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Football tickets

YOUNGSTOWN — YSU is selling individual home-game tickets for the 2007 football season at the athletic ticket office in Stambaugh Stadium.

Reserved tickets are $14 and general admission tickets are $10. Season tickets are available until Sept. 7, the day prior to the season-opener against South Dakota State. The ticket office is open from 9 a.m. through 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

For details, call 330-941-1YSU.

Press luncheons

YOUNGSTOWN — YSU’s first weekly press/fan luncheon will be held at noon on Aug. 28 in Stambaugh Stadium’s DeBartolo Stadium Club.

Luncheons will continue each Tuesday afternoon throughout the football season. The cost is $5 for Penguin Club members and $7 for non-members.

The Luncheon will provide an in-depth look at each week's opponent. Fans as well as members of the media will get insight from Coach Jon Heacock and YSU football student-athletes. At the gathering, fans can pick the weekly game notes, statistics and upcoming gameday event and promotion information.

For reservations, call 330-941-3192 or 330-941-1910. Season passes are available by calling 330-941-1YSU.

LOCAL

Cardinal Mooney 25th
in USA Today rankings

YOUNGSTOWN — Cardinal Mooney was ranked 25th in the nation in the USA Today’s Super 25 rankings, one of three Ohio schools to make the list.

The other two, Cincinnati St. Xavier (4th) and Cincinnati Colerain (23rd), both compete in Division I.

Mooney, the reigning Division IV state champs, is ranked fifth in the newspaper’s Midwest Region. Senior running back Brandon Beachum, a Penn State recruit, was ranked the 50th best player in the nation by Rivals.com.

All-stars fall, 6-0

PURCELLVILLE, Va. — Youngstown’s 13-year-old all-star team won on Tuesday, but lost on Wednesday during the Babe Ruth World Series.

On Wednesday, Youngstown suffered a 6-0 defeat to N.W. Bakersville, Calif.

On Tuesday, Youngstown beat Loudoun County, Va., 7-5.

Brendan Cox’s RBI single following Tim McCoy’s lead-off triple in the bottom of the sixth broke a 5-5 tie and provided the winning edge.

Loudoun Co. had jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the third before James Coates’ two-run home run in the bottom of the third answered for Youngstown. Justin Wagler and Cody Pitzo batted in runs in the fourth to give Youngstown a 5-4 advantage.

Bakersfield’s win advanced the Pacific Southwest region champion into the semifinals.

Grant Watson and Ryan Metz combined to throw the four-hit shutout.

Kokrak posts lead
at U.S. Amateur

DALY CITY, Calif. — Jason Kokrak’s 3-under-par topped the two-day leader board at the U.S. Amateur, though 54 players had yet to complete all 36 holes before darkness halted stroke play.

Kokrak’s 137 was the best of the first two days, therefore, he was the top seed among 64 qualifiers for the match-play portion of the tournament. Because of a delay due to fog on Monday, the tournament was behind schedule.

Kokrak, a Warren JFK product, credited his overall score to control off the tee.

“I’m hitting a three-iron on almost every hole,” he said. “If you’re not hitting the fairway, it’s tough.”

Alex Prugh, a quarterfinalist at last year’s U.S. Amateur, was at 2 under after 36 holes, shooting a tourney-best 66. David Merkow was also at 138.

The stroke play totals did not carry over to match play.

In the first round of match play, Kokrak defeated A.J. Oleksak of Agawam, Mass., 2 and 1.

Correction

Bill Greenwalt of Youngstown will take on Jim Emerick of Butler, Pa., in a four-round heavyweight bout tonight at Mountaineer Race Track.

Wednesday’s paper had the wrong first name and hometown for Greenawalt.

Showers IV picked

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Floyd Showers IV, a point guard who will be a junior at Liberty High School was chosen an All Star at the Keystone State Invitational Basketball camp at Slippery Rock University.

Staff/wire reports