YSU earns split with Illinois-Chicago

YSU earns split with Illinois-Chicago

CHICAGO

Collin Floyd, Joel Hake and Kevin Yarabinec combined for a three-hit shutout to lead the Youngstown State baseball team to a 1-0 victory at Illinois-Chicago in game two of a doubleheader on Sunday at Curtis Granderson Stadium.

The Penguins lost game one, 7-2.

Floyd pitched the first six innings and allowed three hits and three walks while striking out three batters. Hake struck out two batters in a scoreless seventh inning, and Yarabinec struck out three and did not allow a base-runner in the six-out save.

Youngstown State had just four hits in the win, and a UIC error in the sixth inning helped the run come across.

Floyd retired 11 straight batters before a one-out walk in the fifth to Scott Ota.

Game one started out as a pitchers’ duel as both YSU’s Michael Semonsen and UIC’s Jake Dahlberg did not allow a hit through three innings. Dahlberg extended his streak to the fifth, but the Flames got to Semonsen with four hits that led to four runs in the bottom of the fourth.

Youngstown State will play six games this week, starting with a contest at Pittsburgh on Tuesday at 6 p.m.

Tennis seeds set for tournament

BOARDMAN

Division II district tennis will begin on Wednesday. Top seeds for the singles tournament are: Zach Teffner, Lakeview; Les Horvath, Ursuline; Andrew Engartner, Cardinal Mooney; and Marshall Ney, West Branch.

The doubles seeds are: Andrew Stille-Jacob Stefko, Cardinal Mooney; Luke Tsudis-Austin Arfaras, Ursuline; Zach Shoaf-John LaPolla, Warren JFK; and Dante Rossi-Sean O’Connor, Ursuline.

Singles play will begin on Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. at Boardman High School. Doubles play will be at Struthers High School at the same time. If it’s raining, the tournament will shift to the Boardman Tennis Center.

Two Canfield teams seeded for Canton

CANFIELD

Two Canfield High School doubles teams are seeded for the Division I tennis sectional tournament that begins Tuesday at 9 a.m. at Canton’s Harvard Park and Stadium Park courts.

Tim Cianciola-Alfredo Almonya are the second seed while Robert Long-David Hofsess are fourth.

The tournament will conclude on Saturday. The other schools competing will be Alliance, Austintown Fitch, Barberton, Boardman, Canton McKinley, Dover, Akron Ellet, Garfield, Canton GlenOak, Green, North Canton Hoover, Jackson, Lake, Louisville, New Philadelphia, Massillon Perry, Massillon and Wooster.

Blaney survives crash in Rossburg

ROSSBURG

Former NASCAR driver Dave Blaney, 53, was not seriously injured in a sprint car crash during qualifying on Friday for the World of Outlaws #LetsRaceTwo at Eldora Speedway.

The Trumbull County native has been released from hospital.

After hitting the wall between turns one and 2, Blaney’s car flipped. He was taken to a nearby hospital and underwent a CT scan that revealed no fractures.

Weller wins at Sharon Speedway

Hartford

Jim Weller Jr. was the winning driver on Saturday at Sharon Speedway’s Hovis Auto & Truck Supply DIRTcar Big-Block Modifieds race.

Other winners were: Chris Schneider, Penn-Ohio Mini Series for the Gibson Insurance Agency Stock Cars; Joel Watson, Summit Racing Equipment Modifieds; Brandon Ritchey, Lyden/Red Line Oil RUSH Sportsman Modifieds; Butch Lambert, HTMA/Precise Racing Products Econo Mods; and Steve Walker II, Deforest Used Parts Mini Stocks.

Four of the six feature winners were from Pennsylvania.

Sharon will return to action Saturday for a “Steel Valley Thunder” program on Scout and Youth Sports Night featuring the weekly six divisions. Pits open at 4 p.m.

Staff report