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Austintown meeting

AUSTINTOWN — The Austintown district-wide winter sports student-parent meeting will be held in the high school auditorium on Oct. 28 at 6:30 p.m.

The OHSAA meeting is for student-athletes who are participating in winter sports.

Umpires recognized

Two local softball umpires received awards at a national NSA fall clinic.

John Rorick received the Wally Bell award as the most improved umpire.

Regis Smith was given the John Mang award as the most promising umpire.

Soccer champs

The Youngstown Area Youth Soccer League awarded champions in 10 divisions of competition.

The divisions and winners include: girls u-10, Lakeview; girls u-11, Canfield; girls u-12, Canfield; girls u-14, Howland; girls u-15, Canfield; boys u-10, Campbell; boys u-11, Howland; boys u-12, Austintown; boys u-14, Howland; boys u-15, Austintown.

Titans selected

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Two Westminster College men’s soccer players won PAC weekly awards.

Senior midfielder Garrett Horvath was named PAC Men’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week and sophomore goalkeeper Mike Codita was named PAC Men’s Soccer Goalkeeper/Defensive Player of the Week.

Westminster is in sole possession of first place and has won five straight games.

Young honored

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - The Presidents’ Athletic Conference honored Westminster College freshman kicker Trevor Young as the PAC Football Special Teams Player of the Week for kicking the game-winning field goal in the largest comeback win in school history.

Young kicked the game-winning, 44-yard field goal as time expired in Westminster’s 46-43 win at home over Bethany Saturday.

On his first career field goal attempt, Young kicked the 10th-longest field goal in NCAA Division III history to win a game on the last play and the 37th field goal overall to win a game as time expired. Young also converted three PAT kicks and averaged 44.6 yards on eight kickoffs.

Westminster’s rally was the largest comeback in school history as they (4-3, 2-2 PAC) overcame deficits of 28-0 in the first quarter and 43-29 in the fourth quarter.

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James scores 20; Cavs top 76ers, 91-83

PHILADELPHIA — LeBron James scored 20 points and had eight rebounds, four assists and four steals before sitting out the fourth quarter of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 91-83 win over the Philadelphia 76ers in a preseason game Tuesday night.

James’ soaring slam dunk off an alley-oop pass from Ben Wallace late in the second period provided the game’s highlight.

Andre Iguodala had 19 points and Elton Brand 12 points and 13 rebounds for Philadelphia. The 76ers played without starting center Samuel Dalembert, who was sidelined with a sore right knee.

The 76ers led 75-71 with 9:26 to play, but Sasha Pavlovic sparked an 11-4 run by the Cavaliers, and his 3-point shot with 6:17 to go gave the Cavs an 80-77 edge.

Philadelphia closed to 82-79, but Cleveland scored seven straight points, with Daniel Gibson’s 3-pointer pushing the lead to 89-79.

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Cardinals raise prices

ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals season ticket plan for 2009 will leave prices unchanged for more than 70 percent of their seats, a decision influenced by the economic downturn.

The team said season ticket prices will increase 1.6 percent on a weighted average basis.

“We are committed to using the same general pricing structure as in 2008, with only a few changes that reflect the dynamic nature of our seating mix,” team president Bill DeWitt III said in a release. “We are being very sensitive to the trends in the general economy while also being faithful to our longtime season ticket holders.”

The Cardinals open at home April 6 against the Pittsburgh Pirates and will host the All-Star Game in July.

McBride to retire

LAS VEGAS — Reigning champion bull rider Justin McBride says he plans to retire after the PBR World Finals next month in Las Vegas.

The 29-year-old cowboy told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he has been thinking about retiring since last year but wanted to make sure he wouldn’t miss the competition.

McBride says he’ll still give his best effort at his final rodeo, the World Finals. He says if he felt like he wasn’t go all out he wouldn’t compete at all.

Vindicator staff/wire reports