Phantoms take part in ACHMV promotion

February 4, 2014 at 12:00a.m.

YOUNGSTOWN

Youngstown Phantoms fans purchasing tickets for Sunday’s game against the Indiana Ice can help support Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley. Game time is 4:05 p.m. at the Covelli Centre.

When ticket buyers mention they are there to support the hospital, $4 will be donated to the hospital. If 100 or more tickets are sold, $5 per ticket will be donated.

To order your tickets, call Jaime Schnarrs at 330-746-5273 or visit www.akronchildrens.org/events for a ticket order form.

Poland sells Canfield tickets during the week

POLAND

Tickets for the Canfield at Poland boys basketball game on Friday will be sold at the Poland athletic department beginning today from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The tickets are being sold in advance because of the probability of a sellout. Doors will open at 4:30 on Friday.

Anyone who would like to use a Poland Activity Pass for the game must come to the athletic office during the week to receive a game ticket. No Activity Passes will be accepted at the door.

Call the athletic office at 330-757-7021 for additional information.

Quad County group plans clinic for coaches

AUSTINTOWN

The Quad County Coaches Association will conduct a coaching clinic for area football coaches Feb. 18 at Luciano’s Banquet Center.

Rick Shepas, head coach at Waynesburg University, will speak, along with Chris Haering, linebacker coach at Pitt, and Adam Hoppel, former NFL and University of Cincinnati player. The event will conclude with a chalk talk.

The cost is $15 per person for Quad County members and the registration deadline is Monday. Contact Andrew Hake (330-720-0157, Ahake@wrls.k12.oh.us), Jeff Martig (330-501-7379, Jmartig@wrls.k12.oh.us) or Brett Powell (330-565-4661, aust_bap@access-k12.org).

Super Bowl fans bet record $119M at casinos

LAS VEGAS

Gamblers wagered a record $119.4 million at Nevada casinos on the Super Bowl, allowing sportsbooks to reap an unprecedented profit as the betting public lost out in Seattle’s rout of the Peyton Manning-led Denver Broncos. Unaudited tallies showed sportsbooks made an unprecedented profit of $19.7 million on the action, the Gaming Control Board announced Monday. That’s millions more than the past three Super Bowl wins combined.

Oddsmakers said Peyton Manning fans drove the unprecedented handle, flooding Las Vegas and northern Nevada with wagers on the favored team and its veteran quarterback.

The previous record for the amount of bets placed, or the handle, was set last year, when gamblers wagered $98.9 million on the Super Bowl between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers.

Ohio State still seeking answers after bad spell

COLUMBUS

Thad Matta watches the video clips over and over. Somewhere in the midst of all those pixels he’s trying to find the answers to what’s wrong with his Ohio State Buckeyes. The thing is, it’s hard to point to just one thing. The instant he thinks he’s solved a problem, something else pops up. “It appears to be a little bit of a different scenario each time,” Matta said of the contributing factors when the Buckeyes go into a lull.

One month ago, Ohio State was unbeaten and ranked No. 3 in the nation. The Buckeyes (17-5, 4-5 Big Ten) begin February having lost five of seven games and find themselves out of The Associated Press Top 25 for the first time in 80 polls, since January 2010.

Heading into today’s game at No. 17 Iowa, Matta and his staff are scrambling to patch some holes and get things turned around. The Buckeyes pulled off a big road win on Saturday, edging No. 14 Wisconsin 59-58.

Staff reports/Associated Press