $55 if registering on the first day of camp.
Players who want to attend camp all day 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. need to bring lunch. Drinks will be provided. Cost $95 if paid by Dec. 24 and $105 if registering on first day of camp.
For more information call (330) 742-3485.
LOCAL
B-W 8th behindFitch graduates
MINNEAPOLIS MINN. -- Nicole Drouhard and Stacey Havaich, both juniors, helped Waldwin-Wallace college tie for eighth place the NCAA Division III National women's cross country championships Saturday at St. Olaf College.
Drouhard, a Fitch High graduate, finished 61st out of 215 runners in 23 minutes, 22 seconds. Havaich, also a Fitch High graduate, was 112th (24:05).
The Yellow Jackets scored 281 points as 25 schools participated in the event. It was the fourth straight national meet for B-W and sixth since 1994.
Prior to this meet, BW's best finish was 12th two years ago.
Mount Union College scored 355 points and placed 14th out of 24 teams in the men's division of the meet.
Bryan Less of the Purple Raiders earned All-American honors as he finished 13th in 25 minutes, 39 seconds. The top 35 earned All-American laurels.
Wisconsin Oshkosh won the Div. III title with 66 points.
Curbstone Coaches
Dick Hartzell of Jump Stretch Inc. and former area high school football coach, will be the guest speaker of the Curbstone Coaches at their weekly noon luncheon at Lockwood House Monday.
Former Brookfieldplayers are guests
BROOKFIELD -- Sue Dobosh and Paul Guin will be honored prior to the boys varsity basketball game Nov. 30 at Brookfield High School.
Guin, a 1967 Brookfield graduate and Dobosh, a 1983 graduate, on the only two players in Brookfield High history to score over 1,000 points in their careers.
Classmates and friends who would like to attend the ceremony should contact Tim Taylor at (330) 448-3001 for further information.
Erin Zupko onMuskingum council
NEW CONCORD -- Erin Patricia Zupko, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Zupko of Girard, is a member of the Muskingum College Student Athletic Advisory Council.
The Student Athletic Advisory council actively encourages more involvement of the Muskingum College studen-athletes in campus and community projects and works to design and implement programs which will encourage academic achievement, health promotion, social responsibility and enhance school spirit.
Title games on ONN
CANTON -- Ohio News Network will televise the six state championship high school football games played at Fawcett Stadium and at Massillon's Paul Brown Tiger Stadium on Nov. 29-30.
The Division IV game will kick off the coverage on Nov. 29 at 11 a.m. from Massillon. Also that day will be the Div. VI game at 3:30 p.m. in Canton and the Div. II game at 8 p.m. in Massillon.
On Nov. 30, the Div. V game will begin at 11 a.m. in Canton, followed by the Div. III game in Massillon at 3:30 p.m. and the Div. I contest at 8 p.m. in Canton.
McDonald's tickets
CLEVELAND -- Tickets for the 26th McDonald's All-American High School boys basketball game and the second girls game are on sale.
Both games will be played March 26, 2003 at Gund Arena at 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., respectively.
Ticket prices range from $10 to $50 and are available at the Gund Arena box office and all Ticketmaster ticket center locations or by calling (330) 747-1212.
REGION
Branyan needs shoulder surgery
CINCINNATI -- Cincinnati Reds infielder-outfielder Russell Branyan will need surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder and is expected to be sidelined four months.
The 26-year-old Branyan was examined Saturday by Dr. Timothy Kremchek, who plans to operate Dec. 3.
Branyan developed a sore shoulder while playing for Licey in the Dominican League, where he hit .205 in 14 games.
Branyan had career highs in games (134), at-bats (378), runs (50), hits (86), home runs (24), RBIs (56) and strikeouts (151) in 2002 while appearing in 50 games for Cleveland and 84 with Cincinnati.
NATION
Jones out after breaking hand
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Arizona Cardinals running back Thomas Jones will miss the rest of the season after breaking his right hand in an accident at his home.
Jones broke the fourth metacarpal bone when his hand struck the edge of a countertop as he reached for a telephone Friday night, the Cardinals said Saturday.
WORLD
Boxing roundup
* DERBY, England -- Johnny Nelson kept his WBO cruiserweight title on a split decision Saturday after struggling through 12 rounds with Panama's Guillermo Jones.
* DORTMUND, Germany -- Vitaly Klitschko stopped Larry Donald in the 10th round Saturday, paving the way for a WBC title fight with Lennox Lewis.
The big Ukrainian caught Donald with a right in the round, sending the American to the canvas for the first time in his career.
High wind wipes out America's Cup
AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- High wind Sunday forced officials to call off racing in the America's Cup challenger series for the second straight day.
Wind gusted regularly above 20 knots and peaked around 29 knots before the race committee decided to abandon racing about 15 minutes after the scheduled start. On Saturday, the challenger repechages were wiped out because of light and shifty wind.
OneWorld of Seattle was scheduled to race New York's Stars & amp; Stripes, and Prada of Italy was to face Sweden's Victory Challenge in the first races of best-of-seven quarterfinal repechages.
The winners of the repechage series will join Alinghi of Switzerland and Oracle of San Francisco in challenger semifinals.
Vindicator staff/wire reports