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Canfield scramble

CANFIELD — The Canfield High boys golf team will hold a four-man scramble on Oct. 4 at Kennsington Golf Course with a 12:30 p.m. shotgun start.

All proceeds from the event will go to benefit the high school golf program. The cost is $65 per person. Hole sponsorship are available and there will be a chance to win a car for a hole-in-one.

For information and reservations contact Michael Murphy at (330) 702-0463.

Mooney tickets

YOUNGSTOWN — Tickets for the Cardinal Mooney-St. Francis (N.Y.) football game Friday at Fitch High will be on sale today through Friday at the Mooney school office from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Prices for adults are $6, while student tickets cost $4. All tickets at the gate are $6.

Ursuline golf outing

YOUNGSTOWN — The Ursuline High School girls’ softball team will hold a four-person golf scramble on Sept. 27 at Pine Lakes Golf Course. The cost is $65 per person and includes lunch, complimentary beverages, an 18-hole scramble, golf cart, hole prizes, team prizes and dinner. Registration: 12:30 -2:00 p.m. Shotgun start: 2:00 p.m. Sponsorship opportunities are also available. For more information, contact Michael Kernan at (330) 207-0493 or Barb Balestrino at (330) 509-3957.

Women’s bowling dinner Oct. 5

YOUNGSTOWN — The 41st annual achievement awards dinner and 32nd hall of fame induction will take place Oct. 5 at the ITAM Centre on Meridian Rd., the Youngstown-Salem USBC Women’s Bowling Association announced.

During the hall of fame ceremony, Helen “Greek” Miller will be inducted into the achievement category, while Natalie McBride will be inducted as a Star of Yesteryear.

Tickets can be purchased by calling (330) 799-7999.

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Beech demoted

PITTSBURGH — Kris Beech, a forward acquired by Pittsburgh in a trade for Jaromir Jagr, was among 13 players sent down by the Penguins to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL on Tuesday.

The Penguins cut their roster to 29 players, a number lower than usual so early in the preseason because they will travel to Europe next week to start the NHL regular season. Pittsburgh has two remaining exhibition games before they leave the country.

Also sent down were Ryan Stone, Adam Henrich, Aaron Boogaard, Tim Wallace, Jonathan Filewich, David Gove and Christopher Minard, defenseman Deryk Engelland, T.J. Kemp, Ben Lovejoy and Joey Mormina and goalie David Brown.

Mason is hurting

COLUMBUS — Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Steve Mason will be out 4-to-6 weeks after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery on Tuesday.

The 20-year-old Mason was the Blue Jackets’ second pick and No. 69 overall in the 2006 draft and is considered the franchise’s goalie of the future. He was injured last spring while playing with the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League, where he went 32-7-3 with a 2.51 goals-against average and three shutouts in 42 games.

Jones to retire

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Eight Belles’ trainer Larry Jones says he is retiring from the thoroughbred business.

Jones told The Associated Press on Tuesday that his stable won’t be taking any new horses. He’ll continue to train the ones he has but plans to be largely retired by next year’s Breeders’ Cup.

US Senior Amateur

FORT WORTH, Texas — Past U.S. Mid-Amateur champion George Zahringer and 1995 U.S. Amateur runner-up George “Buddy” Marucci each posted two victories Tuesday to reach the quarterfinals of the USGA Senior Amateur.

Also advancing on the 6,679-yard, par-71 course at Shady Oaks Country Club, was local favorite John Grace, of Fort Worth, who won 4 and 3 in the second round over Bruce Meyer in the morning, and defeated Paul Murphy by the same margin in the afternoon.

The former Shady Oaks men’s club champion estimated that he has played this course more than 500 times, and even teed it up with Ben Hogan, who served as the club’s head professional for many years.

Vindicator sports/wire reports