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5K slatedin Warren
WARREN -- The first Camelot Center Half Way to St. Patty's Day 5-kilometer Race will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at O'Donold's Irish Pub and Grill at 2774 Youngstown Road in Warren.
The running course will extend through residential streets in the Central Parkway area of Warren.
Awards will be presented to the top three overall male and female winners, as well as to the first three finishers in each of six male and female age groups.
The race is sponsored by O'Donold's Irish Pub and Grill and by Rose and Thistle. Post-race festivities will be held at O'Donold's.
Entry forms are available at O'Donold's or online at www.gopherarun.com.
Runners also can register between 8:30 and 9:45 a.m. on race day at O'Donold's.
Correction
YOUNGSTOWN -- A story in Friday's editions mistakenly said the Ursuline High boys soccer team had not defeated Mooney in eight years. Mooney won all the games against the Irish from 2001-04, but the Irish won in 2000. Incorrect information was supplied to the newspaper.
Club Hollywoodcompetes in Ky.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Club Hollywood 17 National team recently competed in the 2005 USA Junior Girls Invitational.
Top teams from Florida, California and Ohio competed. Club Hollywood defeated the Midwest Juniors, Florida Gold Coast and San Francisco Tremors and lost in the bronze semifinals to the eventual champions, Dixie VBC, 25-23,25-23.
Club Hollywood team members are: Tricia Richards, Crestview; Michelle Pelini, Sarah Pelini and Jacci Wyman, Mooney; Aysha Nickles and Hillary Patteson, Girard; Tara Chismar, South Range; and Emily Malmisur, Lakeview. The team was coached by Tom Moore assisted by Richard B. Wyman Jr.
Nickles and Wyman also played on a 16 national team that competed in the AAU nationals in Orlando, Fla.
REGION
Minor leaguer Stanford arrested
CLEVELAND -- Cleveland Indians minor league pitcher Jason Stanford was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, police said.
Police spokesman Sgt. Dan Gelmarini said he had no other information, including the time of the arrest or where it took place. The Indians released a statement that said the arrest took place downtown early Saturday.
"While we are disappointed in Jason's lack of judgment and self-control, we will refrain from further comment out of respect to the judicial system," general manager Mark Shapiro said.
The left-hander began the season on the disabled list recovering from elbow surgery last year. He was activated last month and split time between Class AA Akron and AAA Buffalo.
Pens reversescoring dilemma
PITTSBURGH -- When the Pittsburgh Penguins last played, coach Eddie Olcyzk's problem was too little scoring. Now, he's got a couple of lines filled with former All-Stars.
The challenge now is to fit all those scorers -- Mario Lemieux, John LeClair, Mark Recchi, Ziggy Palffy and rookie Sidney Crosby -- into the best possible line combinations.
"To me, this is a challenge and I wouldn't want to be in any other position," said Olcyzk, who also said it was far too early to talk about his game plan.
The Penguins finished last in the 2003-04 mostly because a team that has been known for scorers since the late 1980s put the puck in the net only infrequently.
A defenseman, Dick Tarnstrom, led the team in scoring for the first time in its history with 52 points and rookie Ryan Malone was the only 20-goal scorer on a team that was held to 190 goals.
Rules changes designed to create more goals in a sport that has seen goal-scoring drop precipitously in the last 10 years should benefit a team like the Penguins.
"We all care about one thing and that's trying to win," right wing Mark Recchi said. "I was in the same situation in Philly and there are always enough pucks, guys are playing their roles ... and they're going to be happy with whatever they get."
The Penguins aren't looking only to their forwards for scoring. Tarnstrom is back after being awarded $1.6 million in salary arbitration and offensive-minded defenseman Sergei Gonchar, formerly of the Capitals, signed a $25 million, five-year contract.
"They brought in some good people that are more interested in the winning aspect of the game," Recchi said. "Obviously, everybody wants to play, but they're going to do whatever it takes."
Though most of their scorers are well into their 30s -- Lemieux turns 40 on Oct. 5 -- the Penguins should have more scoring than at any time since the 1990s, when Joe Mullen, Ron Francis, Jaromir Jagr, Luc Robitaille, Paul Coffey, Larry Murphy and Rick Tocchet were in their lineup.
NATION
Blues suspend Tkachuk
ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Blues forward Keith Tkachuk failed a physical and was suspended Friday by the team.
General manager Larry Pleau did not elaborate on the status of Tkachuk, but said he was expected to return to the team.
The 33-year-old left wing had 33 goals and 38 assists in 2003-04, the last season before the lockout. He has scored 431 goals and added 401 assists in his career.
The Blues' first full-squad workout is Saturday, and the team opens the preseason Wednesday at home against the Predators.
Mets' 1969 MVPClendenon dies
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Donn Clendenon, the power-hitting first baseman who was the most valuable player in the New York Mets' 1969 World Series victory, died Saturday after a long fight with leukemia. He was 70.
A spokesman from the George Boom Funeral Home confirmed the death.
Clendenon hit three home runs and had four RBIs in the Mets' five-game victory over the Baltimore Orioles. He hit .274 with 159 home runs and 682 RBIs in 12 seasons in the major leagues with Pittsburgh, Montreal, the Mets and St. Louis.
"He was a true gentleman and an integral part of the 1969 team. We knew he had been sick a long time, and on behalf of the Wilpons and the entire Mets organization we send our condolences to his entire family," Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz said.
After retiring from baseball in 1972, Clendenon earned a law degree and moved to Sioux Falls in the summer of 1987. He said in a 1987 interview that he worked at law firms in Washington, D.C., and Chicago before "getting tired of the big cities."
Clendenon joined the Mets midway through the 1969 season.
The Orioles were ahead 3-0 in Game 5 of the World Series when Mets manager Gil Hodges emerged from the dugout to argue that a ball thrown by Baltimore's Dave McNally hit Mets outfielder Cleon Jones in the foot.
Hodges grabbed the shoe-polish smudged ball and proved that Jones was indeed struck, setting the stage for Clendenon. The first baseman stepped to the plate and hit a two-run homer, and the Mets eventually went on to win 5-3.
Clendenon recounted the 1969 season in his book, "Miracle In New York," in which he also talked about growing up in Atlanta, earning his law degree and battling drug addiction as he neared his 50s.
Clendenon, born in Neosho, Mo., told The Associated Press in 1989 that he has used his varied experiences to help young people.
"I like working with kids," Clendenon said. "I've played major league baseball, I'm a lawyer, I've had an education, I'm an addict, so I can related to them."
Vindicator staff/wire reports