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Softball team swept

MOON TOWNSHIP, PA. — The Robert Morris softball team swept a doubleheader from Youngstown State Thursday, 3-1, 9-6.

Penguin junior Kristen McDonnell tied a single-game school record with two home runs in the second game and moved into second place on the YSU all-time home runs list with 19.

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Sulick to Monmouth

CANFIELD — Lauren Sulick, a senior pitcher on the Canfield High softball team, has signed a letter of intent to attend Monmouth (N.J.) College.

Last season Sulick registered a 0.81 earned run average at Canfield (24-2, 14-0 Metro Athletic Conf.). She is a three-time All-MAC pick and twice an All-District choice.

The daughter of Ed and Shirley Sulick, Lauren has a 3.518 cumulative grade point average and is planning to major in psychology.

She has won four letters in tennis and three in softball.

Golf fund raiser set

SALEM — The “Teddy Bear Classic,” a golf fund raiser to assist the 32nd Degree Masonic Children’s Learning Center with its program to help children with dyslexia, will be held May 16 at the Salem Golf Club.

The day features registration at 10:30 a.m., lunch at 11 a.m. and golf starting at noon. Dinner will follow the golfing.

For more information call (330) 727-0945, (330) 757-7923 or (330) 507-4162.

Graham selected

FRISCO, TX. — The North American Hockey League announced that Mahoning Valley Phantoms forward Derek Graham was named to the 2007-2008 All-North Division Team.

Graham led the Phantoms in scoring this year, tallying 30 goals and 41 assists in 57 games. His 71 points was tied for seventh among league scorers. He scored 58 points last season and is the all-time scoring leader in team history.

Three Tigers announce

HOWLAND — Three Howland High football players have declared their college intentions.

Reese Mowery, a 6-2, 220 defensive tackle, has committed to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. He has a 3.4 GPA and will study engineering.

Joe Gresh, a 5-10, 180 linebacker, will attend Thiel.

David Cox, a 6-1, 230 guard, will major in business at Capital Univ.

Wilkes gets Tietz

SOUTHINGTON — Tret Tietz, a senior basketball player at Southington High, will continue his career at Wilkes Univ.

Tietz is a 6-1 guard who averaged 22.7 points a game.

He was named the Trumbull County Player of the Year and holds the school record of points scored, 1,423.

Phillis to attend Lake Erie College

HANOVERTON — Jimmy Phillis, a senior at United Local High, will play basketball at Lake Erie College next winter.

Phillis, a 6-2 guard, averaged 18.2 points and five rebounds a game.

He has earned nine athletic letters — three each in football, basketball and baseball.

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Pair back on roster

CHICAGO — Aly Wagner and Heather Mitts recovered from layoffs caused by injuries and were among 25 players selected Friday for upcoming exhibition games with the U.S. women’s soccer team.

Mitts had a surgery last year on an anterior cruciate ligament in a knee, and Wagner was operated on in January to repair a double hernia. Both won gold medals with the U.S. team at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Oden in rehab

PORTLAND, Ore. — Greg Oden is simply not the type to dwell on the misfortune of his first season in the NBA.

The perpetually positive 7-footer is looking ahead.

“I’m just antsy, you know, to compete. To get out there and to be able to win a game, I miss that feeling,” said Oden, who took Ohio State to the national championship game last season.

Oden’s rookie season was iced before it even started when he had microfracture surgery on his right knee last September. The procedure is designed to stimulate cartilage growth by drilling tiny holes in the bone.

Recovery time can take six months or more, and the Blazers exercised caution. He would sit out the season.

Vindicator staff/wire reports