Saturday, November 12, 2016
Phantoms to unveil team’s new mascot
YOUNGSTOWN
The Youngstown Phantoms will reveal the team’s new mascot, Boomer, at tonight’s game at Covelli Centre.
Boomer is presented by Akron Children’s Hospital of the Mahoning Valley and ACHMV families and children will have a special pre-game meet and greet from 6 to 6:30 p.m. and will also help welcome Boomer to his first game.
The new name was selected by fan votes on social media platforms, email and in-game paper ballots.
Boomer’s first appearance outside Covelli Centre will be at the ACHMV campus on Monday at 1 p.m. Boomer will be joined by some Phantoms’ players to read to kids and visit patients.
Fitch track and field star signs with Ashland
austintown
Brent Fairbanks, currently ranked third national in the weight throw going into the 2017 season, signed his national letter of intent to attend Ashland University.
Fairbanks will be coached by four-time Olympian Jud Logan.
YSU cross country places 15th at regionals
madison, wis.
The Youngstown State cross country team finished in 15th place at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championship held on Friday at the Thomas Zimmer Cross Country Course.
Junior Ryan Sullivan broke the school-record 10k time of 31:20.9 to place 32nd. The previous school best time in the 10K was Austin McLean at 31:29. Sullivan’s previous best 10K performance was at last year’s Great Lakes Regional (32:12).
Senior Ethan Wilson posted the best 10k time of his career with a 32:10.5 that placed him 74th. Finishing 102nd was freshman Tristan Dahmen who posted a time of 32:37.14.
YSU had a total of 438 points and was just 11 behind Notre Dame. Winning the team category was Wisconsin with a 51 while Michigan State was second and Indiana third.
YSU had two runners in the women’s race in McKinsie and Michelle Klim. McKinsie Klim posted a time of 21:37.3 to finish in 68th place while Michelle Kilm had a 22:21.9 to place 115th.
Mexico defeats U.S. to open up WC qualifying
COLUMBUS
Rafa Marquez scored a tiebreaking goal on a header in the 89th minute, giving Mexico a 2-1 win Friday night and its first victory at the United States in World Cup qualifying since 1972.
Miguel Layun put Mexico ahead in the 20th minute in the opener of the final round of qualifying in North and Central America and the Caribbean, but Bobby Wood tied the score in the 49th.
The U.S. dominated the second half before the 37-year-old Marquez, unmarked and drifting across the penalty area at the near post, got the back of his head on Layun’s corner kick. The Mexican captain lifted the ball over goalkeeper Brad Guzan for his 17th international goal.
The U.S. had beaten Mexico four straight times by 2-0 scores in home qualifiers — all at Columbus — and the Americans had been 30-0-2 at home in qualifying since a 3-2 loss to Honduras at Washington’s RFK Stadium in September 2001.
Mexico’s previous win at the U.S. in qualifying was also by a 2-1 score, at Los Angeles.
“I think we deserved this match,” Layun said. “We were focused.”
Guzan had lost the U.S. goalkeeper job to Tim Howard, who started at the last two World Cups. But Howard injured his right leg on a goal kick and was replaced in the 40th minute.
The Americans play Tuesday at Costa Rica, where is has never won in qualifying, in the second of its 10 games in the round. Mexico hosts Panama.
A pro-American crowd of 24,650 chanted “Dos a cero!” at the start, but Mexican supporters yelled “Dos a uno!” as they left.
Staff reports