Boardman duo named all-state

Boardman duo named all-state
Boardman duonamed all-state
BOARDMAN -- Kevin Sikora and Joe Iacobocci of Boardman High were named honorable mention All-Ohio in Division I by the Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association.
The teams were announced Monday.
Also, Warren Harding pitcher Tom Popadak was named first team in Div. I.
Only coaches who are members of the OHSBCA can nominate players and vote for the teams.
Ursuline footballreunion
YOUNGSTOWN -- The 1956 Ursuline High School football team is planning a 50th reunion for Sept. 15 & amp; 16.
Members of the last undefeated Irish team that went 10-0 and won the City Series championship will gather for a dinner on Friday and attend the Steubenville game on Saturday.
To make reservations, contact Joe Balmer (330) 856-2365 or Tony Calucchia (309) 347-8173. The committee would also be interested in hearing from former players who have any memorabilia.
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Huggins' contract terms revealed
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas State basketball coach Bob Huggins will earn at least $800,000 per year in guaranteed compensation the first three years of his five-year contract, provided he does nothing "which results in material injury to the reputation of the university."
The 52-year-old Huggins signed a contract with the Wildcats Friday, ending two months of haggling between Huggins' attorney, Richard Katz, and university officials.
The contract was obtained Monday by The Associated Press.
It will pay him $900,000 for the fourth year and $1 million in the final year, and includes an additional $1 million annuity payable upon completion of the five-year deal "as an additional incentive" for Huggins to remain at Kansas State.
Huggins can also earn nearly $500,000 in bonuses, including $25,000 for conference regular-season and tournament championships; postseason incentives including $10,000 for each victory up to $100,000 for a national title; $50,000 for being named NABC or Associated Press Coach of the Year; and $25,000 if the program sells out all of its home games.
Fringe benefits include the use of two courtesy cars, membership in the Manhattan Country Club and playing privileges at Colbert Hills Golf Course, and a signing bonus of $30,000.
All NHL players clean in first year of tests
All drug tests given to NHL players were clean during the first season of the league's anti-doping program, adopted last year in the labor agreement that ended the yearlong lockout.
"I suppose it's safe to say that the results confirmed what we knew already, which is the use of performance-enhancing drugs is not prevalent in our sport," NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Monday in an e-mail.
There were 1,406 tests conducted in the program that began in January. Daly said he was informed of the results two weeks ago. The findings were first reported by The Canadian Press.
Under the testing plan, the first in NHL history, every player in the league is subject to up to two random tests every year, with at least one on a teamwide basis.
Team chooses forfeits over metal bats
BILLINGS, Mont. -- The Miles City Mavericks haven't "faced metal" in the nearly three years since pitcher Brandon Patch died after a line drive off an aluminum bat struck his head.
And the team wasn't about to start, opting instead to forfeit games Monday and today against American Legion rival, Bozeman.
Team leaders say safety was the leading factor in deciding not to face Bozeman, a squad that unlike others in Miles City's conference, wouldn't commit to playing with wooden bats.
"It's our decision to protect our kids," Jim Regan, a member of the American Legion committee of the Miles City Youth Baseball Association, said Monday about the team's decision to forfeit the games. Regan, who said he was at the July 25, 2003, game in Helena, at which the 18-year-old Patch was fatally injured, believes the death could have been prevented if wooden bats had been used.
Vindicator staff/wire reports