Scrappers to announce design winner Monday

Scrappers to announce design winner Monday

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The Mahoning Valley Scrappers players will visit patients at Akron Children’s Hospital to announce the “Create a Jersey” design contest winner.

The Scrappers will wear jerseys designed by a 9-year-old girl from Leavittsburg at their Aug. 5 game. Following the game, the jerseys will be auctioned off, with proceeds benefiting Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley.

Vivo rallies to win NOPGA title

AURORA

Boardman senior Jenna Vivo overcame a five-stroke deficit to win the NOPGA’s Kenny Novak Memorial Championship in Thursday. She shot a 75 to win by three strokes. The win marks her third NOPGA victory in three weeks.

Mathews’ Emily Koehler and Poland’s Jenna Jacobson took fourth and tenth, respectively, in the same event. Boardman’s Hadley Spielvogel was 13th.

On the boys’ side, Warren JFK’s Jimmy Graham was tenth, followed by Howland’s Joey Vitali at 14th and Campbell’s Dean Austalosh was 18th. Boardman’s Bryan Kordupel was 22nd and East Liverpool’s Alex Tambellini was 26th.

Brookfield’s Justin Atkinson took fourth in the boys 13-15 category and Poland’s Alexandria Patrone was tenth in the girls 13-15 competition.

YSU track earns academic team honors

NEW ORLEANS

The Youngstown State men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field programs both earned All-Academic Team honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for the 2016-17 season, the association announced. The women’s team finished the year with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.26 while the men’s team carried a 3.02 GPA.

Ole Miss releases names of boosters

OXFORD, MISS.

Mississippi has released the names of 12 boosters that the NCAA claims provided impermissible benefits and recruiting inducements to football players.

The names of the boosters had previously been redacted from the NCAA’s notices of allegations and the university’s responses. The university re-released the NCAA notices and its responses on Friday with the names of 12 of 14 boosters. The release was in response to a previous ruling by the Mississippi Ethic Commission. The names of two other boosters were still being redacted because of a court order.

The NCAA is accusing Ole Miss of 21 total violations, 15 classified as Level I, the most serious.

Pitt boots one player, suspends three more

PITTSBURGH

Pittsburgh coach Pat Narduzzi has dismissed defensive end Rori Blair and suspended offensive tackle Alex Bookser, linebacker Quintin Wirginis and safety Jordan Whitehead for rules violations less than a week before the team begins fall practice.

Narduzzi said Blair, a senior, was kicked off the team for “conduct detrimental to the program.” Blair collected 3 1/2 sacks last season for the Panthers.

Whitehead and Wirginis will sit out Pitt’s first three games for a violation of team policy. Bookser will miss the Sept. 2 opener against Youngstown State after being arrested and charged with driving under the influence in May.

Wirginis picked up four sacks as a reserve while Whitehead collected 65 tackles on defense and added 98 yards rushing on offense while being named second-team All-ACC as a sophomore in 2016.

Kevin Durant sets world record

NEW DELHI

Kevin Durant is in India to help the NBA make inroads in a nation of 1.3 billion.

Durant took part in a camp in New Delhi, where the Golden State Warriors star helped set a Guinness world record Friday for the largest basketball lesson — 3,459 participants across multiple venues.

Staff/wire report