LOCAL

LOCAL
PAC baseball
WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Washington & amp; Jefferson College will play host to the Presidents' Athletic Conference baseball tournament Thursday through Saturday at Ross Memorial Park.
The Presidents (28-12, 12-6 PAC) play host to fourth seed Thomas More (22-16, 8-10) Thursday at 4 p.m.
Thursday at 1 p.m., second seed Grove City (25-11, 11-7) plays third seed Bethany (15-22). The double-elimination tournament will conclude with the championship round Saturday.
New Castle boarddenies use of stadium
NEW CASTLE -- The New Castle Area School Board has denied the request of a semipro football team to play its home games at Taggart Stadium.
School administrators said the district has advised the New Castle Knights the school board would not enter into a contract with the club.
The team recently announced it has been accepted as a member of the North American Football League's Grass Roots Division, making the Knights eligible for post-season play in 2006.
Team representatives said the team's name would be changed next season to the Lawrence County Knights and that the team is continuing to look for an appropriate place to play ball.
Earlier this year, team representatives asked the school board to consider allowing the team to rent the new stadium.
School officials did not provide specific reasons for their decision not to enter into a pact with the team.
Laredo wins CHL title
LAREDO, Texas -- The Laredo Bucks captured the Central Hockey League title, posting a come from behind 4-3 road win Saturday night over the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs.
Laredo won its second championship in three seasons with a 4 games to 1 series victory.
JO volleyball
The Tri-County Volleyball 17 club team completed its season ranked fourth out of 136 teams in the Ohio Valley Region of the Junior Olympics.
The Ohio Valley Region consists of Ohio, West Virginia, and Western Pennsylvania.
The team won five tournaments and competed in the national qualifier in Indianapolis.
Team members were Ashley Palmer, Girard; Leah Perry, Salem; Katlyn Flick, Howland; Jessie Szakacs, Liberty; Taylor Summerfield, Howland; Meagan Gibson, Lordstown; Danielle Bletso, Boardman; Nathlie DeChellis, Boardman, and Amy Scullion, Salem.
The team will compete for the regional championship May 14 in Columbus.
The team is coached by Curt Conser.
Correction
At the Clipper Invitational Saturday, Brookfield High's girls 4x800-meter relay won in a time of 10 minutes, 59 seconds.
The relay's time was incorrectly submitted as 11:59.
NATION
Devil Rays prospect suspended 50 games
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Tampa Bay prospect Delmon Young was suspended for 50 games without pay by the International League on Tuesday for throwing a bat that hit a replacement umpire in the chest.
Crew chief suspended
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Crew chief Richard "Slugger" Labbe was suspended for four races and fined $25,000 on Tuesday for using an illegal part on Dale Jarrett's car at Richmond International Raceway.
The NASCAR officials discovered the sway bar on Jarrett's car was illegally mounted when the No. 88 Ford passed through Saturday night's pre-race inspection in Richmond.
Union could scrapnew drug policy
NEW YORK -- Major league players can scrap the sport's toughened drug rules if they don't have a new labor contract by August, a provision drawing attention from congressmen who pushed for the strengthened policy.
If players and owners don't agree to a new labor contract by Aug. 1, the union has until Aug. 15 to unilaterally end the new drug policy as of Dec. 19, when the current collective bargaining agreement expires.
If players terminate the new policy and the sides play 2007 without a labor contract, the 2005 drug rules would be in effect.
Kings fire Adelman
SACRAMENTO -- Rick Adelman was fired by the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday despite leading the club to eight consecutive playoff appearances as the most successful coach in franchise history.
Vindicator staff/wire reports