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Chevy Centre fights
will be tape-delayed

YOUNGSTOWN — Tonight’s six-bout boxing show at the Chevrolet Centre, called Friday Night Fights, will be available on satellite television on a tape-delayed basis on the Dish Network through the Spanish-language TeleFutura network.

The show, highlighting Youngstown boxers Billy Lyell and Darnell Boone who both will be in 10-round bouts, will begin at 6:30 p.m. The televised segment of the program will be from 8-10.

Lyell (15-4, 2 KOs) will meet Mexican Luis Ramon “Yory Boy” Campas (88-10-2, 74 KOs), 36, a former International Boxing Federation champion, in a junior middleweight bout that will be the main event.

Boone (14-9-2, 5 KOs), a 1966 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High, will take on undefeated Brian Vera (13-0, 11 KOs) of Austin, Tex., in a super middleweight skirmish for the IBA championship.

Anthony Napolitan set
for Dew Tour season

AUSTINTOWN — BMX Dirt champion Anthony Napolitan will be back for another action-sports season when the Dew Tour kicks off June 21-June 24, in Baltimore.

The 21-year-old Napolitan, of Austintown, is currently in London, but he’ll return for BMX dirt prelims next Thursday for the Panasonic Open. The finals are Friday night.

After winning the BMX Dirt title in October, Napolitan received several big endorsements; as a result, sponsors were eager for him to expand his scope of competition.

That’s why Napolitan has added the BMX Park discipline to his repertoire. In Baltimore, BMX Park prelims are June 23, followed by finals on June 24.

His 16-year-old brother, Ron, will also try to qualify for the Park event in Baltimore. Ron is a sophomore at Fitch.

During the offseason, Anthony traveled to Singapore and England and trained on dirt trails in Las Vegas.

Some of his sponsors are Hoffman bikes, SoBe energy drinks and Levi Strauss.

The Dew Tour also has a stop in Cleveland, July 19-22.

Pintarics are winners

LEXINGTON — Bill Pintaric, Jr. of Liberty, driving a Nissan 200sx won the GT Lite class in the Sports Car Club of America races at Mid-Ohio Race Car course.

His brother David Pintaric of Canfield won the Touring 1 class while driving a Dodge Viper.

Both brothers will compete at the Beaverun Road course in Beaver Falls, Pa. this coming weekend.

Timko wins division

TWINSBURG — Bob Timko of Girard, competing in the boys 14-15 year old division, shot 37-35—72 for a first place finish in the K F C Junior Classic tournament at Gleneagles Golf Club.

Correction

Zachary Merrell had two hits for Line Drive in a 13-year-old Babe Ruth game earlier this week. His name was misspelled in Thursday’s paper.

Accident keeps Blaney
from gaining ground

Dave Blaney’s woes continued last Sunday when the Hartford native was knocked out of the Pocono 500 via accident on lap 106.

“Boy, I hate to go around blaming things on luck, but we just can’t seem to buy a break here this season,” the NASCAR Nextel Cup driver said. ”Last weekend in Pocono, we weren’t setting the world on fire, but we were at least going to survive, and we just ended up being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Every time we think we’re going to go to the track and be able to make up some ground on the top 35, we end up getting ourselves even farther and farther behind.”

On the positive side, Blaney remained in third place in the Busch Series drivers’ point standings. He’ll compete in the Meijer 300 Saturday evening at Kentucky Speedway. Blaney will fly to the Sparta, Ky., track after final Cup Series practice Saturday to compete in the event.

This is the second consecutive weekend that Blaney will travel back and forth from the Cup Series and Busch Series races.

Staff/wire reports