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Ursuline dinner
YOUNGSTOWN -- ESPN football analyst Paul Maguire will be the guest speaker when the 20th Nick Johnson Scholarship Dinner is held Dec. 5 at Mr. Anthony's banquet center.
Tickets are 75. Proceeds go toward the Nick Johnson fund that has raised over 500,000 in scholarship money for Ursuline students. For the 2006-07 school year, 24 individuals received a 500 scholarship in Nick Johnson's name.
Chaney to opennew gymnasium
YOUNGSTOWN -- Chaney High School will open its new gymnasium Dec. 2 with Cowboys and Wilson City Series basketball girls and boys doubleheader.
The girls game is scheduled for 6 p.m. The dedication ceremony for the gym will follow that contest and then the boys game will start.
There will also be a alumni game that day at 3 p.m. All former Chaney basketball players interest in playing should contact athletic director Jim Mullally at (330) 744-8508. There is a fee of 20 to play.
Area officialswork playoff game
PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- Ken Swanson, Tony Montana, John Patton, Tony Tarantino, Brian Meenachan and Rob Luklan, all Youngstown-area football officials, worked the NCAA Division III first-round playoff game Saturday as Carnegie Mellon defeated Millsaps 21-0.
Mount has 17on OAC team
ALLIANCE -- Mount College placed 17 players on the 2006 All-Ohio Athletic Conference football squad while two individuals and one assistant coach earned OAC Special Awards.
Making first team All-OAC were the Purple Raiders' senior offensive lineman Jason Lewis, wide receiver Pierre Garcon, center Eric Safran and offensive lineman Derek Blanchard and sophomore running back Nate Kmic.
Senior tight end Anthony Antonucci, running back Justin Wray, kicker Mike Zimmerman, defensive lineman Nick Parr, linebacker Tony DeRiggi, defensive back Jonah Wilson and specials teams standout Ryan Creachbaum were second team choices.
Senior defensive end Sam Vucelich and junior safety Nick Barren were honorable mention All-OAC selections.
Jason Lewis, a right tackle, was named the OAC's Mike Gregory award winner as the conference's top offensive lineman. Pierre Garcon was the conference's Ed Sherman award winner as the top wide receiver.
Assistant coach Vince Kehres earned the 2006 OAC Assistant Coach of the Year award.
Thiel's Bodrickhonored by PAC
WEXFORD, Pa. -- Thiel College sophomore forward Amber Bodrick, a Mooney High graduate, was named the President's Athletic Conference women's Basketball Player of the Week.
Bodrick averaged 31.0 points and 9.5 rebounds for the Tomcats (1-1) at the Nan Nichols Classic. She scored 27 point and eight rebounds in a 69-65 win over Olivet, then had 35 points and 11 rebounds in a 65-58 loss to Wooster.
REGION
Cavs' Hughesto miss more time
CLEVELAND -- Cavaliers guard Larry Hughes will miss Cleveland's next two games and maybe two more with a high ankle sprain, a tricky injury the club is making sure is 100 percent healed before he plays again.
Hughes injured his right ankle last week against Portland while fighting for a loose ball on the floor. The Cavaliers have taken a conservative approach in rehab with Hughes, who missed 46 games last season and has been injury prone throughout his career.
Hughes underwent a second MRI on Tuesday before the Cavaliers hosted the Memphis Grizzlies, the first of four games in five nights for Cleveland this week.
Coach Mike Brown said the test results did not show any more damage and that Hughes' was improving.
"We're not in any rush to get him back right now," Brown said. "We want to make sure we handle this the right way."
The Cavaliers, who entered Tuesday's game an Eastern Conference-best 7-3, are 1-1 since Hughes was sidelined. The club went 27-19 without him last season, the 27-year-old's first with Cleveland.
The Cavs play at Toronto on Wednesday, and after getting Thanksgiving Day off, they'll play their second back-to-back of the week on Friday in Indiana and Saturday at home against Philadelphia.
Brown would prefer that Hughes practices before he comes back. Following Saturday's game, the Cavaliers will have three days off for workouts before they face the New York Knicks on Nov. 29.
Kent tops Temple
KENT -- Mike Scott scored 17 of his 19 points in the second half to lead Kent State out of a 10-point halftime deficit as the Golden Flashes beat Temple 63-54 on Tuesday night.
Scott, who missed 4-of-5 first-half shots, hit 5-of-6 in the second as Kent State improved to 4-1.
Scott led the Flashes' comeback, hitting two quick jumpers, then a 3-pointer and a dunk with 15:40 left to pull Kent State to 34-33. Jordan Mincy's layup with 4:11 left put the Flashes ahead 54-52 and gave them the lead for good.
Haminn Quaintance added 13 points and 11 rebounds for Kent State while Mincy finished with 11 points.
Blue Jackets moves
COLUMBUS -- The Columbus Blue Jackets recalled forward Geoff Platt and sent forward Steven Goertzen to their American Hockey League affiliate in Syracuse on Tuesday.
Platt has played in two games with the Blue Jackets this season and has five assists in 17 career NHL games, all with Columbus. He leads Syracuse in goals, points, power-play goals (four) and shorthanded goals (two) while totaling nine goals and four assists in 13 games.
Goertzen did not have a point and had 10 penalty minutes in seven games with the Blue Jackets this season. He has yet to score in 46 career games with the club. In 11 games with Syracuse this season, he has two goals and two assists.
Vindicator staff/wire reports