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Trumbull Co. Sports to meet Monday

WARREN — The Trumbull County Sports Hall of Fame will meet at Cleats Club Seat Grill on Elm Road on Monday at 6:15 p.m.

At the meeting, voting will be held for the hall of fame inductees.

For details, call (330) 637-6910.

SRU softball pair earn regional honors

STARKVILE, Miss. — Slippery Rock Univ. softball players Courtney Vincent and Sheree Horvath have been named to the 2009 Louisville Slugger/National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Atlantic Region team, as voted on by the region’s head coaches.

Vincent earned first team honors in the outfield, marking the second first team regional honor she has garnered this week after she was named on Wednesday to the first team All-Atlantic Region by Daktronics, Inc., as voted on by the region’s sports information directors.

Sports complex meeting is Sunday

NORTH LIMA — The South Range Athletic Boosters will have an information session Sunday on a proposed future sports complex for the school district.

The session will be held at 6 p.m. in the high school multi-purpose room.

Superintendent Dennis Dunham said there is space available adjacent to the new K-12 academic complex being built on the old Green Beaver fields for some locker rooms and athletic practice facilities.

There may also be money available in the school construction fund to help finance them, he said.

The baseball and softball fields lost because of the new school construction are already being replaced.

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LPGA Sybase Classic

CLIFTON, N.J. — Brittany Lincicome shot a 3-under 69 on Friday to take a two-shot lead over Suzann Pettersen and Ji Young Oh in the LPGA Sybase Classic.

Lincicome, the Kraft Nabisco winner, had an 11-under 133 total on the Upper Montclair Country Club — the lowest 36-hole total on a par-72 course this year.

Helen Alfredsson, coming off a career-best 62, ballooned to a 76 in a round that included a missed tap-in. She was tied for fourth at 6 under with Wendy Doolan (68).

Michelle Wie (69), Hall of Famer Karrie Webb (69) and Paula Creamer (69) topped a group at 5 under.

Texas Open

SAN ANTONIO — Paul Goydos shot a 5-under 65 in the Texas Open to take a three-stroke lead over three-time champion Justin Leonard and four others.

The 44-year-old Goydos, who opened with a 63, had a 12-under 128 total on the La Cantera course. Leonard, tied with Goydos after the first round, shot a 68 to join Scott Sterling (63), John Mallinger (64), Mathias Gronberg (65) and Ted Purdy (67) at 9 under.

NFL salary cap up $12 million over 2008

NEW YORK — The NFL’s 2009 salary cap will be nearly $12 million more than last season after a final adjustment brought the total to $128 million.

The salary cap is technically $123 million for 2009, an increase of about $7 million from last season, as set out in the collective bargaining agreement.

About $4 million in cap room was added when a “cash-adjustment mechanism” was triggered after spending on players fell below 59.5 percent of the league’s total revenue in 2008, NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told The Associated Press on Friday.

Black-Eyed Susan

BALTIMORE — Payton d’Oro took control early and held off a late charge by Bon Jovi Girl to win the Grade II Black-Eyed Susan Stakes on Friday.

It was the fourth straight victory for Payton d’Oro, who led from wire-to-wire. Casanova, the betting favorite at 8-5, took third and Stage Trick finished fourth.

The 1 1-8-mile race for 3-year-old fillies attracted eight starters. Hooh Why, the morning line favorite, was scratched long before the start.

Vindicator staff/wire reports