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YSU’s Blanco named Horizon player of week
YSU’s Blanco named Horizon player of week
YOUNGSTOWN
Youngstown State senior libero Lauren Blanco has been named the Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week.
Blanco led the conference with 6.43 digs per set in the Penguins’ two matches last week. The El Paso, Texas, native had 27 digs in four sets against Wright State, and she followed that with an 18-dig performance in three sets against Milwaukee.
Blanco is averaging 5.19 digs per set in Horizon League play, which leads the conference. For the year, she is averaging a career-best 4.44 digs per set. She is 11 digs shy of reaching 900 for her career.
Blanco and the Penguins will host a pair of Horizon League matches this weekend at Beeghly Center.
YSU will welcome Green Bay to Youngstown on Friday at 6 p.m.
The Penguins will host UIC on Saturday at 4 p.m.
Correction
A story in Sunday’s edition incorrectly stated that Struthers basketball great Bonnie Beachy moved to Texas to receive treatment for cancer. Beachy moved to Cypress, Texas, to become an assistant principal then received treatment in Texas after her cancer returned.
Phantoms’ Metsa earns USHL honor
Youngstown
The Youngstown Phantoms’ Zach Metsa has been named USHL defenseman of the week for his play last weekend against the Fargo Force.
The Quinnipiac commit totaled four points against the Force. In Friday night’s overtime loss, Metsa assisted on Matthew Barry’s and Matthew Thomson’s goals.
Metsa helped secure Saturday’s shootout win with assisting on Thomson’s and Eric Esposito’s goals.
Mooney selling tickets for Ursuline game
YOUNGSTOWN
Tickets for Friday’s football game against Ursuline are on sale in Cardinal Mooney High School’s The Nest from today until Friday at 3 p.m.
Advance reserve tickets cost $8, adults tickets cost $7 and student tickets cost $4.
At the gate, prices will be $8 for reserve and seven for general manager.
Poland sets meeting for winter sports
POLAND
The Poland High School Athletic Department has announced a Winter Sports Parent Meeting for Oct. 24 at 6 p.m. in the auditorium.
The meeting is mandatory for parents whose son or daughter will be participating in a winter sport.
The athletes do not need to attend this meeting.
Louisville fires men’s basketball coach Pitino
LOUISVILLE, Ky.
Rick Pitino has been able to roam the sidelines as Louisville’s iconic men’s basketball coach, even defiantly at times, holding onto his job amid a series of highly embarrassing missteps off the court.
Things looked bleak this time around, with a seemingly inevitable departure looming in the weeks since the latest scandal became public.
But even after the school was linked to a federal bribery investigation, no one completely counted Pitino out.
Not until Monday.
The university had seen enough and decided to finally cut ties with the Hall of Famer.
The decision was unanimous.
Louisville’s Athletic Association officially fired Pitino on Monday, nearly three weeks after the school acknowledged that the program is being investigated as part of a federal corruption probe.
The association, which oversees Louisville’s sports programs and is composed of trustees, faculty, students and administrators, voted unanimously to oust the longtime Cardinals coach.
Staff/wire report