SPORTS DIGEST || Warren golfer wins North Coast Tour event

Warren golfer wins North Coast Tour event

Billy Phillips of Warren shot a 77 on Tuesday to win the boys 16-19 division in a North Coast Junior Golf Tour event at Pleasant Hill Golf Course in Chardon.

Kaylee Neumeister of Cortland finished third in the girls 16-19 class with an 81 and Haleigh Guerrero of Warren was tied for 13th with a 90.

Scrappers raise funds for Someplace Safe

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The Mahoning Valley Scrappers will host a fundraiser through ticket sales for Someplace Safe, the exclusive provider of service to victims of domestic violence in Trumbull County.

With the purchase of every box seat ticket voucher for $6, the Scrappers will donate $3 to the children’s program at Someplace Safe.

To obtain tickets or for information, contact Angela Cameron, children’s program coordinator, at 330-393-3003 ext. 111.

Local racers do well at Deerfield Raceway

Greg Lazzara of Austintown won the Micros class feature, Jeff Haefke of Boardman won the 600 Micros class, and Jacob Eakin of Niles captured the Junior Sprints feature Saturday at Deerfield Raceway.

Other feature winners were Kenny Meadows of Deerfield in the Mod Lites, James Good of Cuyahoga Falls in the Classics, Jeff Eboch of Akron in the Chargers, Blaine Heater of Clinton in the E-Mods, Jeremy Ross of Louisville in the Compacts and Brian Toto of Kinsman in the Junior Sportsman.

Ex-Steeler Lambert to appear at Eastwood

Former Pittsburgh Steeler great and Hall of Famer Jack Lambert will make an appearance Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Eastwood Mall. Pre-sale tickets are available at the Everything Buckeyes store and photos and merchandise will be available at the event.

Prices for autographs will start at $70 and range to $140. Inscriptions will be an additional $20.

Call 330-533-9125 for additional information.

Fowler takes third

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Ryan Fowler of Warren shot a 69 to place third in the Ohio Junior golf championship at Oasis Golf Course.

Will Grimmer of Cincinnati won it with a 66.

Brian Terlesky of Youngstown was seventh with a 70.

Oregon gets probation, but faces no bowl ban

The NCAA was unable to come to an agreement with Oregon on sanctions over recruiting violations by the football program under former coach Chip Kelly, so the issue was sent to the organization’s infractions committee.

The committee’s penalties ended up falling mostly in line with what Oregon had proposed earlier.

Oregon will lose a scholarship in each season during a three-year probation period, but avoided a bowl ban and other major penalties under sanctions issued by the NCAA’s Division I Committee on Infractions on Wednesday.

The committee also placed an 18-month show-cause order on Kelly, a sanction that will likely have limited impact since he’s now coaching the Philadelphia Eagles.

New cycling sponsor vows ’zero tolerance’

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The new sponsor of the Tour de France cycling team now renamed Belkin is vowing “zero tolerance” for doping.

Chet Pipkin, founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based consumer technology company Belkin, said in an interview with The Associated Press that the team is committed to “doing things in a very visible and up front and honest way.”

The Belkin Pro Cycling Team used to be called Rabobank, after its former sponsor. But the Dutch lender ended 17 years of cycling sponsorship last October, pulling 15 million euros ($20 million) per year from the team.

The bank said it was no longer convinced that the doping-tainted sport can become “clean and honest.”

Vindicator staff/wire reports