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Baseball winsHorizon opener
INDIANAPOLIS -- Youngstown State pounded out 17 hits and Lucas Engle struck out 10 in the Penguins' 8-4 victory over Butler Saturday in YSU's Horizon League opener.
Sean Lucas, Erich Diedrich and Josh Page had three hits apiece for the Penguins (5-11, 1-0 HL).
The second game of the doubleheader was suspended after two innings with YSU ahead 2-0. That game will be completed today before the series finale.
Engle pitched a complete game, allowing three earned runs on six hits to earn his third straight decision. His 10 strikeouts were a career high and the most by any Penguin pitcher this season.
Page singled in Diedrich in the second and Diedrich drove Koehnlein home in the third to give the Penguins a 2-0 lead.
Butler scored three runs in the third, but YSU answered with four runs in the fourth to take the lead for good, 6-3.
YSU got two insurance runs in the eighth to go up 8-3, and Butler got a run in the ninth for the final tally.
Lucas drove in two runs and scored twice while Diedrich had two RBIs. Dustin Wachter also doubled and scored for the Penguins.
LOCAL
Curbstoners
BOARDMAN -- Presidents' Athletic Conference executive director Joe Onderko will be the guest speaker at the Curbstone Coaches' noon luncheon Monday at Blue Wolf Banquet Center.
For details, visit www.curbstonecoaches.org.
SteelHounds late
TULSA, Okla. -- The Youngstown SteelHounds game against the Tulsa Oilers was not completed in time for today's edition. Check Monday's edition for a recap.
CHL namesaward winners
PHOENIX -- Rookie John DeCaro of the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs was named Most Outstanding Goaltender by the Central Hockey League Friday.
DeCaro has a 22-7-4 record and leads the CHL with a 2.27 goals against average and .929 save percentage.
Earlier in the week, Colorado's Brad Williamson was named Most Outstanding Defenseman, Riley Nelson of Colorado was named CHL Man of the Year and Arizona Sundogs coach Marco Pietroniro received the Rick Kozuback Award, presented to the league's owner, front office staff member, coach or player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, determination and commitment to the game, sport and business of hockey.
Red Bulls organizing
YOUNGSTOWN -- The Ohio Red Bulls semi-pro football team, which is based in Youngstown, is organizing for the upcoming season and is seeking additional players and sponsors.
The team, coached by Will Smith, will have players on the roster from all over the Mahoning Valley, and will play home games on John Knapick Field at Campbell Memorial High Stadium.
All home games will be played on Saturdays at 7 p.m.
Interested players are asked to call Smith at (330) 502-9922.
The Ohio Red Bulls Booster Club also is seeking additional members to help with fundraising, and the team is looking for high school bands interested in playing during halftime. More information may be obtained by calling Renee Smith at (330) 503-9926.
Fasline wins gold
COLUMBUS -- Frankie Fasline, 16, of Hubbard, competing in the adult division, won a gold medal for the third straight year in the sport of submission fighting at the Arnold Expo Submission Grappling World Championships held at the Columbus Convention Center March 3.
This marked the first time that Fasline has won a gold medal in this meet in the adult division, his title coming in Brazilian jiu jitsu in the Bantam weight division by tapping out his opponent, or in other words forcing him to give up. In Brazilian jiu jitsu, more than 3,000 moves or holds or grips can be used against an opponent.
NATION/WORLD
Hard Spun backon Derby route
FLORENCE, Ky. -- Hard Spun won the 500,000 Lane's End Stakes at Turfway Park by 31/4 lengths over long shot Sedgefield on Saturday to make amends for his only loss and get back on track for the Kentucky Derby.
It was the fifth win in six career starts for Hard Spun, trained by Larry Jones. His only loss was his last race, the Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park in January, a result that prompted Jones to abandon the Arkansas route to the Derby and come north for two preps in Kentucky.
Jones expects Hard Spun to run in the Blue Grass Stakes in three weeks at Keeneland over a Polytrack surface similar to Turfway's.
Golf roundup
*SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN, Ariz. -- A fast start and strong finish to a long day has Lorena Ochoa well on her way to her 10th LPGA Tour victory and first of the year.
The tour's reigning player of the year shot a 3-under 69 to take a four-stroke lead into the final round of the Safeway International.
Norway's Suzann Pettersen (69) and South Korea's Jeong Jang (68) were second at 10-under 206. Shi Hyun Ahn (68) was 8 under, six behind the leader.
*SANTO DA SERRA, Madeira Islands -- Argentina's Daniel Vancsik shot a 4-under 68 to take a three-stroke lead into the final round of the Madeira Islands Open.
Vindicator staff/wire reports