Bowling group meets with league secretaries

Bowling group meets with league secretaries

YOUNGSTOWN

The Greater Youngstown Bowling Association will hold its annual supply meeting Monday through Tuedsay for all league secretaries at the Association office at 7255 Glendale Ave. The office will be open from 6:30-8 p.m. each night. All secretaries must pick up their league supplies at this time, and will be informed of changes in awards handling.

Canfield meet the team event includes steak fry

CANFIELD

A steak fry and meet the football team event is scheduled Aug. 24 from noon to 6 p.m. at the Canfield High cafeteria.

The cost is $15 for adults and $10 for children under 10.

The menu includes steak, potatotes, corn, salad, rolls, dessert and beverage. Walk-ins are welcome and carry-out is available.

There also will be an auction, a raffle and T-shirt sales.

McDonald board hires assistant coaches

McDONALD

The McDonald Board of Education on Wednesday hired the following coaches: Thomas Senich, junior high football; Callie Garland, junior high girls cross country; Ryan Witkoski, varsity football volunteer assistant; Jim Hall, varsity football volunteer assistant; Bob Jones, varsity football volunteer assistant; Bill Ifft, junior high football volunteer assistant; and R.J. Rees, junior high football volunteer assistant.

Niles memorial event moved to this weekend

NILES

A memorial event scheduled before the Niles Little Red Dragons’ game last weekend has been re-scheduled to Saturday at the Jim “Coach” Leeper Sr. Field in Waddell Park.

The team will honor the families of Daylan Ray and Courtney Miller, both of whom died in car accidents earlier this year. Ray’s uniform No. 4 will be retired. Miller is a former Little Red Dragon cheerleader.

The memorial will begin at noon and football games against the Howland Little Tigers will follow.

Fox Sports gets US Open in 12-year deal

PITTSFORD, N.Y.

Fox Sports is in as the next broadcast partner for the U.S. Open starting in 2015. In a surprising announcement Wednesday night, the U.S. Golf Association said it has signed a 12-year multimedia deal with Fox network and Fox Sports 1 to be the domestic broadcast partner for the U.S. Open and other USGA championships.

Though financial terms weren’t disclosed, a person with knowledge of the negotiations said the Fox bid was in the neighborhood of $100 million a year, more than double the previous contract. The person wasn’t authorized to release details and spoke on condition of anonymity.

NBC Sports had been televising the U.S. Open since 1995 at Shinnecock Hills. The deal runs through 2026. The first U.S. Open for Fox will be from Chambers Bay outside Seattle. NBC’s last U.S. Open will be next year at Pinehurst No. 2 — the U.S. Women’s Open will be played on the same course the following week.

Union files appeal of Rodriguez’s suspension

CHICAGO

The Major League Baseball Players Association formally appealed Alex Rodriguez’s 211-game suspension Wednesday, sending the case to an independent arbitrator. Union spokesman Greg Bouris confirmed the appeal and said the players’ association had no further comment.

Rodriguez, who was back at third base and batting third for the New York Yankees against the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night, said he had “no reaction” to the filing of the grievance.

Major League Baseball declined comment.

Rodriguez was suspended through the 2014 season on Monday when the league penalized 13 players following an investigation. The other 12 players accepted 50-game suspensions, but Rodriguez said he planned to fight. Union head Michael Weiner said the punishment for the slugger was “way out of line.”

Vindicator staff/wire reports