Basketball tickets on sale at YSU

October 25, 2015 at 12:00a.m.

YOUNGSTOWN

Basketball season tickets for the 2015-16 Youngstown State men’s and women’s basketball seasons are on sale at the YSU Athletics Ticket Office. Individual game tickets will go on sale on Nov. 2.

For Courtside Coaches Club members, tickets are included as part of the Penguin Club membership ($300 or above). Season tickets for men’s and women’s games cost $155. Fans also may purchase the Penguin Package, which includes all men’s and women’s games, for $175.

For more information on YSU basketball tickets, call the YSU Ticket Office at (330) 941-1YSU.

LaRicca will speak to Curbstone Coaches

AUSTINTOWN

Bob LaRicca of The Trumbull Basketball School will be the guest speaker at Monday’s meeting of the Curbstobe Coaches at Lucianno’s Banquet Center in the Wedgewood Plaza. LaRicca once was boys varsity head coach at Warren Western Reserve and Warren Harding high schools.

The event begins at noon and is open to the public.

Curbstone Coaches is accepting applications for nominations for the 2016 Hall of Fame Class which will be inducted on May 1. For an application, call 330-792-2272.

Hendrick trio romps in qualifying

TALLADEGA, Ala.

Jeff Gordon led a Hendrick Motorsports rout in qualifying Saturday to win the pole for his final race at Talladega Superspeedway.

Gordon led teammates Kasey Kahne and Jimmie Johnson in a sweep of the top three starting spots for today’s race. Dale Earnhardt Jr. qualified fifth to put the four Hendrick drivers in the first three rows at the 2.66-mile supserpseedway.

It was the best outcome for Gordon and Earnnhardt, the only two Hendrick drivers still in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship field. Both need strong runs — Earnhardt may actually need a victory — to advance into the third round of the playoffs.

Four drivers will be cut from the Chase field following the race. Gordon is seventh in the standings, while Earnhardt is 11th in the 12-driver field. Both drivers are six-time winners at Talladega, and Earnhardt won the spring race here.

Matt Kenseth, who is last in the Chase field, qualified fourth. Like Earnhardt, he likely needs to win Sunday to move into the third round.

Peters wins truck race

TALLADEGA, Ala.

Timothy Peters has won the Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway for the second consecutive year.

Peters was second on the final restart Saturday after a multi-truck accident caused a stoppage of 15 minutes for the track to be cleaned. Brandon Jones got a terrific jump as the leader but he pulled too far away from the line of trucks behind him in the bottom lane.

It allowed Peters, in the top lane, to catch Jones and pull past Jones for the lead. Then Spencer Gallagher tried to duck down and attempt to pass Peters, but he was hooked by John Wes Townley to bring out a race-ending caution.

NASCAR said this week it would only make one attempt to finish both the truck race and today’s Sprint Cup Series race under green.

Warriors coach to miss opener

OAKLAND, Calif.

Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr will miss the season opener as he continues to recover from back surgery.

General manager Bob Myers told reporters Saturday that interim coach Luke Walton will coach the team for the season opener against New Orleans on Tuesday night in Oakland. Kerr will be on hand for the banner-raising ceremony but is not ready to take back the coaching duties.

Kerr has been sidelined since the opening week of training camp because of complications from offseason back surgery. The Warriors do not know when he will be healthy enough to return.

Staff/wire report