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Baseball
YOUNGSTOWN -- Youngstown State's doubleheader with Binghamton today has been canceled due to unplayable field conditions. The Penguins will travel to Akron on Wednesday at 3 p.m.
Softball
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Youngstown State-Illinois-Chicago three-game Horizon League series this weekend has been canceled due to poor weather conditions. The Penguins play host to Kent State on Tuesday at 3 p.m. at McCune Park in Canfield.
LOCAL
Poland's O'Halloranto kick for Malone
POLAND -- Poland High kicker Shawn O'Halloran has signed a letter of intent to continue kicking at Malone College.
O'Halloran, the son of Ken and Gwen O'Halloran, was a first-team All-Ohio selection for the Bulldogs. He also received the Archie Griffin award.
Harding's Phiniseeto play at Walsh
NORTH CANTON -- Joe Phinisee, a senior at Warren Harding High School, will continue his football career at Walsh University in the fall. Phinisee is a 5-foot-11, 170-pound defensive back.
Hulea to speakat East High banquet
BOARDMAN -- Paul Hulea, Poland High football coach, will be the guest speaker at the 16th annual East High All-Sports Hall of Fame Banquet on April 25 at 6 p.m. at Mr. Anthony's.
Hulea is the son of Nick Hulea, who played football for East High and Youngstown State and is a member of the East Hall of Fame.
Tickets are $18 each and may be obtained from Bob Wayland by calling (330) 782-2472.
Information regarding the publication of business ads, congratulatory remarks or messages in the banquet program may be obtained from Virginia Reto by calling (330) 758-9248.
Women's bowlingtourney entries
YOUNGSTOWN -- Entries for the Youngstown Women's Bowling Association's 62nd city tournament and fifth annual 9-pin no-tap tournament close today.
The city tournament's four-woman team event will be at Boardman Lanes, while singles and doubles events are slated for Holiday Bowl. Entry fee is $16. The city tourney runs May 8-15.
The no-tap is a three-woman team event at Boardman. The fee is also $16. The 9-pin runs May 7-15. Entries and fees are payable to the YWBA, 2703 Mahoning Ave., Suite 101, Youngstown, 44509.
Umpires meeting
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Youngstown Metro Umpires Association will hold its final OHSAA meeting at the St. Nicholas Activity Center on Monday at 6:15 p.m. For details, call (330) 502-6665.
Game moved to Bethany
BETHANY, W.Va. -- The baseball doubleheader between Bethany and Westminster, scheduled to be played at Westminster today, has been moved to Bethany due to poor field conditions.
The first game will begin at 1 p.m. at Bethany Park. Sunday's single game, which had been scheduled to be played at Bethany, will be at Westminster if weather permits.
Bethany honors
* BETHANY, W.Va. -- Bethany College's Kelley Richardson has been named Eastern College Athletic Conference Southern Player of the Year.
* Sophomore Mike Drahos of the Bethany College men's basketball team has been named to the Eastern College Athletic Conference Southern Basketball All-Star Second Team.
Racing canceled
* MERCER, Pa. -- Mercer Raceway Park has canceled racing action scheduled for today. Saturated grounds from week-long rains and a dreary forecast forced officials to move back the five-division "Saturday Night Live!" opener to April 10.
* SARVER, Pa. -- Friday's races at Lernerville Speedway were rained out and action will pick up April 9 at 7:30 p.m. In addition to the regular card, modified races will be added.
REGION
Tribe opener a sellout
CLEVELAND -- All tickets for the Cleveland Indians home opener on April 12 against the Minnesota Twins have been sold.
This marks the 11th consecutive home sellout for the Tribe. Single-game tickets are still available for the remaining 80 games.
NATION
Nasdaq-100 Openfinals are set
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. -- Two hours before his semifinal, Andy Roddick warmed up on the stadium court, barely breaking a sweat on a cool evening as he traded groundstrokes with coach Brad Gilbert.
Roddick made the match that followed look just as effortless.
Playing nearly flawless tennis against an overmatched opponent, he advanced to the final of the Nasdaq-100 Open for the first time Friday by beating Vince Spadea 6-1, 6-3.
Serena Williams will play for the women's championship today.
Keady stayingto coach Purdue
INDIANAPOLIS -- Purdue coach Gene Keady has declined an offer to coach at the University of San Francisco and will return for his 25th season in West Lafayette, a university spokesman said Friday night.
Vindicator staff/wire reports