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YSU game will be scrimmage

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State coach Jon Heacock said Friday’s Red-White spring game will be a jersey scrimmage.

Kickoff at Stambaugh Stadium is slated for 7:30 p.m.

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Scott Thomas named weekly top runner

AUSTINTOWN — Mount Union College junior Scott Thomas (West Branch High) was named Ohio Athletic Conference Men’s Track Athlete of the Week.

Thomas won the 100 (10.97) and 200 meters (22.60) to lead the Purple Raiders to a second place finish at the Westminster Invitational.

Thomas earned OAC Track Athlete of the Week honors twice during the indoor season.

Coaches invited to depression workshop

YOUNGSTOWN — Bowling Green baseball coach Doug Merrill will be the keynote speaker for the United Way’s “Fighting the Demons” workshop on May 15 at YSU’s DeBartolo Stadium Club.

Area coaches are encouraged to attend. Merrill, a motivational speaker on depression and suicide, will discuss the warning signs for youth suicide and how to react.

The registration fee is $10, which includes breakfast. For reservation details, call (330) 747-5111. Deadline is May 1.

Inside Boxing show

YOUNGSTOWN — Longtime HBO boxing analyst Larry Merchant will be the guest on “Inside Boxing” from 6 p.m. to 7 today on WBBW-1240.

Wilson gets honor

WEXFORD, Pa. — After a standout performance Saturday at the Indiana (Pa.) University Invitational, Bethany sophomore Clint Wilson was selected as the PAC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week for April 20.

Wilson qualified for the 2009 ECAC Track & Field Championships in the high jump, as he cleared six feet, six inches to take third place, but first among Division III competitors, at the IUP meet.

Rock athletes sweep

LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University women’s track and field team has swept this week’s Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Athlete of the Week honors, as Whitney Hendershot and Lacey Cochran have both been honored for their performances over the weekend.

Hendershot was named the PSAC Female Field Athlete of the Week for her performance in the heptathlon at the Ed Fry Invitational and Cochran was named the Female Track Athlete of the Week for her performance in four sprinting events at the Sparky Adams Invitational.

Terrell recognized

WEXFORD, Pa. — Bethany freshman Summer Terrell has been selected as the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Hitter of the Week for April 20.

This is the second Player of the Week award this season for Terrell, but her first nod as a batter. She was chosen as the conference’s Pitcher of the Week on March 15.

Terrell led the Bison to a 6-2 week by hitting .417 (10-24) with three home runs and 11 RBIs.

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Dead polo horses

WELLINGTON, Fla. — The idyllic, wealthy setting of a polo match with one of the world’s top teams quickly turned horrific: Magnificent polo ponies, each valued at up to $200,000, stumbled from their trailers and crumpled one by one onto the green grass.

Now veterinarians are trying to pin down the cause of what they believe was a swift toxic reaction killing 21 horses on Sunday shortly before they were scheduled to play in the U.S. Open tournament.

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Barcelona tennis

BARCELONA, Spain — Former French Open champion Gaston Gaudio won his first match in nearly two years by Argentine countryman Diego Junqueira 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 at the Barcelona Open on Tuesday.

Gaudio, the Barcelona winner seven years ago, converted six of his seven break opportunities and rallied from a break down in the final set for his first victory at ATP level since the 2007 French Open, a span of 23 months.

Fourth-seeded David Ferrer held off a stubborn challenge from Kazakhstan qualifier Mikhail Kukushkin to win 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.

Vindicator staff/wire reports