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YSU
State championchooses Penguins
YOUNGSTOWN -- All-Ohio sprinter Brian Ryman of Old Fort High School will continue his academic and track careers at Youngstown State University.
Ryman, the 2003 Division III State Champion in the 100 (11.06) and 200-meter dashes (21.90), will be looked upon to fill the shoes of Eugene Harris, who capped off his Penguin career being named the Horizon League‚s Outstanding Running Performer at the 2003 Outdoor Championships and after winning the 100 and 200 for the second consecutive year.
LOCAL
Shaw named all-star
NORTH JACKSON -- Tim Shaw, a senior basketball player for Jackson-Milton High School, was recently named an all-star at the Keystone State Invitational Basketball Camp.
Area team wins tourney
CLEVELAND -- Former members of the Mahoning Valley Allstars AAU Basketball Organization won the 2003 NBA Hoop-It-Up Championship for players ages 15-younger.
The winning team featured Andy Timko of Canfield, Dustin Opalka of Cortland, Ian Scott of Howland and Zack Repphun of Cortland. Their team went 7-0 over the two-day event.
Blue Devils claimflag football title
COLUMBUS -- The Blue Devils went undefeated with six wins to capture the Top Gun division title of the Go Deep 4 on 4 Flag Football NIT.
The Blue Devils defeated Kernan Nationwide Insurance 20-19 in the championship game.
The Blue Devils roster consisted of Seth Steiner, A.J. Saul, Charles Williams, Eugene Mintze and Mark Stevenson.
REGION
Gutierrez on DL
CHICAGO -- Cleveland Indians shortstop Ricky Gutierrez was placed on the 15-day disabled list Monday with a career-threatening compression of the spinal cord.
Gutierrez was activated from the 60-day disabled list June 24 after rehabbing from fusion surgery in October on two vertebrae in his upper back and neck. He appeared in 16 games this season, but continued to experience problems.
He is batting .260 with three RBIs. Gutierrez, who has a .268 career average, will not return this season.
He is to meet with team physicians and specialist Kalman Blumberg to discuss his playing future.
The Indians purchased the contract of infielder Angel Santos from Triple-A Buffalo. Santos was acquired July 3 from Boston as the player to be named in the deal June 23 that sent right-hander Jamie Brown to the Red Sox.
Santos was batting .239 for Buffalo with two home runs and eight RBIs.
PENNSYLVANIA
School district bansboys from girls' sports
NEWVILLE, Pa. -- Citing concerns over safety and competitiveness, school board members in the Big Spring School District have voted to prohibit boys from participating on girls teams, but it was unclear what would happen if boys were on the opposing team.
The policy approved by a 7-2 vote Monday night applies to all girls teams, but was written because boys had been participating in field hockey, volleyball and softball.
A survey conducted by the Mid-Penn Conference showed that no other school district in the league has such a policy, although some coaches do not allow boys on female teams.
NATION
Arena player dies
WICHITA, Kan. -- An autopsy did not indicate what killed a 31-year-old arenafootball2 player who collapsed during a game, the Sedgwick County coroner's office said Monday.
Authorities will now await results of toxicology reports on Julian Yearwood, a 6-foot-2, 260-pound fullback/linebacker for the Bakersfield Blitz of the developmental league.
Yearwood passed out while on the bench in the first quarter of a game against the Wichita Stealth on Saturday night.
Staff/wire reports