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Fitch's Terzakselects Tiffin
AUSTINTOWN -- Austintown Fitch High senior volleyball player Rachel Terzak will continue her career at Tiffin.
Terzak, a three-year starter for the Falcons, was a first team Division I all-district selection and a second team all-Federal League player. She earned first team All-Steel Valley Conference and second team all-district honors as a junior.
Terzak helped the Falcons to two state tournament appearances and three district titles.
Umpire's meeting
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Youngstown Metro Umpire Association will hold a OHSAA baseball/softball meeting today at 1:15 p.m. at St. Nicholas Activity Center, 3801 Shady Run Road.
Rule changes wull be addressed and a business meeting will follow. Umpires must attend four meetings to meet state requirements.
For more information, call John Mang at (330) 502-6665.
Poland wins 6-1
AURORA -- Rob Wyand scored three goals and three assists as the Poland ice hockey team defeated Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy, 6-1, in the third round of the Blue East Tournament.
Jim Pasquine scored three goals and an assist for the Bulldogs, who play Amherst in the tournament title game today at 1:10 p.m. at the Arctic Freeze Arena.
Brett Pitzulo and Josh McCann each had two assists while freshman goalie Joel Hodge recorded the win.
Curbstone Coachesto hear Florak
BOARDMAN -- Mike Florak, Youngstown State's baseball coach, will be the guest speaker when the Curbstone Coaches meet for their noon luncheon Monday at the Lockwood House.
Michalojko bowling
NEW CASTLE -- The Michael "Mickey" Michalojko Scratch Bowling Tournament is Feb. 15 at Colonial Lanes.
The guaranteed first-place prize is $1,500, plus trophy.
Michalojko was the longtime proprietor of Colonial and Shenango Bowl-A-Way, establishing a 50-year-plus career in the bowling industry, as well as one of New Castle's top bowlers in the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
The entry fee is $60. For more, call Colonial (724) 654-5000 or Bowl-A-Way (724) 658-8442.
Baseball Oldtimers
STRUTHERS -- The Youngstown Baseball Oldtimers Association will conduct its monthly meeting Thursday at 3 p.m. at Holiday Bowl.
Jr. Phantoms clinchplayoff spot
WINTERHURST -- The Youngstown Jr. Phantoms (Squirt A Major) clinched a playoff spot with a 6-4 victory Saturday.
The Phantoms who trailed 4-3 early in the third period came from behind with goals from Brandon Nightingale and Riley Emery's second and third goal of the game to seal the win. Jared Taylor and Nick Malvasi also scored for the Phantoms. Emery and Taylor added two assists each, while Nightingale, Mike Roscoe, Mike Haurin, Neil Allen, and Justin Burk also picked up assists.
The Phantoms, who ended the regular season with a seven-game winning streak, finished 10-6-1 overall and 7-5-1 in the CSHL.
NATION
U.S. defeats Honduras
GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- Alecko Eskandarian scored three goals to lead the United States to a 4-3 victory over Honduras on Saturday, setting up a showdown with Mexico for a spot in the Athens Olympics.
The United States won Group A of this regional soccer qualifier and will next play Mexico, most likely before more than 50,000 Mexican fans. Costa Rica next plays Honduras, and the winners of those games Tuesday advance to the Olympics.
The United States played most of the way with 10 men after defender Jose Burciaga Jr. was sent off in the 29th minute.
Fans booed and whistled over the lack of early action, and Kyle Beckerman broke open the sluggish game when he scored from the right side in the 46th minute.
Eskandarian scored on a free kick past the Honduran wall from just beyond the penalty circle after 27 minutes. His second goal came in the 57th minute with goalkeeper John Bodden out of position. He added a third goal in the 69th minute.
Roland Maradiaga scored for Honduras on penalty kicks in the 29th and 71st minutes. Samir Arzu added a third goal in the 75th minute.
With both teams assured of advancing, Honduras rested eight starters and the United States seven, including World Cup team figures DaMarcus Beasley, Landon Donovan and Bobby Convey, who had four goals in the first two games of the tournament.
Earlier, Panama topped Canada 2-1. Both teams already had been eliminated from contention for a berth at the Athens Games. Victor Mirando and Jose Luis Garces scored for Panama. Robert Friend had Canada's goal.
Jarrett wins Shootout
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Dale Jarrett charged from 10th place in a seven-lap sprint Saturday night to win his third Budweiser Shootout, holding off favorite Dale Earnhardt Jr. after his good friend helped Jarrett get to the front on the last of the 70 laps.
Earnhardt, who won the made-for-TV race for the previous year's pole winners and former Shootout champions a year ago, came up 0.157-seconds -- about two car-lengths -- short of doing it again.
The sprint race at the end was set up by a 13-minute, 40-second red flag stoppage brought out when Jeremy Mayfield and Dave Blaney, running 1-2 at the time, crashed coming off turn two on the 21/2-mile Daytona International Speedway oval.
Harvick finished third, followed by Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon, Rusty Wallace, Tony Stewart, Terry Labonte and Jimmie Johnson.
West beats Eastin YoungStars
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Anaheim's Joffrey Lupul scored three goals and Colorado's Philippe Sauve stopped 18 of 21 shots for the Western Conference in a 7-3 victory over the Eastern Conference in the YoungStars game Saturday night.
Lupul, the Mighty Ducks' first-round draft pick in 2002 who is ninth among NHL rookies with eight goals, scored twice in the third period.
But Sauve of the Avalanche was selected the most valuable player.
Andrew Raycroft, Boston's rookie who's in the top 10 in the NHL in victories, save percentage and goals-against average, stopped only 16 of 23 shots.
Vindicator staff/wire reports