Sports notices

ysu

Today’s baseball pushed to Sunday

YOUNGSTOWN — Due to the forecast of rain, today’s scheduled baseball game against Cleveland State has been pushed back to Sunday at 3 p.m. at Eastwood Field.

However, Youngstown’s State’s doubleheader against CSU is slated for Saturday at noon, also at Eastwood.

Robic to Kentucky

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Former YSU men’s basketball coach John Robic was named an assistant at the University of Kentucky. He followed head coach John Calipari from Memphis.

Also selected as a Wildcats assistant was Orlando Antigua. Rod Strickland was named men’s director of basketball operations.

local

Terlesky to play at Firestone club

BOARDMAN — Junior golfer Brian Terlesky Jr., a third grader at Boardman Stadium Drive Elementary School, has been invited to participate in this year’s upcoming Joe Haase Cup at the Firestone Country Club in Akron.

Terlesky, 9, the son of Brian and Christine (Moschella) Terlesky, earned the invitation on his golfing accomplishments on the 2008 junior tour and will be playing for the Spitale Junior Golf Tour team out of Canton in the 12-13 year old age group.

The event is an 18 hole event and will take place on May 10, Mothers Day. There will be a total of four junior golf tour teams in the event.

Women’s 9-pin event this month

CANFIELD — The Youngstown-Salem USBC Women’s Bowling Association’s 10th annual 9-pin no-tap handicap tournament for women and men will be at Amron Lanes later this month.

No-tap permits a nine-count during the first ball of any frame to register as a strike.

Entry fee per person is $16 ($64 per team) and should be mailed to the association office by April 14. There will be two women’s divisions and two divisions for men and women mixed teams.

HOF applications

YOUNGSTOWN — Applications for the 2009 Greater Youngstown Bowling Association Hall of Fame are available at local centers or by contacting the GYBA office (330) 758-8367.

Applications must be submitted no later than April 24.

To be eligible for this year’s selection, an application for nomination that was submitted longer than two years ago must be updated by calling Ted Bundy (330) 770-8161.

Region

Hall of Fame tickets limited

CANTON — A very limited number of sideline and end zone tickets for the 2009 Pro Football Hall of Fame Game between the Tennessee Titans and Buffalo Bills will be made available for sale Tuesday

Tickets for the game, scheduled Aug. 9, may be purchased online by visiting Profootballhof.com or by calling 800-913-9788 beginning at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday.

Tickets are $55 for sideline and $45 for end zone seats. There is a limit of 10 tickets per household.

nation

Taylor hoping for another breakthrough

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — For a few years, Jermain Taylor had Arkansas buzzing about boxing. After beating Bernard Hopkins in 2005 for the middleweight title, Taylor’s home state greeted him with the type of adulation often reserved for its college football and basketball teams.

Now, Taylor’s no longer a champion, and it’s been a while since his hometown of Little Rock had a chance to celebrate one of his big victories. The 30-year-old hopes to change that when he fights Britain’s Carl Froch on April 25 in Mashantucket, Conn., for Froch’s WBC super middleweight belt.

“It brings back a lot of memories,” Taylor said. “I know how to take the belts from somebody.”

Taylor’s first championship was memorable — he ended Hopkins’ streak of 20 consecutive title defenses with a split decision. Taylor was then welcomed back to Little Rock with a parade, an appropriate honor for an athlete who has gone out of his way to show appreciation for Arkansas.