Sunday, July 27, 2008
area
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 e-mail (sports@vindy.com).
Campbell HOF
CAMPBELL — Tickets will go on sale Aug. 11 for the Campbell Memorial High School athletic hall of fame banquet.
The banquet will be at St. Michael’s church hall on Sept. 18, beginning at 6 p.m.
Youngstown State baseball coach Rich Pasquale is the guest speaker.
For tickets call (330) 750-9369 or (330) 755-9609.
Oldtimers picnic
YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown Baseball Oldtimers Assn. will hold its annual picnic, August 14 at Kramer Field.
Reservations may be made by calling Ed Garasic at 782-7123 by Aug. 8.
There is no charge for members, but the cost for guests is $5.
Summer Brawl
CAMPBELL — The CASTLO Police Athletic League and St. Joseph the Provider Church will sponsor “Summer Brawl 2008” — a night of outdoor, festival-style amateur boxing — on Friday starting at 8 p.m. at the St. Joseph The Provider Church School parking lot located at 633 Porter Ave.
The doors will open at 6:30 and all admission will be general seating.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students 12-and-under.
Highlighting the program will be local boxers Jim Hill of Struthers and Jake Giuriceo of Campbell, along with area heavyweights Junior Frangos and Anthony Congemi, who both will be making their amateur debuts.
Also billed will be boxers from several area gyms: Keith Burnside Boxing, Jack Loew’s Southside Boxing Club, the CASTLO PAL, Frank West’s Buckeye Elks, the Warren Boxing Association, and Larry Filer’s Downtown Gym.
Titans recognized
NEW WILMINGTON — The Westminster College men’s and women’s track and field teams were honored with Division III All-Academic status for 2007-08 by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
To earn honors, a team must have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher.
The Wesminster men’s team achieved a GPA of 3.035, and was one of 56 squads that qualified.
The Titan women achieved a GPA of 3.171 and was one of 92 teams that met the standard.
In addition, three members of the Westminster women’s team were among 232 athletes to earn individual recognition.
The trio are sophomore Abbey Basta (Slippery Rock High), senior Jess Cooper (Laurel) and sophomore Jill Diamond (Bishop McCort, Johnstown, Pa.).
Golden Flashes
KENT — Kent State University will add four Youngstown-area recruits to the women’s cross country and track teams this coming school year among a total group of 12.
The newcomers are Patricia Haff (Boardman), Kartoria Carter (Hubbard High), Deidre Clary (Salem) and Audrey Maheu (Warren JFK and Bristolville).
Haff won the 800-meter championship in the Division I district meet this year.
Carter had personal-bests of 12.82 seconds in the 100-meter dash, 26.06 in the 200 and 56.88 in the 400.
Clary was a member of Salem’s 2005 cross country team that won the state championship, and she placed sixth in that meet.
Maheu won the 800-meter state Div. III championship in 2007 in a meet-record time of 2:12.39.
Then she improved that record at the 2008 state meet to 2:12.32.
Maheu also set the 800 record at the 2008 Ohio Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches state track indoor meet in 2:19.98.
In 2007, she became the first JFK girl ever to qualify for the state cross country meet, where she placed 24th in 19:24.99.
state
Change eyed in Buckeyes parking
COLUMBUS — Game days could be more expensive this fall for carloads of Ohio State fans who park and ride from the state fairgrounds.
Transit officials in Columbus are considering a proposal that would cut the cost of the parking part in half, from $10 down to $5.
However, the round-trip bus ticket from the lot to the game would rise to $4, from as little as a buck last season.
The new park-and-ride pricing means one person going alone to a Buckeyes game would pay $9, down from $11 last year.
But four people in a van would pay $21, compared to $14.
The head of the transit agency says there’s no opposition to the plan among the board members who must vote to approve it.
nation
Big Brown workout
NEW YORK — Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown turned in his fastest workout Saturday since returning to training after his puzzling last-place finish in the Belmont Stakes.
The colt breezed six furlongs in 1:10.86 under exercise rider Michelle Nevin at Aqueduct.
“Every work since he’s come back has been better than the one before it,” said Michael Sherack, vice president of IEAH Stables, which co-owns Big Brown with Paul Pompa Jr.
world
US upsets Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — The United States upset five-time defending champion Brazil 25-23, 25-22, 27-25 Saturday to reach a World League volleyball final against Serbia.
Clayton Stanley had three aces to lead the U.S. with 16 points, while Brazil’s Dante Guimaraes Amaral picked up 17.
Serbia advanced by beating Russia 25-19, 25-19, 25-23 behind 22 points from Ivan Miljkovic.
Friedel joins Villa
BIRMINGHAM, England — American goalkeeper Brad Friedel signed a three-year contract with English club Aston Villa on Saturday.
The 37-year-old left Blackburn for an undisclosed fee, one day after Blackburn signed former England goalkeeper Paul Robinson from Tottenham.
Friedel, who has made 82 appearances for the United States, has previously played for the Columbus Crew, Galatasaray and Brondby before moving to England in 1997, when he joined Liverpool.
Vindicator staff/wire reports