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Football
ST. LOUIS -- Linebacker Mike Andrews and kicker Brian Palmer received player of the week awards from the Gateway Football Conference.
Andrews (6-foot-1, 228 pounds), a senior from Oldsmar (Fla.), recorded 10 tackles, had an interception to set up the game-tying field goal and recovered a fumble on a late YSU interception to seal the Penguins' 20-17 win over Saturday.
Brian Palmer (5-11, 170), a freshman from Mineral Ridge, made a two field goals in the fourth quarter. Palmer made a 26-yard kick with 6:04 remaining to tie the score at 17, then converted the game-winner with 3:52 to go.
Soccer
BUFFALO -- Youngstown State (0-12) lost to Canisius 2-0 Sunday at the Demske Sports Complex.
Shannon Shumpe and Amanda Janosky scored goals for Canisius (3-7).
Canisius outshot the Penguins 18-5 and held a 6-2 advantage in shots on goal. YSU's Jessica Yarter finished with four saves while Canisius goalie Jenna Gage had two.
Cross country
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Senior Nick Kruse finished 18th with a time of 25 minutes, 36 seconds, to lead Youngstown State's men's team to a 14th-place finish at the Notre Dame Invitational.
Senior Emily Cicero placed 44th for the women's squad with a time of 18:59.
Nick Smith placed second for the men and 54th overall (26:09), while Nick Buzek was 73rd (26:21). Dave Mealy finished 78th in 26:25 and R.D. Goodright was 125th in 27:14.
Gina Mavrikis finished 114th in 19:53, and Marielle Glanz was 176th in 22:07. Amy Moore was 177th in 22:12 and Madelyn McGhee finished 182nd in 23:20.
LOCAL
Chaney football
YOUNGSTOWN -- Chaney High's football game against Wooster Triway will be played Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Triway.
The game was incorrectly noted in Sunday's editions.
Herron player of week
YOUNGSTOWN -- Warren Harding High's Dan Herron was named Steel Valley Conference football player of the week.
In the Raiders' 42-7 win over Ursuline, Herron, a 5-foot-10, 180-pound junior, rushed for 281 yards and five touchdowns.
Minto KOs Maddalone
TAMPA -- Brian "The Beast" Minto was nearly perfect Saturday night, stopping Vincent Maddalone at 1:21 of the seventh round on the undercard of the Antonio Tarver-Roy Jones Jr. fight.
Minto, from Butler, Pa. improved to 21-1 with 12 knockouts, and defeated Maddalone (25-3) for the second time in 14 months.
From the opening bell Minto, managed by Pat Nelson, dominated the fight with a persistent attack that had the free swinging Maddalone constantly backing up.
In the first round Minto's straight rights and left hooks opened a cut under Maddalone's left eye.
Maddalone opened a slight cut under Minto's right eye in the second round. The third round turned into a slugfest with Minto scoring with his left jab and several left hook and right cross combinations which opened a cut under Maddalone's right eye.
In the seventh, Minto continued to hit Maddalone, landing a series of left hooks without response from Maddalone.
"I came here in excellent shape and I knew that I had to take the fight to Vinnie," said Minto.
Nelson believes the win will give Minto a big-time fight.
"This win should definitely give Brian another HBO television shot and I would like to put him in with a big name former world champion coming down the ladder, namely an Evander Holyfield or Riddick Bowe, before we start taking on the top people of the heavyweight division," said Nelson.
Page's streak snapped
COLUMBUS -- An eight fight winning streak ended for Warren cruiserweight Zack Page in the eight round co-feature of an eight bout card at Nationwide Arena Saturday night.
Page (9-3), looking to move up in competition, lost a unanimous decision to Columbus cruiserweight Mike Alexander (10-0).
Page seemed to have an early edge in the fight with Alexander coming on very strong in the middle and late rounds.
Two judges voted 79-73 for Alexander and one voted 78-74. In the main event Chad Van Sickle (20-1-2, 12 KOs) from Grove City, Ohio, stop Jeff Yeuman of Lafayette, Ind. (19-4, 8 KOs) to win the NABA cruiserweight championship.
REGION
Blue Jackets lose
COLUMBUS -- Scott Walker and Ryan Suter each had a goal and an assist to lead Nashville to a 4-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday.
Kimmo Timmonen and Steve Sullivan added goals for the Predators. Paul Kariya and Martin Erat each had two assists for Nashville, which went 4-3-0 during the exhibition season.
Penguins roll
PITTSBURGH -- Mario Lemieux had a goal and assisted on three power-play goals to help the Pittsburgh Penguins finish their preseason schedule with a 7-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday night.
Vindicator staff/wire reports