Canfield Sports Briefs

Mettille earns OAC track honor

Mount Union sophomore Tyler Mettille (Canfield) was named Ohio Athletic Conference Track Athlete of the Week. Mettille won two events for the Purple Raiders at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva.

Mettille broke a 23-year-old school record in the 400 meters with a time of 48.75. He also teamed with senior Ryan Kohler and freshmen Chad Gentry and Tyler Sparks to win the 4x400 relay (3:21.60).

Softball sign-ups set for Austintown league

Austintown girls softball league (slow-pitch) sign-ups, which are open to all Mahoning Valley girls, will be at the Austintown Township hall Feb. 2, 3, 16, and 17 from noon until 4 p.m.

Neighbors wants winter sports news

It’s getting cold outside and the snow will be flying before you know it. That’s the bad news. But here’s the good news: It’s winter sports season.

Your young athletes have already started practicing and games will be starting before the end of this month. It promises to be a great season filled with game-winning shots, wrestling tournaments, strikes and spares, balance beam routines and swim meets.

Neighbors wants to be there every step of the way. If you’re a winter sports coach or the parent of an athlete, we need you help. In order to get teams and players the recognition they deserve, we want to showcase them in our pages. We can only do that if you commit to sending us game reports and photos each week. If you send it, it will get in.

You can email us at neighbors@vindy.com. You don’t have to be a writer — just send us the information and we’ll put it all together. When emailing pictures, send them as JPEG files as large as possible. Provide caption information and where people are located from left to right, front row to back.