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YSU winter golf clinic

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The Youngstown State women’s golf program offers a Penguin Snowball Golf Camp at the WATTS on Jan. 4.

The camp is open to any female junior high or high-school golfer.

The camp is scheduled for three hours, starting at 9:30 a.m.

For more information contact nmiklos@ysu.edu or 724-685-9136. before Jan. 3.

Curbstone Coaches

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Mercyhurst baseball coach Dan Bertolini will be the guest speaker at the Curbstone Coaches meeting.

The group will meet at Lucianno’s Cafe Monday at noon.

Bo Pelini is safe

LINCOLN, NEB.

Nebraska football coach Bo Pelini is safe for now.

Athletic director Shawn Eichorst issued a statement Saturday expressing support for Pelini (Cardinal Mooney) and his staff and quashing speculation that the sixth-year coach’s job was in jeopardy following a disappointing regular season.

The Cornhuskers are 8-4, 5-3 in the Big Ten, after their 38-17 loss to Iowa on Friday. Pelini is 57-24 at Nebraska, but the school has not won a conference title since 1999.

Pelini is under contract through the 2017 season and is paid almost $3 million a year.

Broncos’ Derek Wolfe ruled out for today

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.

Broncos defensive end Derek Wolfe (Beaver Local) was alert and recovering at a Denver hospital Saturday after suffering seizure-like symptoms when the team’s bus pulled into the airport Friday afternoon for the flight to Kansas City.

Wolfe won’t play in today’s showdown against the Chiefs.

Team doctors began treating Wolfe on the bus, then summoned an ambulance to take him to a hospital, where the second-year pro from the University of Cincinnati underwent a battery of tests Friday night and Saturday.

It was determined that Wolfe didn’t suffer a stroke or a full-blown seizure, but the Broncos didn’t specify the exact cause of his symptoms, saying only that he was doing better Saturday evening and that he was alert and communicating with others.

California Pa. falls

CALIFORNIA

Facing one of the top three-point shooting teams in the region, California University of Pennsylvania suffered a 76-61 loss to West Virginia Wesleyan after the Bobcats made 12 treys on Saturday.

The Vulcans (1-5) have lost three straight games while the Bobcats improve to 3-5.

Sophomore Jake Jacubec (Struthers) finished with 12 points for California.

Slippery Rock records sixth consecutive win

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa.

Senior guard Josh Martin scored a game-high 18 points and senior center Maurice Lewis-Briggs added 16 tallies to lead Slippery Rock University to a 75-55 win over Lake Erie College.

The win extended The Rock’s current win streak to six games, and 6-1 overall.

Geneva tops Hiram

HIRAM

Geneva (Pa.) defeated the Hiram College men’s basketball team, 89-81, at Price Gymnasium.

Geneva (3-3) scored the first five points of the game, but Hiram (0-3) came right back with a 6-0 scoring run of its own.

Russian activists urge IOC boss on gay rights

PARIS

IOC President Thomas Bach has met with Russian gay rights activists who urged an investigation before the Sochi Olympics into laws there banning “gay propaganda.”

International gay rights group AllOut says Russian campaigners asked Bach in Paris “to launch an independent investigation on the legal implications of the anti-gay laws in effect in Russia during the Olympic Games.”

AllOut says “the IOC will announce later” whether to investigate.

Vindicator staff/wire reports