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Cardinal Mooney announces new coaches

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Cardinal Mooney High School announced three new additions to the athletic department beginning this 2017-18 academic year.

William Cene has been hired on as head boys golf coach. He has worked as a volunteer and head coach in youth athletics since 2004. Most recently, Cene has served as a ranking board member for Austintown Girls Softball.

Jason Baker has been assigned new girls head basketball coach. He has been a basketball coach for nearly 10 years (Heath HS, 2004-09; Austintown Fitch, 2009-11; Columbiana HS, 2011-15; Canfield Girls, 2014-15). While he was an assistant coach at Canfield, the team won the 2014-15 All-American Conference title. Baker comes to Mooney from Conotton Valley School District where he has served as athletic director since 2015.

Jennifer Policy has taken over both the boys and girls tennis teams. A long-time club and recreational player, she also supervises the CMHS Robotics Team and Yearbook.

Morrison says Sanchez shouldn’t be in Derby

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Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez says criticism by Tampa Bay’s Logan Morrison for his Home Run Derby invitation is misplaced.

Morrison told the Tampa Bay Times on Tuesday that Sanchez is a great player, but he shouldn’t be in the derby.

Sanchez, who missed 21 games between April 8 and May 5 because of a strained right biceps, is hitting .294 with 13 homers and 40 RBIs in 53 games. Morrison is tied for third in the major leagues with 24 homers. He is batting .256 with 57 RBIs.

“That’s something that I have no control of,” Sanchez said Wednesday through a translator. “They gave me a call, basically gave me an invitation, invited me to participate, and I told them, well, I don’t even know if I’m making the All-Star Game, so I don’t know if I will have the opportunity to attend the derby. Now, if I make the All-Star Game, then for sure, I’ll do it. It’s an honor to participate in the event. It’s not my fault he didn’t get selected.”

Messi signs extension with Barcelona

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Lionel Messi will play out the best remaining years of his trophy-rich career at Barcelona.

The Spanish club said Wednesday that Messi had agreed a three-year contract extension that will keep him at the club through the 2020-21 season. By then, Barcelona’s all-time leading scorer will be 34 years old and finishing his 17th season with the club.

Barcelona announced that Messi will sign a new deal “in the coming weeks” that will run through June 30, 2021.

“This is a message that the union between Messi and Barca will continue until the end of his career,” Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu said.

The contract extension comes as no surprise. Messi has repeatedly said he wanted to play the best years of his career at Barcelona, before perhaps making a return to his native Argentina that he left at 13 years old to come to Barcelona’s famed La Masia training academy.

Flying ants invade Wimbledon

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Hundreds of flying ants swarmed around various courts at the All England Club, distracting players during their matches, as the temperature warmed up considerably, from the low 70s (20s Celsius) to nearly 85 degrees (nearly 30 Celsius).

It left the racket-wielders swatting the bugs instead of tennis balls, at times.

Steve Johnson, an American seeded 26th, was startled when one of the critters buzzed its way into his right ear at the precise moment that he came up with a forehand winner during what would become a 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 victory over Radu Albot of Moldova.

“Thankfully, I ended the point right there, because I wouldn’t have run for the next ball. It just got in there. Eventually it got out, but I didn’t want it to get any further than it did,” Johnson said.

“They were everywhere,” he said. “It was a mess out there. I’ve never seen that here before.”

Staff/Wire reports