YSU volleyball on top
YSU volleyball on top
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The Youngstown State volleyball team swept defending conference champion Cleveland State in the Horizon League opener for both teams on Friday.
Missy Hundelt had 10 kills and 14 digs, and Alexis Egler added 10 kills for the Penguins, who defeated the Vikings for the first time since 2001.
Erika West added a match-high 16 digs, and Casey D’Ambrose and Jessie Gerig combined for 31 assists in the Penguins’ 6-2 offense.
YSU won 25-19, 25-20, 28-26 for its first victory in a conference opener in 15 years.
Kerry Winchester had seven kills to lead Cleveland State.
Mannozzi takes 30k national championship
Youngstown
Boardman native Michael Mannozzi won the USA Track and Field national championship 30k (18.6 miles) race walk in Valley Cottage, New York.
Mannozzi won this event with a time of 2:31:37.
This was an IAFF certified event, meaning the competition was limited to only athletes who met standards set by the International Association of Athletics Federations who must qualify based on a previous best time.
Mannozzi also recently won the half marathon race of the New Albany (Ohio) Walking Classic.
This event had a field of 3,000 competitors. In the 13.1-mile race, he had a time of 1:47:07.
Tennis sectional set at school, Volney Rogers
The Division II girls tennis sectional tournament will be played Wednesday and Saturday at Boardman High School (singles) and Volney Rogers tennis courts (doubles). The event will be played at Boardman Tennis Center in the event of inclement weather.
The Division I sectional is scheduled Tuesday and Saturday at Harvard Park in Canton.
Sports meetings set
mcdonald
The McDonald Baseball Association will meet in the community room at the post office building on Oct. 6 at 6 p.m.
Also, the McDonald Sideliners will meet at the high school on Oct. 8 at 7 p.m.
Reporting prep results
Coaches and statisticians are encouraged to report prep results by 10 p.m. via email (sports@vindy.com), fax (330-747-6712) or phone (330-747-1478).
Emails and faxes are strongly preferred.
Prep football statistics
In order to include a football team’s statistical leaders in the weekly list featured in the Blitz, both in print and online, coaches and/or statisticians should report their updated statistics by 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Email stats to dchapin@vindy.com or fax them to 330-747-6712, attention Doug Chapin.
Gates Brown dies at 74
DETROIT
Gates Brown, an outfielder who played his entire 13-year major league career with the Detroit Tigers, has died. He was 74.
The team confirmed Brown’s death Friday.
Brown, jailed for armed robbery in Ohio before starting his baseball career, played on Detroit’s 1968 team that won the World Series, and was part of another title with the Tigers in 1984 as a batting coach.
Brown never played more than 125 games in a season, but he made a nice contribution during the title year of ‘68, when he hit .370 in 67 games. He ended up playing 1,051 games in his career, finishing with a .257 average and 84 home runs.
Berlin Marathon draws strong field
BERLIN
Despite the absence of both the defending and world champions, a strong field and favorable forecast should make the 40th Berlin Marathon another fast one on Sunday.
Defending champ Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya is concentrating on the New York City Marathon in November, while world record-holder Patrick Makau has withdrawn due to inflammation in his left knee.
Vindicator staff/wire reports