Morley, Lucci take gold in Ohio Senior games

Morley, Lucci take gold in Ohio Senior games

cleveland

Michael Morley and Tom Lucci won tennis gold medals on Friday at the Ohio Senior Olympics.

Morley, a graduate of Cardinal Mooney High, went undefeated in the Men’s 55 singles.

Lucci (Chaney) was golden in the Men’s 50-over.

Championships in two dozen events are being contested by several hundred athletes.

Timko captures title

hartville

Girard’s Boo Timko, a graduate of Canfield High School, captured the OPGA Publinx golf tournament on Friday.

Timko shot 70 on Friday for a four-round total of 280.

He shot a course-record 64 in the first round, breaking the old mark by a stroke.

The runner-up was Nathan Tarter of Mogadore who won a playoff over Dover’s Jon Clark. Both finished at 281.

After Timko shot 64 on Tuesday, David Tepe had a 63 on Wednesday.

Vindicator seeks fall prep schedules

YOUNGSTOWN

The Vindicator seeks fall schedules from area high schools.

Schedules may be sent by email (sports@vindy.com), fax (330-747-6712) or mail (107 Vindicator Square, Youngstown, OH, 44501).

Former Olympian dies

SEDONA, ARIZ

A two-time Olympian and three time participant in the Youngstown Peace Race, Pat Porter died in a plane crash on Thursday, along with his two children.

Porter was also an eight-time national cross country champion. He ran the Peace Race in 1989, 91 and 93. His time of 28:03 was the fourth fastest 10K time in the United States, declared by Runner’s World.

He was a native of Boulder, Co.

Emily Dolsak honored

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.

Emily Dolsak, a graduate of McDonald High School and a senior member of the Westminster College women’s track and field teams earned recognition from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

Dolsak was named to the 2012 USTFCCCA Division III Track & Field All-Academic Team.

This was the first year for Dolsak to earn this award.

Dolsak was the first Titan to qualify for Nationals in women’s discus and the first woman Titan to qualify overall since 2008.

Tom Miller in action

CINCINNATI

Tom Miller of Mineral Ridge was a judge at the WBO Super Featherweight boxing championship of the world, held at the U.S. Bank Arena.

Champion Adrien “The Problem” Broner (24-0, 20 KOs) of Cincinnati defeated challenger Vicente Escobedo (26-2, 15 KOs) of Woodland, California by fifth-round TKO in their scheduled 12-round match.

Broner, however, lost the title because he was overweight at the weigh-in.

It was Miller’s 75th world title fight.

Soccer corruption

ZURICH

FIFA’s new prosecutor, Michael Garcia, says there are “no limitations” on the scope of corruption allegations he can investigate, and he wants soccer fans to suggest cases.

The American lawyer promises that “if there is conduct in the past that warrants investigation, I will do it.”

He has been urged by FIFA’s anti-corruption advisers to probe how 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosting rights were awarded. European politicians want him to examine Sepp Blatter’s presidential election last year.

Garcia says his authority is in place “whether that area is a particular World Cup or a particular individual.”

Garcia says he welcomes any “credible complaint of corruption” from whistleblowers and the public.

On Thursday, Garcia suspended Blatter’s former election rival, Mohamed bin Hammam, for 90 days to investigate bribery allegations.

Vindicator staff/wire reports