Fitch shuttle service available for football

Fitch shuttle service available for football

AUSTINTOWN

Fitch High is offering free shuttle service for all home football games at Falcon Stadium.

The service will run from 6-10:30 p.m. from the west lot of trhe Super K-Mart at the corner of Raccoon Road and Mahoning Avenue.

Geneva offers free admission

BEAVER FALLS, PA.

For the third consecutive year, the Geneva College football program will not charge for admission to Saturday’s opener against Frostburg State.

Geneva is playing its first season as a full member of NCAA Division III and the Presidents’ Athletic Conference.

Knight selected as OHSAA secretary

WARREN

Ron Knight has been named Northeast Ohio District Officials Secretary for the OHSAA.

Knight, who assumes the position on Oct. 1, replaces Fred Vicarel of Boardman, who retired from the spot.

Knight has been involved with officiating and the OHSAA for 47 years. He has officiated football, basketball, baseball, softball and volleyball. He was inducted into the OHSAA Officials Hall of Fame in 2004.

San Diego State extends Fisher pact

SAN DIEGO

Leading San Diego State’s basketball team to its most successful season ever has landed coach Steve Fisher a sweetheart of a contract extension.

On Monday, Fisher was given a four-year extension that includes a clause that his long-time assistant, Brian Dutcher, is the head-coach-in-waiting.

Fisher gets a $150,000 raise to $800,000 annually, with a 5 percent escalator in ensuing seasons. That bumps him up to the level of football coach Rocky Long.

The deal could keep the 66-year-old Fisher at SDSU through the 2014-15 season, perhaps beyond. Athletic director Jim Sterk said there’s no penalty if Fisher retires before the four years are finished, and Fisher said this might not be his final deal at Montezuma Mesa.

Dodgers’ Ethier returns to lineup

LOS ANGELES

All-Star right fielder Andre Ethier was back in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ lineup on Monday a day after being held out because of a sore right knee that will require surgery, but apparently not until after the season.

Ethier was set to bat fifth against the San Diego Padres in the opener of a series between the two worst teams in the NL West. He declined to discuss the situation.

More NFL retirees sue over concussions

LOS ANGELES

Another group of former NFL players is suing the league and helmet makers over head injuries suffered during their careers.

The 18 players named in the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court include Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Lee Roy Selmon, his brother and defensive teammate Dewey Selmon and former Los Angeles Raiders tackle Brian Holloway.

The suit claims the NFL, Riddell Sports Group and its parent company, Easton-Bell Sports, knew the long-term effects of brain injury from trauma suffered by the players and purposefully hid it from them.

Quinn likely to start for Broncos

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.

Broncos coach John Fox isn’t revealing his quarterback rotation for Thursday night’s preseason finale at Arizona.

It’s likely Brady Quinn will get the start with Kyle Orton sitting this one out. Quinn has outperformed Tim Tebow all summer and didn’t play last week against Seattle, when Tebow finished up with another inconsistent performance.

With Quinn likely having secured the job as Orton’s primary backup, the bigger question Thursday is whether he’ll split snaps with Tebow or if Adam Weber plays.

Staff/wire reports