SPORTS DIGEST || Wollet, Hess to play in college all-star game

Wollet, Hess to play in college all-star game

GREENVILLE, S.C.

Poland High graduate Luke Wollet and ex-YSU quarterback Kurt Hess will play in today’s College All-Star Bowl at Furman’s Paladin Stadium.

Wollet, a four-year starter at safety at Kent State, will play for the Nationals. Hess, a four-year starter for the Penguins, will play for the Americans.

The game will be broadcast on the CBS Sports Network at 6 p.m.

Sectional tickets not available in advance

NEW MIDDLETOWN

Tickets for Springfield High boys and girls basketball sectional games played at Springfield will be available only at the door. Tickets will not be sold in advance.

In accordance with OHSAA policy, adult tickets will be $6 and student tickets $4, and no passes will be accepted.

Have-A-Heart event scheduled April 5

LOWELLVILLE

The fifth annual Have-A-Heart 3-on-3 basketball tournament will be held at Lowellville High on April 5. The event is held in honor of Ella Rose Solak who passed away at 20 months old on March 23, 2010, of a congenital heart defect. The proceeds from the tournament are used to fund the Ella Rose Solak Memorial Scholarship given to a graduating senior from Lowellville High School.

Last year, 60 teams competed in the tournament. There are both male and female age brackets ranging from 5th grade to adult, and each team is guaranteed a minimum of four games with a $60 team registration fee.

Registration forms can be found online at lowellville.k12.oh.us/ then click on forms and links under quick links. You also can call 330-536-8033 for more information. Registration deadline is March 17.

College slow-down rule proposal moves ahead

NEW YORK

Arkansas coach Bret Bielema and Alabama coach Nick Saban voiced their concerns about the effects of up-tempo, no-huddle offenses on player safety to the NCAA committee that passed a proposal to slow down those attacks.

Neither Bielema nor Saban were on the committee and they did not vote on the proposal passed Wednesday to allow defenses time to substitute between plays by prohibiting offenses from snapping the ball until 29 seconds are left on the 40-second play clock.

The proposal must be approved by the playing rules oversight panel, which meets March 6. Right now the proposal is in what is known as a comment period. Coaches can electronically submit their opinions to the NCAA on the proposal, supporting it or opposing it.

Staff reports/Associated Press