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Volleyball
YOUNGSTOWN -- Youngstown State hit .306 and swept St. Francis (Pa.) 30-16, 32-30, 30-24 Tuesday.
Colleen Royer collected her 10th double-double of the season for the Penguins (8-9) with 12 kills and 13 digs while Annie Buschur had 12 kills and hit .500.
Lori Lyman had 10 digs while Beth Boscarelli had a career-high 17 digs.
LOCAL
Warren Hardingremains atop poll
COLUMBUS -- Once again, Warren Harding is the top-ranked team in Division I in the weekly Associated Press Ohio high school football poll.
Warren Harding (6-0) will play at Boardman (5-1), which is ranked No. 8, on Friday.
Hubbard (No. 8) and Poland (No. 10) in Div. III, and Lowellville (No. 6) in Div. VI were also ranked in the top 10.
New Castle (No. 10 in Class AAA) and Farrell (No. 4 in Class A) were cited in the Pennsylvania poll.
Boardman girlswin SVC title
BOARDMAN -- The Boardman High girls golf team won the Steel Valley Conference crown for the ninth straight season.
The Spartans wrapped up the SVC title recently by scoring 179 points. Mooney (188), Ursuline (211), Austintown Fitch (234) and Warren Harding (249) followed.
Boardman's Carly Karzmer was medalist with an even-par 36 at Avalon Golf Course. The Spartans' Betsy Beraduce shot a 44, while Katie Dick of Mooney carded a 45 and Meghan Yanik of Boardman a 46.
Thiel's Petersonnamed for soccer
GREENVILLE, Pa. -- Thiel College senior Jess Peterson, a graduate of Reynolds High, was named the Presidents' Athletic Conference women's soccer player of the week.
Peterson scored five goals as Thiel went 2-0.
PAC honorsthree Titans
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. -- Three Westminster College athletes have been honored by the Presidents' Athletic Conference as athletes of the week.
Joe Bianco was named the league's football defensive player of the week while Kevin Humberston was tabbed in men's soccer and Sara Ialongo was picked in women's cross country.
REGION
Penguins lose 7-2
PITTSBURGH -- Ivan Huml scored three goals and the Boston Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7-2 Tuesday night.
Freeman leavesBucs for Padres
PITTSBURGH -- Dick Freeman, the Pittsburgh Pirates' executive vice president and chief operating officer, is returning to his old job as president of the San Diego Padres. Freeman worked for the Padres from 1981-95, serving at various times as president, executive vice president and chief operating officer.
NATION
NHL trade
DENVER -- The Colorado Avalanche traded forwards Chris Drury and Stephane Yelle to the Calgary Flames for defenseman Derek Morris in a five-player deal. Colorado also got forwards Dean McAmmond and Jeff Shantz.
Jets havehighest payroll
NEW YORK -- The New York Jets, who spent lavishly in the last six weeks to re-sign three key players, have the NFL's highest payroll at $87,343,231.
The Green Bay Packers' payroll of $39,720,069 is the lowest, according to figures compiled by the NFL Players Association.
Tapia loses belt
EAST ORANGE, N.J. -- Johnny Tapia was stripped of his International Boxing Federation featherweight belt. Tapia, required to defend his IBF title by Oct. 27, instead scheduled a Nov. 2 nontitle bout against Marco Antonio Barrera.
Safe walls installed
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- A version of the SAFER barrier installed earlier this year at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, is in place for Sunday's EA Sports 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.
The track has installed the Steel and Foam Energy Reduction system on the inside retaining wall of its 2.66-mile oval, extending from the exit of Turn 4, along the main straightaway and trioval and into the first turn -- a distance of about 3,000 feet.
WORLD
Tennis roundup
* MOSCOW -- Wimbledon finalist David Nalbandian lost to Rainer Schuttler 7-6 (6), 6-4 in the Kremlin Cup first round.
* TOKYO -- Tenth-seeded Jan-Michael Gambill was upset by Takao Suzuki 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the Japan Open first round, where heavy rain and strong winds wiped out several matches.
Club changes
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- Golf's rule-making body is limiting the spring-like effect on drivers at next year's British Open to bring it in line with the other three majors. The Royal & amp; Ancient Club said new technology such as thin-faced, so-called "hot" drivers, were giving some players an unfair advantage.
Vindicator staff/wire reports