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National tournamentcoming to Trumbull
VIENNA -- The Pony National Tournament of Champions will be held in July at the Thunderplex, 812 Youngstown-Kingsville Road.
Trumbull County commissioners and Thunderplex owners Godfrey and David Anderson planned to announce the event today. It's a fast pitch softball tournament for girls 15 and under.
This tournament, they said, will bring in more than 200 teams from across the United States. It is expected to generate $8 million in local revenue during the tournament week, July 24-30, they said.
College roundup
*GROVE CITY, Pa. -- Grove City College senior linebacker Mike Choby earned a spot on the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Southwest Region First Team.
Choby led the Presidents' Athletic Conference with 107 total tackles and became Grove City's all-time leading tackler with 350 stops. A four-year starter, Choby also had 12.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks this season. He also intercepted a pass, blocked one punt and forced two fumbles.
*GROVE CITY, Pa. -- Both the Grove City College men's and women's swimming and diving teams are ranked in this week's CollegeSwimming.com national Division III poll.
The men's team is ranked 17th with 177.06 rating points while the women's team is ranked 19th with 152.27 rating points. Emory University (Ga.) is ranked first in both polls.
*NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. -- The Westminster College men's and women's swimming teams are ranked in the most recent NCAA Division III national team rankings, compiled by Collegeswimming.com. The women's team (4-2, 1-1 PAC) is ranked 11th in the nation, while the men's team (6-0, 2-0 PAC) is 13th.
*NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - The Westminster College women's soccer team has earned the 2004 College Women's Team Academic Award from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA).
The NSCAA Team Academic Award is given to teams with cumulative grade-point averages of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale. The Titans posted a cumulative GPA of 3.47.
*GREENVILLE, Pa. -- Thiel College junior Kyle Brown earned his third Presidents' Athletic Conference Wrestler of the Week honor in four weeks after posting a 4-1 record and finishing second at the Ohio Northern University Invitational on Saturday.
Brown is 18-3 on the season.
*GREENVILLE, Pa. -- Thiel College senior forward Kristen Benjamin was named the Presidents' Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week.
Benjamin averaged 19.3 points, 7.0 rebounds, 3.0 steals and 1.7 blocks while leading the Tomcats to a 2-1 record last week.
*NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Westminster College sophomore men's swimming standout Ryan Trunk has been selected as Presidents' Athletic Conference Men's Swimmer of the Week for the week.
Trunk, a sprint freestyle specialist, earned PAC Swimmer of the Week honors for the second time this season after leading Westminster to wins over PAC foe Bethany and Division II Slippery Rock. He won both the 100 (48.47) and 200 freestyle (1:48.68) events against the Bison, then captured the 50 freestyle (22.58) and 500 freestyle (5:01.47) versus the Rockets.
REGION
Bradley in jail
CUYAHOGA FALLS -- Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Milton Bradley began serving a three-day jail sentence on Wednesday for driving away while being issued a speeding ticket more than a year ago.
Bradley's appeals in the case were exhausted last week when the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the trial judge did not unfairly sentence him. He also argued that the offense did not merit jail time and would hurt him professionally.
Bradley, 26, was a member of the Cleveland Indians when he was charged with driving 52 mph in a 25-mph zone when he was arrested Aug. 30, 2003, in Cuyahoga Falls in northeast Ohio.
Police said Bradley was issued a speeding ticket but would not sign it, rolled up his window and drove away.
Bradley pleaded guilty earlier this year to a charge of obstructing official business, a misdemeanor. He was sentenced to the jail time, 40 hours' community service and a $250 fine.
His attorney, Scott Dean, did not immediately return a message seeking comment Wednesday.
The outfielder faces a Feb. 22 trial in Barberton Municipal Court on a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct stemming from a Nov. 25 arrest for interfering with someone else's traffic stop. If convicted, he could receive 30 days in jail or a $250 fine.
Court rulesfor protesters
COLUMBUS -- The arrest of five individuals protesting the Cleveland Indians' Chief Wahoo emblem as a racist depiction did not violate the protesters' free speech rights, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
The court's 5-2 decision upheld the city of Cleveland's decision to arrest the protesters in April 1998 after they burned an effigy of Chief Wahoo outside Jacobs Field in downtown Cleveland.
Vindicator staff/wire reports