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Palmer named
player of week

ST. LOUIS — Junior placekicker Brian Palmer was named Gateway Football Conference’s special teams player of the week.

Palmer kicked three field goals in the Penguins’ 27-22 loss to Illinois State Saturday. In the first quarter he converted kicks of 37 and 41 yards before connecting on a 40-yarder in the third quarter.

It was the second consecutive game in which Palmer made three field goals. For the year, Palmer is 9-of-10 on field goals and dating back to last season has made 12 of his last 13 tries. He is 26-of-27 on point-after kicks this year.

In his career, Palmer is 28-of-37 on field goal attempts and 116-of-123 on PATs. He ranks third in school history in PATs made and attempted. He ranks fifth in made field goals.

Volleyball match
at 6 p.m.

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State’s volleyball match against West Virginia today will begin at 6 p.m., rather than at 7, as was listed.

LOCAL

Colleen Duncan
paces Bulldogs

POLAND — For the second week in a row Colleen Duncan, No. 3 singles, helped Poland High School win a match in the Ohio Coaches Athletic Association team tennis tournament.

Duncan broke a 2-2 tie two weeks ago in winning a regional singles match against Hathaway Brown that earned the Bulldogs 3-2 win and a spot in the OCAA tennis state team finals.

Sunday at Ohio State University’s Stickney Tennis Center Duncan again broke a 2-2 tie winning a 6-4, 6-2 match against Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy that helped the Bulldogs post a 3-2 victory and place third in the Ohio Coaches A.A. state team tennis tournament.

The Bulldogs’ Alyssa Tom lost 7-5, 6-1 in at No. 1 singles and Gabrielle Brocker lost 7-5, 6-1 at No. 2 singles, while Megan Bennett-Jessica Mullis won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 1 doubles and Alexa Marino-Danielle Mullis won 6-4, 6-0 at No. 2 doubles.

Coach Pam Steinhauser of Poland said, “All year all the kids have played solid.” In second doubles I have been able to count on them to come always come through and Duncan has been our secret weapon.”

The Bulldogs had Bennett-Jessica Mullins and Tom compete in the Division II State tennis tournament last Friday and they were eliminated in first round competition. Poland completed its season with a 24-2 record.

“We set a school record,” said Steinhauser in her 15th season as Poland coach. “It was the first time ever that a Poland boys or girls team made it to state in the sport of tennis.”

“The big accomplishment was that the girls didn’t play in many tournaments in the off season and still made it to state,” said Steinhauser. “This was the best season I’ve had since I began coaching here.”

Canfield-Poland
freshman football

CANFIELD — Canfield High’s freshman football game against visiting Poland has been moved from a 4:30 p.m. kickoff to 7 p.m. Wednesday, and will be played in the high school stadium.

Mooney ninth
in national poll

Cardinal Mooney High moved up two spots to No. 9 in the Rivals.com Fab 50 national high school football poll.

Cincinnati St. Xavier is the only Ohio school ranked higher, at No. 2.

Franck honored

YOUNGSTOWN — SteelHounds goaltender Andy Franck has been named the Central Hockey League’s Oakley Goaltender of the Week.

Franck was outstanding in net during two road victories for the SteelHounds, Friday in Oklahoma City and Saturday in Mississippi. The Lakewood native stopped 65 of 70 shots he faced for a .929 save percentage while carrying a 2.51 goals against average. 

In Friday’s 4-2 victory over the Blazers, Franck stopped 37 shots including 15 of 16 in the third period. The 6-0, 185-pound goaltender faced 17 total power plays in the two games and allowed just two power play goals.

Right wing James Hiebert of the Laredo Bucks was named the Oakley Player of the Week after helping lead the defending Southern Conference champions to a pair of road victories against the New Mexico Scorpions. 

REGION

Ex-B-W coach dies

BEREA — Bob Packard, the winningest football coach at Baldwin-Wallace who coached Ohio State coach Jim Tressel, has died. Packard died Saturday of a heart attack, the school said. He was 64.

A 1965 graduate of Baldwin-Wallace, he played for and was an assistant coach under College Football Hall of Famer Lee Tressel before taking over for Tressel as his hand-picked successor in 1981.

Vindicator staff/wire reports