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Scott all-academic

HOWLAND — Tyler Scott of Howland was recognized as a member of the 2008 academic all-Ohio football team, the Ohio High School Football Coaches Assn. reported.

Only 66 student-athletes from the more than 35,000 players around the state were named.

To qualify, the player must exhibit exemplary academic performance in addition to outstanding athletic ability.

Farr is honored

CANTON — Ryan Farr, a junior wide receiver for the Malone College football team from Boardman High, has gained national academic honors.

Farr, a youth and sports ministry major, was one of four Malone football players to be named a 2008 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete.

Farr gained the award for the first time. To be eligible for recognition, a student-athlete must be a junior or senior with a minimum grade-point average of 3.5.

Stewart recognized

SHARON, Pa. — Chloe Stewart, a freshman on the La Roche College (Pittsburgh) women’s basketball team from Farrell High, has been recognized by the Penn-Ohio Athletic Club for her academic achievement.

Stewart won the 2008 Penn-Ohio Athletic Club Scholarship worth $500 for her high academic achievement, community service, leadership and loyalty to the Penn-Ohio Athletic Club.

She was presented her award by Justin J. Magestro of the Penn-Ohio Athletic Club.

Stewart, a 5-3 guard, leads La Roche in assists (41) and steals and is second in scoring average with 11.2 points per game.

Also on the LaRoche team is Keveeda Myers, a 5-7 freshman guard-forward from Farrell High.

Reed to appear

AUSTINTOWN — Jeff Reed, place kicker of the Pittsburgh Steelers, will be signing autographs at Lucianno’s Cafe and Banquet Center on Jan. 20 from 6-9 p.m.

Tickets for the event will go on sale at Lucianno’s from Jan. 16-18 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.

For details call (330) 397-5877 after 5 p.m.

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Fedotenko injured

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins say forward Ruslan Fedotenko will miss four to six weeks with a broken right hand.

Fedotenko injured his hand less than two minutes into Tuesday night’s game against the Atlanta Thrashers in a one-punch fight against former Penguins player Colby Armstrong.

Fedotenko decked Armstrong with the punch, although Fedotenko rarely fights.

The Penguins say Fedotenko has been placed on injured reserve.

Forward Pascal Dupuis sustained an unspecified injury in the same game, but Coach Michel Therrien has said he could return to the lineup in the next few days.

Roberts dead at 64

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Dave Roberts, a left-handed pitcher who played for the 1979 World Series champion Pittsburgh Pirates during a 13-year career in the majors, died of lung cancer Friday. He was 64.

Roberts died at his home in Short Gap, according to his wife, Carol, and stepdaughter Kristy Rogan.

Rogan said Roberts had developed lung cancer from asbestos exposure as a young man. During the offseasons, he worked as a boilermaker.

Roberts went 103-125 with a 3.78 ERA for eight teams, beginning in 1969 with the San Diego Padres and ending in 1981 with the New York Mets.

The Pirates got him from the San Francisco Giants in a five-player trade in June 1979 that also sent Bill Madlock to Pittsburgh. Roberts went 5-2 for the Pirates and made one relief appearance in the NL championship series that season.

Plankton Stakes

NEW YORK — Awesome Ashley rallied to beat Devil House by 31‚Ñ2 lengths, pulling off an upset Friday in the $66,700 Plankton Stakes for fillies and mares at Aqueduct.

Fifth in the early stages, Awesome Ashley swung to the far outside on the final turn for the determined run through the lane that produced her first stakes win, and fourth in 17 career starts.

The gray 5-year-old trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by Ramon Dominguez ran the one mile in 1:35.87.

Awesome Ashley, an 11-1 long shot, paid $24.20, $10.80 and $3.

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Armstrong gets company

MILAN, Italy — Two-time Spanish Vuelta champion Denis Menchov has joined the list of top cyclists planning to challenge Lance Armstrong at the Giro d’Italia.

Giro organizers announced Friday that Menchov, the Russian leader of the Rabobank team, has entered this year’s race.

Armstrong, a seven-time Tour de France champion who is making a comeback after three years of retirement, has entered the Giro for the first time.

With the addition of Menchov, there are now eight winners of cycling’s major races — the Giro, the Tour and the Vuelta — lined up for the Giro, accounting for a total of 16 victories in those events.

Vindicator staff/wire reports