Lakeview’s Gysegem earns PSAC award

February 24, 2015 at 12:00a.m.

YORK, PA.

Clarion senior swimmer Emilee Gysegem, a Lakeview High graduate, received the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference “Champion Scholar Award,” honoring the student-athlete with the top grade point average who is competing in one of the PSAC’s 23 team champion finals.

Gysegem has compiled a perfect 4.0 grade point average over 125 credits. She is majoring in business management with a minor in sports management. The daughter of Lisa and Toby Gysegem, Emilee is a three-time Clarion and PSAC scholar athlete. She holds the school record in the 400 IM and won the conference title in the event last weekend. She also finished third in the 200 IM, sixth in the 200 back and seventh in the 200 fly and swam on two top-seven relays.

Warren’s Hawthorne enters Akron HOF

AKRON

Warren native Joel Hawthorne was recently inducted into the University of Akron’s athletic hall of fame.

A four-year starter at second base, Hawthorne helped lead the Zips to four straight winning seasons from 1984-87. He had a career batting average of .316 and a career on-base percentage of .465.

He played in 217 games, had 685 at bats, scored 204 runs and hit 19 triples — all UA career records.

Poland reschedules Edgewood game

POLAND

The Poland-Ashtabula Edgewood varsity boys basketball game has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. Friday.

Akron SVSM coach plans book signing

NILES

Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary boys basketball coach Dru Joyce II will sign copies of his book “Beyond Championships” from 10 to 11 a.m. on March 7 at Lion and Lamb in Eastwood Mall. Copies of the book are $14.99.

A-Rod back early, won’t explain PED use

TAMPA, Fla.

Alex Rodriguez reported to the New York Yankees three days ahead of schedule. He spoke for 81/2 minutes about his season-long drug suspension.

But on his first day back with the team since September 2013, he never said why he resumed the use of performance-enhancing drugs, never explained what he did and avoided getting into any specifics.

“I cringe when I look at some of things I did,” Rodriguez said, surrounded by about 40 reporters on the sidewalk outside the Yankees minor league complex. “No mistake that I made has any good answer, no justification. It’s unexplainable, and that’s on me. I’ve dug a big hole for myself. Paid a price.”

Report: L’ville’s Jones sent threatening text

A University of Louisville police report states former Cardinals guard Chris Jones sent a woman a text last Tuesday threatening to “smack” her, hours later he was suspended from the team.

Jones, 23, was reinstated earlier this week following the one-game suspension, and then dismissed from the team Sunday. Coach Rick Pitino said Jones was initially suspended for violating team rules. Jones returned to the team after meeting unspecified conditions for reinstatement.

Pitino has not said why Jones was dismissed.

The incident report obtained Monday states the woman went to Jones’ dorm room early Tuesday, but he left. After waiting three hours for Jones to return, she left after “messing up” his room.

Maid says she saw guns in Hernandez’s home

FALL RIVER, Mass.

A woman who cleaned the home of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez is testifying at his murder trial that she saw two guns there before the killing.

Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to the June 2013 killing of Odin Lloyd. The .45-caliber gun used to shoot him was never found.

Vindicator staff/wire reports