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Penguins move to 5-0;
beat UNC-Greensboro

PITTSBURGH — The Youngstown State volleyball team set the school record for most wins to start a season after improving to 5-0 Friday with a 30-22, 30-23, 25-30, 30-16 win over UNC-Greensboro (4-1) at the Duquesne⁄Robert Morris Invitational.

Senior Jessica Fraley collected 14 kills and 13 digs and a recorded a .370 hitting percentage. Junior setter Karla Everhart dished out 35 assists.

AREA

Poland Fog goes 20-1

POLAND — The Poland Fog, a 47-over baseball team, finished the season with a 20-1 record after finishing undefeated in a double-elimination tournament. Over the last eight seasons, the Fog has won four regular season championships and finished second the other four years.

Remias paces Fitch

AUSTINTOWN — Brian Remias scored three goals in leading the Fitch High boys soccer team to a 5-4 victory Thursday in a Federal League game.

Adam Bohr and Nick Bowles scored a goal apiece for the Falcons (1-1, 1-0), while Andy Kollar had two assists and Matt Davenport had one.

Prep volleyball

BELOIT — The West Branch volleyball team was handed a 25-20, 1-25, 11-25, 10-25 setback at the hands of Northwest Thursday in a Northeastern Buckeye Conference contest. Karli Kitzmiller paced the Warriors (0-3) with four points, eight assists, five passes and three digs. Michelle Sosnick had 10 blocks, two kills,

NATION

Tim Henman loses;
ending tennis career

NEW YORK — Tim Henman’s Grand Slam tennis career is over, ending with a second-round loss to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the U.S. Open on Friday night.

Henman, a six-time major semifinalist who is retiring next month, lost 7-6 (2), 2-6, 7-5, 6-4.

Glennon ready as
Va. Tech starting QB

BLACKSBURG, Va. — In the three weeks immediately following his fourth-quarter meltdown last season in Virginia Tech’s 31-24 loss to Georgia in the Chick-fil-A Bowl, Sean Glennon went into hiding.

He processed it all. The three interceptions, the lost fumble, the squandered opportunity . . .. all in the final 15 minutes. By the time he sat down with Tech quarterbacks coach Mike O’Cain in late January to talk about the game, Glennon was ready to let it all go.

Joe Gibbs Racing
will run Toyotas

FONTANA, Calif. — While Joe Gibbs Racing officials remained mum Friday on the anticipated switch from Chevrolet to Toyota, Kyle Busch was more than happy to talk about it.

Busch, who will leave Hendrick Motorsports to drive for JGR in 2008, said he got a call from the team earlier this week confirming the change.

Big Three shoots
3-over par

NORTON, Mass. — They have combined for 121 victories and 19 majors. But when Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Vijay Singh played together Friday for the first time on the PGA Tour, the only number that mattered was on their scorecards.

The “Big Three” was a combined 3-over par.

•LPGA State Farm Classic

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Sherri Steinhauer shot a 6-under 66 to top the LPGA State Farm Classic leaderboard for the second straight day, while defending champion Annika Sorenstam had a 65 to pull within three strokes.

•Wal-Mart First Tee Open

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Morris Hatalsky and Monday qualifier Bruce Vaughan shot 7-under 65s to share the first-round lead in the Wal-Mart First Tee Open.

•Johnnie Walker

GLENEAGLES, Scotland — France’s Thomas Levet birdied the last hole for a 5-under 68 and a share of the second-round lead with England’s Simon Wakefield in the Johnnie Walker Championship.

Catchings scores 22,
keys Fever over Shock

INDIANAPOLIS — Tamika Catchings had 22 points and 11 rebounds to help the Indiana Fever beat the Detroit Shock 75-65 on Friday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

Catchings set a franchise record with her fourth consecutive double-double. She is averaging 20.3 points and 14.3 rebounds in the playoffs.

Vindicator staff⁄wire reports