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Volleyball falls

VALPARAISO, Ind. — The YSU volleyball team lost a three-set match to Valparaiso.

Ruth Boscaljon had 11 kills and five blocks while Haley Kapferer had eight kills and three blocks for YSU.

Friday Butler defeated the Penguins in five sets.

Boscaljon had 14 kills but was forced into a season-high eight errors, including four in the final set as YSU committed eight as a team. Kaitlin O’Hara added 13 kills, and Laurie Shives had a team-high 27 digs.

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Shuba to speak

BOARDMAN — George “Shotgun” Shuba will be the Curbstone Coaches’ guest speaker at their noon luncheon Monday at the Blue Wolf Banquet Center. The public is welcome.

Golf Capsules

•Samsung World

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — Paula Creamer birdied the final three holes for a 4-under 68 and a one-stroke lead over Angela Stanford on Saturday after the third round of the Samsung.

Playing near her hometown of Pleasanton, Creamer had a 6-under 210 total on the Half Moon Bay Golf Links’ Ocean Course.

Stanford led for much of the day but hurt herself with two double bogeys on the back nine. She birdied the final two holes for a 69. Australian Katherine Hull eagled No. 4 and also birdied 18 for a 69 to stay within two strokes of the lead on a day when birdies were hard to come by for everybody in the elite 20-player field.

•Turning Stone

VERONA, N.Y. — Tag Ridings missed a short par putt on the final hole to fall into a tie with Charles Howell III for the third-round lead in the Turning Stone Resort Championship, the second of seven Fall Series events.

Ridings (71), winless in 154 starts on the PGA Tour, finished with a 1-under 71 to match Howell (69) at 8-under 208.

Jeff Overton (73), who led both the first and second rounds by one shot, was tied for third at 7 under with Brian Davis (69), Jason Day (71) and Kyle Thompson (69).

Another shot behind were Dustin Johnson (70) and Robert Allenby (71).

•Alfred Dunhill Links

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Sweden’s Jarmo Sandelin shot an event-par 72 and Germany’s Martin Kaymer had a 72, both at Carnoustie, in to share the third-round lead after another wet and windy day in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

Sandelin and Kaymer had 6-under 210 totals after rounds at Kingsbarns, St. Andrews and Carnoustie. The final round will be played at St. Andrews.

Sweden’s Magnus Carlsson (73) was a stroke back, and two-time champion Padriag Harrington (74) was another shot behind along with Markus Brier (76) and Thongchai Jaidee (72).

•Korea Open

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s Kim Wi-joong shot a 2-under 69 to take a one-stroke lead after the third round of the Korea Open.

Kim had a 10-under 203 total on the Woo Jeong Hills Country Club course. American Anthony Kim (67), Englishman Ian Poulter (69) and South Koreans Bae Sang-moon (67) and Kim Dae-sub (69) were tied for second.

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Talladega trucks

TALLADEGA, Ala. — Todd Bodine took the lead on the last lap and held off Ron Hornaday Jr. and Kyle Busch on Saturday in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.

Bodine raced to his second victory of the season and won for the second straight year in the 250-mile race on NASCAR’s largest track.

The trucks raced as many as three- and four-wide over the thrilling final laps, and Busch appeared as if he might hang on for his 20th overall victory this season in NASCAR’s top three series.

Hornaday finished second and Busch was third in the third trucks series race held at Talladega.

Pair earn berths

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Thorn Song’s trainer and jockey knew their horse was having a good day by looking at his ears.

“It was fast, but you could tell he was happy out there, doing what he was doing,” trainer Dale Romans said. “He had his ears pricked, and I knew Robby had him in the right spot.”

Jockey Robby Albarado didn’t have to do much work to guide Thorn’s side to victory in the $600,000 Shadwell Turf Mile. The strategy: Get the lead early and never give it up.

“I know I was going awfully quick on the backside,” Albarado said. “But I felt like he was doing it within himself. He had his ears up. He was comfortable, and he sprinted home.”

Horse breaks record

HOBBS, N.M. — It was an easy win for Peppers Pride. About three lengths, in fact.

With the victory Saturday in a 6-furlong allowance race at Zia Park, the New Mexico thoroughbred put herself into the record books. She has now won 17 times in as many starts, setting a modern North American record.

Before Saturday, Peppers Pride shared the mark of 16 straight victories with Triple Crown winner Citation, two-time Horse of the Year Cigar, Mister Frisky and Hallowed Dreams.

Peppers Pride has career winnings of more than $867,000. Owner Joe Allen, a steak and barbecue restaurateur in Abilene, Texas, estimated she’s added about $50,000 under New Mexico breeders incentives.

Phelps honored

TOWSON, Md. — Michael Phelps was honored by his hometown Saturday with a parade attended by thousands eager to pay homage to the record-setting Olympian.

Phelps was the focal point of the “Parade of Gold”, which served as a homecoming for Maryland’s Olympic heroes, most notably the swimmer who won a record-setting eight gold medals at the Beijing Games this summer.

An estimated 5,000 people attended the event, according to Baltimore County police.

Wearing sunglasses, jeans, a T-shirt and a brightly colored jacket, Phelps waved to admiring fans from within an open-air military vehicle on a gorgeous autumn afternoon. Those in attendance waited months to show their affection for the Baltimore native, whose haul in China raised to 14 his career gold medals.

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Brazil still unbeaten

BRASILIA, Brazil — Host Brazil remained undefeated and the United States was eliminated Saturday after its third straight loss at the Futsal World Cup.

Striker Lenisio scored a goal in each half to help Brazil defeat Russia 7-0.

The U.S. lost 5-3 to Thailand in Rio de Janeiro. The Americans will play their final match Tuesday against Portugal, which lost to Italy 3-1.

Brazil’s third straight victory kept it atop Group A with nine points, three more than second-place Japan, which beat Solomon Islands 7-2. Russia and Cuba, which did not play Saturday, have three points each.

Vindicator staff/wire reports