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Mays honored by Horizon League

INDIANAPOLIS — Junior DeAndre Mays became the third YSU player in four years to be named to the Horizon League All-Newcomer Team.

Mays, a native of Dallas, Texas, is averaging 10.9 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. His 3.4 assists per game rank sixth in the Horizon League while 10.9 points per game rank 20th.

He also averaged 11.4 points per game against Horizon League opponents.

The other two Penguins named to the Horizon League All-Newcomer Team under coach Jerry Slocum were Vytas Sulskis (2007-08) and Keston Roberts (2005-06).

The Penguins play UIC tonight at 7:05 p.m. in the first round of the Horizon League tournament at the Beeghly Center.

Healey picked Horizon Baseball POTW

INDIANAPOLIS — YSU junior Jacke Healey has been named the Horizon League baseball player of the week in leading the Penguins to a sweep of VMI.

Healey, a 6-2 shortstop from Tunkhannock, Pa., batted .625 and had the game-winning hit in the ninth inning in both of the Penguins’ victories over the Keydets.

He hit a two-run home run with two outs and two strikes on him in the ninth inning that put YSU ahead 7-6 in Friday’s victory. He then hit an RBI double in the ninth on Saturday that broke a 4-4 tie as the Penguins went on to win 9-4.

Healey had four doubles in the series.

Healey, a second-team NJCAA All-America pick at Potomac State last season, is batting a team-high .400 with five doubles, seven runs scored and six RBIs in five games.

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Spring schedules

YOUNGSTOWN — All area high schools are requested to send a copy of their spring sports schedules to The Vindicator.

They can be sent by fax to (330) 747-6712 or e-mailed to sports@vindy.com.

Wolverines reach ECAC tournament

GROVE CITY, Pa. — The Grove City College men’s basketball team has accepted an invitation to play in the 2009 Eastern College Athletic Conference Southern Championship Tournament.

Grove City is the No. 7 seed in this year’s tournament and will visit second-seeded Catholic University Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m.

Overall, it is the Wolverines’ eighth trip to the ECAC Tournament. Grove City also qualified for the ECAC Tournament in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999 and 2003 prior to the current three-year run.

This is the second all-time meeting between the programs. Grove City won the first meeting in 1923, 23-21.

Thiel on top

AUBURNDALE, Fla. – A five-run sixth inning moved Thiel College ahead to stay in a, 12-4, win over Johnson & Wales in baseball action Monday afternoon.

The Tomcats had stumbled through the first five innings, missing a number of scoring opportunities, and ultimately resulting in a, 4-3, deficit midway through the contest.

A Ryan Oldfield single proved to be the spark the Thiel offense needed in its big inning. Oldfield advanced to second on a balk, before Eric Boylan laced a triple into deep left field to plate the tying run. Seven batters and three hits later Thiel found itself on top of the Wildcats, 8-4.

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Sturdivant dies at 78

OKLAHOMA CITY — Tom Sturdivant, who pitched the New York Yankees to victory in Game 4 of the 1956 World Series on the day before Don Larsen’s famed perfect game, has died. He was 78.

Sturdivant threw a complete game in a 6-2 win against the Brooklyn Dodgers on Oct. 7, 1956, to even the best-of-seven series at 2-2 and set the stage for the only perfect game in World Series history. Whitey Ford, Sturdivant, Larsen, Bob Turley and Johnny Kucks threw five straight complete games in that series — a feat that hasn’t been accomplished since.

Sturdivant was a member of the Yankees teams that played in the World Series in three straight years, beginning in 1955.

Safety changes coming to Derby

Nearly a year after the first fatal injury at America’s most famous horse race, Churchill Downs announced Monday it is beefing up safety requirements ahead of this year’s Kentucky Derby.

The company is enacting more than 20 changes, ranging from enhanced drug testing to limits on whips and racing ages, in time for the start of the spring meet at its signature track in Louisville, Ky. Other Churchill-owned tracks, including Arlington Park in Arlington Heights, Ill.; Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens, Fla.; and Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots in New Orleans, will follow by next year.

Vindicator staff/wire reports