SPORTS digest

YSU soccer team falls to Valpo

Youngstown

The Youngstown State women’s soccer team dropped a 6-0 decision to Horizon League foe Valparaiso on Saturday at Farmers National Bank Field.

Cory Griffith scored twice while April Cronin, the team’s leading scorer, posted her fifth goal of the year for the Crusaders (3-3-3, 1-0-1).

Youngstown State (5-6, 0-2) visits Cleveland State, Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Wroblewski to speak to Curbstone Coaches

AUSTINTOWN

John Wroblewski, the new head coach of the Youngstown Phantoms, will be the guest speaker Monday at the Curbstone Coaches luncheon at Lucianno’s Banquet Center in the Wedgewood Plaza.

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

2 Champion players earn top softball honor

CHAMPION

Two members of Champions’ Division III state championship team received an honor from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.

Pitcher Haylee Gardiner and outfielder McKenzie Zigmont were named to the All-North/Midwest Region Teams. Zigmont made first team and Gardiner the second team.

Bobrovsky leads Jackets past Penguins

PITTSBURGH

Sergei Bobrovsky made 33 saves, Ryan Johansen scored twice and the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 on Saturday in exhibition play.

Boone Jenner and Scott Hartnell added goals for Columbus.

Left wing Brandon Saad (Mahoning Valley Phantoms) made his debut for Columbus. Acquired in a trade with Chicago during the offseason, Saad was struck in the mouth by a puck during training camp and missed the first three preseason games. He wore a full-face shield.

Sidney Crosby and Phil Kessel scored for Pittsburgh, and Jeff Zatkoff made 25 saves.

Seabrook agrees to 8-year extension

CHICAGO

The defending champion Chicago Blackhawks and defenseman Brent Seabrook have agreed to an eight-year contract extension through the 2023-24 season.

With the announcement Saturday, the Blackhawks locked up a key figure on three Stanley Cup winners since 2010.

The 30-year-old Seabrook holds franchise records among defensemen in regular-season overtime goals (six), postseason goals (19) and postseason overtime goals (three). Seabrook helped Canada win a gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Last season, he made his first All-Star game appearance.

Seabrook has 318 points (71 goals, 247 assists) in 763 career regular-season games with Chicago dating to 2005-06.

Quarterback dies during N. Jersey game

WASHINGTON, N.J.

A New Jersey high school star quarterback died after suffering an injury on the field, school officials said Saturday.

Three-sport athlete Evan Murray of Warren Hills Regional High School died after he was hurt in a game against Summit High School on Friday night. Murray had been the football team’s starting quarterback for three years.

A statement from interim Superintendent Gary Bowen said the school community is “deeply saddened” by his death. Bowen said cause of death has not yet been determined. Authorities said an autopsy was planned.

People who attended the game said the 17-year-old Murray walked off the field under his own power after taking a hit in the backfield late in the second quarter. A short time later, he apparently collapsed.

Murray felt “woozy” after the tackle but tried reassuring his teammates he would be fine as he was lifted on a gurney and taken to a hospital, witnesses told the New York Daily News.

Staff/wire report