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Salcedo Federal player of year

CANTON — Boardman High senior Robert Salcedo was named Federal League tennis player of the year for 2009.

Salcedo, whose regular-season record was 15-0 in singles, is the No. 1 seed for the Div. I Canton sectional starting Tuesday at Weiss Park.

Salcedo will continue his tennis career next fall at the University of Dayton.

Salcedo has been to the state tournament in Columbus the last two years as a doubles team member.

Golf league opens

GIRARD — The Girard Knights of Columbus Golf League is playing on Mondays at 2:30 p.m. at the Mahoning Country Club, 710 E. Liberty Street.

For more information or to join should call (330) 545-3082 or (330) 539-4547.

11-hit attack

BERLIN CENTER — The Western Reserve softball team rapped out 11 hits including six doubles as the Blue Devils defeated West Branch 6-1.

Elizabeth Srock (10-2) got the decision for the Blue Devils (13-4) and unloaded three hits, one a double.

Sissy Stubbs had a two-run double in a four-run first inning.

Chelsea Korda, Melissa Burkey, Kailyn Mowery and Amanda Majirsky also had two-base hits for the Blue Devils.

The Warriors are 4-16.

Kehres honored

WESTLAKE — Mount Union College football coach Larry Kehres will be presented the Lee Tressel Ohio College Coach of the Year Award at the Northeast Ohio Chapter of the National Football Foundation Awards Banquet today at LaCentre Banquet Facility in Westlake.

The award will be presented by Jim Tressel, Ohio State football coach and son of the late Lee Tressel, for whom the award is named.

In 2008, Kehres led the Purple Raiders to an undefeated 15-0 record and a 10th NCAA Div. III National Championship.

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Armstrong gains time on rivals at Giro again

TRIESTE, Italy — Lance Armstrong gained time on his rivals again at the Giro d’Italia on Sunday, yet the seven-time Tour de France winner still maintains he has no designs on winning the three-week race.

“I still don’t think I’m a contender for the overall, but I feel better than I thought I would feel,” Armstrong said.

Alessandro Petacchi edged Mark Cavendish to win the second stage in a mass sprint and Cavendish retained the overall leader’s pink jersey.

Armstrong finished in the main pack with the same time as Petacchi, while overall race favorite Ivan Basso and Armstrong’s Astana teammate Levi Leipheimer each finished 13 seconds behind, dropping back when the group was split by a crash with just over 3 miles remaining.

Man United on top

LONDON — Manchester United held its three-point margin atop the Premier League by beating neighbor Manchester City 2-0 on Sunday while Chelsea romped to a 4-1 victory at Arsenal.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 18th league goal of the season with a free kick at Old Trafford and Carlos Tevez added the second with a shot from the edge of the area in the 45th to put United within four points of a third Premier League title in a row and 11th in 17 seasons under manager Alex Ferguson.

The victory maintained Man United’s lead with a game in hand despite Liverpool’s 3-0 win at West Ham on Saturday, and Ferguson’s stars can move closer to the title by winning at Wigan on Wednesday.

Sweden beats US 4-2

BERN, Switzerland — The United States failed to hold an early lead and lost to Sweden 4-2 in the bronze medal game at the hockey world championship Sunday.

Sweden scored all four goals on power plays, with Loui Eriksson and Tony Martensson tallying in the second period and Carl Gunnarsson adding a third with 11 minutes left. Johnny Oduya scored into an empty net in the final seconds.

Defending champion Russia and Canada will play for the gold medal.

Backstroke record set

CANBERRA, Australia — Japan’s Ryosuke Irie set a world record in the men’s 200-meter backstroke Sunday in a meet against Australia.

Irie finished in 1 minute, 52.86 seconds to break the previous record, held by American Ryan Lochte, by more than a second,

Lochte set the previous mark of 1:53.94 while winning the gold medal at last year’s Beijing Olympics.

Vindicator staff/wire reports