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LOCAL
Schedules needed
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Vindicator requests varsity schedules for fall sports from Chaney, Wilson, Youngstown Christian, Ursuline, Warren Harding, Boardman, Fitch, Canfield, Campbell, Niles, Poland, Struthers, Jackson-Milton, Lowellville, McDonald, Mineral Ridge, Sebring, South Range, Springfield, Western Reserve, Brookfield, Champion, Hubbard, LaBrae, Lakeview, Newton Falls, Columbiana, East Palestine, Leetonia, Lisbon, Southern, United, Badger, Mathews, Southington, Warren JFK, Beaver Local, East Liverpool, Wellsville, Southeast, Farrell, Grove City, Hickory, Kennedy Christian, Laurel, Mercer, Mohawk, New Castle, Neshannock, Reynolds, Sharon, Sharpsville, Shenango, Slippery Rock, Union, Wilmington and West Middlesex.
Athletic Directors should e-mail schedules to sports@vindy.com or fax (330) 747-6712.
All-star softball
VIENNA -- The third-annual Mahoning-Trumbull softball all-star game will be played at 4 p.m. Thursday at the Thunderplex. Boardman coach Bill Amero will lead the Mahoning side, while David Flickinger (Maplewood) will coach the Trumbull team.
Tennis
BOARDMAN -- Bryant Salcedo, a senior at Boardman High, won the boys 17-18 age group championship to highlight Youngstown area performances in the Northeast Ohio Tennis Association Midwest Qualifier held the past two weeks at Canfield and Boardman High and the Boardman Tennis Center.
Kim Ezzo, a senior at Ursuline High, and Scott Warden, a senior at Boardman High, both placed fifth in the girls and boys 15-16 classes, while Stephanie Gula, a senior at Howland High, was ninth in the girls 17-18 class.
Salcedo, Ezzo, Warden and Gula were among 40 players who qualified for the Midwest Closed Tournament slated in Indianapolis on June 24-29.
The top 10 boys and girls finishers in each of the two ages classes advanced to the Midwest Closed Tournament.
The NEO tournament attracted 147 players (83 boys and 64 girls). Ezzo, who won her previous five tournaments, is ranked No. 1 in her age class in Northeast Ohio.
Bowling
CANFIELD -- Peggy Rouzzo and Sam Carissimi rolled 1437 to take the early lead in the John Bossone Memorial Mixed Doubles Tournament at Amron Lanes. Gloria Smith and Jim Smith are second with 1433, followed by Monica Scherich-Sam Carissimi (1428) and Claudine Taylor-Darrell Frazier (1422).
The tournament runs through July 30. The cost is $30 per couple. Squad times are 7 and 8:30 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
REGION
Indians moves
NEW YORK -- The Cleveland Indians optioned reliever Jason Davis to Triple-A Buffalo on Tuesday and recalled right-hander Jeremy Guthrie.
Davis was 2-1 with a 5.04 ERA and 21 strikeouts in 21 relief appearances for Cleveland, allowing 38 hits and seven walks in 30 1-3 innings. Opponents were batting .314 against him.
"He's showed signs of coming around up here, but he just never got to the point where he was consistent enough to where he was pitching like we felt he was capable of pitching. It really goes back to him being able to repeat his delivery, and that fastball command and being aggressive with it down in the zone," manager Eric Wedge said "Hopefully, he'll be back up here."
Davis will continue to pitch out of the bullpen in the minors.
"He's had outings up here that were pretty good. You can see that his stuff really plays out of the bullpen. And I think his personality pushes him toward that, too," Wedge said. "I think we need to stick with it. I still feel like that's his best role."
Guthrie joins the Indians for the second time this season. He went 0-0 with a 4.63 ERA in six relief appearances from April 22 to May 9, yielding nine walks and 11 hits in 11 2-3 innings. He was sent back to Buffalo on May 16 when reliever Rafael Betancourt came off the disabled list.
Guthrie was starting at Buffalo, where he is 3-1 with a 2.78 ERA in eight outings. The Indians hope he can help a pitching staff that had the fourth-worst ERA in the AL (4.96) entering Tuesday night's game against the New York Yankees.
"Guthrie has been outstanding down there, obviously," Wedge said. "Good arm, good stuff. We'll have him ready to go."
The Indians also agreed to terms with Lehigh catcher Matt McBride, the 75th overall selection in this month's draft.
Vindicator staff/wire reports