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Mooney tickets discounted today

AKRON

Tickets for Saturday’s Cardinal Mooney-Akron North high school football game at Buchtel High School are on sale today at the Cardinals’ Nest (Room 126) at Mooney High School.

Sale hours are 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Prices are $6 for adults and $4 for students. Gate prices will be $9 for everybody because the game is part of a doubleheader.

Karpency fights for WBC title

TORONTO

Tommy “Kryptonite” Karpency (25-4) of Adah, Pa., will challenge WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis “Superman” Stevenson (26-1) for Stevenson’s WBC and Ring Magazine belts tonight at the Ricoh Arena.

Karpency, managed by Pat Nelson of Youngstown, is ranked number nine pro boxer by the WBC and earned the world title shot after defeating former WBC champ Chad Dawson (32-3) last fall.

“Karpency had a great training camp, is at weight and is going for the upset; he aims to become a major player in the sport,” Nelson said.

This will be Karpency’s second chance to become world champion after losing a 12 round decision to WBO champion Nathan Cleverly (29-2) in Cardiff, Wales, in 2012. The fight will be televised on Spike TV at 9 p.m.

Yankee Lake card set Saturday

BROOKFIELD

Yankee Lake Brawlroom 42 will take place at the Yankee Lake Ballroom Saturday.

General admission tickets cost $25.

There are a limited amount cageside tables available. For .information, contact Chuck Haskell at 724-699-1725. There will be 11 fights on the card.

The bouts are: Deion Clay (Columbus) vs. Adam Borgia; Riley Miller (Warren) vs. Bryce Leech (Sharpsville, Pa.); Mike Hice (Brookfield) vs. Rocco Fonce (Howland); Jarrod Ayers (Sharon, Pa.) vs. Tyler Bowers; Nick Tarr (Sharon, Pa.) vs. Bret Novosel (McKeesport, Pa.); Pedro Marquez (Campbell) vs. Gauge Priester (Sharpsville, Pa.); Travis Sprague (Cleveland) vs. Courtney Price (Youngstown); Kevin Johnston (Sharon, Pa.) vs Josh Florak; Brandon Jay (Clarion, Pa.) vs. Brandon Bradney (Waterford, Pa.); Gary Taylor (Broofield,) vs Robert Conklin (Uniontown, Pa.); and Lucas Kailing (Wisconsin) vs. Billy Howard (Madison).

Gates will open at 6 p.m. and the fights will start at 7:30 p.m.

Cubs rained out, play two today

PHILADELPHIA

Not much is going to get the playoff-contending Chicago Cubs down right now not even sitting around waiting for a game that wound up getting postponed.

The opener of a four-game series at the Phillies was called off Thursday night after more than 90 minutes of persistent rain and was rescheduled as part of a doubleheader today starting at 5:05 p.m.

“Conflicting reports,” manager Joe Maddon said when asked why the game was not called off earlier. “We’ve gone through this in Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. Same thing. Nobody’s upset.”

At 80-58, Chicago entered Thursday nine games ahead of San Francisco for the second NL wild-card spot. The Cubs are on pace to make the playoffs for the first time since 2008 as they vie for their first World Series title since 1908.

Jake Arrieta, whose start was pushed back to today, is 18-6 with a 2.03) ERA. He has won seven straight starts, giving up two earned runs with 50 strikeouts in 501/3 innings, and pitched a no-hitter at the Los Angeles Dodgers on Aug. 30. Over 15 appearances dating to June 21, Arrieta is 12-1 with a 0.99 ERA.

Kyle Hendricks (6-6, 4.08) is to start the nightcap. He will be making his first start against Philadelphia, which is the only NL team he hasn’t faced.

The duo will try to help the Cubs bounce back from Wednesday’s 4-3 loss at St. Louis that stopped a five-game winning streak. Chicago is 29-12 since getting swept by the Phillies at home July 24-26.

Staff/wire report