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Mooney boyswin track meet
LOUISVILLE -- The Cardinal Mooney boys won the Youngstown Diocesan track and field meet Saturday, edging Canton Central Catholic, 79-78. The Cardinals set five meet records. Mooney's Mike Mazerik was named running events MVP and Ken Coleman was named field events MVP.
Mazerik won the 100-meter dash (10.7) in meet record time, and the 200 (22.5). He was also on Mooney's winning 4x100 relay (42.7) and 4x200 relay (1:30.6). Both relays, which also included Nate Burney, Coleman and Desmond Marrow, set meet records.
Coleman also won the long jump (meet-record 21 feet, 8 inches).
Also winning for Mooney were Ryan Joyce (49-7) in the shot put (a meet record) and Dom Scarnecchia (6-2) in the high jump.
Wes Washington of Ursuline won the 100 hurdles (15.9).
Canton Central Catholic won the girls meet, with Mooney placing second.
Mooney won the 4x400 (4:18) and the 4x800 relays (9:56), Alex Woytek, Alex Sierra, Dayna Daltorio and Danielle Daltorio were on the 4x400 relay, while Sierra, Sarah Garchar and both Daltorios made up the 4x800 relay.
Dayna Daltorio also won the 400, Kait Kelly the shot put and Alex Woytek the 300 hurdles.
Tiffany Miller of Ursuline won the 800 and 1600, while Michaela Write won the 200 (27.7) and Grace Sauline won the discus (89-10).
Times for Miller, Daltorio and Woytek, and Kelly's distance were not made available.
Canfield softballbeats Mooney
CANFIELD -- Canfield improved to 13-1 with a 8-2 softball win over Mooney Saturday night at McCune Park.
Tricia Bettura pitched the first four innings to get the win and also had three hits, including two doubles. Lauren McGivern added two hits, including a triple.
Mooney (15-6) had just three hits, including a double by Laura Guyer and a triple by Monique Irwin.
REGION
Paterno receivesachievement award
PITTSBURGH -- Penn State football coach Joe Paterno said his father always wanted him to be a lawyer, but after a few years of coaching, he was hooked.
So his father told him "'At least I hope you can make an impact on that place,"' the 79-year-old coach said.
Paterno, head coach at Penn State for 40-plus seasons, spoke before the 2006 Dapper Dan Dinner and Sports Auction, an annual charity event that honored Paterno this year with a lifetime achievement award.
The charity event is also honoring University of Pittsburgh women's basketball coach Agnes Berenato as 2005 sportswoman of the year and retired Steelers running back Jerome Bettis as 2005 sportsman of the year.
NATION
NHRA
BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Funny Car points leader Ron Capps raced to his third victory of the year and the 20th of his career Sunday, beating John Force by a hundredth of a second in the O'Reilly NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals.
Capps had a 4.793-second run at 319.52 mph in a Dodge Stratus to edge Force, who had a quicker 4.788 at 310.13 in a Ford Mustang. The difference came at the starting line, with Capps leaving in 0.080 seconds to Force's 0.104 seconds.
Doug Kalitta and Jason Line also won their division in the $1.5 million event.
In a battle of Pontiac GTOs, Line earned his ninth career Pro Stock win when he edged series leader and teammate Greg Anderson.
USC investigatespossible violation
LOS ANGELES -- Southern California officials are investigating whether an upscale apartment that wide receiver Dwayne Jarrett shared with former teammate Matt Leinart violated NCAA rules, according to a published report Sunday.
Leinart's father, Bob, put the duo on the lease at the secured apartment complex downtown after Leinart moved out of his former residence near campus because he was constantly hounded by fans.
University compliance officials are looking into whether the football program received an unfair advantage. While Bob Leinart would have been allowed to make up the difference for his son, he might not have been allowed to do so for another player.
Chicago wins in MLS
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Chris Rolfe scored the tiebreaking goal in the 68th minute to lead the Chicago Fire to a 2-1 victory over New England on Sunday, spoiling the Revolution's home opener.
Vindicator staff/wire reports