Curbstone basketball event coming April 12

Curbstone basketball event coming April 12

Boardman

The Curbstone Coaches boys and girls all league high school recognition basketball banquet will be held on April 12 at the Georgetown Banquet Center in Boardman.

The event will be at 4 p.m. For more information, please contact Sam Rogers At 330-707-0234. Please note, No Tickets will be sold at the door.

YSU softball drops pair at Charleston Southern

Charleston, S.C.

The Youngstown State softball team dropped a doubleheader to Charleston Southern on Tuesday 5-2 and 6-5 in eight innings.

The Penguins fall to 4-8 overall while the Bucaneers improve to 16-8. Sophomore Brittney Moffatt went 4-for-7 on the day and scored a pair of runs and was the only YSU player with multiple hits in both games.

In the opener, the Bucaneers scored two unearned runs in the bottom of the first and two more in the bottom of the second inning to take an early 4-0 lead after two innings. Sophomore Sarah Dowd had a home run for the Penguins. Freshman Cali Mikovich went 2-for-4.

In game two the Penguins trailed 5-3 after five when freshman Stevie Taylor (South Range) hit a two-run home run to tie the game in the top of the sixth. Charleston Southern scored an unearned run in the bottom of the eighth inning to pull out the win.

The Penguins face The College of Charleston in a doubleheader today at 4 p.m.

Penguins hold on for a win at Radford

Radford, Va.

Shane Willoughby hit a go-ahead triple in the top of the eighth, and Josh Fitch pitched out of a jam in the ninth to lift the Youngstown State baseball team to a 10-9 win at Radford on Tuesday. The Penguins had a seven-run fourth inning to go up 8-3, but they had to rally in the final three innings.

Willoughby was one of five Penguins who posted two hits, and Ryan Cordova had two hits, two RBIs and scored twice. The Penguins sent 10 batters to the plate in the inning and posted eight hits, including two by Alex Larivee. Jason Shirley singled in Jake Fryman in the seventh to tie the score, and Willoughby tripled in Califano with one out in the eighth for the winning run.

Radford loaded the bases with one out in the ninth, but Fitch struck out Josh Gardiner and got Shane Johnsonbaugh to ground out. YSU starting pitcher D.J. Carr allowed four earned runs in 4.2 innings. Ryan Krokos earned the victory.

Springfield basketball tickets on sale

New Middletown

The Springfield athletic department will be selling pre-sale tickets for the boys varsity basketball district championship game at Salem vs. Canton Central Catholic.

Tickets will be available beginning today during regular school hours. Adult tickets are$6 and students are $4.

Matsui hired by Yankees as an adviser

Former Yankees star Hideki Matsui has been hired by the team as a special adviser to general manager Brian Cashman.

The Yankees said Tuesday that the 2009 World Series MVP will work with Cashman and player development vice president Gary Denbo. Matsui will spend most of the season traveling in the team’s minor league system to discuss hitting with managers, batting coaches and players.

Now 40, Matsui hit .292 with New York from 2003-09 with 140 homers and 597 RBIs.

Lee hopes to avoid surgery

Cliff Lee will try to pitch through an elbow injury instead of having season-ending surgery, the Philadelphia left-hander decided after a second opinion from Dr. James Andrews. Head athletic trainer Scott Sheridan says the tear in Lee’s common flexor tendon looks the same on an MRI as it did last year. General manager Ruben Amaro Jr. says he’s “not terribly optimistic” that Lee can return to pitching without pain but there’s a possibility he can.

Staff/wire reports