SPORTS digest

Zallow wins prelim

college station, texas

Youngstown State sophomore hurdler Chad Zallow won his 60m hurdles heat on Friday night at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships at Texas A&M’s Gilliam Indoor Stadium. Zallow will run in the finals today

Zallow took first place in the second heat of the night with a time of 7.65 seconds winning by .04 seconds. Zallow just needed to finish in the top two of his heat, but took first beating Kentucky’s Nick Anderson who ran a time of 7.69 seconds.

Winning the first heat was Florida’s Grant Holloway with a time of 7.64 seconds. Holloway and Zallow rank first and second in the NCAA in the event and will square off tomorrow at 6:10 p.m. Eastern time in the final.

The top two runners of each heat and the next six fastest times all advanced.

Joining Zallow, Holloway and Anderson in the finals are Syracuse’s Freddie Crittenden III (7.70 seconds), California’s Ashtyn Davis (7.71 seconds), Iowa’s Aaron Mallett (7.72 seconds), Alabama’s Ruebin Walters (7.73 seconds) and Illinois’ David Kendziera (7.76 seconds).

Umpire meetings to be at MCCTC

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The Youngstown Metro Umpire Association will hold OHSAA softball and baseball meetings on Monday at the Mahoning County Career and Technical Center (MCCTC), 7300 N. Palmyra Road.

Entry will be through door No. 55.

The softball meeting will begin at 6 p.m., followed by the baseball meeting at 7:15 p.m.

Umpires are reminded that they must attend four meetings to meet state requirements.

For more information, call John Mang at 330-502-6665.

Pine Lakes looking \for league golfers

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The Pine Lakes golf league needs 10 golfers. Season begins on April 24.

If interested, call Bill Emler at 330-402-5803 or Pine Lakes Golf Course at 330-534-9026.

Woman seeking Tebow arrested in Florida

port st. lucie, fla.

Authorities say a Colorado woman claiming to be in a relationship with Tim Tebow has been charged with trespassing after going to the New York Mets’ Florida spring training facility twice last month and looking for the former Denver Broncos quarterback.

A Port St. Lucie police report says 36-year-old Michelle Marie Thompson was arrested at First Data Field on Feb. 28, two days after being issued a trespass warning.

New York Mets staff members reported Thompson to the police the evening of Feb. 26, saying she had been hanging around all day and asking about Tebow. The former University of Florida star signed a minor league contract with the Mets last year.

Thompson reportedly told the officer she lived with Tebow in Jacksonville.

Thompson was being held on $750 bail. Jail records didn’t list an attorney.

Blue Jays reliever hit in head with line drive

lakeland, fla.

Toronto Blue Jays reliever T.J. House was taken off the field in an ambulance Friday after being hit on the head by a line drive in the ninth inning of a spring training game against the Detroit Tigers.

House was talking before the ambulance left the field, Toronto manager John Gibbons said.

Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said House’s injury was among the scariest things he has witnessed in a baseball game.

“When I went out there, his face was in his glove,” Ausmus said. “There was blood on his face, blood in the glove — everything.”

The pitcher was hit on the back of the head by a ball off the bat of John Hicks. The ball ricocheted about 30 feet into the air before being caught by catcher Mike Ohlman.

“Before he even caught it, people were signaling for the trainers to come out. You could tell the infielders were shaken by what they saw,” said Nick Brzezinski, who works for the Blue Jays’ Class A Lansing Lugnuts.

Staff/wire reports