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Volleyball
YOUNGSTOWN -- Youngstown State senior Colleen Royer recorded her second straight 20-kill, 20-dig match with 20 kills and 21 digs, and tallied her 1,00th career kill, but the Penguins (9-17, 1-12 Horizon League) fell to Wright State (15-12, 6-6), 27-30, 21-30, 34-32, 26-30, Saturday at Beeghly Center.
Royer, who became just the seventh player in YSU history to reach 1,000 career kills, now has 1,008 kills.
Senior Annie Buschur had 13 kills with seven blocks, while junior Lori Lyman added 10 kills and six blocks. Senior Beth Boscarelli had 53 assists, 11 digs and eight blocks, and junior Melanie Pounders had nine kills and nine blocks.
For Wright State, Tricia Naseman had 24 kills and 11 digs while McKenzie Tiffin had 17 kills and 15 digs. Eboni Kidd and Kelly Skaro each had 13 kills while Kidd had eight blocks.
YSU plays host to Robert Morris, Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Beeghly Center.
Football luncheon
YOUNGSTOWN -- The final Penguin Club football weekly press luncheon is Tuesday at noon.
LOCAL
Oldtimers meeting
The Youngstown Baseball Oldtimers Association will conduct its monthly meeting Thursday at 3 p.m. at Holiday Bowl. Nominations of officers will be conducted and plans for the annual Christmas party will be on the agenda.
Curbstoners
Tish Hill, women's basketball coach at Youngstown State University, will be the guest speaker of the Curbstone Coaches at its weekly noon luncheon Monday at Lockwood House.
Laurel Mountainchairlifts to run
A Virginia real estate company has entered the resort business for the first time, guaranteeing that chairlifts in a historic but troubled western Pennsylvania ski area will be running this season.
Terms of the sale at auction were not released. The former owner of the Laurel Mountain ski area had been seeking $7.5 million to take over the lease of the property from the state.
The ski area lies within the Laurel Mountain State Park, a 493-acre expanse of vistas that rise 1,300 to 2,800 feet above sea level. The ski resort boasts one of largest vertical drops in Pennsylvania.
Work at the resort, about 55 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, this year will mostly be maintenance, but an extensive marketing campaign and a possible expansion of the facilities and slopes could be on the way.
Corso leads team
Dom Corso threw 14 touchdown passes to lead the Run-N-Shoot team to a repeat championship of the Go Deep/Quick Six Flag Football Recreation Division League.
Corso connected on scoring passes to Wrentie Martin IV, Vince Mileto, Dan Shade and utilityman Rob Wardle Sr. to key wins over Novicky Chiropractic, Killer Bees and North Coast Energy in the double-elimination playoffs.
Mileto and Shade gained honors as Co-Most Valuable Players for the offense. Defensive MVP laurels went to Larry Thompson, who broke up several pass play break-ups.
Westminster wins PAC
GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Westminster College women's soccer team captured its second consecutive Presidents' Athletic Conference title Saturday with a 3-2 win over Grove City.
Westminster (16-6) tied the school record for wins. Grove City (16-4-1) had its school-record 15-game win streak snapped.
Michelle Chovan (Hubbard) scored two goals and Angie DePascale (Howland) scored once for
W & amp;J wins crown
WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Washington & amp; Jefferson captured its first-ever PAC men's soccer championship with 2-0 win over Grove City.
Both W & amp;J goals were scored by junior Mike Chiodo.
NATION
Police offer $10,000 for information
PHOENIX -- Police are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a 20-year-old transient suspected in the death of Cincinnati Reds outfielder Dernell Stenson.
Chandler police spokesman Sgt. Mark Franzen said the investigation is focused on finding David Griffith, whom police consider armed and dangerous.
Stenson, who was playing in the Arizona Fall League, was found dead Wednesday in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler. He had been shot and run over and apparently dragged by his own SUV.
Two men have been arrested in connection with the case.
Within two hours after Stenson's body was found, 43-year-old Kevin Riddle was stopped by police while driving Stenson's SUV, police said.
Riddle remains in custody on a $10,080 bond. He was charged on Friday with possession of stolen property.
Riddle's 19-year-old half brother, Reginald Riddle, is being held on a $500,000 cash bond for homicide, armed robbery, kidnapping, and burglary. He has not yet been formally charged.
Reginald Riddle made an initial court appearance Friday. According to court documents, he admitted his involvement during interviews with police.
Franzen declined to elaborate on what Riddle told authorities.
Kevin Riddle identified himself as a transient to police, and Reginald Riddle listed no address on court paperwork.
Griffith's connection is unclear.
Detectives have declined to identify a motive or to give a detailed account of what happened to Stenson until authorities find Griffith, Franzen said.
Capriati reachessemifinals at WTA
LOS ANGELES -- Jennifer Capriati defeated Anastasia Myskina 7-5, 5-7, 6-4 Saturday to claim the last semifinal spot in the WTA Championships.
Capriati completed round-robin play with a 2-1 record in the Black group after letting most of a 5-1 third-set lead evaporate. She closed out the victory on her fourth match point when Myskina netted a service return.
Amelie Mauresmo didn't have to lift her racket Saturday to advance.
Elena Dementieva defeated Chanda Rubin 4-6, 7-5, 6-1, giving Mauresmo a spot in today's semifinals of the season-ending tournament.
Later Saturday, Justine Henin-Hardenne, who will end the year at No. 1 in the WTA Tour rankings, played Ai Sugiyama in a match that had no impact on the semifinals.
Mauresmo plays Henin-Hardenne in one semifinal; Clijsters and Capriati are in the other.
Zach Thomas out
MIAMI -- Miami Dolphins linebacker Zach Thomas will miss today's game at Tennessee because of an injured groin.
Thomas, who leads the Dolphins with 104 tackles this season, was downgraded to "out" on the team's official injury report Saturday. Thomas was unable to practice with the team on Friday.
Vindicator staff/wire reports