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All league academics

INDIANAPOLIS — YSU athletic teams had eight student-athletes recognized as part of the Horizon League’s Winter Academic All-Conference teams.

Penguin student-athletes who earned all-academic honors are Lauren Branson (women’s basketball), Julia Darling (swimming), Adam Kagarise (track and field), Aaron Merrill (track and field), J.D. Sheppard (track and field), Bethany Anderson (track and field), Alisha Anthony (track and field) and Darla Wilson (track and field).

Anderson is a three-team Indoor Track and Field All-Academic selection while Branson, Merrill and Sheppard are two-time members of their winter Academic All-League squads.

The Winter Academic All-Horizon League Teams are selected by the Horizon League Sports Information Directors and Faculty Athletic Representatives.

To be eligible for consideration, nominees must have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.20 or better on a 4.00 scale.

Softball fall twice

CANFIELD — The YSU softball team dropped a doubleheader to Wright State on Saturday at McCune Park.

In the first game, the Penguins took it on the chin, 10-1, with Jherica Williams registering five RBIs. One of Williams’ three hits was a home run, her 11th of the season.

Kristen Bradshaw also homered for the Raiders (19-17, 7-2 Horizon).

Katy Potokar had two of Youngstown State’s six hits.

YSU also dropped the second game to fall to 6-21 (2-8 Horizon).

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Prep scholar awards

AUSTINTOWN — Five local students are among a group of 21 high school football seniors who were selected to receive Scholar-Athlete Awards.

The selections were made by the Northeastern Ohio Chapter of the National Football Foundation.

They will be awarded at a banquet April 28 at LaCentre in Westlake.

The locals are Jake Hochendoner of Poland; Evan Klepec of Boardman; and Timothy Marlowe, Danny McCarthy and Michael Zordich of Cardinal Mooney.

Klepec will attend Miami of Ohio, Marlowe is going to Nebraska, McCarthy will attend Notre Dame and Zordich is going to Penn State.

Zetts earns scholarship

AUSTINTOWN — The Northeastern Ohio Chapter of the National Football Foundation will present $2,000 postgraduate scholarship awards to ten football players from area colleges.

Among the group is Youngstown State quarterback Tom Zetts, a Boardman High graduate.

A math major, Zetts has a 3.69 GPA.

The presentation will be at a banquet April 28 at LaCentre in Westlake.

Angle recognized

AUSTINTOWN — Howland High School football coach Dick Angle was selected the Paul Brown high school coach of the year.

Angle, the Howland coach since 1998, led the Tigers to a 10-0 record last fall.

He has 62 wins in the past decade.

Angle will be presented his award at a banquet April 28 at LaCentre in Westlake.

Curbstoners

BOARDMAN — WBBW-1240 “The Fan” radio personality John Caparanis will be the guest speaker of the Curbstone Coaches Association, Monday at noon at the Blue Wolf Catering.

Caparanis will address numerous sports topics, including the Indians and Cavaliers and the local scene.

The luncheons at the Lockwood Blvd. facility are open to the public.

Racing reset

MERCER, PA. — Auto racing scheduled for Saturday night at Mercer Raceway Park was canceled.

The five-division “Saturday Night Live” opener will now take place April 19.

Pavlik to appear

BROOKFIELD — Professional boxer Kelly Pavlik will appear at the Yankee Lake Ballroom on Wednesday.

Pavlik will discuss his fight against Jermain Taylor.

For information call (274) 699-1725 or (724) 877-9528.

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Olympic softball

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Monica Abbott settled in after a rocky start and the former Tennessee softball star pitched a two-hitter in the U.S. Olympic women’s 4-2 win over the No. 11 Lady Vols on Saturday.

Abbott retired 17 of the last 18 hitters she faced after giving up two early solo home runs before a capacity-plus crowd of 1,622 at Tennessee’s new $7 million Lee Softball Stadium, known locally as “the house that Monica built.”

She was supported by solid hitting from Caitlin Lowe, who had two doubles, and Jessica Mendoza, who drove in three runs.

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Speedo suit gets FINA backing

MANCHESTER, England — Speedo’s record-breaking suit has been backed twice in one week by the sport’s governing body, leaving swimmers with tough choices.

Enter the pool in Beijing in four months with a swimsuit that might lead to slower times, or break with a long-standing sponsor to go for Olympic gold in Speedo’s LZR Racer?

“I’m going to wear the Speedo at the Olympics,” South Africa captain Gerhard Zandberg told The Associated Press on Saturday at the short-course world championships. “I’m not going to sacrifice performance.”

Zandberg, who is sponsored by Arena, acknowledges he’ll be fined $4,750, but Olympic gold is worth more.

Tour of Basque

ORIO, Spain — Tour de France champion Alberto Contador won the Tour of Basque Country on Saturday after winning the sixth and final stage, an individual time-trial.

The Spaniard finished the 12-mile stage 22 seconds ahead of Cadel Evans of Australia for an overall time of 21 hours, 3 minutes, 59 seconds.

Evans was 30 seconds back overall to finish as runner-up. He was also second to Contador at last year’s Tour de France.

The 25-year-old Contador has been denied a chance to defend his Tour title after his team, Astana, was barred from cycling’s premier event following a season during which it was plagued by doping scandals.

Vindicator staff/wire reports