LOCAL

LOCAL
Chaney spikerssplit matches
YOUNGSTOWN -- Amanda Furey scored eight points as the Niles High volleyball team defeated Chaney, 9-15, 15-11, 15-10.
Also for Niles (3-13), Sara Gedeon had four kills, Stacia Ray seven digs and Shannon Floyd 10 assists.
For Chaney, Angela Armstrong had 20 assists and two kills, Megan Simstad six aces and eight digs and Courtney Williams eight kills.
Thursday, Chaney defeated Ursuline, 15-3, 12-15, 15-11. Lindsay Simstad had eight kills for the Cowboys (7-12).
Lauren Reinhardt collected six kills for the Irish (5-11).
Badger wins
KINSMAN -- Nathan Raught and Kyle Arnold scored goals Friday as the Badger High soccer team defeated Bristol, 2-0.
Raught's goal for the Braves (2-11) came on an assist from Arnold with eight minutes remaining in the half. Arnold scored on an assist from Raught with 25 minutes remaining.
Badger had 35 shots on goal, compared to two for the Panthers.
Keeper Josh Dagres made two saves for Badger while Bristol's Tim Fike made 18 saves.
REGION
Shapiro setsSkinner meeting
CLEVELAND -- Indians general manager Mark Shapiro will meet this weekend with Joel Skinner, Cleveland's interim manager since July 11, to discuss the past season and the club's future.
"It's time for us to sit down and talk about things," Shapiro said Friday.
Skinner is on a short list of candidates that Shapiro is considering as Cleveland's next full-time manager. Shapiro said he isn't viewing his meeting with Skinner as a job interview, but conceded that it could lead to Skinner becoming the Indians' next manager.
Skinner took over as Cleveland's manager the day after the All-Star break. He replaced Charlie Manuel, who was fired by Shapiro after he demanded to know if he was going to have a job beyond 2002.
Skinner, 41, led the Indians to a 35-41 record after taking over from Manuel.
Penguins sign Alexandre Daigle
PITTSBURGH -- Forward Alexandre Daigle, who walked away from hockey at age 25 two years ago before trying out with Pittsburgh this year, signed a contract with the Penguins on Friday.
Daigle signed a one-year deal worth $700,000 and could receive bonuses depending on his performance.
NATION
Mayfair sharesMichelob lead
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- Billy Mayfair shot a bogey-free, 8-under 63 Friday and grabbed a share of the second-round lead in the Michelob Championship with David Duval.
Duval shot a 69 and was at 9-under 133. First-round co-leader Hidemichi Tanaka was one shot back after a 70.
Loren Roberts, Corey Pavin and Charles Howell III were among a group of six at 135. Roberts shot a bogey-free 69 that ended with 11 consecutive pars.
Also at 135 were Brandt Jobe, Jose Coceres and Peter Jacobsen.
Kerr leads
VALLEJO, Calif. -- Cristie Kerr capped a course-record 64 with her second eagle of the round and took a one-shot lead over Annika Sorenstam after two rounds of the Samsung World Championship.
Kerr's 8-under round at Hiddenbrooke Golf Club left her at 12 under for tournament.
She chipped in from off the green on the par-5 18th to complete her round with a birdie-birdie-eagle finish.
Sorenstam, who had seven birdies in a 67, was at 11 under, one stroke ahead of Rosie Jones, who shot a 66.
3 seniors tied
KAHUKU, Hawaii -- Steve Stull bogeyed his final two holes in a 4-under 68 that left him in a three-way tie for the lead after the first round of the Turtle Bay Championship.
Jim Albus and R.W. Eaks also had 68s at the Turtle Bay Resort's 7,044-yard oceanside Palmer Course.
Defending champion Hale Irwin was one stroke back with Gary McCord, Jose Maria Canizares, Mike Smith, Morris Hatalsky, Bruce Summerhays, Mark Pfeil and Rodger Davis.
NASCARwashed out
TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Jimmie Johnson will be in familiar company Sunday when he starts from the pole in the EA Sports 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.
Johnson, who earned a pole for the April race on the 2.66-mile oval with a lap of 186.532 mph, got this one sitting in his motorhome Friday as rain washed out qualifying.
The order of the 43-car field was determined by season points. That put Johnson, the first rookie to lead the Winston Cup standings, in front. It also left the six drivers in the closest championship chase in NASCAR history facing a tight knot at the head of the field.
Mark Martin, who trails Johnson by only 11 points, will be alongside the rookie on the front row, with Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon in the second row and teammates Rusty Wallace and Ryan Newman -- another rookie -- behind them.
Vindicator staff/wire reports