SPORTS digest

Fitch’s Terry commits to attend Fork Union

AUSTINTOWN

Austintown Fitch senior Nick Terry has decided to continue his education and football career at Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia.

Terry, 17, was a first-year starter for the Falcons in 2015 and had offers from NAIA, Division II and Division III college football programs. Terry’s family said he hopes to re-enter the recruiting process after a year at Fork Union with the goal of attracting Division I college offers.

The 6-foot-4, 225-pound Terry was an outside linebacker and tight end for Fitch, where he helped the Falcons make the 2015 playoffs. He made 50 tackles, broke up several passes and blocked a field goal during Fitch’s 11 games.

YSU baseball coach Gillispie will not return

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown State baseball team completed its season over the weekend. Now the Penguins are about to begin searching for a new head coach.

YSU’s sports information department confirmed Sunday that Steve Gillispie will not return as the Penguins’ head coach. YSU finished 14-38 overall and 5-21 in the Horizon League this spring under Gillispie, who was in his fourth season with the Penguins.

Gillispie’s YSU teams were 61-153 overall and 28-75 in the Horizon League. His 2013 Penguins team won the Horizon League Tournament and earned an automatic NCAA Regional berth.

Hinchcliffe captures pole for Indy 500

INDIANAPOLIS

James Hinchcliffe completed his remarkable comeback Sunday by beating out American Josef Newgarden for this the Indianapolis 500 pole. The Canadian driver earned his first IndyCar pole with a four-lap average of 230.760 mph a year after a life-threatening leg injury forced him out of the race.

Newgarden will start second in the May 29 race after going 230.700. It was the fourth-closest differential between first and second in Indy’s 100-year history.

Hinchcliffe won it in dramatic fashion, too, on the final run of the nine-car pole shootout. And it came on the fifth anniversary of Sam Schmidt’s team winning the pole in 2011.

Andretti Autosport driver Ryan Hunter-Reay will start third on the outside of Row 1 after going 230.648.

Logano beats Larson in strange All-Star race

CONCORD, N.C.

Joey Logano won an entertaining version of NASCAR’s annual All-Star race by snatching the lead away from Kyle Larson with two laps remaining Saturday night in the $1 million exhibition event.

Larson had raced his way into the main event earlier Saturday by beating Chase Elliott in a stirring last-lap door-to-door battle to the checkered flag. He then rocketed to the lead in the All-Star race by using four fresh tires to drive to the front on the restart of the 13-lap dash-for-cash.

Logano eventually caught him and Larson tried several times to hold him off, but as the two raced side-by-side, Larson smacked the wall and the damage took him out of contention.

Kvitova escapes scare at rainy Roland Garros

PARIS

Screaming in anger and hitting her racket on the red clay of Court Philippe Chatrier, Petra Kvitova came close to an early exit at the French Open on the first day of the Grand Slam tournament.

On a rainy Sunday, the two-time Wimbledon champion was pushed to a suspenseful three-set battle by 59th-ranked Danka Kovinic of Montenegro, who served for the match before Kvitova raised her game and eventually prevailed 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, taking the last three games.

In the men’s draw, 17th-seeded Nick Kyrgios lost his temper and received a warning for shouting at a ball kid, but the 21-year-old Australian had no problem advancing to the second round with a 7-6 (6), 7-6 (6), 6-4 win over Marco Cecchinalo. Also advancing before rain halted play early in the afternoon was No. 19 Benoit Paire.

From staff and wire reports