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Brad Smith camp is June 22 at YSU

youngstown

The Brad Smith True Foundation football camp will be held at Youngstown State’s Stambaugh Stadium on June 22.

The camp runs from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Smith, a Chaney High graduate, is a wide receiver with the Buffalo Bills.

Canfield’s Brode places 20th at NCAAs

EUGENE, ORE.

Canfield High graduate Dustin Brode placed 20th out of 22 competitors in the shot put at Wednesday’s NCAA national championship meet.

Brode, a junior at Harvard, threw 17.68 meters (58-01/4 feet) on his second throw. He fouled his first and third throws of the preliminaries. The top nine throwers advanced to the finals.

Sharon Speedway

Hartford

Sharon Speedway will look to complete the ninth straight racing event on Saturday.

The Steel Valley Thunder program will feature the Governor Insurance Agency DIRTcar Big-Block Modifieds, Barris Supply RUSH Late Models, Summit Racing Equipment Modifieds, Gibson Insurance Agency Stock Cars, HTMA/Precise Racing Products Econo Mods and the Deforest Used Parts Mini Stocks.

Racing begins at 7 p.m.

Police suspect pot sent to Indians’ Chris Perez

CLEVELAND

Drug agents are investigating a suspected marijuana shipment mailed to the suburban home of Cleveland Indians closer Chris Perez, authorities said Wednesday.

Rocky River Police Chief Kelly Stillman said city officers, a regional narcotics unit and postal inspectors were involved in Tuesday’s daylong operation investigating a delivery to Perez’s home in the lakeside Cleveland suburb.

No charges have been filed and the matter remains under investigation. A message seeking comment was left for Perez’s attorney.

In a brief, the chief confirmed the shipment was suspected to be marijuana, but said that the state crime laboratory will have to confirm that.

Penn State hopes sanctions reconsidered

NEW YORK

Penn State’s trustees are on a mission to promote the reforms they have enacted as a result of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal, hoping their record might persuade the NCAA to reconsider its crippling penalties against the university before they are due to expire in 2018.

In an hour-long interview Wednesday in New York with The Associated Press, board Chairman Keith Masser and longtime board member Joel Myers did not offer a time frame for approaching the NCAA, but they noted the university’s consent agreement with the NCAA allows it to be reopened if both sides agree.

They said the school is still working to implement a long list of governance and oversight changes suggested a year ago in a report from the team led by former FBI Director Louis Freeh.

Martin wins stage of Criterium du Dauphine

PARC DES OISEAUX, France

German rider Tony Martin won the fourth cycling stage of the Criterium du Dauphine on Wednesday, while Christopher Froome pulled away from Alberto Contador with the Tour de France starting later this month.

Rohan Dennis of Australia took the overall lead from David Veilleux of Canada by finishing second, 47 seconds behind Martin.

Hope Solo back with national soccer team

CHICAGO

Star goalkeeper Hope Solo makes her return to the U.S. soccer team roster after fully recovering from left wrist surgery as coach Tom Sermanni picks 23 players for games against South Korea.

Solo, who has 135 international appearances, will be available for both matches, her first time back with the U.S. women since February. The Americans will play South Korea on June 15 in Foxborough, Mass., and five days later in Harrison, N.J.

Vindicator staff/wire reports