Reporting prep results

Reporting prep results

The Vindicator encourages coaches and statisticians to report winter prep results by email (sports@vindy.com) or fax (330-747-6712).

Phone calls (330-747-1478) are also acceptable but emails and faxes are strongly preferred.

Courtney Schiffauer aids Michigan State

EAST LANSING, Mich.

The Michigan State women’s basketball team wrapped up its non-conference schedule on Saturday with a 57-47 win over Temple.

The Spartans, who will enter Big Ten play at 12-1, were led by 16 points from junior Annalise Pickrel, while senior Courtney Schiffauer (Boardman) added 10.

Junior Klarissa Bell had an impressive stat line with seven points, a career-high 13 rebounds, three assists (with no turnovers), a career-high three blocks and two steals in 37 minutes.

Temple scored the first two points of the game, but after a 3-point play by Pickrel at 17:26, the Spartans never trailed the rest of the way.

Michigan State’s lead grew to as much as 15 late in the first half, 34-19 with 1:32 left.

Canadian Football HOF Eagle Keys dies

VANCOUVER, British Columbia

Eagle Keys, the Canadian Football Hall of Famer who played in the 1954 Grey Cup on a broken leg and coached Saskatchewan to its first CFL title, has died. He was 89.

Keys won Grey Cups as a center and linebacker with Montreal in 1949 and Edmonton in 1954, playing the final game of his career with a broken bone in his knee in the Eskimos’ upset victory over the Alouettes.

Keys began his coaching career as an assistant in Edmonton in 1955 and was the Eskimos’ head coach from 1959-63. He coached Saskatchewan from 1965-70, leading the Roughriders to the Grey Cup title in 1966, and directed the British Columbia Lions from 1971-75.

Aqueduct cancels Saturday’s race card

NEW YORK

Aqueduct has canceled the Saturday card due to anticipated rain and snow showers in the New York area.

Both Aqueduct and Belmont Park remained open for simulcast betting on out of town tracks. Live racing is scheduled to resume today. Aqueduct, normally dark on Monday and Tuesday, will also race on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.

Wenger refuses to rule out move for Henry

LONDON

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is refusing to rule out the possibility of signing club great Thierry Henry on loan for the second straight season.

Wenger says “I’ve not lost interest in him ... but I haven’t spoken about it with him at all.”

Henry spent two months on loan at the Premier League side midway through last season, scoring two goals — both game winners. He scored a club-record 226 soccer goals with Arsenal from 1999-2007.

The 35-year-old Henry is currently training with Arsenal during the offseason in Major League Soccer, where he plays for the New York Red Bulls.

Richardson skates world’s fastest 500

KEARNS, Utah

Heather Richardson won the women’s 500 meters with the fastest time in the world this year at the U.S. Long Track Championships, while Mitch Whitmore took the men’s sprint title on the second day of competition.

Richardson set a national record of 37.51 seconds in her first race, then lowered it to 37.34 in her second 500, giving her a combined time of 74.850 and the title at the Utah Olympic Oval.

“When I did the 37.5, I said, ‘OK, that was pretty good’ and I wanted to try and beat it so I’m really glad that I did,” Richardson said. “It’s really exciting. To be able to podium in the 500 meters is really impressive for me because my start is nowhere near as close to the other girls and it’s something I really want to work on.”

Brittany Bowe finished second.

Vindicator staff/wire reports