Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Taylor, Washinko receive OHSAA honor
COLUMBUS
Two Mahoning Valley coaches have been honored with the OHSAA Sportsmanship, Ethics and Integrity Award.
The honorees are Lakeview volleyball coach Scott Taylor and Boardman assistant football coach Rich Washinko.
The OHSAA says individuals selected reflect the values of sportsmanship, ethics and integrity through their professional responsibilities and are role models for others.
Burns, Rowley win Memorial Mile
BOARDMAN
Alan Burns of Boardman and Ashleigh Rowley Youngstown were the men’s and women’s winners of Monday’s Memorial Mile race.
Burns with a time of 4:15, 11 seconds better than Michel Dunham of Boardman.
Rowley finished in 5:21, three seconds ahead of Lanissa Kijowski and Giana Stanich.
Elway misses chance to play Senior Open
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.
John Elway will still be a part of the 2018 U.S. Senoir Open . He just won’t be playing alongside the likes of defending champion Kenny Perry.
The Broadmoor’s notoriously knotty east course got the best of Elway in his Memorial Day attempt to qualify for the 39th Open championship, where he’ll serve as the tournament’s honorary chairman next month.
Playing Monday for one of two qualifying spots, Elway, who is a 1.4-handicap golfer, shot a 10-over 80 on a drizzly and cool afternoon on the dazzling but demanding course. That left him tied for 18th.
Elway acknowledged that pulling double duty at the Open next month was a pipe dream but cherished his round nonetheless.
“I haven’t been playing very well. I haven’t been playing much, either,” Elway said. “But it was fun to be out here and compete. It’s a lot of work in that rough.”
USA soccer team blanks Bolivia
CHESTER, Pa.
Josh Sargent scored in his American debut, fellow 18-year-old Tim Weah added a goal in his second international match and a young United States team beat Bolivia 3-0 in an exhibition Monday night.
Walker Zimmerman put the Americans ahead in the 37th minute and Sargent doubled the lead in the 52nd. Weah, the son of former FIFA Player of the Year and current Liberia president George Weah, scored in the 59th.
Weah, born on Feb. 22, 2000, became the fourth-youngest American to score when he displaced Sargent, who was born two days earlier. Sargent’s goal was particularly memorable — with his back to the goal, he intercepted a pass over his head from the goalkeeper, played the ball to himself and put it in the net with a strong right-footed shot from about 11 yards.
With no World Cup to play for, interim U.S. coach Dave Sarachan went with youth. He gave six players their debuts, raising the total to 15 in four matches since the Americans were eliminated in qualifying. Defenders Erik Palmer-Brown and Antonee Robinson and goalkeeper Alex Bono joined Sargent as debutants in the starting lineup, and defender Matt Olosune and midfielder Keatan Parks entered on the second half.
Giants promote Rodriguez’s son
DENVER
Just to make sure it was real and not some sort of flashback to his childhood, he checked the name above the clubhouse locker.
Dereck Rodriguez .
Yep, it was his all right and not that of his father — Hall of Fame catcher Ivan Rodriguez.
“I’ve been to a lot of stadiums. But I wasn’t here for me. I was here for my dad,” the right-hander said. “It’s nice coming here and having my name on the locker and not his.”
The San Francisco Giants purchased his contract from Triple-A Sacramento, where he went 4-1 with a 3.40 ERA after signing as a minor league free agent on Nov. 15.
Staff/wire report