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YSU’s Zaborsky named award semifinalist

YOUNGSTOWN

Youngstown State senior defensive tackle Steve Zaborsky (Mineral Ridge/Austintown Fitch) has been named a semifinalist for the 2015 William V. Campbell Trophy, which recognizes an individual as the best football scholar-athlete in the nation.

Zaborsky is one of 135 student-athletes that the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame has chosen as semifinalists for the award. He is one of 23 student-athletes representing the FCS.

Zaborsky has had a strong start to his senior campaign in 2015. He has started all three games and been credited with nine tackles, including six solo stops.

The NFF will announce 15 finalists on Oct. 29, and each of them will receive an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship as a member of the NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class

YSU’s Brown posts career-high in kills

YOUNGSTOWN

Youngstown State sophomore outside hitter Sam Brown posted a career-high 18 kills in the Penguins’ four-set loss to Green Bay on Thursday in the Horizon League opener for both teams. The set scores were 25-18, 17-25, 25-18, 25-20.

Brown added 10 digs for her fourth double-double and Aly Ryan added 10 kills. Nikki Thompson posted a match-best 22 digs, and Jessie Gerig was close behind with a career-high 19 for YSU (5-10, 0-1 Horizon League).

Megan Powers had 15 kills and Beth Kuske came off the bench to register nine kills and a match-high five blocks to lead Green Bay (10-5, 1-0).

Red Wings rout Pens

DETROIT

Dylan Larkin and Teemu Pulkkinen each scored two goals in the Detroit Red Wings’ 6-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Tyler Bertuzzi and Drew Miller also scored for Detroit, and Jimmy Howard stopped 34 shots.

Pittsburgh goalie Matthew Murray allowed all six Detroit goals on 27 shots.

Beau Bennett scored for the Penguins.

Stenson leads PGA tournament

ATLANTA

Getting back to East Lake is the challenge for Henrik Stenson. Playing the course appears to be the easy part.

Two years after a dominant victory to capture the FedEx Cup, Stenson was unstoppable for 12 holes until he settled for a 7-under 63 for a two-shot lead over Paul Casey in the opening round of the Tour Championship.

Stenson is No. 4 in the FedEx Cup and only has to win this week to claim the $10 million bonus.

Rory McIlroy closed out the front nine with three straight birdies and wound up with a 66, along with British Open champion Zach Johnson.

Jason Day had a 69 in his first event as No. 1 in the world and was six shots behind. Jordan Spieth had a 68.

Lawyer for Kane accuser quits the case

BUFFALO, N.Y.

The lawyer for a woman accusing Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane of sexual assault abruptly quit the case Thursday night, saying he’s no longer comfortable representing the woman because of how her mother reported finding an evidence bag they believed once held the woman’s rape kit.

Thomas Eoannou told reporters he believes there were, what he called, “fabrications” in the story of how the bag was found. And he added that he’s no longer sure if the bag ever contained evidence from the investigation.

“I can only say that I don’t know what’s true and what’s not true,” Eoannou said during a hastily called news conference at his downtown Buffalo law office. “I received the story line from the mother. And it’s my position that I’m not comfortable with that version of the events.”

Despite his concerns, Eoannou said he’s still confident in the woman’s allegations against Kane.

“I don’t know how that reflects, and I don’t think it does, on the night in question,” Eoannou said.

Staff/wire report