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Titans compete in Wisconsin

OSHKOSH, Wis. — Five members of the Westminster College women’s track and field team competed at the NCAA Division III Track and Field Outdoor Championships at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

Senior Jess Cooper (New Castle, Pa./Laurel) achieved All-America status with a third-place finish in the high jump with a jump of 1.67 meters. Crystal Blamy of Keene State won the national title in the event with a distance of 1.70 meters.

Junior Megan Harding competed in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.25 for fifth place in her heat. Harding did not qualify for the final, missing the cut by 0.03. Callen Martin of Wilmington finished third in Harding’s heat with a time of 12.22 as the last competitor to meet the cut.

Westminster’s 4x100 meter relay team came up short of qualifying for the finals. The team of Harding, senior Seun Olarewaju (Youngstown/Youngstown Christian), sophomore Abbey Basta (Slippery Rock, Pa./Slippery Rock) and sophomore Jill Diamond finished sixth in its heat with a time of 48.82. The slowest team to advance to the finals posted a time of 47.94.

Bethany College sophomore Matt Cruse finished seventh in the finals of the 110 hurdles to earn All-American honors, the second of his career.

The 110 hurdle champion was senior Jarod Renford from Greenville, who recorded the fastest time in Division III this season at 14.22.

In second place was William Brown from Montclair State (14.28), with Thiel’s Dorran Coley (14.39) grabbing third.

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).

Tennis tourney set in Boardman

BOARDMAN — The Second annual BTSC Early Bird tennis Tournament is scheduled for June 7-9 at Boardman Tennis Swim Club.

Format will be pro-sets with a feed-in consolation bracket.

Singles for men, women and 16-younger will be the brackets on June 7.

Men’s, Women’s and Mixed doubles will play on June 8.

For more information, call Jerry Cannon at (330) 385-6141 or the BTSC at (330) 758-7802.

Dolsak picks Westminster

McDONALD — Emily Dolsak, a senior at McDonald High, has decided to attend Westminster College where she will join her sister, Amy Dolsak, on the women’s basketball team.

Emily holds the McDonald career rebounding record, and became the eighth player at the school to score 1,000 career points.

She has achieved a perfect 4.0 grade-point average and will be valedictorian of her 2008 graduation class,

In addition, she has attained a perfect school attendance record from kindergarten through her senior year.

Amy, meanwhile, who was a sophomore on the Westminster team last season, also is a member of the McDonald 1,000-career-points club.

Westminster is coached by Rosanne Scott, a Struthers native.

Sciortino, Stockman off to Bethany

AUSTINTOWN — Fitch High School’s Gary Sciortino, inside linebacker, two-year starter-letterman and the leading tackler on the 2007 football squad, will continue his career at Bethany College in West Virginia this fall.

Joining him will be Jon Stockman, outside linebacker-running back, two-year lettermen-starter, and honorable mention All Federal League. He was a three year lettererman for the Falcons varsity basketball team and honorable mention FL.

OHIO

Crew tied by Revolution

COLUMBUS — Kheli Dube’s goal in the 89th minute helped the New England Revolution defeat Columbus 1-0 on Saturday night, handing the Crew their first home loss of the season.

New England (6-3-1) moved into a tie with Columbus for first place in the Eastern Conference and has not lost on the road since its first away game of the season April 3.

The Crew fell to 6-2-1.

Dube’s goal came seconds after Crew goalkeeper William Hesmer made a diving save on Shalrie Joseph’s penalty kick.

The penalty was called by referee Richard Heron in the 88th minute when Crew defender Ezra Hendrickson tripped Revolution captain Steve Ralston as Ralston moved the ball along the edge of the penalty area.

Hesmer went to his left to stop Joseph’s penalty kick, but the rebound fell to Dube, who scored his second goal of the season.

Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis was untested until the 26th minute, when Crew captain Frankie Hejduk ran onto a loose ball in the corner and delivered a sharp-angle pass to Alejandro Moreno, whose sliding shot was knocked out of play by Reis.

Reis was forced to make a diving, one-handed save in the 75th minute, when midfielder Eddie Gaven got free in the penalty area for a leaping header of Hejduk’s well-timed crossing pass.

NATION

Goalie equipment to be studied

DETROIT — The NHL plans to take a “good look” at the issue of goaltenders’ equipment during the offseason, league commissioner Gary Bettman said Saturday.

Bettman, speaking ahead of Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals, said he hopes changes can be made, but the issue first must make its way through a committee process.

“All goaltenders should be on equal footing,” he said, noting scoring is down, goalies are bigger both physically and with the equipment they wear, and he wants more room for skaters to shoot on net.

Bettman’s comments came several weeks after it was announced the NHL and its players’ union had formed a group to examine the size and configuration of goalie equipment. They will meet June 11 in Toronto.

Bettman also said every team in the league will play all the others at least once next season.

That means Cup finalists Pittsburgh and Detroit will play during the 2008-09 regular season, something that did not happen this season.

Staff/wire reports

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