YSU golf off the pace at CSU invitational

YSU golf off the pace at CSU invitational

aurora

The Youngstown State men’s golf team finished 10th out of 11 teams at the Cleveland State Invitational at Barrington Country Club.

The Penguins ended the three-round meet 25 strokes over par, one behind ninth-place Detroit.

Kent State easily won the meet, finishing 46 strokes under par, winning by 44 shots.

Steven Sveda was the top player for YSU. The senior shot a three-round score of 215, good enough to tie for 15th place and finish one-below par.

Youngstown Peace Race times announced

YOUNGSTOWN

The 42 annual Youngstown Peace Race will be staged on Oct. 23.

Start times are: 9 a.m. for 400-meter kids run, 9:30 a.m. for two-mile run/walk and 10 a.m. for 10K.

Registration will be downtown. Race will start at Kirkmere with busing from downtown YMCA beginning at 7:30 a.m.

For further information or to register, visit www.peacerace.org. Erntry forms are available at Second Sole in Boardman, area YMCAs and the Eastwood Mall.

Early registration fees are $30 for the race and 415 for the two-mile run/walk. Prices increase $5 on race day.

Memorial soccer game to take place

niles

A memorial soccer game for Sierra Giovanone-Roberts will take place at the Niles Wellness Center on Sunday from 2-6 p.m.

Covered dishes and picnic food will be provided. Spectators and players are asked to donate $10 and all proceeds will be donated to Solace of the Valley, Someplace Safe and Ohio CAN.

The number of players determines how many games will be played and how long the event will last.

For more information, contact Amy Giovannone at 330-770-1366 or Amygio22@aol.com.

Flag football to benefit cancer patient

howland

Game Changers Sports flag football league will be honoring Amber McCormick with a pink-out event at Howland Middle School on Sunday at 10 a.m.

GCS will be giving a donation to McCormick and her family to help with the cost while McCormick has been battling cancer for over a year.

Second Big 12 player retires within a week

lawrence, kan.

Kansas offensive lineman Jordan Shelley-Smith has decided to retire from football due to repeated concussions, the second player in the Big 12 to make that decision this week.

Shelley-Smith, a senior, missed three games last season after sustaining a concussion against Oklahoma State. He has played minimal snaps after another concussion before the season.

“We do take concussions very seriously around here,” Kansas coach David Beaty said Tuesday. “It was a very emotional day for him last week when he announced that to our team.”

Head trauma has been a major topic of discussion in the NFL and increasingly at the college level. Oklahoma sophomore linebacker Tay Evans decided to retire for similar reasons after he was injured against Ohio State earlier this season. Last year, Kansas linebacker Jake Love made the same decision after dealing with several concussions.

Falcons sign A.J. Hawk

flowery branch, ga.

The Atlanta Falcons have addressed a sudden depth problem at linebacker by signing free agent A.J. Hawk, who spent his first nine seasons with the Green Bay Packers.

The Falcons placed linebacker Sean Weatherspoon on injured reserve. Weatherspoon ruptured his right Achilles tendon in a 48-33 win Sunday over Carolina.

The 32-year-old Hawk had 24 tackles with Cincinnati in 2015.

Staff/wire report