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YSU-Ohio State
bus trip offered

YOUNGSTOWN — Pan Atlas Travel has organized several charter same-day motorcoach trips to the Youngstown State at Ohio State football game on Sept. 1 at Ohio Stadium in Columbus.

The transportation package is $45. Motorcoaches will leave from the M-24 parking lot on the YSU campus at 6 a.m. the morning of the game and return immediately following the contest.

Game tickets are not included in the package.

For information contact Tracey Innocent at Pan Atlas Travel at (330) 941-2391.

For ticket information contact the YSU Athletic Ticket Office at (330) 941-1YSU.

Marshall makes TV
appearance Monday

DALLAS — Former Youngstown State football player and current Dallas Desperados receiver⁄defensive back Willis Marshall will play against the Colorado Crush on ESPN2 Monday.

The Arena Football game begins at 10 p.m. This will be the last AFL regular season game of the year.

Marshall is playing in his seventh AFL season with 59 receptions for 663 yards and 11 touchdowns.

AREA

Tigers open season
Monday night

MCDONALD — The Mahoning Valley Tigers’ semi-professional football team, based in McDonald, will play the New Castle Thunder Monday at Slippery Rock University at 7 p.m. in its season and franchise opener in the North American Football League.

The Tigers, co-owned by Ollie Nagy of McDonald and John Mirto of Hubbard, are in their first year in the NAFL as a replacement for the Ohio Phoenix team that folded.

Nagy is the coach and Mirto the assistant coach.

The Tigers will compete in the Great Lakes Division of the Northern Conference of the NAFL, which is an adult amateur minor league football system and comprised of more than 100 teams in 24 divisions.

Other teams in the Great Lakes Division are the Thunder, Ohio Red Bulls, Beaver County Warriors, Ohio Invaders and the North Coast Vikings.

The Thunder has been a member of the NAFL the past two years, and won the Lake Erie Division both seasons to advance into the playoffs.

The Tigers’ second game of the season is June 30 against the Steel Valley Hardhats at South Field at 5 p.m. in an inter-league game.

The Hardhats are members of the Mid-Ohio Football League.

5K run and walk
set Independence Day 

HOWLAND — The Fourth of July Stars and Stripes 5-kilometer (3.1-mile) run and 1-mile walk, sponsored by St. Joe’s Urgent Care Center in Howland, will be held July 4 at the Howland High School Stadium.

Registration will begin at 7 a.m. and will be followed by the 1-mile fun walk at 8 a.m. and the 5K race at 8:20 a.m.

A children’s 50-yard dash will follow the race. Runners should arrive no later than 7:30.

Registration will be $15 on race day. The 1-mile fun walk is $10 and the 50-yard dash is free.

The 5K course will follow a route thorough Howland that will be closed to traffic for the event.

All children must be accompanied by an adult. Each participating child will receive a medal.

The first 300 entrants will receive souvenir T-shirts. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top overall male and female finishers, as well the top from each age division.

New turf will be
on display Friday

BEAVER FALLS, Pa. — Geneva College will unveil is new turf when the 28th Penn-Ohio Stateline Classic football game is held Friday.

In a special ceremony scheduled before the game, Geneva College and Beaver Falls High School will recognize those who had a hand in helping to finalize the first phase of Geneva’s stadium renovation project.

The new synthetic turf field was made possible, in part, by a $200,000 grant from the Pittsburg Steelers, the National Football League Players Assocition and the NFL’s Grassroots program.

The Grassroots program is a partnership between the NFL Youth Football Fund and Local Initiative Support Cooperation (LISC), the nation’s leading community development support organization.

Geneva’s stadium renovation project, which includes new visitor bleachers this year, is far from complete.

Reeves Stadium will continue its overhaul after the 2007 football season with new home stands, new restrooms, new concession stands and a new press box.

NATION

Hammon helps Stars
eclipse Sun, 71-58

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Guard Becky Hammon scored 20 points to lead the San Antonio Silver Stars past the Connecticut Sun 71-58 on Saturday night.

Forward Sophia Young added 17 points and eight rebounds for San Antonio. Douglas and Lindsay Whalen led the Sun with 15 points each.

The Silver Stars pulled away in the second quarter with an 8-0 run, holding the Sun without a field goal for more than three minutes.

The Sun appeared on the verge of tying the game after narrowing the gap to 52-50 in the third quarter, but San Antonio pulled away on a pair of baskets by Hammon.

Dorman scores twice
to spark Revolution

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Midfielder Andy Dorman scored two goals and the New England Revolution beat Toronto FC 3-0 on Saturday night.

The Revolution (6-2-4) shut out Toronto (4-7-1) for the second time this season, and ended their longest winless stretch of the season at three games.

New England’s goalkeeper Matt Reis made six saves to earn his fifth shutout of the season, his third over the past five matches. Dorman gave New England the lead in the 13th minute and then scored his fifth goal of the season in the 81st minute. Patrick Noonan also scored a goal for New England, in the 33rd minute.

New England was playing without midfielder Steve Ralston, defender Michael Parkhurst and striker Taylor Twellman, all participating with the U.S. National Team in the Gold Cup series.

Richards fails to make
U.S. 400-meter team

INDIANAPOLIS — Sanya Richards was the fastest female on the planet at 400 meters a year ago. This year she won’t even be in the race at the world championships.

Richards failed to make the U.S. 400-meter team for the worlds by finishing fourth in the event under dreary skies at the U.S. track and field championships on Saturday.

Vindicator staff⁄wire reports