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Baseball
CHICAGO -- Illinois-Chicago rallied from a 7-4 deficit over the final four innings to defeat YSU 12-8 Sunday.
The Flames (12-11) improved to 5-1 in the Horizon League, while the Penguins fell to 8-16, 2-4.
Erich Diedrich and Brent Parks homered for YSU, and Josh Page had three hits.
Bart Babineaux hit two home runs and Larry Gempp Jr. homered and doubled twice for UIC.
Diedrich and Lou Gattozzi put the Penguins up 1-0 in the first with back-to-back doubles, but Gempp Jr. hit a leadoff home run and Justin Johnson had an RBI groundout in the bottom of the inning to give the Flames a 2-1 lead.
Mike Turjanica countered with a two-run single in the second to put YSU up 3-2, but Babineaux hit a leadoff homer in the fourth and Bryan Nolte hit an RBI single to put UIC ahead 4-3.
The Penguins then jumped ahead 7-4 with five runs in the fifth. With one out, Diedirch hit a two-run home run to center, his sixth of the season.
Parks hit a solo homer two batters later, and Page singled in Justin Banks.
UIC got two unearned runs off reliever Kevin Libeg in the sixth to get within one, and, after a Page RBI double in the seventh, plated five runs on four hits in the seventh inning to go up 11-8. Chad Schroeder gave the Flames an insurance run in the eighth with an RBI double.
Libeg was charged with the loss, allowing seven runs on five hits in one inning. YSU starter Chris Dennis allowed four runs on six hits in four innings.
Adam Worthington picked up his first win of the year for UIC, allowing two runs in 21/3 innings of relief.
The Penguins visit Akron Tuesday at 3 p.m.
LOCAL
Curbstone Coaches
BOARDMAN -- Vindicator sportswriter Tom Williams will speak when the Curbstone Coaches meet Monday at noon at Lockwood House. The public is invited to attend. Information about the group is available on the website www.curbstonecoaches.org.
Bowlers nominated
YOUNGSTOWN -- Fourteen local bowlers have been nominated for consideration for induction into the 2006 Youngstown Bowling Association Hall of Fame.
The HOF committee will meet on April 22 to select up to four nominees for this year's induction.
The nominees are: Ray "Cookie" Vens, William D. DeCicco, Fred "Fritz" Freisen, Bob Eisenbraun, John O. Gibson, David J. Miller, Robert J. Malenic, Sonny Petrarca, David A. Shevetz, Jack E. Sommerlad and deceased nominees Matt Korenich, Chester B. Thomas, Jake Millerleile and Stephen J. Scerba.
All new inductees will be honored at the 74th annual Hall of Fame and awards dinner on June 11 at the ITAM Centre.
All-state
SHARON -- Kennedy Christian's David Jackson and Shenango High's Steve McNees were named to the Associated Press Pennsylvania boys basketball all-star teams.
Jackson was first team in Class A and McNees was second team in Class AA.
The 6-7 Jackson, a Penn State recruit, averaged 20.7 points per game, while the 6-3 McNees scored at a 29.0 ppg. clip.
Both players are seniors.
REGION
Buckeyes' Boone charged by police
COLUMBUS -- Ohio State offensive tackle Alex Boone was issued a citation alleging he was driving under the influence early Sunday, coach Jim Tressel said.
The 19-year-old will enter the athletics department's drug and alcohol counseling program as a first-time offender, according to Tressel's statement released by the school.
Circumstances of the citation weren't clear. Columbus police, campus police and the Franklin County jail could not immediately produce records identifying Boone on Sunday.
Boone notified school officials himself, athletic director Steve Snapp said.
"He called one of the coaches to let him know," Snapp said.
Boone will not miss practice or playing time but could face other sanctions, Tressel said.
Coaches told players Saturday to be in bed by 10 p.m., Tressel said.
"I am disappointed that message did not get through to everyone," he said.
The 6-foot-8, 315-pound Boone played in 11 games last fall as a true freshman out of Lakewood St. Edward and was chosen Ohio State's most outstanding first-year offensive player.
NATION
Federer edges Ljubicic in Key Biscayne final
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. -- The men's final at the Nasdaq-100 Open came down to a handful of points, and Roger Federer won them.
Federer came from behind in every tiebreaker to claim the Key Biscayne title for the second year in a row Sunday, beating Ivan Ljubicic 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4), 7-6 (6).
The top-ranked Federer won three tiebreakers in a match for the first time to remain unbeaten since August 2004 in the United States.
Vindicator staff/wire reports