Phantoms to work with summer campers

July 18, 2015 at 12:00a.m.

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown Phantoms will be hosting Youngstown Parks and Recreation Summer Camp students at the Covelli Centre from Monday through Wednesday. The students will be participating in the Phantoms’ Hockey for Health Power Play Program.

A goal of the program is to educate students on the value of making healthy choices in the following areas: physical activity, nutrition, education, good citizenship and financial literacy.

Another goal is to introduce students to the basic rules of hockey and to get them active by competing in street hockey drills and short games.

Baseball Scout Day set in Mercer

MERCER, PA.

Christian Sports International Baseball Scout Day for players ages 14-19 will be on July 27 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at Brandy Springs Park.

Among those participating will be area college coaches, former Pittsburgh Pirate Sid Bream, former Major League Baseball scout Scott Grinder and Claudio Reilsonoa scout with Global Scouting Bureau

Cost is $50 and limited to 30 players. To register, call 724-453-1400.

Van Avermaet wins Stage 13

RODEZ, France

Greg van Avermaet of the BMC team won Stage 13 of the Tour de France with a finishing burst of speed Friday that pushed Peter Sagan into second place for the fourth time at this year’s race.

Sagan was kicking himself after he eased up in the final meters (yards).

“My stupid mistake,” said the Tinkoff-Saxo rider.

For most of the flat-to-hilly stage from Muret deep in southern France, a group of six low-placed riders rode in a breakaway at the front of the race. But the trailing main pack of riders sped up furiously as the finish in Rodez approached and caught the last of the escapees inside the last kilometer (last half-mile).

In the final uphill sprint, Van Avermaet and Sagan surged to the front.

Morgan has surgery, to be out 3 weeks

PORTLAND, ORE.

U.S. women’s national team forward Alex Morgan had surgery on her right knee and is expected to be out for three to four weeks.

Morgan, who plays for the NWSL’s Portland Thorns, underwent the procedure to remove a plica, or a small fold in the lining of the knee joint that was causing irritation.

Morgan was on the U.S. team that won the World Cup earlier this month in Canada. The Americans beat Japan 5-2 in the final.

Morgan did not play in matches leading up to the monthlong World Cup because of a bone bruise in her left knee. She came in as a substitute in the first two games of the tournament as she returned to form.

U.S. Soccer said Morgan could return for the first of a 10-match victory tour on Aug. 16 against Costa Rica in Pittsburgh.

Bill Arnsparger, 88

MIAMI

Bill Arnsparger, the Miami assistant coach who directed the “No-Name Defense” that helped the Dolphins win Super Bowl titles in 1973 and 1974, died Friday. He was 88.

The Dolphins confirmed Arnsparger’s death. The team didn’t provide a cause of death.

Arnsparger left the Dolphins after the 1974 Super Bowl to coach the New York Giants, going 7-28 before he was fired after an 0-7 start in 1976. He returned to Don Shula’s Miami staff and remained with the Dolphins until 1983, helping them reach another Super Bowl.

Arnsparger was LSU’s head coach from 1984-86, leading the Tigers to two Southeastern Conference titles in three season before leaving to become Florida’s athletic director. He completed his coaching career as the San Diego Chargers’ defensive coordinator in 1992-94.

Before jumping to the NFL with Shula with the Baltimore Colts in 1964, Arnsparger was a college assistant at Miami of Ohio, Ohio State, Kentucky and Tulane.

Staff/wire report

With the Colts, Arnsparger coached the defensive line on teams that reached the 1964 NFL title game and 1969 Super Bowl.