Sunday, December 18, 2016
Curbstone Coaches go on break
BEAVER TOWNSHIP
The Curbstone Coaches will be in recess the next two weeks for their holiday break. They will reconvene on Jan. 2 to honor this fall’s state champions: the Warren JFK football team, The Canfield tennis doubles duo of Hannah and Sydney Cianciola and Columbiana golfer Jared Wilson. The luncheon is open to the public who are welcomed to attend.
Hall’s goals lift Phantoms in shootout
DES MOINES, IOWA
Chagrin Falls native Curtis Hall scored the equalizing goal to force overtime and then had the deciding shootout goal in the Youngstown Phantoms 4-3 victory against the Des Moines Buccaneers.
Hall’s goal to even the game at 3-3 came with five minutes left in the second period. No one scored in the third period. Brett Murray and Coale Norris had the other regulation goals for Youngstown. Reed Lebster scored twice and David Keefer did so once for Des Moines.
In the shootout, Murray got the first goal, but Norris and Alex Esposito were stuffed before Hall’s goal. Ivan Kulbakov stopped three of Des Moines’ shooters to get the win.
Saint Francis wins NAIA title game
DAYTONA BEACH, FLA.
Nick Ferrer through three touchdown passes to Seth Coate and Saint Francis of Indiana beat previously undefeated Baker of Kansas 38-17 on Saturday night to win the NAIA championship.
Coate, a 6-foot-4 senior, caught nine passes for 180 yards, including second-half touchdown receptions of 59 and 36 yards. The last one put the Cougars (13-1) up 31-10 with 12:21 left. Baker finished 14-1.
Ferrer completed 18 of 30 passes for 245 yards and three touchdowns, finishing his junior season with 51 TD passes.
Logan Brettell, who had helped Baker overcome a 17-point lead in the fourth quarter of its semifinal win over Eastern Oregon, was 34 for 50 for 263 yards and a touchdown, marking the only time this season he has not accounted for at least two touchdowns.
St. Francis led 17-3 at halftime against a team that had averaged 49.9 points in its 14 victories.
After opening the game with an 11-play drive that ended in Clarence Clark’s 26-yard field goal, the Wildcats did not score again until the middle of the third quarter.
St. Francis responded to the opening score with a 56-yard touchdown drive to take the lead and never gave it up. Ferrer’s 5-yard touchdown pass to Coate finished the drive.
Washington U soccer team suspended
ST. LOUIS
The men’s soccer team at Washington University in St. Louis has been indefinitely suspended for what the university calls sexually explicit comments and other inappropriate behavior toward the women’s soccer team.
Members of the women’s team alerted administrators Wednesday. The suspension of the men’s program was announced Friday.
Stanford captures volleyball crown
COLUMBUS
Inky Ajanaku had 18 kills, Kathryn Plummer added 16 and Stanford beat Texas 25-21, 25-19, 18-25, 25-21 in the NCAA women’s volleyball final.
The Cardinal (27-7) won 16 of their last 17 matches to complete an unlikely championship run with four freshman starters.
After losing the third set, Stanford jumped out to a 6-0 lead and continued to dominate the net. Plummer received a bump set from Kelsey Humphries and registered the winning kill off of the Texas block to secure the program’s seventh national title and first since 2004.
The loss marks Texas’ second consecutive NCAA runner-up finish, after losing in three sets to Nebraska last year. Micaya White had 17 kills, and Ebony Nwanebu 16.
After trailing 18-16 in the second set, Stanford turned the table with a 7-0 run led by freshman Audriana Fitzmorris and Plummer, who combined for six points during the stretch.
Staff/wire report