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YSU football adds two assistant coaches

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown State football program has hired two assistant coaches.

Nic McKissic-Luke joins the Penguins from South Dakota State to become the new running backs coach, while Joe Ganz comes from Nebraska to coach YSU’s tight ends.

McKissic-Luke coached SDSU’s running backs since 2013, while for the previous five seasons, he coached at Division II Benedict College. Additionally, he worked two summers (2011 and 2012) with the Arizona Cardinals.

Also, as a player, McKissic-Luke was a running back for Alabama before transferring to Alabama A&M in 2004.

Ganz was a standout quarterback for Nebraska from 2004-08 — his final year coming under Bo Pelini, YSU’s second-year head coach. He had been a graduate assistant coach for the Cornhusker’s since 2012 and a member of the Nebraska coaching staff in a lesser role since 2010.

YSU softball team falls to Mississippi on road

Oxford, Miss.

Junior Sarah Dowd and senior Miranda Castiglione each had two hits but the Youngstown State softball team dropped a 9-2 decision to Mississippi on Wednesday night at the Ole Miss Softball Complex.

Sophomore Cali Mikovich’s bases-loaded walk in the top of the first inning gave the Penguins (7-10) a 1-0 lead.

The Rebels scored five in the bottom of the first before the Penguins answered with an unearned run in the second. Ole Miss scored one the second and three more in the fourth to put the game away.

The Penguins face Jackson State in a doubleheader at 4 p.m. Friday.

Hannibal River star is Ohio Ms. Basketball

COLUMBUS

Ohio’s 2016 Ms. Basketball is Jensen Caretti, a 6-foot-1 guard from Hannibal River High School.

Caretti, an Ohio State recruit, averaged 25.1 points, 12 rebounds, six assists and four steals per game in the regular season. The Pilots finished 21-5 with a loss to perennial powerhouse Berlin Hiland in a Division IV district final.

Boardman’s Johnson second-team All-Ohio

COLUMBUS

Boardman senior guard Krista Johnson, who averaged 17.1 points for the Spartans, was named to the Associated Press Division I All-Ohio Girls Basketball Team, which was announced Wednesday.

Canfield’s Ashley Kaleel and Warren Harding’s Kia Allen were honorable-mention selections.

Announcer: Ejection was misunderstanding

GREEN BAY, Wis.

Radio listeners might have been puzzled to hear another team’s play-by-play announcer briefly calling Green Bay’s Horizon League semifinal win.

A referee ejected Phoenix announcer Matt Menzl during Monday’s game against No. 1 seed Valparaiso in Detroit. Menzl says it was all a misunderstanding. He says the ref thought he was waving him off after a call went against Green Bay.

Menzl tells Green Bay Press-Gazette Media that he talks with his hands, and his gestures were misinterpreted.

Menzl handed his headset to an Oakland University play-by-play announcer and stepped away to explain the situation. Menzl returned to the microphone and says he missed only “a couple minutes” of game action.

U.S. tops Germany 2-1 to win SheBelieves Cup

BOCA RATON, Fla.

Alex Morgan and Samantha Mewis scored and the United States rallied to beat Germany 2-1 on Wednesday night to win the SheBelieves Cup.

The World Cup champion Americans were 3-0-0 in the four-team event. Germany (2-1-0) finished second.

In front of 13,501 fans at FAU Stadium, Germany opened the scoring in the 29th minute when Anja Mittag beat goalkeeper Hope Solo with a low, hard shot to the left corner of the net.

Staff and wire reports