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City junior bowling

YOUNGSTOWN —¬†The second annual Junior City Scholarship Bowling Tournament entry forms are available in area bowling centers.

Entries close March 17 for the event, which is open to all Youngstown USBC Youth 2007-2008 sanctioned bowlers. The cost is $10 per event. First-place winners in each division will receive a $50 scholarship. Kay Lanes will conduct the singles doubles with Bowladrome Lanes site of the team event. Any questions call Bobbi Sciarra at (330) 792-9549. 

Also, Youngstown USBC sanctioned youth seniors have been mailed their scholarship applications. If not, contact Sciarra at 792-9549. All completed forms are due to Kay Marrotti by May 5. The Youngstown USBC Youth Association will award four scholarships at its May banquet. Those include two scholarships for $1,500 (one girl and one boy) and two for $250.

Boilermaker assigned to Thunder roster

BOARDMAN — Defensive back/wide receiver Raymond Williams, (6’3, 204) has been assigned to the Mahoning Valley Thunder.

Williams is a first year af2 player.

Williams was a member of both the football and track teams at Purdue University.

Recruited as a wide receiver, Williams accounted for 37 receptions, 491 yards and three touchdowns in his first three seasons with the Boilermakers.

A duel threat, Raymond was also used in the backfield, rushing for 52 yards on 13 carries with one score.

nation

Mackey first into Ruby checkpoint of Iditarod

RUBY, Alaska — Village bells rang as a very tired Lance Mackey and his 14 dogs were the first team to pull into this Yukon River checkpoint in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

“Don’t count me out just yet,” Mackey said as his dogs yelped at the outpost about 500 miles from the race’s finish in Nome.

Ruby will recharge Mackey with a seven-course gourmet feast, the village’s traditional honor for the first musher into town. He’ll also receive $5,000 in $1 bills.

Uno and done

NEW YORK — He was one of the greats in his sport, an underdog from a small Southern town who became a most popular champion. He thrilled fans by running around like a playful pup, until there was nothing left to prove. This week, he bowed out.

So long, Uno the beagle.

Less than a month after winning best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club, his team made it official: America’s top dog has retired.

“If anyone could bark out signals like Brett Favre, it’s Uno,” David Frei, host of the Westminster television coverage, said Friday. “Like Brett, he did it all.”

Someday, Uno will lead a pet’s life and maybe breed future champs. In the meantime, he’ll be a pretty hectic hound.

world

Castillo’s bout canceled

CANCUN, Mexico — Jose Luis Castillo failed to make weight for his 140-pound WBC eliminator bout on Friday, forcing the cancellation of yet another important fight for a boxer with a long history of weighty problems.

Castillo didn’t even show up at an amphitheater next to Nichupte Lagoon for the weigh-in before his fight with Timothy Bradley on the undercard of Saturday’s WBC heavyweight title bout between Oleg Maskaev and Samuel Peter.

When Castillo weighed himself Thursday night, he was 147 pounds — and two hours before the official weigh-in, he still topped the scales at 1441‚Ñ2 pounds, Bradley’s camp said.

US defeats Italy 2-0

ALVOR, Portugal — Lindsay Tarpley and Heather O’Reilly scored to lead the United States over Italy 2-0 Friday for the Americans’ second straight win at the Algarve Cup women’s soccer tournament.

Tarpley tapped in a rebound following Lauren Cheney’s shot in the sixth minute. Tarpley also scored in the fifth minute of Wednesday’s opening 4-0 victory over China.

O’Reilly sprinted down the right, cut inside and scored from a tight angle in the 74th.

Chambers wins silver

VALENCIA, Spain — Dwain Chambers put his doping ban behind him and claimed a silver medal in the 60 meters Friday at the World Indoor Championships behind Nigeria’s Olusoji Fasuba.

In a close finish, Fasuba had to nurse cramps during the final but still won in a season-best 6.51 seconds, leaving former doping cheat Chambers and Kim Collins of Saint Kitts and Nevis to share second 0.03 seconds behind.

“I knew something was going to come,” Fasuba said, feeling his form improve throughout the day’s heats and semifinals.

Cycling rift deepens

AIGLE, Switzerland — International cycling’s governing body will open a disciplinary case against the French cycling federation and its president in an escalating dispute over control of the sport’s top races.

Vindicator staff/wire reports