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YSU’S Parks to speak to Curbstone Coaches

Youngstown State University Sports Information Director Trevor Parks will be the featured speaker tomorrow at the weekly luncheon of The Curbstone Coaches at the Avion Banquet Center on Western Reserve Road in Canfield. The event begins at noon and is open to the public.

Zallow, Neu break YSU Track records

YSU track Freshmen Chad Zallow and senior Conner Neu each broke their own school records during the YSU College Invitational on Friday at the WATTS.

Zallow, a Warren JFK grad, broke his own record by one one-hundredth of a second, by running 7.88 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles Friday night at the YSU College Invitational at the WATTS. He surpassed the school mark at the YSU Icebreaker in December by running a time of 7.89 seconds. Neu placed first in the weight throw with a toss of 21.41 meters, which makes him qualified for the NCAA Championships to put him seventh in the nation. Neu also broke his own school record of 20.94 meters that was made at last seasons Horizon League Championships. Other winners at the meet were Alan Burns (5,000 meters), Amber Eles (60-meter hurdles), Nina Grambling (60-meter dash), Carl Zallow (60-meter dash), Jayne Corbett (shot put), Ryan Booth (shot put), and Arnaldo Morales (high jump).

Warren HOF to hold annual meeting

The Warren Sports Hall of Fame will hold its annual membership meeting on Feb. 9 at DiLucia’s Banquet Center on Elm Road in Warren. Social hour starts at 5:30 p.m. and dinner starts at 6:00 p.m. The guest speaker will be Youngstown Phantoms co-owner Troy Loney, who was also part of the 1991 and 1992 Stanley Cup winning Pittsburgh Penguins teams. New members can attend for $25. For more information, call Shawn Bryant at 330-233-1922 or Joe Sekula 330-509-0267.

Oregon QB lights up East-West game

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA.

Oregon’s Vernon Adams Jr. threw for 191 yards and three touchdowns in less than a half, leading the West to a 29-9 victory in the 91st East-West Shrine game on Saturday.

The former Eastern Washington star who transferred to Oregon tossed scoring passes of 93 yards to Purdue’s Danny Anthrop, 11 yards to Colorado State’s Kivon Cartwright’s and 10 yards to Illinois’ Geronimo Allison for the West. Allison also caught a 6-yard scoring pass from Indiana’s Nate Sudfeld. Florida cornerback Brian Poole returned an interception 98 yards for the East’s only touchdown.

Israel mad at LeBron for Blatt’s firing

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL

The Cleveland Cavaliers suddenly have far fewer fans in Israel after the firing of David Blatt.

The shock announcement on Friday, despite the second-year coach leading the Cavs to the NBA Finals a year ago and to the top of the Eastern Conference this season, was taken personally by many fans in Israel, where the Boston-born Blatt made his name professionally, met his wife and raised his family.

News of the firing topped all Israeli newscasts Saturday, knocking Middle East violence off the headlines.

Most of the venom was directed at LeBron James, the Cleveland superstar who had a rocky relationship with Blatt. A Channel 10 talk news show ranked it the top story of the week, with panelist Aviv Bushinsky lamenting how Blatt’s amazing season had ended “because of one man: LeBron James.”

U.S. women’s soccer team downs Ireland

SAN DIEGO

Carli Lloyd scored three goals to help the U.S. defeat Ireland 5-0 in an international friendly on Saturday at Qualcomm Stadium. It was the Americans’ final match before next month’s CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament for the Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro. Alex Morgan, playing in her 100th match with the national team, and Mallory Pugh, making her debut, also scored.

Staff/wire report