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Pavlik to appearat Thunder event
YOUNGSTOWN -- Middleweight title contender Kelly Pavlik will be on hand to greet fans today the Mahoning Valley Thunder's "select your seat" night at the Chevrolet Centre.
The event is scheduled from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
More information is available at www.mahoningvalleythunder.com.
Prep hockey
*KENT -- Canfield High finished the season with a second-round tournament loss to Gates Mills Gilmour Academy, 6-0, at Kent State University.
Junior goalie Brian Moore had 44 saves for Canfield.
The Cardinals finished with a 14-10-1 record, their first-winning mark since becoming OHSAA sanctioned in 2000.
*BOARDMAN -- Mercyhurst defeated Mooney/Ursuline, 6-2, in a high school hockey game Sunday at the Ice Zone.
Ryan Rinko and Darren Schluter had Mooney/Ursuline's goals.
Five seniors were recognized at the game: Joel Hodge, Corey Gruelle, David Graham, Mike Madsen and Tyler Eucker.
Emily Hays namedPAC player of week
WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Washington & amp; Jefferson sophomore Emily Hays was named player of the week by the Presidents' Athletic Conference for women's basketball.
Hays, from Boardman, averaged 17 points and 10 rebounds in two victories as the Presidents (18-7, 10-2) claimed a share of the conference's regular season championship. Hays finished the regular season averaging 8.5 points and 5.2 rebounds per game. She led the conference in field goal percentage (53.9 percent, 97-of-180).
Prep bowling
WARREN -- Nine boys and nine individuals and nine girls teams and nine individuals advanced out of sectionals following Mahoning Valley high school bowling action at Crest Lanes recently.
Boardman was the top boys team advancing to the district level on Feb. 24 at Bell-Wick Bowl where the first shift of 36 teams and all 36 individuals will compete beginning at 8 a.m. Another shift of teams bowls at 3 p.m..
Niles was the top girls team at Crest, earning the Red Dragons and eight other Mahoning Valley teams a spot in the girls district on Feb. 25 at Midway Lanes in Akron where 34 teams and 34 individuals are expected. A shift of teams and all individuals start at 8 a.m. before a final shift of teams bowls at 3 p.m.
Other teams and individuals advancing to their respective districts were:
Boys teams: Boardman (4002), Hubbard (3947), Austintown Fitch (3831), Ursuline (3823), Lakeview 3820, Harding (3814), Struthers (3764), Cardinal Mooney (3729) and Liberty (3674).
Individuals: Tim Kennedy (Niles, 683); Robert Harvischak (Campbell, 668); Jeff Dozier (Champion, 651); Cory Tacsik (Chaney, 624); Troy Wilson (Campbell, 618); Jason Telford (Canfield, 613); Steve Carey (Canfield, 597); Jim Jarvis (Canfield, 591) and Tommy John (McDonald, 585).
Girls teams: Niles (3473), Boardman (3374), Austintown Fitch (3368), McDonald ( 3289), Warren Harding (3253), Hubbard (3186), Canfield (3164), Chaney (3122) and Struthers (3075).
Individuals: Amanda Foreman (Lakeview, 503); Stacey Fenstermaker (Champion, 493); Megan Foreman (Lakeview, 478); Elysam Raib (Liberty, 473); Breanna Lachowski (Champion, 463); Samantha Marrow (Champion, 461); Taylor Daugherty (Ursuline, 450); Terri Brinko (Mooney, 445) and Becca House (Liberty, 444).
NATION
Rivera out as Bears defensive coordinator
LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Chicago defensive coordinator Ron Rivera was out of a job, but not for long. Just hours after the Bears announced Monday he wouldn't be retained, the San Diego Chargers gave him a two-year contract to coach their linebackers.
Rivera, who has talked with eight NFL teams about their head coaching positions over the last two seasons, had a three-year contract with the Bears that was set to expire next week.
After it was announced he wouldn't be coming back to the Bears, Rivera vowed he would land another job.
And he did, getting a deal to join new Chargers coach Norv Turner. Rivera had just interviewed for San Diego's head coaching job last weekend.
Tour of California
SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- Two-time Olympic track gold medalist Graeme Brown of Australia emerged from a massive finishing pack Monday to claim a photo finish victory in the crash-marred first stage of the Tour of California. Dave Zabriskie, one of America's most accomplished cyclists, was involved in the crash and was forced out of the eight-day race with head and wrist injuries.
Race leader Levi Leipheimer of Santa Rosa was involved in a separate, massive crash at the start of the second 2.9-mile finishing circuit through his hometown.
He finished more than one minute behind Brown but the five judges made a discretionary ruling and awarded the same finishing time to Leipheimer and the several-dozen riders in the accident.
Leipheimer, who won the prologue last year and again Sunday, maintained a one-second lead over first-year pro Jason Donald of Brighton, Colo. Benjamin Jacques-Maynes was third overall, trailing by five seconds.
Vindicator staff/wire reports