ysu

ysu

Volunteer sought

YOUNGSTOWN — The YSU football program is looking for a volunteer assistant to help with the day-to-day operations in the video department.

Duties for the position include filming practice, handling special videotaping requests by the coaching staff as well as other assigned tasks. Candidates can start immediately and while a background as a coach or in video is preferred it is not necessary.

People interested in the volunteer position should contact Shawn Coin at (330) 301-6269.

YSU practices from 3-5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and plays six home Saturday games this fall.

area

Red Bulls play today

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown-based Ohio Red Bulls will play the Beaver County Warriors today at Austintown Fitch’s Falcon Stadium at 7 p.m., in a Steel Valley Division game of the North American Football League.

Tickets are priced at $8 while children ages 5-and-under will be admitted free.

The Red Bulls (6-1) previously defeated the Warriors, 28-0, on June 28.

After today’s game, the Red Bulls will have two games left in the regular season, both at home at sites to be announced against the Ohio Invaders on Aug. 16 and the Thunder on Aug. 23.

Sharon Speedway

HARTFORD — NASCAR drivers Dave Blaney, Kevin Harvick and Ken Schrader will race against some of the best E-Mod drivers in the area on Tuesday at Sharon Speedway, to highlight the Time-Warner Cable “Duel in the Dirt II.”

A special ticket promotion also is on tap that day: Fans who purchase one general or reserved adult grandstand admission ticket will receive another companion ticket for free.

Blaney, Harvick and Schrader will battle such top area E-Mod drivers as Alan Dellinger, Dwayne Clay, Russ Dunn and Shawn Shingledecker in the 25-lap feature event that pays $1,000 to the winner.

Blaney, Harvick and Schrader will participate in a special autograph session beginning at 5:45 p.m.

McDonald tickets

McDONALD — Season tickets for McDonald varsity, junior high, ninth grade and JV games will be on sale at the athletic director’s office beginning Aug. 20.

All tickets for the varsity team are $6 at the game. Adult reserve seats for five home games are $25.

For additional information, contact Fred Gault, Athletic Director, at (330) 530-8051, Extension 1109.

state

Buckeyes suspended

COLUMBUS — Ohio State suspended cornerback Donald Washington and backup safety Jamario O’Neal for the first two games of the season for violating team policy.

Both players will miss the season opener against Youngstown State and the next game against Ohio University.

Ohio State spokeswoman Shelly Poe confirmed Friday that Washington and O’Neal were suspended, but did not give details.

Sophomore Chimdi Chekwa likely will replace Washington in the lineup.

nation

Pennington signs

MIAMI — Chad Pennington, cut by the New York Jets after they signed Brett Favre, signed with the Miami Dolphins on Friday.

The 32-year-old Pennington, expected to be the starting quarterback for Miami, agreed to the deal Friday worth $11.5 million over two years.

Orville Moody dies

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Orville Moody, who won the 1969 U.S. Open for his only PGA Tour title, died Friday, the tour said. He was 74. The tour said he died in Texas and did not give a cause of death.

Moody was the last player to win the U.S. Open after going through local and sectional qualifying. He shot 72 in the final round at Champions Golf Club in Houston for a one-shot victory over Deane Beman, Al Geiberger and Bob Rosburg.

Moody was a runner-up in five other tournaments, but he never won again on the PGA Tour. A long putter helped revive his career when he joined the 50-and-over Senior PGA Tour in 1984, and his 11 victories included the 1989 U.S. Senior Open.

Vindicator staff/wire reports