YSU basketball tickets

YSU basketball tickets

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After clinching a Horizon League men’s basketball tournament first-round home game on March 5 at the Beeghly Center, the YSU Athletics Department will sell tickets for the game.

Tipoff will be at 7:05 p.m. and the game will be on 570-AM WKBN, the Horizon League Network and tape-delayed on MyValleySports.

Penguin Club members and season-ticket holders have until the end of business March 4 to purchase their tickets before they are released to the general public.

The opponent for the Penguins has not been determined.

For details, call 330-941-1978.

Penguins split pair

Winston-Salem, N.C.

The Youngstown State baseball team scored six straight runs to break open a 4-4 tie and beat West Virginia 10-7 in its first of four games at Wake Forest on Friday.

The Penguins lost 8-2 to Wake Forest in their second game.

Junior catcher Josh White was 3-for-4 and scored twice, and junior third baseman Drew Dosch scored three times for the Penguins against WVU.

The baseball team became the fourth YSU program to beat a team from a BCS conference this season.

The football and women’s basketball teams beat Pittsburgh, and the men’s basketball team beat Georgia.

All-PAC selections

GREENVILLE, Pa.

Three players from the area were named to the Presidents’ Athletic Conference women’s basketball all-conference teams.

On the second team was Kelly Barzak of Thiel, a graduate of Howland High, and Katie Hughes of Westminster, a graduate of Cardinal Mooney.

Making honorable mention was Emily Abraham of Washington & Jefferson, a graduate of Boardman High.

McDonald coaches

McDONALD

The McDonald board of education approved the following supplemental contracts for the 2013-2014 school year: Chris Rupe, boys cross country coach; Michael Richards, girls cross country coach; Dan Williams, football coach; Fred Gault, boys golf coach; and Mary Domitrovich, girls tennis coach.

Other contracts include: Michelle Titus, assistant softball coach; Katie Libb, volunteer assistant softball coach; Nicola Accordino, volunteer assistant boys varsity track coach; Josh Krumpak, volunteer assistant varsity boys track coach; and Chris Rupe, volunteer assistant varsity boys track coach.

Reporting prep results

The Vindicator encourages coaches and statisticians to report 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. Deadline is 10 p.m.

Violence favored in Fountain of Youth

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla.

Violence makes his 3-year-old debut today as the favorite in the Grade 2, $400,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park.

Trained by Todd Pletcher, Violence drew post No. 3 and was made the 9-5 favorite in the field of 11 running 11/16 miles.

Regular jockey Javier Castellano will be back aboard Violence for the first time since the colt won the Grade 1, $750,000 CashCall Futurity at Hollywood Park by 11/2 lengths on Dec. 15.

Guerrero: I see flaws in Floyd Mayweather

Robert Guerrero says Floyd Mayweather Jr. is slipping, and he intends to exploit the unbeaten pound-for-pound champion’s flaws on May 4.

Guerrero has been asking for a fight with Mayweather since Guerrero was a skinny 135-pounder. Now that Mayweather agreed to the bout this week for his Showtime debut, Guerrero plans to cash in on the chance.

Although he respects Mayweather’s defense and skill, Guerrero thinks Mayweather has slowed down in recent years.

Vindicator staff/wire reports