Area News Digest: Packard league meets April 16

AREA

Packard league meets April 16

WARREN — The Packard Electric Ladies Golf League’s annual Get Acquainted Meeting will be at The Four Season’s Mobile Home Park Clubhouse, Youngstown-Kingsville Road on April 16 at 6 p.m.

Charter members and new members are urged to attend. You do not have to be a Delphi employee to join. The 2008 Golf Season begins May 12 at Old Avalon and May 13 at Vienna Short Holes.

The cost to join one division is $26 or $28 to join both divisions. Bring cash or a check to the Get Acquainted Meeting made payable to the Packard Electric Ladies Golf League.

For more information, contact Sharon Gilmore or Helen Snyder at (330) 637-1250 or Carol Calhoun at (330) 372-1812.

Oldtimers to hear Marshall coach

YOUNGSTOWN — Cark Koker, former football coach at Marshall, will speak when the Youngstown Baseball Oldtimers meet Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at Kramer Field.

Leetonia defeats Lisbon in baseball

LEETONIA — Bobby Howe, Ryan Gruszecki and Josh Selway each had three hits Saturday as the Leetonia High baseball team defeated Lisbon, 16-6. Gruszecki and Selway doubled for the Bears (3-0).

Josh Thompson and Alex Perkins contributed two hits apiece.

For the Blue Devils (2-2), Lucas Rambo drove in two runs.

Gymnastics team wins state crown

BOARDMAN — The Level #7 Team from Youngstown Gymnastics Center won the first place team award at the USA Gymnastics at Brecksville Broadview Heights High School.

Team members are: Hannah Estephan, a fifth grader at Boardman Center Middle School; Lily Testa, a fifth grader at Boardman Center; Jenae Shar, a fifth grader at Leetonia Middle School; Gaby Rossi, a fifth grader at Boardman Center; Hailee Dutton, a sixth grade home-schooled student; and Jennifer Sklenar, seventh grade at St. Charles School.

REGION

Gib Shanley dies at 76

CLEVELAND — Gib Shanley, the radio voice of the Cleveland Browns from 1961 to 1984, died Sunday. He was 76.

Shanley died at a Cleveland hospital, said Steve Ripepi, president of A. Ripepi Sons Funeral Homes, which is handling funeral arrangements. A cause of death wasn’t immediately released.

Shanley was the play-by-play announcer during the Browns’ 27-0 victory over the Baltimore Colts in the 1964 NFL title game, the last time Cleveland celebrated a championship by one of its major sports teams.

Shanley, a native of Bellaire, also worked as a broadcaster at WEWS-TV in Cleveland until the mid-90s.

NATION

Tigers lose again

DETROIT — Nick Swisher homered on the game’s second pitch, Carlos Quentin had four RBIs and the Chicago White Sox handed the Detroit Tigers their sixth straight loss, 13-2 Sunday night.

Despite the second-highest payroll in baseball, the Tigers, the only winless team in the majors, are off to their worst start since going 0-9 at the beginning 2003, when they lost an AL-record 119 games.

All six of Detroit’s losses have come at home, and the Tigers were booed loudly by the crowd of 35,230 as the game unraveled. One of the few cheers was a sarcastic ovation after Yorman Bazardo got the last out of Chicago’s four-run ninth.

Ducks win shootout over Coyotes

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Chris Kunitz and Bobby Ryan scored 43 seconds apart in the third period against former teammate Ilya Bryzgalov, and Ryan Getzlaf had the deciding goal in the shootout to lead the Anaheim Ducks to a 3-2 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes Sunday night in the final game of the NHL’s regular-season schedule.

The Ducks, who also kicked off the league’s 91st season in London with a two-game set against the Los Angeles Kings, will begin the defense of their Stanley Cup championship at home against Dallas.

They were fourth in the Western Conference with 102 points and a 47-27-8 record.

Vindicator staff/wire reports