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Athletes earn degrees
YOUNGSTOWN -- Eight Youngstown State student-athletes earned degrees at Saturday's summer commencement.
Graduates included Marlon Williamson (men's basketball), Brad Ziegler (baseball), Nichole Hamstreet (women's golf), Christie Zetts (women's basketball), Eugene Mintze (football), Gabby Ferrell (volleyball), Ken Baun (football) and Larry Williams (football).
Cross country
YOUNGSTOWN -- Youngstown State will play host to the Horizon League cross country championships Nov. 1 at Boardman High School. It is the first time the Penguins will host a Horizon League championship in any sport.
LOCAL
Thiel's Davis earns preseason honors
GREENVILLE, Pa. -- Thiel College junior defensive back Kennard Davis, a Farrell High graduate, was named to D3football.com's preseason All-America team for the second straight year.
Davis earned first team All-President's Athletic Conference honors last season after recording five interceptions and 60 tackles.
Correction
Anthony Colaluca of Fitch was misidentified in a story previewing the area's top boys soccer players last week. Also, Colaluca's position is forward.
REGION
Hamilton winsPWBA crown
AKRON -- Samantha Hamilton defeated Michelle Feldman 226 to 218 to win last weekend's Professional Women's Bowling Association Northeast Region Open at AMF Riviera Lanes.
In other matches, Chele Schirmer beat Teri Haefke (218-176) and Jackie Mitskavich (239-205) before falling to Feldman (250-196).
Aeros win 6-4
AKRON -- Ryan Church hit a two-run single in the first inning and Eric Crozier had a home run as the Akron Aeros beat the Reading Phillies 6-4 in the Eastern League.
Pitt to hosttournament
PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh will play host to an unconventional six-team college basketball tournament just before Christmas that will find the Panthers playing four home games in six days.
Tournament promoters are still working out the final details, but Pitt will play at home on Dec. 17, 19, 20 and 22, before the Panthers start their Big East Conference schedule.
Also entered are Florida State, Wagner, Eastern Michigan. Chicago State and Murray State.
NATION
No charges
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Criminal charges won't be filed against two of Ted Williams' children who were accused by their brother-in-law of forging a note stating the slugger wanted to be frozen after death.
A laboratory analysis of the note determined Williams' signature appears to be genuine and there is no way forgery could be proved beyond a reasonable doubt, concluded Assistant State Attorney Mark Simpson.
U.S. Open seeds
NEW YORK -- Andre Agassi and Kim Clijsters were seeded No. 1 for the U.S. Open.
Agassi counts the 1994 and 1999 Opens among his eight major titles, while Clijsters is seeking her first Grand Slam victory. They top the current rankings.
The 1998 Open champion, Lindsay Davenport, is No. 3, followed by 2000-01 champion Venus Williams, Amelie Mauresmo and Jennifer Capriati.
After Agassi -- at 33, the oldest man ever ranked No. 1 -- Wimbledon champion Roger Federer is seeded second, with French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero third, and Andy Roddick fourth.
Neither defending champion is entered for the first time since 1971 (Margaret Smith Court, Ken Rosewall). Pete Sampras hasn't played at all since beating Agassi in last year's final, while Williams' younger sister Serena is out after left knee surgery.
Another defector
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- A second Cuban male gymnast defected at the World Championships, joining a teammate who left the Cuban delegation a day earlier.
Charles Leon Tamayo joined teammate Michel Brito Ferrer, whose uncle Ramon Ferrer brought Brito Ferrer to his Los Angeles home Sunday.
Vindicator staff/wire reports