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Striders to host meet at YSU

The Youngstown Striders Track and Field team will hold the Joe Williams/ Frankie Halfacre Memorial Track meet at Youngstown State University on July 6th at 9:30 a.m.

The meet is open to athletes 5 years old to 65 years old. Memorial Meet trophies will be awarded to the first 250 participants, in addition, MVP trophies will be presented to the top performers in each age group up to 18 years old.

The deadline for entries is July 3rd, entry blanks can be secured at eteamz.com/leaau in the track and field portal. The cost is $15.00 per athlete, any questions please contact David Townsend (330) 559-1992 or Theresea Harris at (330) 743-5875.

Game of Hope

NILES — The Hope Foundation of the Mahoning Valley will sponsor a Softball Game of Hope prior to a Mahoning Valley Scrappers game on August 16 at Eastwood Field.

The Softball Game of Hope, which will benefit and support chronically/terminally ill children in the Mahoning Valley, starts at 4 p.m., followed by the Scrappers-Jamestown Jammers game. Tickets for both games are $7, $3 of which is a donation.

Teams will be comprised of local leaders and community volunteers from both Mahoning and Trumbull counties. Donations are being accepted.

For more information call Tony Spano (330) 728-2669.

Junior golf clinic at Tamer Win

CORTLAND — Tamer Win Golf Course will be conducting junior golf clinics next month under the direction of Jerry and Donna Bollinger, both TGA certified instructors for youths 8-12 years of age.

The clinics will be held in five 1 1/2 hour sessions beginning July 15 and running each Tuesday through Aug. 12. There will be two sessions, with a limit of 12 golfers per sessions. The first session begins at 10 a.m. and the second at 11:30 a.m.

The cost is $90 for the five sessions and includes a drink and snack each week. Golfers are required to pring at least a 3-wood, 5-7-9 irons and putter. For more information contact Debbie at Tamer Win at (330) 637-2881.

NATION

Yankees placed Matsui on DL

NEW YORK — Hideki Matsui was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday with a sore left knee, leaving the New York Yankees without one of their key sluggers.

Matsui missed the Yankees’ 15-6 loss to the New York Mets in the opener of a rare two-stadium Subway Series doubleheader. He hit in the batting cage and ran in the outfield before the game, but the Yankees opted to place him on the DL retroactive to Monday after the loss.

Manager Joe Girardi said he hopes Matsui’s balky knee won’t keep him out longer than a couple weeks.

Storm damages U.S. trials pool

OMAHA, Neb. — A severe storm damaged the Quest Center and forced swimmers practicing for the U.S. Olympic trials to evacuate the pools Friday.

Officials at the 7-year-old arena near downtown Omaha closed the building for the rest of the night after the storm blew through to check for damage. Superstar Michael Phelps and hundreds of other swimmers were herded into the hallways of the arena after a tornado warning was issued.

Hail, heavy rain and 50-mph wind tore through the city during the storm.

Georgia’s Humphrey dismissed from team

ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia coach Dennis Felton has dismissed Billy Humphrey from the team following Humphrey’s third arrest in less than a year.

The 20-year-old Humphrey was charged with DUI, failure to maintain his lane and the underage purchase of alcohol and taken to the Gwinnett County jail early Tuesday.

Felton announced Friday that Humphrey, a rising senior who was the team’s second-leading scorer last season, was dismissed from the team.

Vindicator/wire report