SPORTS DIGEST || Sebring to induct two into Hall of Fame

Sebring to induct two into Hall of Fame

SEBRING

The Sebring Athletic Hall of Fame will induct multi-sport athletes Dave Dearth and Dave Weingart on Tuesday in between Sebring’s home JV and varsity games against East Palestine around 7:15 p.m.

Dearth, a 1975 graduate, pitched 501/3 innings without allowing an earned run in his senior season with the baseball team, including a no-hitter against Lordstown that helped him earn the Mahoning Valley Player of the Year award. In football, he played defensive back for a Trojans team that was the Tri-County League co-champs during his junior year. He was an honorable mention for the All-Ohio team.

Weingart graduated from Sebring in 1990 and while he lettered three times for golf and twice for baseball, he is best remembered for his feats on the basketball court. In 1989, USA Today named him one of the Top 15 basketball players in the state. In the following year, he averaged 20.7 points and 12 rebounds per game on an undefeated Sebring team.

Curbstone Coaches name HOF inductees

On May 1st, the Curbstone Coaches will hold their Hall of Fame banquet to induct it’s 49th class. That class includes Chester Cooper, Don Feren, Rick Havrilla, John Hritz, Craig Kitka, Jaime Palumbo, Rose Smith, Tamron Smith, Bill Triplett, Herb Williams, Bruce Zoldan and Jim Tressel.

Tickets are $60 each and will be available in mid-February. For further information, call 330-792-2272 or 330-506-6774, or by visiting the organization’s website at curbstonecoaches.org.

No. 12 Kentucky fends off No. 16 Louisville

LEXINGTON, KY.

Tyler Ulis scored 21 points, and No. 12 Kentucky held off 16th-ranked Louisville’s rally for a 75-73 win Saturday to give John Calipari his 200th victory as the Wildcats’ coach.

Damion Lee, who led the Cardinals with 27 points, was well off on a potential winning 3-point attempt at the buzzer.

Kentucky (10-2) led by 16 points early in the second half before Louisville came almost all the way back. The Cardinals (11-2) had a chance to tie or take the lead with less than a minute left but Trey Lewis was called for traveling.

The Wildcats then committed a shot-clock violation to give Louisville one more chance.

Alex Poythress scored 14 points for Kentucky. Dominique Hawkins added 13 and Jamal Murray had 12.

Kentucky’s second-leading scorer, Isaiah Briscoe, sat out after hurting his ankle during pregame warmups. Freshman guard Charles Matthews started in place of Briscoe, who averages 11.5 points, but it was Hawkins who gave the Wildcats a spark in his absence.

Warriors-Cavs draws 11 million viewers

NEW YORK

The NBA Finals rematch between Golden State and Cleveland drew nearly 11 million viewers, making it the most-watched Christmas game in four years.

The Warriors’ 89-83 victory was watched by 10.9 million viewers, according to Nielsen. That was a 17 percent increase from the 9.3 million for the Cavaliers-Heat game last year that was LeBron James’ return to Miami.

ESPN says Saturday that the game was the most-viewed on Christmas since 2011.

US beats Canada in World Junior Classic

HELSINKI

Louis Belpedio and Auston Matthews scored in a 41-second span late in the third period to give the United States a 4-2 victory over Canada 4-2 on Saturday in their first round-robin game in the world junior hockey championship.

Belpedio, a defenseman from Miami of Ohio, broke a tie with 3:18 left. Matthews completed the scoring with 2:37 to go. He plays for ZSC Lions Zurich in Switzerland.

Boston College’s Colin White and Michigan’s Zach Werenski also scored.

Staff/wire reports