LOCAL

LOCAL

Rock receiver
player of week

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. — Senior wide receiver Paul Favers of Slippery Rock was named the Western Division offensive player of the week in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference.

Favers (5-foot-10, 195 pounds) scored two touchdowns in the last 90 seconds to lead The Rock to a 38-34 win over Shippensburg.

Slippery Rock quarterback Nate Crookshank was named special mention. He was 23-of-35 in Saturday’s game for 288 yards and three touchdowns, including the game-winner to Favers with two seconds remaining.

JO volleyball

Due to some confusion among our readers, be aware of the following Junior Olympic volleyball tryouts for Club Hollywood.

Tryouts for grade-school age players will be from 2-4 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Salem Memorial Building.

Trrouts for high school players will be from 2-6 p.m. Nov. 11 at mmaculate Heart of Mary in Austintown.

Information is also available at www.eteamz.com/
clubhollywood.

Hill is SVC pick

YOUNGSTOWN — Cardinal Mooney senior defensive lineman Taylor Hill was picked the Steel Valley Conf. player of the week.

In Mooney’s win over Ursuline, Hill accumulated 10 tackles, one sack and three tackles for a loss.

Golf in review

•Fry’s Electronics Open

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Canadian Mike Weir won for the first time since early in the 2004 season, shooting a 2-under 68 on Sunday for a one-stroke victory over Australia’s Mark Hensby.

Weir secured the win with a 6-foot par putt after hitting his approach on the par-4 18th into a greenside bunker.

The 2003 Masters champion took the lead with a birdie on the par-4 15th, rolling a chip shot to a foot, then held off Hensby over the final three holes on a warm, blustery day on Grayhawk’s Raptor Course.

Weir finished at 14-under 266 for his eighth PGA Tour victory, and first since the 2004 Nissan Open, a span of 87 starts. Three weeks ago, he beat Tiger Woods in singles in the Presidents Cup at Royal Montreal.

•Hana Bank Championship

GYEONGJU, South Korea — Norwegian star Suzann Pettersen won the Hana Bank KOLON Championship when high wind and unplayable conditions on the stressed putting surfaces forced tournament officials to call off the final round.

Pettersen opened with a 3-under 69 on Friday and shot a 72 on Saturday in cold and windy conditions to take the lead at 3 under. She won her fourth LPGA Tour title of the year and became the first non-South Korean winner in the six-year history of the event.

South Korea’s Eun-Hee Ji finished a stroke back, compatriots Seon Hwa Lee and Jeong Jang followed at 1 under, and Hyun-Hee Moon was fifth at even par. Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa, coming off her seventh victory of the season last week in the Samsung World Championship, tied for 12th at 3 over after rounds of 72 and 75.

The course was deemed unplayable after days of high wind on the greens that were already severely stressed by more than 20 inches of rain.

•AT&T Championship

SAN ANTONIO — John Cook won his first Champions Tour title in his second start on the 50-and-over circuit, closing with a 6-under 65 for a two-stroke victory over Mark O’Meara in the AT&T Championship.

•Portugal Masters

VILAMOURA, Portugal — England’s Steve Webster won the Portugal Masters for his second European tour title, closing with an 8-under 64 for a two-stroke victory over Sweden’s Robert Karlsson. Webster had a 25-under 263 total. Karlsson shot a 65.

WORLD

Duddy wins in 2nd

DUBLIN, Ireland — Middleweight John Duddy won by knockout over Prince Arron in the second round of their fight Saturday night.

Duddy, expected to face Youngstown’s world champion, Kelly Pavlik, in late January, came out swinging in the first round and the two fighters traded punches in the center of the ring.

A stiff double jab from Duddy followed by a left hook floored Arron late in the first round.

Arron stayed on one knee until the count of seven then rose to his feet to resume fighting.

The second round was all Duddy as the challenger seemed to focus more on avoiding Duddy’s punches as opposed to landing his own. Arron was unsteady on his feet after a few body punches from Duddy visibly shook him.

A nice left to the body followed by a right cross up top from Duddy sent Arron to the canvas; just seconds later, another double jab followed by a left hook sent Arron down for the second time in the round, and the referee wisely called a halt to the fight.

Vindicator sports/wire reports