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Diver Carpin sets career-high marks

YOUNGSTOWN — YSU sophomore diver Amanda Carpin set career-high scores in the 1-meter and 3-meter diving competitions to finish third in each event at the YSU Diving Invitational Sunday.

Carpin scored a 232 in the 1-meter competition in a field of 10 divers. In the 3-meter, Carpin finished with a six-dive total of 239.

Her score in both events move her into fifth-place in school history.

In the 3-meter she moved in front of Sherrie Zimmerman’s 230.15 set in 1986. In the 1-meter she passed Erin Mazzant who had a 221.15 in 2005.

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Prep basketball

YOUNGSTOWN — No tickets will be sold at the gate when the East boys basketball team plays at Chaney Friday.

The freshman game begins at 2:30 p.m., the junior varsity game starts at 4 p.m. and the varsity game will follow the JVs.

Advance tickets are available at the two schools.

Prep ice hockey

MENTOR — Notre Dame Cathedral Latin defeated the Canfield ice hockey team 5-3.

Canfield was down 4-1 heading into the third period but Riley Emery scored twice to make it 4-3.

NDCL scored an empty net goal with :56 remaining.

Scott Sittig scored the other Cardinal goal while Max Siegle dished out two assists and Joe Geiser, Dan Johns and Dylan Kuffel also added assists.

Canfield ends the season 10-14, 3-7 in the GCHSHL Blue South division.

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Buick Invitational

SAN DIEGO — Nick Watney appeared to be along for the ride Sunday until making two birdies over the final three holes to take advantage of a late collapse by John Rollins and win the Buick Invitational.

Watney knocked in a 40-foot birdie putt from the fringe on the par-3 16th, then completed his five-shot rally with a two-putt birdie on the 18th hole. He closed with a 4-under 68 for his second career victory.

“I knew it wasn’t over,” Watney said.

Rollins let this one get away.

Big A feature

NEW YORK — Leo rallied to beat Be Bullish by a half length Sunday in the $44,650 allowance feature at Aqueduct.

Apprentice jockey Sheldon Russell was aboard for trainer Tony Dutrow as Leo earned his seventh win in 24 starts. The 6-year-old gelding ran the six furlongs in 1:10.82 on the fast track.

Leo paid $4.90 and $2.80. Be Bullish returned $3.20 with Saint Daimon third.

There was no show wagering on the four-horse field.

Dick Weber Open

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. — Coming off a disappointing 39th-place finish in a tournament two weeks ago, PBA Hall of Famer Norm Duke defeated Michael Fagan 278-168 in the championship match to win the Dick Weber Open on Sunday.

“That week off was everything,” said Duke, who was inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame the same week as the Tournament of Champions. “I needed it mentally — if there wasn’t this break on Tour, I would have probably taken a week off anyway.”

Duke’s win was the 32nd of his career tying him for fifth all time.

Monster truck death

TACOMA, Wash. — After debris flew off a monster truck and hit two spectators, killing a 6-year-old boy, neither the driver nor competition officials knew the debris had landed in the stands and didn’t realize anyone was hurt, police reports show.

The driver, 21-year-old Gary Schott Jr., told investigators he felt a vibration as the modified Chevrolet SSR truck came off a jump, then saw event official Robert Quint waving at him and felt the truck lose power.

Quint had seen the truck vibrating and noticed something amiss in the rear driveshaft. The truck rolled about 15 feet as the driveshaft came loose.

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Pacific Series

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — After a start delayed by a failing breeze, Damiani Italia Challenge beat Luna Rossa by 1 minute, 40 seconds in an all-Italian race Sunday for its first win in Gold Fleet racing among the top six teams in the regatta.

Switzerland’s Alinghi later beat rival Oracle Racing of the United States by 26 seconds, and Britain’s TeamOrigin beat Team New Zealand by 6.

Most attention at the regatta Sunday was on land, due to an intensifying dispute over Alinghi’s decision not to race Saturday in their first scheduled meeting with Team New Zealand since the 2007 America’s Cup finals.

Fed Cup tennis

BRNO, Czech Republic — The Czech Republic took a 2-1 lead over Spain in the first round of the Fed Cup after Lucie Safarova beat Carla Suarez Navarro 6-4, 6-3 in reverse singles on Sunday.

The 22-year-old Czech led 5-2 in the first set and broke Suarez Navarro in the opening game of the second.

In Sunday’s second singles match, Petra Kvitova will play Nuria Llagostera Vives.

Vindicator staff/wire reports