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Championship teamsto be recognized
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Youngstown State men's track and women's golf teams will be honored at halftime of Saturday's football game against Western Kentucky.
Both teams claimed Horizon League championships.
LOCAL
Roadrunners race
The Youngstown Roadrunners annual Pre-Turkey Trot, a 5K (3.1 miles) event, will be held at McMahon Hall at the Metro Parks Farm in Canfield, across from the fair grounds, Nov. 22, starting at 10 a.m.
Entry fee is $10 or $15 the day of the event. The first 200 runners to register will receive long-sleeved T-shirts. Registration will be held at Second Sole Nov. 21 from 12-7 p.m., and race day at McMahon Hall from 8-9:55 a.m. Applications are available at Second Sole. Checks should be made payable to Youngstown Roadrunners Club.
Proceeds will benefit Youngstown State University runners through the YRCC Scholarship Fund.
Awards will be given to the top three overall male and female finishers, the top three in masters (male and female) and the top three in age groups.
Call (330) 482-9230 or (330) 758-7409 for more information.
Knapp citedfor academics
ALLIANCE -- Mount Union College football player Randell Knapp has earned CoSIDA Academic All-District IV College Division honors.
Knapp carries a 3.85 grade point average while majoring in biology. A receiver, Knapp has 50 receptions and 10 touchdowns while leading the team in yards per catch (20.7).
Deville chooses Akron
AKRON -- Leetonia High senior Jessica Deville will continue her basketball career at the University of Akron.
Deville is a two-time All-Ohio selection who averaged 20 points and 14.5 rebounds last season.
She shot 65 percent last year and has the school record for single-season rebounds (348), career rebounds (873) and career points (1,180).
Vidnovic, Beebenamed all-league
Junior outside hitter Natalie Vidnovic of the Geneva College volleyball team earned first-team all-American Mideast Conference honors.
She averaged 2.7 kills per game with a season total of 362. She added 37 blocks and 59 aces.
Brandie Beebe, a junior outside hitter from Malone, was named to the All-AMC South Division first team for the third straight season.
She is among the top 10 in kills in the conference with a 3.72 per-game average.
DiMarco selectedfor academic award
GROVE CITY, Pa. -- Grove City College junior Kate DiMarco earned second team Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-District II College honors in volleyball.
She averaged 1.62 kills and 4.05 digs per game. DiMarco is a two-year starter.
NATION
Stottlemyre returnsas Yankees coach
NEW YORK -- Mel Stottlemyre told the New York Yankees that he decided to stay on as pitching coach for next season, his ninth. Darryl Strawberry was hired as a player development instructor. He will work with the major league team during spring training and with minor leaguers the rest of the year.
Golf roundup
* KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. -- Germany's Alex Cejka and Marcel Siem combined to shoot a 5-under 67 in windy conditions Thursday to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the World Cup.
Wales' Ian Woosnam and Bradley Dredge opened with a 68 in the best-ball round, while the United States' Jim Furyk and Justin Leonard were tied for seventh after a 71 on The Ocean Course.
* MOBILE, Ala. -- Canada's Lorie Kane shot a 2-under 70 in windy conditions to take a one-stroke lead over Australia's Karrie Webb in the LPGA Tournament of Champions.
Kane and Webb were the only players to break par, with the field averaging 75.9 strokes on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail's Crossings Course at Magnolia Grove.
Dorothy Delasin and South Korea's Hee-Won Han opened with 72s, and Scotland's Catriona Matthew had a 73. Two-time defending champion Se Ri Pak was six strokes back at 76.
Michelle Wieaccepts offer
HONOLULU -- Michelle Wie accepted a sponsor exemption to play in the Sony Open in January, putting her in position to become the youngest woman to play in a PGA Tour event. Gov. Linda Lingle said she requested that tournament officials allow Wie, 14, to play in her hometown event, the PGA Tour's first full-field tournament of the year.
Trial postponed
SALT LAKE CITY -- The bribery trial of two Salt Lake City bid leaders was abruptly postponed after a key government witness was assigned a federal defender amid revelations he may have pocketed bid committee funds.
U.S. District Judge David Sam ended the session after a meeting in his chambers with prosecutors and defense lawyers. Sam explained through a court spokeswoman only that the trial would resume Friday.
It wasn't immediately clear how the development might set back the case against bid chief Tom Welch and deputy Dave Johnson, who are accused of showering $1 million in cash, gifts and payments on IOC members who awarded Salt Lake the 2002 Winter Games.
Vindicator staff/wire reports