SPORTS digest

YSU bowling starts Bearcat Open

Fairview

The Youngstown State bowling team finished 16th in total pins in Baker play on Friday in the first day of the Brunswick Bearcat Open in Fairview Heights, Ill.

The Penguins finished with 4,462 pins in their five Baker matches, which is six pins behind 15th-place Valparaiso and 15 pins back of 14th-place Prairie View A&M. Youngstown State went winless in its five head-to-head matches against the challenging field that features 17 ranked teams. Each of YSU’s five opponents on Friday were ranked in the top 18 in the NTCA Top 25 Poll, and four of them finished in the top six in total pinfall.

Horses entered at MVRC

AUSTINTOWN

Heavenhasmynikki, the unraced Ohio-bred two-year-old filly who caused a Breeders’ Cup controversy earlier this week has found a “Plan B,” showing up in the October 31 entries at Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race Course. She will be ridden by multiple Eclipse Award winning jockey Javier Castellano.

YSU’s Lavin Named Academic All-League

Indianapolis

Youngstown State senior Courtney Lavin was named to the 2017 Horizon League Women’s Soccer All-Academic Team, the league announced on Friday.

Lavin, who carries a 3.99 grade-point average in biology/pre-med, was also named to the academic all-league team as a junior in 2016. She is just the second YSU women’s soccer player to earn multiple academic all-league honors. The other was Kelsey Kempton in 2010 and 2011.

Night Hawks to hold tryouts

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown Night Hawks of the Premier Arena Soccer League are hosting tryouts this weekend. The first tryout is today at YZone in Newcastle from 4 p.m. The second is Sunday at 9550 Ravenna Rd. in Twinsburg from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. There will be another tryout Nov. 4 at Farmer Jims in Cortland. The tryout fee is $40. For more information, contact owner Josh Auden at 330-770-7353.

Jets’ Lee, Bengals’ Burfict fined by NFL

NEW YORK

Jets linebacker Darron Lee was fined $36,464 by the NFL for a roughing the passer penalty and another $9,115 for a facemask call in New York’s loss at Miami last Sunday.

Lee, in his second season, has been fined four times this year for a total of $72,925. His late hit in Week 1 at Buffalo cost him $9,115, while an unnecessary roughness penalty against the Dolphins in Week 3 resulted in him being docked $18,231.

Jets wide receiver Robby Anderson was also fined $12,154 on Friday for tossing his helmet in frustration toward the end of the 31-28 loss.

Also from that game, Miami defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh was fined $9,115 for a facemask penalty.

Cincinnati linebacker Vontaze Burfict added to his lengthy list of infractions, receiving a fine of $12,154 for kicking at Pittsburgh fullback Roosevelt Nix.

NAIA moves tourney

POINT LOOKOUT, MO.

The NAIA has agreed to move its Division II men’s basketball tournament from a private Missouri college because of the school’s stance on the national anthem.

The Springfield News-Leader reports that the College of the Ozarks asked for the tournament to be moved because the NAIA had refused its request to require players to stand during the national anthem and would not plan a forum to discuss the issue before the tournament began.

The Christian school announced in September that its athletes would walk away from any contest if the opposing team didn’t stand for the national anthem or disrespected the American flag.

College President Jerry Davis said Friday that NAIA officials stated they didn’t want the college to host the tournament early next year if it wasn’t comfortable doing so. The NAIA thanked the college for being a host for 18 years, but said peaceful protest was an “indisputable right.”

Staff/wire report