Sports briefs

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Softball loses twice to St. Francis, 2-1, 9-1

LORETTO, Pa. — YSU freshman Jordan Ingalls went 5-for-6 on the day and junior Cheryl Cale scattered seven hits in game one but the Penguin softball team dropped a pair of games to Saint Francis (Pa.), 2-1, 9-1.

In the opener, Ingalls went 3-for-3 with a solo home run.

In the nightcap, Ingalls went 2-for-3 and freshman Kristen Philen produced a run-scoring single.

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MV Scrappers seek host families

NILES — The Mahoning Valley Scrappers are looking for host families for the upcoming season.

Families will have the opportunity to host a Scrappers player during the season, and will receive complementary tickets to each home game as well as a discount on team merchandise.

A host family will share its home with a Scrappers player from June through mid-September.

For more information about becoming a host family, contact Marc Means at the Scrappers office at (330)505-0000 or email at mmeans@mvscrappers.com.

Brawlroom is tonight

BROOKFIELD — Two full-contact title fights are slated for this evening at Yankee Lake in an event titled “Brawlroom XI”.

Gates open at 6 p.m. and action starts at 7:30 p.m.

The two features will send 185-pound middleweights Kevin Zalac (5-0) of Youngstown against Slippery Rock’s Mike Linza (5-0) and lightweights Joe Wagner (6-1) meeting Garret Sahene (4-1).

For details, call (724) 699-1725.

Caparanis to address Trumbull Sports Hall

WARREN — The Trumbull County Sports Hall of Fame will meet at Cleats Club Seat Grill on Monday at 6:15.

The guest speaker will be John Caparanis, a radio talk show host on WBBW-AM.

For details on the organization, call (330) 637-6910.

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Zurich Classic

AVONDALE, La. — Jerry Kelly moved into position for his first PGA Tour victory since his breakthrough 2002 season, shooting a 6-under 66 for a one-stroke lead over Troy Matteson and Charley Hoffman in the Zurich Classic.

Kelly had a 10-under 134 total on the TPC Louisiana course.

His lone tour victories came in 2002 — in the Sony Open and Western Open.

Matteson matched the course record with a 64, and Hoffman shot a 66.

Louisiana favorite David Toms (68) was 8 under along with first-round leader Charlie Wi (70), Parker McLachlin (69), John Merrick (69) and John Rollins (67).

New Zealand’s Danny Lee missed the cut in his pro debut, shooting 76-75.

Liberty Mutual Legends

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Tom Lehman got off to a fast start in his Champions Tour debut, teaming with Bernhard Langer to take a share of the first-round lead in the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf at 11-under 61.

Fuzzy Zoeller and John Jacobs also shot a 61 in the better-ball event at The Club at Savannah Harbor, an island course in the middle of the Savannah River.

Sandy Lyle and Ian Woosnam had a 62, and Mark O’Meara-Nick Price, John Cook-Joey Sindelar and Jeff Sluman-Craig Stadler shot 63s.

Big A feature

NEW YORK — Double Dinghy Day beat Viva La Flag by a nose Friday in the $48,000 allowance feature for fillies and mares on the turf at Aqueduct.

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Corona Championship

MORELIA, Mexico — Defending champion Lorena Ochoa shot her second straight bogey-free 8-under 65 on Friday to take a three-stroke lead over Suzann Pettersen in the LPGA Tour’s Corona Championship.

Ochoa, the top-ranked Mexican star who also won the 2006 tournament at Tres Marias, eagled the par-5 eighth hole and had six birdies. The fifth-ranked Pettersen shot a 64.

Second-ranked Yani Tseng (66) and Na Yeon Choi (69) were five strokes back at 11 under, Kristy McPherson (68) was 10 under, and Michelle Wie (71) was 9 under along with Sarah Lee (70), Karrie Webb (67), Irene Cho (67) and Brittany Lang (68).

Vindicator staff/wire reports