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Baseball falls, 15-2

ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia posted 17 hits and scored the final nine runs of the game to defeat the Penguins 15-2 in front of an opening-day record 3,044 fans at Foley Field.

The Penguins helped out the Bulldogs with seven errors and 10 issued walks by five different pitchers.

Two errors and three walks occurred after there were two outs and no runners on base in the sixth with the Penguins trailing 6-2.

Georgia went on to score six runs in the seventh and one in the eighth for the final score.

John Koehnlein and Eric Hymel had two hits apiece at the top of the order for YSU. Hymel added a run scored and an RBI.

area

Mill Creek roads to close briefly March 8

YOUNGSTOWN — Several roads in Mill Creek Park will be closed for the Distance Classic half-marathon race March 8.

The roads will be closed from approximately 7:30 a.m. until approximately 1 p.m.

The roads are Wick Drive, New Bears Den Drive, Cross Drive, Bears Den Drive, West Park Drive, West Cohasset Drive, Valley Drive, High Drive, Chestnut Hill Drive, East Park Drive, East Cohasset Drive, Robinson Hill Drive and part of Slippery Rock Bridge. About 600 runners are expected to participate.

Tri-City sold

FRANKLIN, Pa. — Rimersburg, Pa., businessmen Mike Graham and Roger Crick completed the sale of Tri-City Speedway this week to H&H Motorsports, which is co-owned by Rich Hetrick of Oil City, Pa., and Roy Hill of Richmond, Va.

Terms of the sale were not disclosed.

Southern tournament

SALINEVILLE — Lowellville beat Wellsville, 36-25, in the championship of the Southern Local eighth-grade girls basketball tournament.

Madison Opritza and Kaye Solak had 11 points apiece for Lowellville, while Meika Dalrymple and Maleya Fultz had eight points apiece for Wellsville.

In the consolation game, Leetonia beat Southern Local, 37-31, with Kinzie Smith and Amber Davis scoring nine points. Rachel Coil had 14 points for Southern.

Hank Aaron to speak at celebrity dinner

SOLON — Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron will act as the keynote speaker at a celebrity dinner and auction on March 6.

The event is sponsored by Larry Dolan and the Cleveland Indians and is a fundraiser for the Yoder Brothers Memorial Scholarship Foundation.

The diner will be held at the Signature of Solon Country Club. To order tickets call (440) 543-2811.

state

Browns willing to keep QB Anderson

INDIANAPOLIS — General manager George Kokinis said Friday that the Cleveland Browns are in no hurry to get rid of Derek Anderson and were willing to let Anderson battle Brady Quinn for the starting quarterback job.

Kokinis was in Indianapolis for the annual NFL scouting combine.

There has been speculation that the Browns wanted to get rid of Anderson because of his $5 million roster bonus, due next month.

Neither Anderson nor Quinn finished last season because of injuries.

In a separate meeting with reporters from Northeastern Ohio, new Browns coach Eric Mangini expressed interest in Giants running back Derrick Ward. Ward will become a free agent next week.

The 5-foot-11, 228-pound Ward rushed for 1,025 yards for the Giants last season. He will be 29 in August.

nation

Northern Trust Open

LOS ANGELES — With darkness rapidly descending, Scott McCarron saw enough of the 18th green from 211 yards away to realize it would be one of the tougher shots he faced Friday.

The way his week is going, it turned into another birdie.

McCarron aimed his 5-wood toward the bleachers and watched it fade beautiful back toward the flag to about 10 feet, a final birdie in his round of 3-under 68 that gave him a two-shot lead over Steve Stricker and Tommy Armour III in the Northern Trust Open.

Phil Mickelson will need to do better on the weekend if he wants to successfully defend his title at Riviera.

Leipheimer takes trial, Armstrong places 14th

SOLVANG, Calif. — Levi Leipheimer has won the individual time trial in Solvang and added to his overall lead in the Tour of California, with teammate Lance Armstrong finishing 14th.

world

Johnnie Walker Classic tournament

PERTH, Australia — American Anthony Kang, the Malaysian Open winner last week, shot his second straight 5-under 67 on Friday for a share of the second-round lead in the Johnnie Walker Classic with Ireland’s Damien McGrane.

Vindicator staff/wire reports