Girard boosters meeting on Wednesday

November 8, 2014 at 12:00a.m.

Girard

The Girard high school athletic boosters will meet at 8 p.m Wednesday at the high school.

Luklan to speak at Curbstone luncheon

Youngstown

Rob Luklan (veteran NCAA ACC football official) and OHSAA softball and basketball official will be the Curbstone Coaches guest speaker on Monday at Luciannos Banquet Center at noon. The public is welcome.

Efficient Panthers beat Penguins in four sets

Milwaukee

Milwaukee hit .329 as a team behind 20 kills from Julie Kolinske to hold off the Youngstown State volleyball team in four sets on Friday evening at the Klotsche Center. The set scores were 25-15, 23-25, 26-24, 25-22. Milwaukee finished with 69 kills, 17 more than YSU, and the .329 attack percentage was the second-highest mark against the Penguins this season.

The Penguins kept pace with the league leaders after the first set and hit .320 over the final three sets. Lauren Thompson led YSU with 14 kills on a .440 attack percentage, and Lexi Egler had 12 kills and 10 digs.

The loss drops Youngstown State to 16-11 overall and 7-5 in Horizon League play, which is fourth in the conference.

McGehee, Young win comeback POY’s

NEW YORK

Miami third baseman Casey McGehee and Seattle pitcher Chris Young have been selected as baseball’s comeback players of the year.

McGehee, who turned 32 last month, hit .287 with 29 doubles, four home runs, 76 RBIs to win the NL honor following a season with the Rakuten Golden Eagles of Japan’s Pacific League.

Young, a 35-year-old right-hander, won the AL award after being limited to nine starts in 2013 — all in the minor leagues — because of injuries. He was 12-9 with a 3.65 ERA in 29 starts and one relief appearance this year, reaching double digits in win for the first time since 2006.

The awards, announced Friday, were voted on by the 30 beat writers from MLB.com, who each selected one candidate in each league.

US beats Sweden, make Four Nations Cup final

KAMLOOPS, British Columbia

Hilary Knight, Emily Pfalzer and Brianna Decker scored and the U.S. women’s hockey team beat Sweden 3-0 on Friday to advance to the Four Nations Cup final against Canada.

Brianne McLaughlin-Bittle made 11 saves for the Americans, coming off a 3-2 loss to Canada on Wednesday night. Canada faced Finland on Friday night in the round-robin finale.

The championship game is Saturday night.

Knight opened the scoring in the first period, and Pfalzer and Decker added second-period goals. Pfalzer scored on a power play, and Decker had a short-handed goal.

The United States finished round-robin play 2-1, also beating Finland on Tuesday night.

Sweden will play Finland in the third-place game.

Murray hopes for support in London

LONDON

Playing in England for the first time since coming out in favor of Scottish independence, Andy Murray is hoping he won’t get rejected by fans.

The Scot, who qualified for the ATP Finals starting Sunday in London following a late run of form, made his position clear on the eve of September’s referendum. Scottish voters rejected independence.

The 2013 Wimbledon champion said “the crowd has always given me very good support when I’ve played here and when I’ve played at Wimbledon and Queen’s throughout my whole career. I hope this week that’s the same but, if not, I’ll do my job, I’ll give my best effort regardless and hopefully I win back some fans this week.”

Murray only sealed his place at the season-ending tournament last week.

Staff/wire reports