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Prep track

HILLIARD — The Boardman High girls track team finished seventh out of 17 teams at the Hilliard Davidson Wildcat Premier Relays held on Saturday.

The distance medley relay team of Colleen Kratofil, Becca Muntean, Katie Heney and Lauren Agnew placed second with a school-record time of 13:18.7.

The old school record of 13:25.5 was set in 1986 by Tracie Thomas, Kathy Economus, Myssi Trigg and Laurie Gomez.

Also placing in the top three were the discus relay team (Erin Brown, Danielle Hobbs, Megan Howard), which was second (312 feet, 5 inches); the shot put relay team (Brown, Angela Burnett, Hobbs), second, 94-23‚Ñ4; the 4x1600 relay (Agnew, Muntean, Kristie Stoll, Heney), third, 23:30.2; and the pole vault relay (Ashlee Frazzini, Karlie Ligore, Jen Bresnahan), third, 21-6.

Poland splits doubleheader

AKRON — The Poland High softball team lost to Tallmadge (4-1) but defeated Akron Springfield (9-7) on Saturday. Jessica D’Apolito and Jenna Modic had the Bulldogs’ only hits in the loss to Tallmadge. Erin Gabriel (1-1) struck out 16 and walked two.

Against Springfield, Gabriel had four hits, scored two runs and drove in one run for the Bulldogs (3-1). Adriana Sikora tripled and scored. Modic (1-0) picked up the win in relief.

nation

TV ratings up 7% for Final Four games

DETROIT — Television ratings for the Final Four are up 7 percent from last year.

Overnight ratings released Sunday show CBS earned a 9.0 rating and 18 share for the national semifinals, up from an 8.4 rating and 16 share.

Michigan State’s home-state win against Connecticut in the first game drew an 8.7 rating and 18 share, up 12 percent from last year’s UCLA-Memphis game. North Carolina’s win against Villanova drew a 9.3 rating and 17 share, up 2 percent from last year’s Kansas-North Carolina game.

CBS’ overall rating for the NCAA tournament is 6.1 with a 13 share, up 7 percent from last year.

Kentucky Derby

Pioneerof the Nile and I Want Revenge are headed to next month’s Kentucky Derby as early favorites. The Pamplemousse won’t be joining them in Louisville.

The colt with the three-race winning streak won’t run in the May 2 Derby, although his racing career isn’t over.

The Pamplemousse was scratched because of a tendon problem hours before Saturday’s $750,000 Santa Anita Derby, in which he was the 9-5 morning line favorite. Pioneerof the Nile went on to win by a length in Arcadia, Calif.

A pre-race examination showed heat in The Pamplemousse’s front left tendon.

Fire tops Red Bulls 1-0

BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — Marco Pappa’s goal helped the Chicago Fire overcome an early red card as they maintained their dominance of the New York Red Bulls with a 1-0 win Sunday.

Fire midfielder John Thorrington was sent off in the 14th minute for tackling New York’s Macoumba Kandji from behind on a breakaway. Kandji left the game with a sprained right ankle.

Despite the ejection and 38-degree weather with winds gusting up to 29 mph, Pappa connected on a 25-yard shot in the 33rd minute for his first goal of the season.

world

Tour of Flanders

MEERBEKE, Belgium — Stijn Devolder of Belgium won the Tour of Flanders classic for the second time in a row, breaking away on the toughest climb for a solo victory ahead of Heinrich Haussler.

Devolder, a time-trial expert, broke away 12 miles from the finish and never wavered over the last stretch to win the 163-mile race in 6 hours, 1 minute, 8 seconds.

Munoz sets mark

MALAGA, Spain — Spanish swimmer Rafael Munoz has set a new world record in the men’s 50-meter butterfly.

Munoz finished in 22.43 seconds at the Spanish championships Sunday to break Roland Schoeman’s previous mark of 22.96. The South African set it at the world championships in Montreal in 2005.

Munoz also set a new European record of 50.58 in the men’s 100 fly at the meet, falling just shy of Schoeman’s world mark of 50.40.

Bradley outpoints Holt

MONTREAL — Timothy Bradley got up from a first-round knockdown to score a unanimous decision over Kendall Holt and unify two titles in the light welterweight division early Sunday morning.

Bradley (24-0) added Holt’s WBO title to his own WBC belt in the unification bout between two Americans. Holt dropped to 25-3.

The stocky Bradley was the aggressor throughout the 12-round fight.

Vindicator staff/wire reports

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