Local Sports Digest

YSU
Volleyball
YOUNGSTOWN -- Youngstown State opens its season Friday at the Dayton Flyer Classic.
The Penguins play Dayton at 7 p.m., then match up with IUPUI at noon and Southern Illinois at 5 p.m.
Alumni Relations
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Office of Alumni Relations at Youngstown State will host a series of Terrace Dinners prior to all of the home football games.
The dinners are held on the terrace located on the south side of Stambaugh Stadium. The cost is $9 for Alumni Society members and $10 for non-members. For more information call (330) 941-3497.
Athletics
YOUNGSTOWN -- Reservations can be made for the Penguin Club Press Conference Luncheons.
The first luncheon is Tuesday at noon at the DeBartolo Stadium Club. The luncheons are held each Tuesday throughout the season.
Fans can make reservations each week prior to 3 p.m. Monday by calling the Sports Information Office at (330) 941-7292 or (330) 941-3192.
Individual tickets are $5 for Penguin Club members and $7 for non-members.
Season passes are $50 for Penguin Club members and $70 for non-members. Passes are available through the ticket office at (330) 941-1YSU.
REGION
Browns trade
CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Browns acquired defensive back Therrian Fontenot from Green Bay for wide receiver Carlton Brewster Tuesday, to give their injury-riddled secondary some depth.
Fontenot, an undrafted rookie free agent last season, appeared in one game on special teams and spent the rest of the year on the Packers' practice squad.
The Browns needed to add a defensive back because of injuries to cornerbacks Gary Baxter and Daylon McCutcheon, who both may not be ready for the season opener Sept. 10.
Brewster was signed by the Browns in May as an undrafted rookie free agent out of Ferris State. He caught three passes for 21 yards in two preseason games.
NATION
LLWS roundup
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- Josh Ferry pitched a one-hit shutout as Lemont, Ill. topped Columbus, Ga. 2-0, in the Little League World Series Tuesday. Ferry struck out 13 in the win as Austin Mastela, who was taken to the hospital after being hit in the head by a pitch on Sunday night, walked and scored for Lemont, who will face Beaverton, Ore. Wednesday in one of the U.S. semifinals.
Portsmouth, N.H. will meet Columbus in the other semifinal Thursday.
Tuesday marked the end of pool play. The elimination round begins today with Venezuela facing Matamoros, Mexico, in one international semifinal. Dhahran, Saudi Arabia faces Kawaguchi City, Japan, Thursday.
The Canadian champs, from Surrey, British Columbia, got a lift with a 2-1 win over Saipan, the Pacific champions.
Go Matsumoto struck out 12 and hit a grand slam Tuesday to help Kawaguchi City, Japan eliminate Willemstad, Curacao, last year's international champion, 7-2.
Shaun Chase struck out 10, hit a solo homer and had an RBI single to lead Phoenix to a 4-1 victory over Staten Island, N.Y. But Phoenix (2-1) failed to move on as the result of a tiebreaker.
Jose Martinez singled in the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning for Barquisimeto, Venezuela, in a 1-0 win over Saudi Arabia in eight innings. Both teams still move on to the semifinals.
Pilot Penn tennis
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- James Blake had the crowd behind him all night. Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo had all the shots he needed for the upset.
The unseeded Spaniard ousted the Pilot Pen's favorite son and defending champion 2-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4) Tuesday night. Lindsay Davenport, the women's defending champion, beat Katarina Srebotnik 6-3, 6-3 to move into the second round. The seventh-seeded Davenport managed just two points in the first two games before gaining momentum.
In other women's action, Mara Santangelo went from lucky loser to upset winner, beating eighth-seeded Anastasia Myskina of Russia 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
In the men's draw, Mardy Fish's run ended in a three-set, second-round loss to fifth-seeded David Ferrer, who beat the American 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (7-5).
Svetlana Kuznetsova, the women's fifth seed, also avoided an upset, showing some stamina in the process.
Vindicator staff/wire reports