SPORTS digest

Warren JFK girls capture Bishop’s Cup

Youngstown

Warren JFK’s girls golf team opened the season by winning the Bishop’s on Friday at the Lake Club with a score of 395.

Nicolette Eddy and Emily Marcavish led the Eagles by each shooting 95. Maddy Yocum and Casarra Rosenberg shot a 100 and 105, respectively.

Ten strokes back was runner up Ursuline (405). Sydney Heinbaugh had the best individual outing with a 79 and Abby Love shot a 95. Madison Stoneburner and Kelly Wlodarsky rounded out the group with a 115 and 116.

Hadley Spielvogel led Cardinal Mooney (411) with an 87. Joan Reardon and Alexandria both shot 107 and Alexis Santor shot 110. Canton Central Catholic (471) finished in last place.

Scrappers finish sweep of Black Bears in NYPL

MORGANTOWN, W. Va.

The Mahoning Valley Scrappers are within two games of .500 after beating the Morgantown Black Bears. The win gives the Scrappers a three-game sweep and a four-game win streak in the New York-Penn League.

The Scrappers fell behind 2-0 in the second inning, but tied the contest the following inning off off Alexis Pantoja’s two-run double and Andrew Calica’s RBI-single.

Calica hit a three-run triple in the fifth and Gavin Collins knocked in the Scrappers’ sixth run. That proved to be enough after relievers Randy Valladares and Ping Hsueh-Chen combined to give up three runs in the eighth and ninth. Ryan Perez picked up the win with three scoreless innings in relief. The Scrappers head to Wappingers Falls, N.Y. to face the Hudson Valley Renegades tonight at 7:05.

Dungy says Rooney Rule not properly used

CANTON

Tony Dungy would like to see the NFL’s Rooney Rule used in the manner it was intended.

The new Pro Football Hall of Fame member said Friday that he doesn’t believe teams are “following the spirit of the rule now.” The rule, designed by and named after Steelers owner Dan Rooney, requires teams to interview minority candidates for coaching and front office positions.

Dungy, the first black coach to win a Super Bowl, with the Colts in February 2007, would like to see coaching searches slow down, one of the aims of the rule. He encouraged teams to “go outside the box” in their hiring practices.

Trial set for athlete’s ex-business manager

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.

A federal judge in Little Rock has scheduled an August 2017 jury trial in Dallas Cowboys running back Darren McFadden’s lawsuit against his longtime business manager.

McFadden filed the $15 million civil lawsuit in June against Michael Vick of Mabelvale and 10 others named only as “Doe.” The lawsuit alleges that Vick misappropriated and mishandled money throughout McFadden’s NFL career, including $3 million lost in a bitcoin business venture.

In his response to the lawsuit, Vick, who is not the former NFL player, denies all allegations and asks that the lawsuit be dismissed.

Christie says NBA is ‘grandstanding’

TRENTON, N.J.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says the NBA’s decision to move its All-Star Game from Charlotte because of a law limiting anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people was “grandstanding.”

Christie made the remarks while co-hosting the WFAN “Boomer and Carton” morning radio show Friday.

The Republican governor asked if the NBA is going to evaluate every law in every state or just a certain law.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said last month that the league decided North Carolina’s law limiting anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people made it untenable to hold its 2017 All-Star Game in Charlotte.

Proponents say the law also protects women and girls in bathrooms from heterosexual men posing as transsexual women.

The NBA hasn’t announced a new city for the All-Star weekend in February.

Staff and wire reports