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Baugher is hired

YOUNGSTOWN — Northeastern Ohio native and former Valparaiso University assistant coach Meredith Baugher has accepted an offer to join the women’s basketball staff at Youngstown State University, Penguins head coach Cindy Martin announced.

Baugher, who spent the last seven seasons at Valpo as both a player and a coach, will replace Jen Duhnke on Martin’s staff.

Duhnke opted to leave her post on July 31 due to family health concerns.

A Berea native, Baugher is the third member of Martin’s coaching staff to have roots in the Buckeye State and the second with Horizon League ties.

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Kaluza family fund

NILES — The Mahoning Valley Scrappers and Handel’s Ice Cream have a promotion on Aug. 17 to aid the Joe Kaluza Fund.

There are vouchers available at any Handel’s location.

The Scrappers announced that $2 of every voucher redeemed will go to the Kaluza Family Fund.

The Scrappers play the Jamestown Jammers at 6:05 p.m. that day with a post-game fireworks show.

GYTOA meeting

The Greater Youngstown Track Officials will hold fall cross country meetings on Thursday at Fitch High and Sept. 4 at Boardman High.

Both meetings start at 7 p.m. All officials working the Suburban League meets, as well as coaches of schools entered in the league, should attend Thursday’s meeting.

For details, call Ron Scott at (330) 758-9290.

Free golf lessons

CAMPBELL — Neighborhood Ministries, partnered with the First Tee Foundation of Mahoning Valley, are offering Campbell City youths free weekly golf lessons.

The program will begin on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at Bedford Trails Golf Course.

For additional information contact Gerald Hamilton at (330) 755-8696.

Volleyball officials

The Trumbull County Volleyball Officials will sponsor a volleyball officials training class, running Aug. 11-22.

Classes can be scheduled around work schedules.

For details call Bart Gensburg (330) 219-1368 or e-mail speedyblackbart@earthlink.net.

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Preseason set

CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Cavaliers will play eight preseason games, highlighted by two games with the NBA champions Boston Celtics.

The Cavs play three games at Quicken Loans Arena and once at the Pittsburgh Peterson Events Center and once at the Columbus Schottenstein Center.

The Toronto Raptors play at the Quicken Arena on Oct. 7, followed by two games with the Celtics (Oct. 10 and 14).

After home games with San Antonio on Oct. 16, and the 76ers on Oct. 18, the Cavaliers play in Philadelphia on Oct. 21 and in Detroit the following day.

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Armstrong is second

LEADVILLE, Colo. — Lance Armstrong finished second in the Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike race on Saturday, pushing six-time champion Dave Wiens to a record time.

It was Armstrong’s first competitive bicycle race since winning his seventh straight Tour de France in 2005. Wiens took the lead from Armstrong with 10 miles to go in the 100-mile race and finished 1 minute, 56 seconds ahead.

Wiens crossed the finish on a flat back tire in a time of 6 hours, 45 minutes, 47 seconds, shaving 13 minutes off his old record.

Guy on the mend

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville wide receiver Trent Guy expects to play this season despite being shot outside a local nightclub last month.

Guy said Saturday during the team’s annual media day that he has no plans to sit out the year and he could be cleared to practice with the team by early September.

Guy was shot in the back outside a parking garage near a nightclub in the early hours of July 5.

He had surgery to remove the bullet and spent several days in the hospital.

Toronto FC wins

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — Greg Sutton made 10 saves and Chad Barrett scored an unassisted goal in the 44th minute to give short-handed Toronto FC a 1-0 victory over the Colorado Rapids on Saturday.

It was the first win for Toronto (7-8-4) in 10 tries, including three games in the qualifying tournament for this fall’s CONCACAF Champions League.

The Rapids (6-10-3) missed a last chance to score when Herculez Gomez took a shot in the 89th minute, but Sutton was there for the save.

Many watched opening

NEW YORK — The colorful Olympics opening night ceremony from Beijing on NBC averaged 34.2 million viewers, making it the biggest television event since the Super Bowl.

It was the biggest audience ever for an Olympic opening ceremony not held in the U.S., and even eclipsed this year’s Academy Awards and finale of “American Idol,” Nielsen Media Research said on Saturday.

The numbers were all the more impressive since it was a Friday night in August, when many people have better things to do than watch TV. If they do choose to watch TV, the number of options are growing year by year, meaning most television events typically go down in ratings.

The most recent summer Olympics, in Athens four years ago, averaged 25.4 million viewers for its first night, Nielsen said. Sydney in 2000 had 27.3 million viewers.

Dixon gets sixth win

SPARTA, Ky. — Scott Dixon is starting to look unstoppable.

The New Zealander came from behind Saturday night at Kentucky Speedway, passing Helio Castroneves on the final straightaway to win the Meijer Indy 300.

It was the second win in a row and the record-tying sixth victory of the season for Dixon, trying to win his second IndyCar Series championship.

Castroneves, still trying for his first victory of the season.

It looked as if Castroneves had it when he took the lead with six laps to go when Dixon, who had dominated most of the 200-lap race, was forced to make a fuel stop.

Fairbanks takes Duke of Magenta Stakes

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Five-year-old Fairbanks raced to a 53‚Ñ4-length victory over Angliana on Saturday in the $111,750 Duke of Magenta Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.

Vindicator staff/wire reports