Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Mineral Ridge runner Lowe aids Tri-C effort
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The Cuyahoga Community College women’s cross country team placed fourth at last weekend’s regional championship meet while qualifying for the upcoming national championship in record-breaking fashion.
Brianne Lowe of Mineral Ridge helped the Challengers’ cause with a 26th-place finish.
Allison Hainer (Cuyahoga Falls) led Tri-C while clocking the fastest time in school history for a fourth-place finish. She was followed by teammates Cheyenne Emery in 12th place, Atiyyah Herron in 18th, Lowe and Asia Smith 31st in the field of 66 runners.
Two area athletes earn Westminster honors
NEW WILMINGTON, PA.
Cardinal Mooney graduate Aaron Stamp (Class of 2001) and Hubbard grad Tammy Newell Manzo (2003) will be inducted into the Westminster College Hall of Fame on Saturday.
Stamp was a four-year starter at cornerback for the Titans from 1997-2000 and was the first true freshman to start a season opener in 29 years. An All-Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference (MIFC) honorable mention choice as a sophomore, he earned All-PAC Coaches Honors as a senior. Stamp ranks second all-time in career pass break-ups (54) and third all-time in career interceptions (21).
Stamp majored in mathematics at Westminster and currently works as the chief financial officer of The Zidian Group. He resides in Poland with wife Sylvia, son Aidan (6), son Constantine (5), daughter Arianna (3), and son Christian (2).
A four-year soccer letter winner, Manzo earned all-PAC first team honors and was PAC Player of the Year her senior season on Westminster’s first PAC women’s soccer championship team and NCAA playoff team. She ranks second in career points and assists and is third in goals for the Titans.
An elementary education major, she is a kindergarten teacher and assistant girls soccer coach. She resides in Hubbard with husband Patrick and children Lucas (5) and Adalyn (3).
Game On Dude early Breeders’ Cup favorite
ARCADIA, Calif.
Game On Dude was made the early 8-5 favorite in an impressive field of 12 for the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic, a race he has failed to win in two previous tries for trainer Bob Baffert. For the second straight year, the gelding will be running on his home track, where he is 8-1. Game On Dude’s only loss at Santa Anita came in last year’s 1 1/4-mile Classic, in which he finished seventh behind winner Fort Larned.
Baffert is winless in the Classic, but he has trained Game On Dude to a 5-0 record this year heading into Saturday’s race. Joe Torre, the former Dodgers and Yankees manager, co-owns the gelding, which will be ridden by Mike Smith.
Purdue suspends player for three games
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.
Purdue center A.J. Hammons was suspended Monday for three games for violating team rules. Hammons will miss two exhibition games and Purdue’s regular-season opener Nov. 8 against Northern Kentucky. Coach Matt Painter declined to elaborate on what rules were broken, other than the suspension for the 7-foot, 251-pound Hammons was related to “conduct” and not academics, legal trouble or NCAA rule violations.
Ausmus interviews for Detroit managerial job
DETROIT
Former major league catcher Brad Ausmus has interviewed for the Detroit Tigers’ manager’s job.
Detroit general manager Dave Dombrowski confirmed that Ausmus interviewed on Monday. The Tigers need a new manager after Jim Leyland stepped down following the team’s loss to Boston in the AL championship series.
Ausmus works in San Diego’s front office as a special assistant to the GM.
Los Angeles Dodgers third base coach Tim Wallach and Tigers hitting coach Lloyd McClendon have also interviewed for the Detroit job.
Staff reports/Associated Press