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East High offers
summer conditioning

The East High School volleyball team will begin conditioning on Monday from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at The Rayen School.

The East High football team will begin weightlifting/conditioning on June 18 at 8 a.m. at The Rayen School. Summer workouts will be at Rayen through August.

Any questions, please contact AD Marco Marinucci at (330) 744-8566.

Reminder offered
to local officials

Northeast District Secretary Fred Vicarel, reminds all high school officials in every sport, the Ohio High School Athletic Association Licensed Permit renewals for 2007-08, must be done by June 30.

Failing to renew on time, involves financial penalty. Officials needing additional information may call Vicarel at (330) 726-1281.

Baseball Oldtimers
will meet at Kramer

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Baseball Oldtimers Association will conduct its monthly meeting on June 14 at 2:30 p.m. at Kramer Field.

The picnic and golf outing will be discussed.

Food and refreshments will be available following the meeting.

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Soccer recruit's story
earns TV appearance

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. — Slippery Rock University women's soccer recruit Dana Kiger will tell her amazing story of recovery from a brain injury Monday during an appearance on ABC-TV's “Good Morning America.”

Kiger and her parents, Jill and Terry, were to fly to New York City today and were scheduled to see a play before getting up early Monday to get ready for their national TV appearance.

The former Cincinnati Colerain High School player's story will reportedly be told shortly after the 8 a.m. news break.

Kiger steps into the national spotlight after being featured in Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper and Fox-19 TV feature stories in recent weeks. But she hasn't gotten caught up in all the excitement.

Monday's “just going to be another day as far as I'm concerned,” she said. “I don't want people to treat me any differently because of my situation.”

Kiger's situation began March 5, 2005, when she fell and hit her heard during a soccer game. She sustained a brain injury that led to a rare form of amnesia.

For the first few days after her fall, Kiger didn't know who she was or what had happened to her — that became shockingly apparent when she awoke at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

PAC honor roll has
many local ties

WEXFORD, Pa. — Eleven collegiate student-athletes from the Youngstown area, including five from Westminster College, were named to the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll for the 2007 spring semester.

The group was among 276 PAC student-athletes honored for having a grade point average of 3.6 or higher.

The Westminster picks included J.D. Eicher and Ashley Linnelli, both from Canfield High; and Talley Felger (Springfield). The other Titans named were Chris Norris (Sharon) and Rachael Cooper (New Castle Laurel).

Eicher is a sophomore on the tennis team majoring in business administration, while Linnelli is a junior on the women’s swimming and diving team studying elementary education. Felger is a senior on the women’s basketball team majoring in history.

The others from Westminster are Chuck Norris (Sharon), a junior baseball player in broadcast communications; and Rachael Cooper (New Castle Laurel), a senior in women’s track and field studying fine art.

Three selections were Grove City College: Andrew Leuenberger (West Middlesex), a senior in track and field and molecular biology; Kylie Mackaness (Wilmington Area), a junior in women’s golf and biology; and Bobby Turner (New Castle Laurel), a junior in basketball and mechanical engineering.

The others cited were Tricia Mark (Howland), a sophomore in women’s swimming and diving and education; Dan Morrison (Maplewood), sophomore in baseball and juvenile and family justice; and Bryan Hanrahan (West Middlesex) in track and field as an undeclared major.

Nero, Butch get PSAC
academic honors

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. — Seven Youngstown-area student-athletes, including Amanda Nero of Lowellville and Phil Butch of Cortland, were among 157 from Slippery Rock University to be selected Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Scholar-Athletes for the 2006-07 academic year.

Nero, a sophomore on the women’s basketball team from Lowellville High, had a 3.705 grade-point average as a major in resort and recreation management.

Butch, a senior on the baseball team from Lakeview High, posted a 3.429 GPA majoring in exercise science.

The other selections were Sonya Daugherty and Abby McKissick, both from Wilmington Area, and Jessica Sackin (Bessemer Mohawk) in women’s track and field, and Casey Runyan (Hickory).

Daugherty , a junior majoring in health and physical education, achieved a 3.854 GPA while McKissick, a junior in chemistry, had a 3.681.

Sackin, a freshman in elementary and special education, registered a 3.714, while Runyan , a freshman in health band physical education, had a 3.333.

Trio decide on
Westminster College

NEW WILMINGTON — Shawn Zentko of Poland High, Doug Hurdley (Austintown Fitch) and Jordan Wrask (Lisbon and United High) are among five Youngstown-area freshman football recruits and 47 incoming players in all at Westminster College, announced coach Jeff Hand.

Zentko, a defensive lineman, two-year letterman and the son of Stephen and Beverly Zentko, was selected to the All-Metro Athletic Conference first team and to the Penn-Ohio All-Star game.

Hurdley, a defensive back and the son of Walter and Barb Hurdley, was team captain and made the All-Federal League second team. He also was an All-NEO honorable mention.

Wrask, a wide receiver and the son of Richard Wrask and Carol Brown, was an All-State honorable mention and made the All-NEO first team. He also was a two-time Tri-County League All-Star.

Also heading for Westminster are offensive lineman Mike Kudelko (Sharpsville) and linebacker Jim Bonenberger (Mount Lebanon), who is transferring from Youngstown State.

Vindicator staff/wire reports