Hamilton first at BGSU Mel Brodt Invitational

September 15, 2013 at 12:00a.m.

Bowling Green

Youngstown State senior Samantha Hamilton took first place at the Bowling Green Mel Brodt Invitational 5K with a time of 16:52.67.

Sophomore Austin McLean led the pack for the Penguins for the men with a sixth place finish.

Hamilton led the women throughout the race and had a comforting 16 second lead in front of them.

Also for the Penguins, Monica Ciarniello was 29th (18:25.02) and McKinsie Klim was 33rd (18:33.97).

YSU volleyball splits at Billiken Challenge

St. Louis, Mo.

The Youngstown State volleyball team split two matches at the Billiken Challenge on Saturday, beating Saint Louis in four sets and falling to Miami (Ohio) in five.

The Penguins (4-6) lost the first set to the Billikens (3-7) 25-23, but they won the next three 25-16, 25-20, 25-21.

YSU dropped the first two sets to the RedHawks (8-1) 25-16 and 27-25, but the Penguins rallied to take the next two 25-19 and 25-16.

Miami scored eight of the final nine points of the fifth set to pull away for a 15-9 win.

Missy Hundelt had 14 kills, 13 digs and six blocks against Saint Louis while Shannon Watson registered 10 kills and eight blocks.

Alexis Egler led the Penguins with 18 kills against Miami, and Watson finished with 16.

Trumbull County Sports Hall of Fame

warren

The Trumbull County Sports Hall of Fame induction banquet will be held at DiVieste’s Banquet Center in Warren on Oct. 27.

The class includes Lisa Aldridge (basketball), Len Batcha (sports officiating), Jim Borgen (contribution to sports/boxing), Doug Datish (football), John Gillen (sports administration/football), Reid Lamport (multi-sports), Jan Lendak (baseball), Al Lopez (coach/administrator), Tom Miller (boxing), Steve Potashnik (baseball), Ed Puskas (sports media), Larry Seafert (basketball) and Jack Tominey (track and field).

Also, a recipient will be honored with the first ever Pete Prokop Memorial Coaching Award.

For tickets call 330-856-6219 or 330-540-2733.

Curbstone Coaches

BOARDMAN

Tom Krispinsky, a Big Ten football official and the treasurer of Howland Local Schools, will be the guest speaker at the Curbstone Coaches meeting.

The group will meet at Lucianno’s Cafe on Monday at noon.

Kyle Busch dominates to win at Chicagoland

JOLIET, Ill.

Pole-sitter Kyle Busch dominated from start to finish, leading 195 of 200 laps en route to winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series Dollar General 300 at Chicagoland Speedway on Saturday.

Busch faced few serious threats, building his lead to seven-plus seconds to earn his 10th win in 20 Nationwide Series starts this season.

It was Busch’s 61st career win in 264 career Nationwide starts, and his 123rd overall win across all three of NASCAR’s top series.

Busch also won Friday’s Camping World Truck Series race and goes for a second career weekend sweep in today’s opener of the 10-race Chase for the Sprint Cup championship playoffs.

2012 NASCAR champ is out; new driver’s in

This much is certain about NASCAR’s Chase for the Sprint Cup. There will be a new champion, without any deals cut.

After a week shrouded in controversy over race manipulation and questions about the sport’s integrity, NASCAR starts its playoffs today at Chicagoland Speedway.

Defending champion Brad Keselowski will not repeat. Keselowski, winless for the season, is the first defending champion to miss the Chase since Tony Stewart in 2006.

Stewart, the champion in 2011, also will not be involved.

Five-time champion Jimmie Johnson is in the field.

Vindicator staff/wire reports