Mooney tennis team wins Diocese title

September 10, 2013 at 12:00a.m.

CANTON

Gianna Reider and Hallie Yerian won singles matches and Cardinal Mooney swept both doubles matches to defeat Canton Central Catholic 4-1 on Monday to capture the Youngstown Diocese tennis championship.

Jamie DiDominico and Dominique Cicchi won the first doubles match and Lexie Kleeh and Lizzie Mathews won the No. 2 doubles match for the Cardinals (15-0, 4-0). Kacey Haggert split two matches at No. 1 singles before retiring early in the third set.

Warren JFK wins Brookfield Invitational

BROOKFIELD

Ryan Fowler shot 76 and Billy Phillips 77 to lead Warren JFK to first place in the Brookfield Invitational Monday at Yankee Lake Golf Course. The Eagles shot 332 to beat East Palestine (343) and Lakeview (344). Brandon Reed (80) and Buster Thomas (81) led Lakeview while EP had three golfers in the top 10, Ryen Kemp (82), Andy Ellis (85) and Phil Gerner (86).

Fitch kicks off at 7 p.m.

The Austintown Fitch at Brunswick football game on Friday will kick off at 7 p.m. The game previously had been listed as a 7:30 start.

Struthers boy wins title

Chaz Ekoniak of Struthers won the 9-year-old division of the Pittsburgh Summer Golf Tour Championship in early August. The event was held at the Lake Arthur Country Club in Butler, Pa. Ekoniak shot a 42 to win the event by one stroke.

US looks to clinch World Cup berth

COLUMBUS

While American soccer fans are outnumbered by visiting supporters at many venues, the U.S. team has found a home at cozy Columbus Crew Stadium. It’s become the traditional site of the Stars & Stripes’ World Cup qualifier against regional rival Mexico following 2-0 victories in 2001, 2005 and 2009. And tonight the Americans hope to emulate their performance of four years ago, when they clinched a World Cup berth by beating El Tri.

Coming off a dismal 3-1 loss Friday at Costa Rica on Friday night, the U.S. can assure its seventh straight World Cup appearance with two games to spare if it beats Mexico and Honduras defeats or ties visiting Panama.

Okla St. AD apologizes to Big 12 schools

STILLWATER, Okla.

Oklahoma State athletic director Mike Holder apologized to his fellow athletic directors around the Big 12 Conference on Monday in advance of what’s expected to be a scathing expose of the football program by Sports Illustrated. “I apologize to all the athletic directors in the conference for what’s about to happen, for what’s about to be said about a member institution,” Holder said at a news conference without taking questions.

The school announced over the weekend that SI had notified it of the upcoming series, which details transgressions by the football program starting in 2001. Oklahoma State said it has notified the NCAA and launched its own investigation. Sports Illustrated, in a news release sent Monday, gave highlights of the five-part series that will begin today with a posting on SI.com.

LSU coach Les Miles was head coach at Oklahoma State from 2001-04, when the program began to emerge from years of mediocrity. Current coach Mike Gundy took over in 2005 and the Cowboys have grown into a Big 12 power.

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