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Swimming
YOUNGSTOWN -- Matt Anderson has been selected as swimming and diving coach.
Anderson spent the last four seasons as assistant coach at Ohio State, where he was recruiting coordinator and oversaw the sprint groups.
Anderson was also assistant swim coach at Northern Illinois, where he was a four-year letter winner.
Women's basketball
YOUNGSTOWN -- Coach Tisha Hill officially announced Thursday that Karin Nicholls, Kara Wile and Amy Waugh have joined her staff as assistant coaches.
LOCAL
Morocco selected
YOUNGSTOWN -- Petrina Morocco, a member of the Cardinal Mooney High softball team, will compete with an all-star softball team in the Dominican Republic next month.
Players from the United States will play on the team which will compete against other U.S. and international squads.
She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Morocco of North Lima and is coached at Mooney by Mark Rinehart.
REGION
Fusion play Saturday
CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Fusion (5-1) will travel to Kalamazoo, Mich., to play SW Michigan Jaguars (3-3) Saturday at 7:05 p.m.
The Fusion are in playoff contention, trailing the Detroit Demolition in the Great Lakes Division (6-0) by one game.
Cleveland is ranked first and second in the National Women's Football Association offense and defense power rankings, respectively.
Aeros win 4-2
AKRON -- Eric Crozier hit an RBI double in the eighth inning, then scored on a wild pitch as the Akron Aeros beat the Trenton Thunder 4-2.
McLean remainsColumbus coach
COLUMBUS -- After their midseason shakeup, the Columbus Blue Jackets chose a steady course Friday by keeping Doug MacLean as coach for the team's upcoming fourth season. He will remain president and general manager.
MacLean, 49, fired coach Dave King in January and named himself interim coach. King had gone 64-106-21-13 in two and a half years as the franchise's first head coach.
NATION
Three share lead
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. -- Bobby Wadkins, Mike San Filippo and John Jacobs shot 2-under 68s to share the first-round lead in the in the Senior PGA Championship.
Defending champion Fuzzy Zoeller shot a 69, and Craig Stadler had a 70 in his senior debut.
Neuheisel will fightto keep job
SEATTLE -- Washington coach Rick Neuheisel told coaches and players he would fight to keep his job, a day after he acknowledged breaking NCAA rules by betting on the NCAA basketball tournament.
The Seattle Times reported that Neuheisel participated in informal NCAA basketball pools the past two years.
Two NCAA investigators and one from the Pac-10 questioned him Wednesday after receiving a tip that he put up $5,000 and won about $20,000 by picking Maryland in 2002.
Bucs' Pittmancharged with assault
MESA, Ariz. -- Michael Pittman of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers has been charged with aggravated assault after police say he rammed a car carrying his wife, their son and a baby sitter.
Kobe Bryantmay need surgery
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant has a tear in the tissue around his right shoulder socket that might require surgery.
The tear was discovered during an MRI exam Wednesday at Kerlan Jobe Medical Center.
Scheckter takes pole
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Tomas Scheckter took the pole for the Indy Racing League's Bombardier 500, turning a lap at 219.300 mph on the 1 1/2-mile Texas Motor Speedway.
Airton Dare broke his right arm and right leg when his car slammed twice into the wall and spun out of control during a practice session.
Vindicator staff/wire reports