SPORTS digest

Austintown Fitch to host volleyball camp

AUSTINTOWN

Volleyball camp for all girls entering seventh and eighth grade in the fall will be from June 29 to July 1. The camp will run from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Austintown Fitch High School main gym for $50. It is open to all girls, not just those in the Austintown School District. To sign up visit www.austintownathletics.com and click on “Camps & Clinics.”

West Branch hosts tennis baseball tourney

BELOIT

West Branch middle and high school students with disabilities will be competing in a tennis baseball tournament on Friday at the West Branch High’s baseball field. The game is at 12:30 p.m. and if there’s rain, the game will be in the school’s fieldhouse.

Mill Creek Golf Course part of junior series

YOUNGSTOWN

Mill Creek Golf Course is joining Whispering Pines Golf Course in Columbiana and Parto’s Golf Course in Youngstown in forming an interleague par-3 golf course.

Teams will consist of 10 co-ed golfers between the ages of seven to 12 with six players participating at each team match. Each team match will be a 9-hole event with two juniors playing a scramble format. Outcomes will be based off a point system for each team match.

Tournaments will be scheduled over the summer months with the finale cookout on July 30 at Mill Creek Golf Course.

Cost per golfer is $79.99. For more information, call Mill Creek Golf Course at 330-740-7112 or visit millcreekmetroparks.org.

South Range softball routs Nordonia

NORDONIA

South Range got an easy tuneup before Wednesday’s regional semifinal against Champion, routing Nordonia 19-6.

In the team’s last regular-season game, the Raiders led 14-0 after four innings before pulling their varsity players. Codi Taylor led South Range with four hits, including a single, two doubles and a triple. Also having a multi-hit game were Morgan Czopur, Caragyn Yanek, Lydia Baird, Hope Thomas, Hannah Denison and Madison Weaver. All except Weaver each hit a double.

Yanek struck out one and walked two to get the win for South Range.

Browns release Brian Hartline

BEREA

The Cleveland Browns cut veteran wide receiver Brian Hartline on Monday.

Hartline, 29, spent only one season with the Browns. A native of nearby Canton, Ohio, he had 46 receptions for 523 yards and two touchdowns in 2015 after signing a two-year deal worth $6 million, including $3 million guaranteed.

Cleveland will save $3 million against the salary cap.

The Browns drafted four receivers in April, including their first-round pick, Corey Coleman of Baylor.

Hartline spent his first six NFL seasons with the Dolphins. His best seasons were 2012 and 2013, when he had more than 1,000 yards receiving in both years.

Brady takes appeal to 2nd U.S. Circuit Court

NEW YORK

Tom Brady will appeal his four-game suspension by the NFL, seeking a second hearing before the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court.

The decision by the New England Patriots quarterback was confirmed Monday by NFL Players Association spokesman George Atallah. If the appeal is denied by the full panel, Brady could try to take his case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The court ruled 2-1 on April 25 that Commissioner Roger Goodell was within his rights to suspend Brady for four games for his role in using improperly inflated footballs in the 2015 AFC championship game.

Brady has added lawyer Ted Olson to his legal team. Olson and union chief DeMaurice Smith appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” saying they plan to ask for a new hearing before the entire 13-judge circuit.

Staff/wire reports