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area

Giuriceo fights again on May 2

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Area professional boxer Jake Giuriceo will appear on a card at the War Memorial Arena in Johnstown, PA. on May 2nd.

The doors open at 6 p.m. and the first fight is at 7:30.

Giuriceo (1-0) trains at the Burnside Boxing Club on Simon Rd.

There are two buses from the area going to the event. For details on the excursion, call (330) 770-6374), (330) 755-0057 or (330) 482-1099.

PAC recognizes trio

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. — The Presidents’ Athletic Conference recognized three Westminster College athletes with weekly awards.

Senior Katelyn Kushner was named PAC Women’s Track Athlete of the Week, freshman Merrissa Malcolm was named PAC Women’s Field Athlete of the Week, and senior Jeff Skubick was named PAC Men’s Golfer of the Week.

Sabatino selected

AUSTINTOWN — Mount Union College junior Mark Sabatino was named Ohio Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week.

Sabatino struck out a career-high 10 batters, gave up only one run (unearned) and allowed only five hits over six innings to earn the win in a 9-5 decision over Baldwin-Wallace.

Sabatino is 4-0 in five starts and is second on the team with 29 strikeouts.

state

Ohio State’s Worthington fined

COLUMBUS — A judge has fined an Ohio State football player $350 for drunken driving and ordered him to attend an alcohol intervention class.

Campus police stopped defensive tackle Doug Worthington for speeding near Ohio Stadium on July 26. They say a breath test showed his blood-alcohol content was over the legal limit.

The 21-year-old from suburban Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty in January.

Franklin County Municipal Judge James E. Green sentenced him on Monday to 180 days in jail and suspended all but three days for the class, which Worthington has already taken.

Worthington became an Ohio State starter in 2007. He ended last season with 34 tackles.

nation

Danny Ainge back in Celtics gym

BOSTON — Celtics general manager Danny Ainge is out of the hospital after having a minor heart attack.

Ainge attended the team’s shootaround Monday morning one day after being released from Massachusetts General Hospital.

He was admitted there Thursday and underwent surgery. The 50-year-old Ainge did not speak with reporters Monday.

The Celtics lost to the Chicago Bulls 105-103 in overtime Saturday in the opener of their first-round playoff series.

Ainge is in his sixth season in Boston’s front office. He was a guard on two Celtics championship teams in the 1980s and was an NBA All-Star in 1988.

Sanderson introduced

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State gave its new marquee wrestling coach a high-profile welcome.

Cheerleaders and a standing ovation from about 500 fans greeted Cael Sanderson upon his official introduction Monday as the new head coach of the Nittany Lions’ wrestling program.

The 29-year-old Sanderson surprised many college wrestling observers by accepting the Penn State job last week. An undefeated, four-time NCAA champion and Olympic gold medalist, Sanderson coached at his alma mater, Iowa State, the last three seasons.

The Cyclones were hugely successful finishing in the top five at the NCAAs each year.

Women soccer

The U.S. women’s soccer national team will play Canada in Rochester, N.Y., and Charleston, S.C., in July.

The Americans, who beat the Canadians 2-1 in the quarterfinals on the way to the 2008 Olympic gold medal, will be the host for games July 19 at Rochester Rhinos Stadium and on July 22 at Blackbaud Stadium in Charleston.

Familiar foes, the Americans and Canadians have met 44 times, the most matches the United States has played against any nation.

Vindicator staff/wire reports