Sports digest

YSU

Football tickets

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown State Athletic Ticket Office will hold a one-day only sale on Monday, July 27, for YSU students interested in purchasing a ticket for the Penguins’ Sept. 5 football game at Pittsburgh.

Tickets for the game are $30 and must be purchased in person.

All students need to bring a valid YSU ID.

Kickoff for the contest is slated for 1 p.m.

Hospitality tents

YOUNGSTOWN — Area companies, groups or organizations may reserve a tailgate tent in the Penguin Party Lot for the upcoming football season.

All tents come with a parking pass and groups receive special group-ticket discounts. Call (330) 941-1YSU.

Tent locations are available for Kids Days vs. Austin Peay (home opener on Sept. 12), Family Fun Day against Missouri State (Oct. 3), Fireworks Night versus Western Illinois (Oct. 10), as well as Homecoming/Fireworks Night on Oct. 31 (SDSU) and Senior Day against Illinois State (Nov. 14).

Cooper to serve as faculty rep

YOUNGSTOWN — Dr. Chet Cooper, a professor in the Youngstown State University Department of Biological Sciences, recently took over duties as YSU’s NCAA Faculty Athletic Representative.

In his capacity, Cooper serves as a liaison between the faculty and the athletic department, and he will represent YSU in NCAA, Horizon League and Missouri Valley Football Conference matters.

Cooper came to Youngstown State in 2000 as an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and a member of the School of Graduate Studies.

While at YSU, Cooper has twice earned a Distinguished Professor Award for Scholarship — in 2004 and 2009.

AREA

Attention schools: We need information

The Vindicator seeks information on varsity football photo days and scrimmage schedules.

Please e-mail (sports@vindy.com), fax (330-747-6712) or call (330) 747-1478 with the date, time and place.

Junior golf

CORTLAND — Amanda Orr of Canfield shot an 86 to win the 16-18 age division in Monday’s 13th annual junior girls only tournament at Tamer Win.

Orr won by two strokes over Devin Ferrell (Boardman). Alexis Rafoth (Canfield, 91) and Gabrielle Ben Daali (Howland, 92) finished 3-4.

In the 14-15 competition, Lianne Tucci of Canfield shot 87 to win by four strokes over Jacinta Pikunas (Mooney), while Annie McGlone (Canfield, 93) was third.

Canfield’s Christina Cooper (49) bested Emily Blaner (Beaver Local, 51) in the 12-13s, while Emily Koehler (Mathews) won the 10-11 by shooting 63.

Boxing festival

YOUNGSTOWN — Veterans Aid, an organization that helps military veterans in distress, will hold a blues music and boxing festival on July 25 at the B&O Railroad station downtown.

The boxing show runs from 6 p.m. to 8 and includes mixed martial arts bouts and a pro boxing demonstration by former world champ Harry Arroyo and Youngstown pro Tommy Joseph. There will also be a “body boxing” demonstration and a jujitsu performance.

For details, call (33) 717-4201.

Rock hire Logan

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Chris Logan has been named full-time assistant men’s and women’s soccer coach at Slippery Rock University.

Logan spent the last two seasons serving as The Rock’s men’s soccer graduate assistant.

Logan will work with goalkeepers for both the men’s and women’s teams, while also assisting in all other facets of each program.

Logan came to Slippery Rock in 2007 and spent the last two years serving as a graduate assistant for the men’s program under head coach Matt Thompson.

He graduated with his master’s degree in English this spring.

Little Falcons seek players

AUSTINTOWN — The Austintown Little Falcons football team seeks players for the 135-pound division.

Sign-ups are weeknights from 6-8 through Aug. 18 at Lloyd Elementary School. New players must provide a copy of a birth certificate. For details, call Matt Hlebak at (330) 398-5512.

NATIONAL

Sun beats Sparks

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Asjha Jones scored a season high-tying 24 points, Sandrine Gruda had 14 and the Connecticut Sun beat the Los Angeles Sparks 82-71 on Tuesday night.

Erin Phillips added 11 points for the Sun (6-6), who snapped a two-game skid.

Baseball writers vote down proposal

ST. LOUIS — Baseball writers have turned down a proposal to form a committee for developing guidelines on evaluating players from the steroids era in Hall of Fame voting.

Chicago Sun-Times columnist Rick Telander, who brought the matter up at a Chicago chapter meeting last month, made the proposal Tuesday at a national meeting of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

The proposal was voted down 30-25.

Current rules ask voters to consider a player’s “record, playing ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character, and contributions to the team[s] on which the player played.”

Vindicator staff/wire reports