Boardman girls do well at Euclid Relays meet

Boardman girls do well at Euclid Relays meet

EUCLID

Led by the distance medley relay team of Alison Green, Caitlyn Hadley, Emma Schwendeman and Jordan Grantonic the Boardman girls track team placed fourth out of 12 teams at the 61st running of the Euclid Relays on Saturday. The distance medley team won in 13:21.5.

Boardman’s 4x800 relay team of Heaton O’Hara, Trista Cunningham, Brandi Gatte, and Regan O’Hara ran a season best time (9:56) and placed third, as did the 4x200 team of Morgan Hambrick, Nikki Hillard, Jada Redd, and Arianna Cuevas with their time of 1:46.88. Schwendeman was third in the 3200 at 12:00.4, Jada Redd ran a season best of 1:00.72 to place fourth in the 400 and Ka’nisha White threw 37-3 to place fourth in the shot put.

Victims remembered after balloon crash

RICHMOND, Va.

One was the constant in Richmond women’s basketball, the beloved assistant coach who had been on staff for 15 seasons, remaining through two coaching changes. The other was hardly out of college, always cheerful and willing to help. Associate head coach Ginny Doyle and director of basketball operations Natalie Lewis were killed Friday in a fiery hot-air balloon crash along with the pilot, Daniel T. Kirk, who had 20 years of flying experience and was affectionately known as “Capt. Kirk.” The three were mourned Sunday by friends, family and colleagues alike.

Nadal wins at Madrid after Nishikori retires

MADRID

Rafael Nadal finally won another clay-court title, capturing his fourth Madrid Open on Sunday after Kei Nishikori was forced to withdraw with a hip injury when trailing 2-6, 6-4, 3-0 in the final.

Earlier, Maria Sharapova bounced back from a poor start to defeat Simona Halep 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 to win the women’s title.

Manchester City wins Premier League title

MANCHESTER, England

The songs and the chanting started well before the final whistle. After it blew, Manchester City fans set off blue flares and streamed onto the field by the thousands. Needing far less drama than two years ago, City won the Premier League for the second time in three seasons Sunday with a 2-0 victory over West Ham United.

City won behind goals from Samir Nasri and captain Vincent Kompany, meaning Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Newcastle United at Anfield was meaningless and City finished two points above the Merseyside club.

Staff reports/Associated Press