SPORTS DIGEST: Canfield hockey team drops two contests

Canfield hockey team drops two contests

BOARDMAN

The Canfield hockey team suffered two setbacks in the Steel Valley tournament Sunday, contested at the Ice Zone.

Avon defeated Canfield 2-1 and North Royalton beat Canfield 3-2.

Riley Emery scored twice and Ryan Ohara had the other tally for Canfield (3-11-1).

Scott Schilling, Emery, Joe Geiser and Roger Geiser had assists.

Mount Union takes third in wrestling event

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.

The No. 16 ranked Mount Union wrestling team placed third at the Citrus Wrestling Invitational.

NCAA Div. II Upper Iowa won the team title with 174 points followed by defending NCAA Div. III national champion Augsburg (Minn.), 168, and Mount Union, 151.5.

Bill Schindel, ranked No. 3 in the nation at 197, won the individual title in the weight class.

There were 12 other Purple Raiders that placed led by Riki Reynolds, second place finish at 125, Josh Malave, third place finish at 141 and fourth place finishes by Kevin Shadrach at 149 and Joe Schindel at 165.

Rose Bowl preliminary rating down 15 percent

BRISTOL, Conn.

The Rose Bowl’s move to cable drew ESPN’s highest preliminary rating for a non-NFL game.

TCU’s 21-19 win over Wisconsin on Saturday earned an 11.7 overnight rating, down 15 percent from the 13.8 for Ohio State-Oregon on ABC last year. ESPN is available in about 13 percent fewer homes than ABC.

The rating was down just 3 percent from the 12.1 in 2008 for USC-Illinois.

The BCS bowls switched to cable for the first time this season, with ESPN taking over the contract for the Fiesta, Orange, Sugar and title game from Fox and shifting the Rose from sister network ABC.

Oklahoma’s 48-20 victory over Connecticut in the Fiesta drew a 6.7, lower even than two recent regular-season games on ESPN: USC-Ohio State in 2009 and Boise State-Virginia Tech in 2010.

Breathoffreshheir wins Big A’s Ruthless Stakes

NEW YORK

Breathoffreshheir rolled to a 33/4-length win over Status Pending in the $63,700 Ruthless Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on Sunday at Aqueduct.

Carlos Marquez, Jr. was aboard for trainer Ben Perkins, Jr. as Breathoffreshheir got her third win in four starts. The time was 1:11.30 for the six furlongs on the fast track.

Breathoffreshheir paid $6.90, $3.50 and $2.70.

Rio 2016 logo designers deny plagiarism

SAO PAULO

The designers of the logo for the 2016 Rio Olympics insist any similarities to one from a U.S. foundation is a coincidence.

The designers defended their logo after Brazilian media noted similarities with the logo of the Telluride Foundation in Colorado.

The comparisons began shortly after the Olympic logo was unveiled before about 1 million people on New Year’s Eve at Rio’s Copacabana beach. Both logos depict figures embraced at the arms in a flowing motion.

The director of the Brazilian agency that created the logo said he had never seen the foundation’s version. Fred Gelli told the GloboEsporte.com website the agency did extensive research to guarantee the design was unique.

Carlos Sainz wins first stage of Dakar Rally

CORDOBA, Argentina

Defending champion Carlos Sainz won Sunday’s first stage of the Dakar Rally, covering the 138-mile course in 2 hours, 18 minutes, 32 seconds.

Sainz’s Volkswagen was 1:31 ahead of second-place Stephane Peterhansel in a BMW and 2:16 in front of Volkswagen teammate Nasser Al Attiyah. American driver Mark Miller was fourth, 4:17 behind in another Volkswagen.

Ruben Farina of Portugal took the stage in the bike category, clocking 1:58:02. He was 29 seconds ahead of defending champion Cyril Despres and had a 1:15 lead on Marc Coma, the 2009 champion.

Vindicator staff/wire reports