Poland changes date against Edgewood

Poland changes date against Edgewood

POLAND

The Edgewood-Poland girls basketball game scheduled for Jan. 7 has been rescheduled for Jan. 30. The varsity game will tip off at 7 p.m.

The game was changed because of the Youngstown State-James Madison football game on Jan. 7.

Correction

Springfield’s Zack Barber was one of three players to score six points in the Tigers’ 51-24 win over Lordstown on Wednesday. Barber’s name should have been included in the game story in Thursday’s edition.

MVRC posts gains in handle, purse

AUSTINTOWN

Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race Course wrapped up its most successful racing season by showing solid gains in All-sources handle and daily purse distribution.

A total of $28,336,669.15 was wagered on the 36 days of racing for an average of $787,129, an all-time record for the facility and that included one weather shortened program of just four races.

A total of 305 races were contested with 2,777 horses running, an average of 9.1 starters, once again placing Mahoning Valley Race Course near the top of the list in North America racetracks in field size.

LaVell Edwards, 86; BYU football coach

Before LaVell Edwards was promoted to head coach, BYU ran a slogging run-first offense that yielded mediocre or worse records.

Under Edwards, dizzying passing numbers became the norm, and college football fans stayed in front of their TVs late Saturday nights from the 1970s to ’90s to see just how many points the Cougars could score.

Jim McMahon, Steve Young, Ty Detmer and other quarterbacks flourished, and the Cougars grew in prominence, even being voted national champions in 1984.

Edwards, the humble and devout Mormon who won 257 games at the Utah school over 29 seasons, died Thursday at 86. The school confirmed his death but disclosed no other details.

“LaVell was one of the best friends that I had in the coaching world,” said Tom Osborne, the retired national championship-winning Nebraska coach whose triple-option offense was the polar opposite of Edwards’ dynamic passing attack. “He had a great sense of humor and was always well-grounded and fun to be around.

“BYU had a distinct identity under LaVell. They were a passing team before it became stylish, but many did not realize that they had a very good running game as well.”

Edwards, who retired in 2000, had a record of 257-101-3, the seventh-most wins in FBS history. His teams won or shared 19 conference titles and played in 22 bowl games. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2004.

USA defeats Russia in world junior hockey

TORONTo

Colin White and Troy Terry scored second-period goals and Tyler Parsons made 25 saves to help the United States beat Russia 3-2 in the world junior hockey championship.

The United States and Canada, a 10-2 winner over Latvia on Thursday night, are 3-0-0 in Group B play and have wrapped up quarterfinal spots before their showdown Saturday in the pool finale.

“It’s a game you grow up watching, that New Year’s Eve game. To have it in Canada here, you grow up seeing that, we’re not going to be liked that’s for sure,” said Charlie McAvoy, a Boston University defenseman and Bruins prospect. “We’re not expecting much love. It’s going to be us against kind of their whole country.”

Clayton Keller also scored in the United States’ first victory over Russia in the tournament since 2007.

“We showed a lot of heart today and did a great job shutting them down in the third,” Keller said. “All lines can score and have skill, but our best is yet to come. We’re on the right track.”

Staff/wire report