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Warren JFK hires Elder as baseball coach

WARREN

Warren JFK has announced the hiring of Thomas Elder as the Eagles’ baseball coach. Elder replaced long-time Warren JFK baseball coach Don Lee, who retired last spring.

Elder has 18 years of high school coaching experience and 24 years of youth baseball coaching experience. Most recently, he served as an assistant coach and also was responsible for developing strength and conditioning programs.

Elder was previously an assistant coach at Warren Harding for 15 years and has coached youth baseball at the Warren Athletic Club since 2005. Most notably, his 2015 (10-U), 2016 (11-U) and 2017 (12-U) Babe Ruth/Cal Ripken teams won state titles. He has served as the president of the Warren Athletic Club since 2007.

YSU 7th in Roseann Schwartz Invitational

BOARDMAN

The Youngstown State women’s golf team finished seventh out of 10 teams in the fourth annual Roseann Schwartz Invitational at Mill Creek Park Golf Course. The Penguins finished with a two-round team total of 649 on the par-72 course after shooting 328 on Monday and 321 on Tuesday.

YSU was led by junior Megan Creager who shot a two-round 157 to finish in 16th place overall. Creager shot 79 in the first round on Monday and had the team’s best finish on Tuesday with a 78.

Freshman Haylee McGovern had a strong showing in her first collegiate event, shooting a 158 (78-80) to finish tied for 17th. Her 78 on Monday was YSU’s lowest score in the first round of play.

Senior Courtney Shutt carded a two-round 166 (85-81), freshman Kara Raines shot 170 (88-82) and freshman Tori Utrup finished with a 171 (86-85).

Marshall took home the team victory with a two-round score of 608 (310-298) to finish +32.

Madison Butler of Cleveland State took home medalist honors on the individual side, shooting a two-round 149 (72-77) to finish 5-over.

Cavaliers renew plans for $140M arena project

CLEVELAND

The Cavaliers are reviving a $140 million renovation of Quicken Loans Arena just over a week after the project was scrapped.

The team announced Wednesday it’ll also extend its lease at the facility for seven extra years, until 2034.

The Cavaliers, who won the 2016 NBA title, hoped to upgrade the 22-year-old downtown arena with more dining spaces and a glass exterior but had faced opposition from community groups objecting to the use of taxpayer money.

The Cavaliers canceled the renovation on Aug. 28 after a referendum petition submitted by the Greater Cleveland Congregations gained more than 13,000 valid signatures and threatened to delay the project.

But the coalition withdrew the petition after county officials cut a deal and promised to look into constructing two mental health and substance abuse clinics, allowing renovation plans to move forward again. The Cavaliers will fund half the project as previously planned, while the other half will come from public funding.

Radio host Carton arrested in fraud case

NEW YORK

Sports radio personality Craig Carton was arrested Wednesday on fraud charges alleging he and others used a Ponzi scheme and a concert ticket-selling scam for acts including Katy Perry to try to raise millions of dollars to pay off gambling debts.

Conspiracy, securities and wire fraud charges were unsealed in Manhattan federal court against the host of WFAN’s “Boomer and Carton” show. A related Securities and Exchange Commission case accused Carton of soliciting investments in ticket reselling enterprises in 2016 after he accrued millions of dollars’ worth of gambling-related debts to casinos and other third parties.

Carton has hosted the sports-themed radio program broadcast on WFAN since 2007.

Staff/wire report