Phantoms win shootout in preseason opener
Phantoms win shootout in preseason opener
GREEN BAY, WIS.
The Youngstown Phantoms defeated the Dubuque Fighting Saints on Tuesday afternoon, 4-3 in a shootout, in their first game of the Fall Classic East.
In the shootout, the two sides were tied, 2-2, heading into the sixth round, when Kiefer Sherwood scored to win it for the Phantoms. Scoring regulation time goals for Youngstown were Kyle Connor, Ryan Lomberg and Sherwood.
Podolsky ties YSU record in 2-0 victory
YOUNGSTOWN
Senior Chelsey Haney and freshman Sydney Riddle each scored goals and senior goalkeeper Jackie Podolsky tied the school record for career wins as the YSU women’s soccer team defeated Tiffin, 2-0, on Tuesday night at Farmers National Bank Field.
The Penguins (4-3-1) controlled the tempo and possession of the ball and outshot the Dragons (0-5), 29-6. Fourteen different players took shots for the Penguins and seven different players took shots on goal.
The Penguins visit Akron Friday at 7 p.m.
Seattle wins US Open Cup, beating Union
CHESTER, Pa.
Clint Dempsey and Obafemi Martins led the Seattle Sounders to their fourth U.S. Open Cup title Tuesday night, scoring in overtime in a 3-1 victory over the Philadelphia Union. Dempsey, the U.S. national team captain, scored in the 101st minute on left-footed blast off Martins’ feed. Martins scored on a breakaway in the 114th minute.
Seattle also won three straight titles from 2009-11. The Sounders earned one the United States’ four spots in the 2015-16 CONCACAF Champions League.
Union appeals Rice’s indefinite suspension
BALTIMORE
The NFL players’ union has appealed the league’s indefinite suspension of Ray Rice. Rice was originally handed a two-game suspension in July under the NFL’s personal conduct policy after he was charged with assault following a Feb. 15 altercation with his then-fiancee in a casino elevator.
The Baltimore running back had already served the first game of that suspension when, on Sept. 8, a video surfaced showing Rice punching Janay Palmer, now his wife, in that elevator. Within hours, the Ravens released Rice and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell extended the suspension to indefinite based on the “new evidence.” The NFL Players Association had until 11:59 p.m. Tuesday to file the appeal.
DA sends Tony Stewart case to grand jury
The decision whether to charge three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart in the August death of a fellow driver at a sprint car race in upstate New York will be up to a grand jury. Ontario County District Attorney Michael Tantillo said Tuesday he made the decision to present the case to a grand jury after reviewing evidence collected by sheriff’s investigators. Tantillo could have determined there was not enough evidence to support charges and dropped the case, but instead announced his decision more than a month after Stewart’s car struck and killed Kevin Ward Jr. at a dirt-track race on Aug. 9.
Staff reports/Associated Press