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Football computer
ratings one day late

The release of the OHSAA’s first high school football computer ratings of the season, scheduled to move Tuesday afternoon, has been delayed until today.

The OHSAA has been unable to find scores for some out-of-state games involving Ohio schools.

Inside Boxing
at BW3’s

BOARDMAN — Inside Boxing will present a three-hour show tonight live from BW3’s at Southern Park Mall.

The show, on WBBW-AM (1240), will serve as a sendoff for Youngstown middleweight Kelly Pavlik, in anticipation of his Sept. 29 title fight against Jermain Taylor.

SportsTime Ohio will be televising the event as part of its documentary on Pavlik, and several former champions from Youngstown, including Greg Richardson, Jeff Lampkin and Harry Arroyo, will be in attendance.

The event is sponsored by Labatt’s, Roth Brothers, Vista Windows, BW3’s and Inside Boxing.

BW3’s will give away a trip, ticket and lodging for the Pavlik-Taylor fight.

The show will air from 6-9 p.m.

Foster snares award

WEXFORD, Pa. — The Presidents’ Athletic Conference has named Bethany College sophomore Zach Foster as its Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week.

This is the second time in three weeks Foster has been recognized by the conference.

Baker, Nations
earn PAC honors

WEXFORD, Pa. -- Two Grove City College athletes earned Presidents' Athletic Conference Player of the Week honors.

Junior cornerback Mike Baker is the conference's football Defensive Player of the Week while junior Tamara Nations is the PAC's women's tennis Player of the Week.

Blumer gains PAC
football accolade

WEXFORD, Pa. – The Presidents’ Athletic Conference selected Bethany College junior kicker⁄QB Matt Blumer as its Special Teams Player of the Week.

Blumer, who’s in his first year as the Bison kicker, earned the honor after he scored 18 total points in Bethany’s 66-7 victory over Saint Vincent (Pa.) College.

NATION

Sabres-Penguins
outdoor game is hot

BUFFALO, N.Y. — It’s a hot ticket for what could be a very cold hockey game.

It took less than 30 minutes Tuesday morning for fans to buy all 42,000 tickets made available for the NHL’s Winter Classic, an outdoor game between the Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins to be played at Ralph Wilson Stadium on Jan. 1.

“I don’t know if anybody anticipated that,” Sabres spokesman Michael Gilbert said, referring to how quickly the tickets sold. “It’s another indication of how special this market is toward hockey.”

Gilbert said 32,000 tickets have been held back for Sabres season-ticket holders, who have the option to buy more tickets in addition to the ones they have. Tickets have also been reserved for the NHL, as well as both teams taking part in the game.

Tickets went on sale a day after the NHL announced it would hold its second outdoor game and first in the United States. The stadium in Orchard Park is home of the NFL’s Buffalo Bills and has a seating capacity of about 74,000. Fans began lining up outside the stadium before midnight. Ticket buyers also jammed the Sabres phone lines for most of the day.

New spring home for
the Cleveland Indians

PHOENIX — With a few spades of dirt, the town of Goodyear, Arizona, has officially broken ground on a new spring training home for the Cleveland Indians.

The Cactus League stadium will take shape on what are currently empty fields. City officials said they envision an area that will include private universities, an active nightlife scene and an employment area with 50,000 private jobs. During Monday’s groundbreaking, Cleveland pitching legend and Hall of Famer Bob Feller threw a ceremonial first pitch.

“You can sign contracts, and you can issue press releases, but when you start moving dirt, it becomes real,” Indians President Paul Dolan told the crowd of about 300 people.

In just a few years, his team will be playing spring training games in front of as many as 10,000 people. The Indians are relocating from Florida to Goodyear, about 24 miles outside Phoenix.

Vindicator staff⁄wire reports