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Swimmers setfor final meet
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Youngstown State swimming and diving team will play host to Canisius at 11:30 a.m. today at the Beeghly Center Natatorium in the Penguins' final home meet of the season.
Admission is free.
LOCAL
Jackson-Miltonreschedules games
NORTH JACKSON -- A basketball event with South Range High School is scheduled at Jackson-Milton High School on Feb. 13.
Boys/girls varsity and junior varsity games are on tap due to previous weather-related cancellations.
The Inter-County League girls JV contest starts at 4 p.m., followed by the boys JV game at 5 p.m.
The girls varsity game starts at 6, followed by the boys varsity game at 7:30 p.m.
Geneva forfeitsthree victories
BEAVER FALLS, Pa. -- Following Geneva's fourth consecutive AMC North victory Wednesday, the Golden Tornadoes were informed they had used an ineligible player in five second-semester games.
As a result, Geneva has forfeited three wins -- over Penn State-Beaver, Seton Hill and Roberts Wesleyan.
Geneva is now 9-12 overall and 2-6 in the league.
Westminster gearsfor alumni game
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. -- The Westminster College women's basketball team will play host to an alumni game today at 11 a.m. at Buzz Ridl Gymnasium, prior to the Westminster-Bethany women's basketball game at 1 p.m.
The game is open to the public and free of charge. All former Westminster players are invited to participate.
REGION
Pirates ink Singleton
PITTSBURGH -- Chris Singleton, who spent part of last season as the Oakland Athletics' starting center fielder, agreed Friday to a minor league contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Singleton, 31, would make $550,000 if he is added to the Pirates' 40-man roster and could earn an additional $200,000 in bonuses.
The Pirates have sought a veteran outfielder since declining to re-sign Matt Stairs, who hit .292 with 20 homers and 57 RBIs as a part-time starter last season.
Stairs signed with the Royals for $1 million -- $100,000 more than he made with Pittsburgh.
Singleton hit .245 with 24 doubles and 36 RBIs in 120 games with Oakland last season, making a team-leading 82 starts in center field, plus three in right and one in left.
NATION
Pitino gets answers,ready to coach again
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Rick Pitino refused to disclose the medical problem that forced him to take a two-day leave from Louisville but insisted there was nothing seriously wrong with him.
"There is a diagnosis to it all, but it's really not worth going into," Pitino said Friday. "All I can say is this will not take away from me coaching Louisville for another eight or 10 years. I've got a clean bill of health."
The 51-year-old Pitino rejoined his team Thursday after two days of tests at the Cleveland Clinic to find the cause of a "urological-related" pain that has persisted in his left side for months. Pitino announced Tuesday that the source of the pain was not cancer-related or life-threatening.
"I know what I don't have, but I had to have answers," Pitino said of his visit to the clinic.
But Pitino said he was still feeling discomfort.
"I have a few minor problems that are causing the pain, but we'll get through it," Pitino said. "I think I'll be fine."
Pitino first noticed the pain while playing golf with friends last August. He put off treatment for three months, then finally went for tests at Louisville's Jewish Hospital. He said doctors there ruled out prostate and bladder cancer, but still gave him "a little bit of a scare."
Pitino cited several reasons for going to the Cleveland Clinic -- to protect his privacy, to address the condition quickly and to avoid the temptation of coaching his team.
U.S. aids Greecein Olympic security
ATLANTA -- Greek police will use a Georgia company's computer simulation in its security training for the Athens Olympics.
The system, which is similar to a high-tech video game, was developed by Suwanee, Ga.-based Firearms Training Systems, Inc. It consists primarily of a large monitor and a weapon that has been reconfigured to shoot a laser beam rather than bullets. The program measures the shooter's accuracy, breathing and hip movement.
The company announced the $429,000 contract on Friday.
The monitor -- from 12-feet to 40-feet wide and at least 10-feet high -- shows situations that law enforcement officers and soldiers might encounter from a standoff to an airport disaster. One training exercise is based on the 1999 Columbine High School shootings in Colorado.
"The level of tension can be elevated in these scenarios," said Ron Mohling, the chief executive officer of the company, which uses the acronym FATS. "That's the difference between it and a video game. I mean, an officer can come out sweating."
The Greek Hellenic Police are paying to upgrade its systems in time for August.
Vindicator staff/wire reports