Saturday, January 17, 2015
Phantoms to hold free skating lessons
The Youngstown Phantoms and The Ice Zone in are teaming up to sponsor the annual Learn to Skate Program, beginning Tuesday at 9 a.m at the Ice Zone in Boardman. This class will run for six weeks, and will be held every Tuesday from 9 a.m-9:45 a.m from Tuesday-Feb. 24.
The classes are free to the public, and open to any and everyone who wants to learn how to skate. Skate rentals are available free of charge. All participants must also wear protective headwear (i.e.-hockey or bicycle helmet) to participate. Helmets are also available free of charge, however The Ice Zone has limited helmets available for use. Skaters are strongly encouraged to bring their own helmets.
Members of the Phantoms’ coaching staff along with various Phantoms players will be instructing the 45 minute sessions.
Orosz wins twice, YSU falls to Akron
Youngstown
Youngstown State freshman Viktoria Orosz won two individual events and was part of a winning relay as the Penguins hosted the Akron Zips.
The Zips won the dual 197-102
Orosz took the top spot in the 200-yard freestyle (1:53.75) by five seconds, and she won the 500 free (5:07.18) by more than 11 seconds. The freshman also teamed up with Jana Janson, Chelsea Malone and Kolbrun Jonsdottir to win the 200 free relay after Akron’s top group was disqualified.
Fellow freshman Madison Aranda also won two individual events. Her time of 2:07.27 was six seconds better than the next closest swimmer in the 200 fly, and she finished the 1,650 free in 17:29.73 to win by 11 seconds.
YSU women’s tennis kicks off spring season
The Youngstown State women’s tennis team opened the spring season against Pittsburgh and West Virginia at the Nishan Vartabedian Invitational in Pittsburgh at the Alpha Tennis and Fitness Center. The Penguins played three doubles matches against Pitt, winning a pair and then took two singles matches from West Virginia in doubles play. Against the Mountaineers, Marta Burak picked up a 6-3, 6-1 win over Kaja Mrgole while Dominika Lackova won 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 against Lyn Yuen Choo. Against the Panthers, Burak and Lackova earned a hard-fought 7-6 (4) decision over Lolade Ogungbesan and Amber Washington.
On Saturday, the Penguins will compete against the Panthers in singles play and Mountaineers in doubles play.
Indians sign 3 players, avoid arbitration
CLEVELAND
The Indians have agreed to one-year contracts with outfielder Brandon Moss, right-hander Bryan Shaw and right-hander Josh Tomlin, avoiding arbitration.
Cleveland reached agreements with all six of its players in arbitration. The Indians agreed to deals with right-hander Carlos Carrasco ($2,337,500), left-hander Marc Rzepczynski ($2.4 million) and third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall ($2.25 million) on Thursday.
The Indians obtained Moss from Oakland in the first trade of the winter meetings last month, hoping to add power to their lineup. The 31-year-old outfielder batted .234 with 25 homers and 81 RBIs in 147 games for the Athletics last season.
Shaw went 5-5 with a 2.59 ERA last season in a career-high 80 appearances with two saves. Tomlin was 6-9 with a 4.76 ERA in 16 starts and nine relief appearances.
NCAA investigating SMU amid questions
DALLAS
SMU announced an NCAA investigation on the same day the school said it was appealing an academic suspension that would sideline guard Keith Frazier for the rest of the season.
A person with knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press on Friday that the probe involved men’s basketball and golf. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the school wasn’t commenting on specifics of the investigation.
Staff/wire reports