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Curbstone Coaches

BOARDMAN — Bernie Profato of Niles, the executive director of the Ohio Boxing Commission, will be the guest speaker Monday at the Curbstone Coaches’ weekly luncheon session at the Blue Wolf Catering Center.

Prep hockey

KENT — The Aurora High hockey team scored three goals in the first four minutes of Saturday’s game en route to a 6-0 victory over Canfield.

Canfield goaltender Brian Moore stopped 29 shots in the OHSAA Kent District tournament game.

The Cardinals end the season at 7-16-4.

Aurora outshot Canfield 35 to 16. 

Youth basketball

• YOUNGSTOWN — In the Steel Valley freshman basketball tournament, Warren JFK (9-6) defeated Chaney (0-11), 60-28 as Evan McBride collected 20 points and 11 rebounds.

Also Lee Johnson had 14 points and 15 rebounds to lead East (7-7) over Ursuline (4-7), 43-40.

The tournament continues Thursday at East High, beginning at 5:30 p.m. JFK will play top-seed Cardinal Mooney and East takes on second seed Warren Harding.

• COLUMBIANA — The Springfield eighth-grade girls basketball team defeated East Palestine, 44-21, to win the Inter Tri-County League Tier One tournament.

Brooke Shrieber scored 18 for Springfield. Shannon Jurjavic scored seven for East Palestine.

In the consolation game, Lisbon defeated United, 37-34. For Lisbon, Lindsey Hayin scored 10 points while Katetlynn Trombetto, Julie Gauntt and Cami Jackson each had seven.

Taylor Smith led United with 16 points while Ruth Presko scored 14.

• HANOVERTON — In the United Local 7th grade girl’s basketball tournament, United beat Springfield 40-31 and Lisbon polished off Crestview 32-26.

Wednesday United will meet Lisbon in the championship game at 6:15 p.m. The consolation game starts at 5 p.m.

• NEW MIDDLETOWN — In the ITCL upper tier 8th grade boy’s basketball tournament, Crestview beat East Palestine 39-23 and South Range downed Springfield Local 49-44.

Wednesday the consolation game will send East Palestine against Springfield at 5 p.m. In the 6:30 p.m. title match, Crestview plays South Range.

Track & Field

LORDSTOWN — Ryan Pat took first place in the high jump as he cleared 6 feet at the Perry High School Invitational Indoor track and field meet Friday.

He also finished second in the 55-meter hurdles (8.3 seconds).

There were 15 schools from northeastern Ohio competing in the event.

Tykie Theofilos set a school record (6.75) in the 55-meter dash. The Red Devils’ 4x100 relay (Pal, Jim Theofilos, Tykie Theofilos and Dustin Bowman) placed second (49.9).

Hollie Bailey of Lordstown took first place in the girls high jump (5-0).

Kayla Ellks was second in the 300 dash (47.2) and third in the 55 dash (7.7), while Jessica Reinke was fourth in the long jump (14-2) and Amanda Wickline was fourth in the 55 hurdles (10.4).

Local volleyball

COLUMBUS — The Club Hollywood Chili’s 18 Open volleyball team won two of three matches Saturday in the ASICS Early Bird tournament being played at the Columbus Convention Center.

In the tournament’s Gold Division, Hollywood beat Michigan Team Legacy 25-17, 25-14 and also defeated Penn High VBC 25-18, 25-17.

Hollywood fell to New York Volley FX.

Today they will play the defending champs, Cincinnati Team Z.

Members of the team are Jacci Wyman (Mooney), Aysha Nickels (Girard), Kelly Barzak and Nia Grant (Howland), Megan Kay (Liberty), Kelsey Owen (Canfield), Jill Mull (Alliance), Chelsea Bowker (Crestview) and Jess McGeehan (Beaver Local).

NATION

Hawks, Kings swap

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Hawks traded four players and a draft pick on Saturday for Mike Bibby, the point guard they hope will end the league’s longest streak without a playoff appearance.

The Hawks sent starting point guard Anthony Johnson, 2007 first-round pick Shelden Williams, backup point guard Tyronn Lue, veteran forward Lorenzen Wright and a 2008 second-round pick to the Kings.

The trade is pending league approval and physicals.

Hawks spokeman Arthur Triche said Bibby is expected to join the team in Los Angeles on Monday, where he will have his physical. The Hawks play at the Lakers on Tuesday night.

Bibby, a 10-year veteran, missed the start of the season with a thumb injury but is averaging 13.5 points and 5.0 assists in 15 games.

“I want to thank Mike for his terrific all-around play,” Kings president Geoff Petrie said in a statement. “He’s had a great run here as a King and has participated in and contributed to some great moments on the court and I wish him all the best.”

One of the Hawks’ owners, Michael Gearon Jr., said his team’s new backcourt of Bibby and All-Star Joe Johnson “will be as good as any in the East.”

“I think Bibby will be one of the top three point guards in the East,” Gearon said.

The Hawks, in ninth place in the Eastern Conference and percentage points behind the eighth and final playoff spot, are trying to make the postseason for the first time since 1999.

Also on Saturday, the Kings requested waivers on forward Justin Williams and guard Dahntay Jones.

“We’re excited about adding another young frontcourt player who was the fifth pick of the 2006 draft in Williams, along with some experienced veterans to the team,” Petrie said. “We’re looking forward to seeing how they integrate in with the rest of our roster.”

U.S. swim record falls

COLUMBIA, Mo. — It’s been awhile since Michael Phelps was overshadowed at a swim meet. But Saturday morning at the Missouri Grand Prix, an 18-year-old from Phelps’ old training ground in Baltimore broke the longest-standing American record in swimming.

Katie Hoff won the 400-meter freestyle in 4:03.20, breaking the mark Janet Evans set in 1988 by more than a second. Hoff missed the world record by .07 second.

Phelps, whose only event Saturday morning was the 200-meter butterfly, came nowhere near the world record he set last year in Melbourne. He did, however, swim faster here than he did last year, and that’s all that he wanted to do.

“To be a half-second better than last year with everything that’s happened this year is a step headed in the right direction,” said Phelps.

Phelps won the 200-meter butterfly in 1:53.31, slow compared to his blistering 1:52:09 world record, but still the second fastest time he has ever posted in the event.

“It’s a confidence booster,” he said.

Vindicator staff/wire reports