SPORTS DIGEST | YSU swimmers fall to Green Bay, 175-123

YSU swimmers fall to Green Bay, 175-123

Green Bay, Wis.

Youngstown State sophomore Ashley Dow won both backstroke events while freshman diver Bec Stafford won both dives as the Penguins dropped a 175-123 dual meet to Green Bay on Saturday.

Senior Samantha Roberts also picked up a victory for the Penguins finishing first in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:26.32).

Roberts placed second in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:09.42).

Stafford won the three-meter dive with a score of 266.85 while Casey Hill was third at 257.50.

In the one-meter dive, Stafford was first w(266.15) while Hill was second (255.75).

Dow took the 100-yard backstroke (58.67) and the 200 (2:06.49).

Curbstone Coaches

BOARDMAN

Ron Strollo, YSU director of athletics, will be the guest speaker at the Curbstone Coaches meeting.

The group will meet at the Blue Wolfe Catering Hall Monday at noon.

Sharon Speedway

Hartford

Sharon Speedway and the Pay It Forward Foundation of Cleveland will present the Summer Bash on June 12.

The event will feature the ULMS Super Late Models and the UEMS Modifieds.

NASCAR racers Ken Schrader and Dave Blaney will be competing in the Modifieds.

Polar Plunge is Feb. 9

The Geneva Polar Plunge and Super Plunge, held for the benefit of Special Olympics Ohio, will be held Feb. 9 at Geneva State Park and at the adjacent Lodge at Geneva-on-the-Lake.

The event is part of a series of Polar Plunges held throughout Ohio.

It is the only plunge to include a Super Plunge, an extreme challenge that puts Plungers into the water each hour from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. For details, call 440.969.8907 or email ohiopolarbearplunge @yahoo.com.

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.

Farmers Insurance

SAN DIEGO

Tiger Woods is going to have to wait to pursue a seventh win at Torrey Pines.

Three players completed one hole Saturday before fog wiped out virtually the entire day at the Farmers Insurance Open.

Players were to resume the round today and play as long as daylight allows, and then finish Monday.

Woods, who had a two-shot lead over Billy Horschel, never came to the golf course.

Players spent most of the day hitting shots on the range that they couldn’t see land.

Qatar Masters golf

DOHA, Qatar

Chris Wood eagled the 18th hole to win the Qatar Masters for his first European Tour title, overtaking Sergio Garcia and George Coetzee.

The 142nd-ranked Englishman hit a 6-iron from 200 yards to 12 feet to set up the winning putt. He closed with a 3-under 69 to finish at 18-under 270. Garcia and Coetzee tied for second, a stroke back.

Ivory Coast 1st to reach QF of African Cup

RUSTENBURG, South Africa

Ivory Coast became the first nation to advance to the African Cup of Nations quarterfinals, beating Tunisia 3-0 Saturday on goals by Gervinho, Yaya Toure and Didier Ya Konan.

With the Elephants resting Didier Drogba, Gervinho put Ivory Coast ahead in the 21st minute. Toure scored in the 87th, and Ya Konan got the final goal.

In the second game of the doubleheader, Emmanuel Adebayor scored in the 32nd minute and Dove Wome in second-half injury time to help Togo defeat Algeria 2-0. The game was interrupted for 15 minutes because of a broken goalpost.

Vindicator staff/wire reports