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Baseball
YOUNGSTOWN -- Today's game at Duquesne has been canceled due to inclement weather. The Penguins begin a three-game series at Missouri Saturday.
SAAC
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Youngstown State University Intercollegiate Athletics Department's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee rallied around the university's efforts to support the 1.5 million children who have been devastated by the Dec. 26 Tsunami disaster.
The SAAC generated $233 from athletes, coaches, and staff to assist in the relief efforts. The SAAC is comprised of student-athletes from all 18 intercollegiate sports who serve as representatives for all teams and assist the athletic administration in policy-making, as well as work on community outreach projects.
In addition to the Tsunami Relief Campaign, the SAAC sponsored a food drive for Gleaner's Food Bank last fall and will be working with Habitat for Humanity later this month.
LOCAL
Jr. Phantoms lose
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Youngstown Jr. Phantoms bantam travel hockey team lost in their championship game Sunday against Rocky River, 3-2.
Steve Cornich and Don Super each scored a goal, with Jay Young getting two assists.
The Phantoms finished the season with a 16-1-1 record.
St. Rose race
GIRARD -- The St. Rose Athletic Boosters will hold the Joey Winterburn 5K Cougar Challenge Saturday at 9 a.m. in Liberty Park.
The first 100 to pre-register will receive a long sleeve wind shirt. Plaques will be awarded to the top three female and male finishers in each age group.
Pre-registration forms can be picked up at St. Rose Church rectory or at Knightline Embroidery, 16 W. Liberty St.
Competitive Edgecompetition
YOUNGSTOWN -- Students from eight area high schools will compete in a variety of athletic events at Competitive Edge, 1739 S. Raccoon Road, Austintown, Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to celebrate Athletic Trainers Month.
Each team is asked to bring non-perishable items and the team that brings the most will win a Regal Cinema gift certificate. All of the food collected will be donated to Second Harvest Food Bank as part of the Harvest for Hunger campaign taking place this month.
Austintown track club
AUSTINTOWN -- Members of the Austintown Community Track Club competed at the University of Akron's Blue-Gold High School Open Track Meet Sunday.
Nick Panezich, a senior at Springfield High, won the shot put (58 feet, 4 inches) and the weight throw (59-11/2).
Dan Kinsey, a senior at Beaver Local, placed second in the boys long jump (21-33/4) and sixth in the 60 meter hurdles (8.43 seconds).
Alexandra Rathburn, a sophomore at Western Reserve, was sixth in the shot put (38-4) and fourth in the weight throw (36-2).
All three athletes qualified for the Nike Indoor Invitational in Landover, Md., this weekend.
The team is coached by Ed Wilson.
Slammers win event
PEPPER PIKE -- The Club O.N.E. (Ohio North East) girls 12 Slammers won the 12 & amp; under Ursuline College volleyball tournament Sunday.
They went undefeated in five matches, winning all of them in straight sets. Slammers defeated Surge Volleyball Club Silver, 25-20, 25-21, in the championship match.
Members of the team are Molly Zeigler from Parkman, Lea Whitmere from Jackson, Abby Riffee from Mineral Ridge, Mikaela Perrino from Howland and Mary Burt, Nichol Mazzella, McKenzie Patterson and Walters from Girard.
REGION
Steelers re-signWillie Williams
PITTSBURGH -- Cornerback Willie Williams re-signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers for another two years on Monday.
The unrestricted free agent started the final 10 regular-season games last season and both playoff games after starting cornerback Chad Scott injured his knee Oct. 17 against Dallas. Williams finished the season with 57 tackles, one sack and one interception.
Next year will mark Williams' 13th NFL season. He was drafted by the Steelers in 1993 in the sixth round and spent several years with the Seattle Seahawks before returning to Pittsburgh in 2004.
The Steelers released Scott and tight end Jay Riemersma last month in salary-cap moves. The Steelers were only $500,000 under the salary cap at season's end and needed to trim several contracts, partly because of performance bonuses they paid following their 15-1 regular season.
Miami's Mason named MAC defensive player
CLEVELAND -- Chet Mason of Miami (Ohio) was named the Mid-American Conference's defensive player of the year Monday for helping the RedHawks hold opponents to 61 points per game.
Vindicator staff/wire reports