Thursday, March 19, 2015
Curbstone Coaches basketball banquet
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. It 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.
Pitching, Califano lead Penguins over BGSU
Six Youngstown State pitchers combined to hold Bowling Green to seven hits, and the Penguins capitalized on four errors in a 6-2 win over the Falcons at Steller Field.
Frank Califano went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and a run scored, and Alex Larivee homered and had an RBI single for Youngstown State, which improved to 4-8.
Josh North started for the Penguins and allowed a run in in two innings, and Wight and Krokos both pitched two scoreless innings. King, Anthony Konders and Austin Lujano threw an inning apiece for YSU.
Larivee hit Bowling Green reliever Wes Rickenberg’s first pitch of the game over the left field wall to put YSU up 2-1 in the fourth, and the Penguins led the rest of the game.
Youngstown State’s three-game series this weekend with Valpo has been moved from Eastwood Field to Valparaiso. The teams will play one game on Friday at 2 p.m. and a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at noon.
YSU men’s golf finishes fifth in Georgia
Athens,GA.
The Youngstown State men’s golf team placed fifth at the Southern Intercollegiate hosted by the University of Georgia at the Athens Country Club.
The Penguins had a two-round score of 600 on Monday while Georgia won its own event with a 575. Georgia State was second (588), GRU-Augusta (592) placed third, Lipscomb was fourth (596) and the Penguins were fifth. YSU was in seventh following an opening round 302 before carding a second-round 298.
Individually, Bryan Yeo was 19th with a two-round score of 148 after carding a pair of 74’s. D.J. Holub was 23rd carding a 149 (74-75), Brandon Pluchinsky placed 30th with a 151 (76-75), Bill Gaffney posted a 152 (78-84) to place 34th and Thomas Lydic finished 65th firing a 160 (78-82).
The Penguins spring season continues on March 22-24 at the Middleburg Bank Intercollegiate hosted by William & Mary.
Pirates hit 3 HRs, beat Tigers
BRADENTON, Fla.
Tony Sanchez, Starling Marte and Willy Garcia homered, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Detroit Tigers 8-7 Wednesday night.
Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen missed his fifth straight game because of lower body soreness. Outfielder Jose Tabata fouled a pitch off his left foot in the third inning and left the game on a golf cart.
Marte also doubled and singled, raising his spring average to .370.
Ian Kinsler doubled and singled twice for the Tigers. Starting pitchers A.J. Burnett of the Pirates and Shane Greene of the Tigers both went 3 2-3 innings and allowed two runs.
Seavey keeps Iditarod trophy in the family
NOME, Alaska
Dallas Seavey raced his dogsled over the Iditarod finish line in Nome, Alaska, Wednesday, soundly winning over his closest competitor - his father, Mitch.
The younger Seavey, 28, made the 1,575 km wilderness trek in 8 days, 18 hours, 13 minutes and 6 seconds. The time is a full six hours longer than his record-setting winning run in 2014. In a race that this year drew competitors from seven countries on three continents, the Seaveys, from Willow, Alaska, have managed for years to keep the trophy local. Dallas Seavey won the race in 2012, then gave it up to his father in 2013 before winning again in 2014 and 2015.
This year, nine of 78 mushers quit.
Staff/wire reports