Steelers promote Chaney’s Olsavsky

Steelers promote Chaney’s Olsavsky

PITTSBURGH

The Pittsburgh Steelers have promoted Chaney High graduate Jerry Olsavsky to inside linebackers coach. Joey Porter, another former Steelers linebacker, has been promoted to outside linebackers coach.

From 2010-2014, Olsavsky served as a defensive assistant with the Steelers. In his five seasons, the Steelers defense ranked in the top-two in the league in total defense three times and was the top overall defense twice (2011-12).

Olsavsky played inside linebacker for nine years for the Steelers (1989-97), finishing his NFL career with the Baltimore Ravens.

Game of Hope set for Sunday

YOUNGSTOWN

The annual Game of Hope charity basketball game will be Sunday at 3 p.m. in Beeghly Center on the Youngstown State University campus.

Community leaders, elected officials and media members will play in the game, which raises money for chronically and terminally ill children. Tickets are $5 ($3 for chldren 12 and under). Former Browns safety Felix Wright will serve as one of the coaches.

The event will include a kids fun zone, with inflatables and games, beginning at 1 p.m. Go to hopemv.org for information.

UIC, YSU women set for Horizon game

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown State women’s basketball team will look to rebound when it plays host to UIC today at 2 p.m. at Beeghly Center.

The Penguins (15-6, 4-4 Horizon League) are coming off a 92-55 loss at Wright State on Thursday. They defeated UIC 69-66 on Jan. 8 in Chicago.

The Flames (13-8, 3-5) have lost two straight.

YSU softball splits on opening day

Buies Creek, N.C.

The Youngstown State softball team split of pair of games on opening day with a 10-7 win over Maryland-Eastern Shore and a 4-2 loss to St. John’s on day one at the Campbell/Hampton Inn Invitational.

Junior Miranda Castiglione doubled, homered, scored three times and drove in three runs in the opener. Junior Katie Smallcomb and sophomore Brittney Moffatt each went 2-for-4 and freshman Kelly Thompson-Cappadocio drove in two runs.

Freshman Ashley Kozial picked up her first career win and struck out four in four innings. Senior Kayla Haslett pitched two innings of scoreless relief for the save.

Against St. John’s, freshman Stevie Taylor (South Range) went 2-for-4 and Haslett homered.

Penguin track team sets school, meet marks

YOUNGSTOWN

Youngstown State’s distance medley relay of John Helms (Liberty), Eric Rupe (Maplewood), Mike Navratil and Austin McLean won with a school-record performance of 9:52.33 at the YSU National Invitational on Friday. The previous mark in the event was 9:58.61 set in February 2009.

The record was the fifth different school mark the Penguins have established so far this season. The performance by the four runners set a meet record.

Conner Neu set WATTS and YSU National Invitational records in the weight throw with a heave of 19.98 meters.

English leads Farmers; Mickelson misses cut

SAN DIEGO

Tiger Woods is gone from Torrey Pines, and Phil Mickelson joined him by missing the cut.

In a tournament that quickly lost a big chunk of its star power, Harris English played another bogey-free round for a 6-under 66 on the North Course to build a two-shot lead Friday in the Farmers Insurance Open.

Mickelson had a 72 on the North. It was the first time since 2002 he has missed the cut in consecutive weeks on the PGA Tour. Woods withdrew after 11 holes on Thursday, making it the first time in his career that he failed to make the cut in consecutive weeks.

Staff/wire reports