Former Auburn DE signs with YSU

Former Auburn DE signs with YSU

YOUNGSTOWN

Former Auburn defensive end Elijah Daniel has signed with Youngstown State, according to according to @JuCoFootballACE, a junior college football scouting site on Twitter.

Daniel was kicked off Auburn’s team in May following an arrest on charges of burglary and theft. He led the Tigers with 17 quarterback hurries and had 15 tackles, including one sack, as a sophomore last season. He started two games last fall.

Phantoms trade away rights to Luke Stevens

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown Phantoms traded Luke Stevens’ USHL rights to the Chicago Steel in exchange for the Steel’s fifth round pick in the 2016 USHL Phase II Draft.

Stevens, the son of former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Kevin Stevens, was Youngstown’s 21st round pick (339th overall) in the 2015 USHL Phase II Draft in May.

“Luke Stevens is an exceptional young man and player, and has a great future ahead of him,” Phantoms general-manager Jason Koehler said. “We had to make some tough decisions with our protected list for the near future, and felt that moving Luke’s rights to Chicago was best for our organization, and for Luke this upcoming season,” Stevens, a 6-foot-4 winger from Duxbury, Mass., is committed to play college hockey at Yale. He will be a senior at Noble & Greenough Prep (Mass.) this fall.

Zetts named OC at John Carroll

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, OHIO

Struthers High graduate Tim Zetts was named the offensive coordinator at John Carroll.

Zetts spent the last four years as the running backs coach at Fordham.

Bowling clinics set at Camelot

BOARDMAN

Youngstown USBC Youth, Youngstown-Salem USBC WBA and the Greater Youngstown Bowling Association have scheduled bowling clinics at Camelot Lanes.

Dates are today, July 19 and July 26 from 7-8 p.m.

Brian Umstead will assist youth and adult bowlers on etiquette and fundamentals. Donations will be accepted.

For more information, contact Tony Corradetti at 330-518-5857 or the WBA office at 330-799-7999.

GYTOA honors Conklin, officials

CANFIELD

The Greater Youngstown Track Officials Association recently honored Austintown Fitch athlete director Rob Conklin with the Fred Dafler Sportsmanship Award, given to the individual who has made a substantial contribution to track and cross country and exhibits the high standards set by Dafler.

Also, the organization honored the following officials with service awards: Bonnie LaScola (15 years), Ken Kenst and Scott Thornberry (20 years), Margie Iagulli (25 years), Bruce Breunig (40 years) and Jim Fox (50 years).

Baseball Oldtimers

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown Baseball Oldtimers will hold their annual picnic at 1 p.m. on Aug. 13 at Kramer Park Field on Bears Den Rd. Call John Spagnola at 330-719-8776.

Indians place Aviles on emergency list

CLEVELAND

The Cleveland Indians have placed infielder Mike Aviles on the family medical emergency list for the second time this season.

Aviles’ 4-year-old daughter, Adriana, was diagnosed with leukemia in May and has been undergoing treatment at Cleveland Clinic.

Aviles was at the hospital with his daughter Friday before arriving at Progressive Field, and he then left to return to the hospital before the start of that night’s game against Oakland.

On Saturday, he called manager Terry Francona to say, “I need to be there.”

Aviles was originally on the list from May 8-14 and was moved to the restricted list from May 15-17 before returning to the Indians.

Vindicator staff/wire reports