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Fireworks at Niles

NILES — A post-game fireworks display will be an added feature to Friday’s Cleveland Lincoln-West at Niles football contest at Bo Rein Stadium.

Event co-sponsors are Wholesale Fireworks, Fear Forest Haunted Hayrides of Lordstown and vendors of the Niles Frontliners. The show will be presented by Hamburg Fireworks.

Flag football sign-ups

WARREN — The deadline to register from the Trumbull County YMCA Flag Football program is Sept. 17. The program is for boys and girls ages six to 14 and will be played in Waddell Park in Niles from the week of Sept. 25 to Nov. 3. Cost is $40 for members and $45 for nonmembers.

For information, call (330) 544-2383 or (330) 394-1565.

SteelHounds sign
forward Adam Smyth

YOUNGSTOWN – The Youngstown SteelHounds of the Central Hockey League have signed forward Adam Smyth (pronounced Smith) for the 2007-08 season. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Smyth, 23, is a fifth-year pro out of Wiarton, Ontario who has seen action in the American Hockey League, the ECHL and most recently the UHL with the Muskegon Fury. The 6-1, 225-pound right wing compiled 14 goals, 14 assists and 236 penalty minutes in 70 games last season.

The big forward is one of three current SteelHounds to play his amateur career in the Ontario Hockey League. In 172 games with the Ottawa 67’s and Owen Sound Attack Smyth accumulated 23 goals, 21 assists and 556 penalty minutes.

During his professional career, Smyth has earned 64 points coming from 28 goals and 36 assists; he also racked up 754 penalty minutes in 192 games.

Head Coach Kevin Kaminski sees a lot of potential in the young forward saying, “This is a guy who I think puts power into the forward position. He can score, take and give the big hit, a true gritty player who puts his hardhat on and goes to work.”

NAHL event

FRISCO, Texas — The North American Hockey League announced today that its first annual Top Prospects Tournament will be held February 17-19, 2008 at the Ann Arbor Ice Cube in Ann Arbor, Mich.

The event will feature all-star teams from the NAHL’s Central, North and South Divisions, as well as a team from the U.S. National Team Development Program, competing in a three-game, round-robin tournament.

“This is a unique event that will showcase our league’s best players to college and professional scouts over an entire weekend,” said NAHL commissioner Mark Frankenfeld.

Deerfield winners

DEERFIELD — With two nights left in the Hoosier Tire point race at Deerfield Raceway, the point difference between the top divisions means it could be any driver's championship.

In the MrBail.com Micro Sprint division, Bob Robertson, Export, claimed another victory in a field of nineteen cars. In the Wally Armour Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep Mod Lite division, Kevin Nicolino of Deerfield won his second feature this year.

In the Maddies Pizza and Restaurant Sportsman division, Todd Rhoads of Leetonia won again.

In the Cashland X-treme Pro division, James Gatto, Berlin Center, took the lead from neighbor Ray Soos on lap twelve. Soos ended the race second.

In the Mel's Towing Compact division, Gene Buck of Berlin Center took home another win and Rich Hartzell of Warren finished second.

West Side Bowlerettes seek teams

YOUNGSTOWN — The Wednesday Night Bowlerettes League has room for two teams at West Side Lanes for the upcoming season.

Each team in the trio league has the option to carry a fourth bowler.

Opening night Wednesday, Sept. 5 at 8 p.m. The last session is March 26. The cost is $11 a week, plus a one-time $15 sanction fee.

Those interested may call Annette Tiberio at West Side or Bowlerettes secretary Chris Berry (330) 797-0147.

Wire/staff reports