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Rogner qualifies

WARREN — Youngstown State Univ. sophomore Katie Rogner qualified for the 109th United State Women’s Amateur golf Championships at Eugene, Ore. August 3-10.

Rogner (Warren JFK) competed in a tournament in Veroma, Pa. at Longue Vue Country Club where she shot a single day score of 78 to qualify.

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Fall schedules requested

The Vindicator requests area high school athletic directors to submit 2008 fall varsity sports schedules.

They can be sent by mail to Vindicator sports department, P.O. Box 780, Youngstown, 44501; fax (330-747-6712) or email (sports@vindy.com).

YPD’s under-40 team beats over-40s

YOUNGSTOWN — Brad Ditulliio had six hits, while Jeff Roberts and Michael Cox had four apiece as the Youngstown Police Department’s under-40 team defeated the over-40 team, 24-16, in softball at Volney Rogers Field.

Two of the hits by Roberts and Cox were home runs. Rich Geraci also had four hits including a homer. Mike Dobran was the winning pitcher.

For the under-40s, Gerard Slattery had four hits including a home run, while John Kelty and T.A. Brown also had four hits.

Ditullio was offensive MVP and Pat Kelly was defensive MVP.

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Fueler injured

LEXINGTON, Ohio — The fueler for De Ferran Motorsports was injured Saturday in a pit fire during the American Le Mans Series race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

Keith Jones was transported by helicopter to a Columbus hospital after being treated for unspecified burns while sitting on pit lane after the incident.

Jones, wearing an oxygen mask, waved to the crowd as he was lifted into the ambulance for the ride to the helicopter pad.

The new team, headed by two-time CART champion Gil de Ferran, was racing for only the second time. De Ferran, who came out of a two-year retirement to start the team, won the pole and started the race, but teammate Simon Pagenaud was at the wheel when the team’s Acura ARX-01B pulled away after a stop with the fuel hose still attached to the car.

White wins BMX Dirt

CLEVELAND — Cameron White established his dominance and won the BMX Dirt event in the Dew Tour’s Right Guard Open.

The Australian landed his signature trick, a backflip barspin tailwhip, to secure the victory with a score of 93.92.

Countryman Ryan Guettler finished second at 92.50, and Ryan Nyquist of Greenville, N.C., was third at 91.59.

The 90-minute final was full of technical tricks, with a 1080 from Guettler and a double backflip from Luke Parslow, who finished sixth.

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California horse racing to ban steroids

DEL MAR, Calif. — The California Horse Racing Board has unanimously adopted a regulation that effectively bans anabolic steroids in horses running in the state, paving the way for the Breeders’ Cup to be run steroid-free this fall at Santa Anita.

The board moved the anabolic steroids testosterone, boldenone, nandrolone, and stanozolol into a higher classification, so that now, without exception, any steroid violation will result in the disqualification of the horse.

Under new penalties, violations could result in a minimum 30-day suspension.

Chargers ink pair

SAN DIEGO — Rookies Jacob Hester and DeJuan Tribble agreed to contract terms with the San Diego Chargers.

That leaves cornerback Antoine Cason, the team’s first-round draft pick, as the Chargers’ only unsigned player.

Hester and Tribble both agreed to four-year contracts. Hester, a running back from LSU, was picked in the third round. Tribble, a cornerback from Boston College, was chosen in the sixth round.

Redskins sign Davis

ASHBURN, Va. — The Washington Redskins and rookie tight end Fred Davis agreed to a $3.5 million, four-year contract on Saturday, a day before training camp opens.

The deal includes a $1.8 million signing bonus for the 6-foot-4, 247-pound Davis, who was taken in the second round, 48th overall, out of Southern California in April’s NFL draft.

“I can say I’m finally a Redskin,” Davis said.

Frans Nielsen, Islanders agree

NEW YORK — Danish center Frans Nielsen agreed to a four-year, $2.1 million contract with the New York Islanders on Saturday.

“We’re excited to have Frans locked up for the next four years,” Islanders general manager Garth Snow said.

Nielsen, the first Danish citizen to play in the NHL during the 2006-07 season, split last season between the Islanders and the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League.

In 16 games with the Islanders, he had two goals and one assist.

Virginia Derby

PROVIDENCE FORGE, Va. — Gio Ponti took the lead in the upper stretch and held off a brief run by Colonial Turf Cup winner Sailor’s Cap and a more determined effort by Court Vision to win the Virginia Derby at Colonial Downs on Saturday.

The stubborn colt by Tale of the Cat stonewalled Court Vision’s inside shot at the wire with Kent Desormeaux aboard to prevail by a neck in 2:02.22.

Gio Ponti ended Sailor’s Cap’s pursuit of the Jacobs Investment $5 million Grand Slam of Grass, which offers a $2 million bonus for the 3-year-old that can win the Colonial Turf Cup, the Virginia Derby and two other races.

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Bundesliga could face financial trouble

BERLIN — The chairman of the Bundesliga is worried that a dispute with German antitrust authorities could cause financial difficulties for the soccer league.

Christian Seifert told the Bild newspaper a six-year, $4.7 billion deal with pay-TV channel Premiere for the Bundesliga broadcasting rights starting in 2009 could be canceled if antitrust investigators conclude it is stifling competition.

Vindicator staff/wire reports