SPORTS DIGEST || Bulldogs’ Sherry wins High School Heisman

Bulldogs’ Sherry wins High School Heisman

EAST PALESTINE

East Palestine quarterback Parker Sherry was named the state winner for the Wendy’s High School Heisman award. The award comes with a $500 scholarship and has a chance to win $1,000 if he’s named a national finalist and $5,000 if he’s the national winner. The national finalists will be announced today.

Athletes with a GPA of 3.0 or better are considered for the award and must be proven leaders and role models.

Sherry passed for 1,834 yards and 21 touchdowns with five picks this fall. He also rushed for 902 yards and 12 touchdowns for the Bulldogs (5-5).

YSU announces Holmes Scholarship

Youngstown

The Youngstown State University announced the Jim and Leighton Holmes Scholarship to enhance the YSU Athletics Scholarship Endowment Fund.

This scholarship was recently established by Jim and Leighton Holmes. Jim Holmes was a member of the football team from 1971-73, playing under legendary coach Dwight “Dike” Beede.

The recipient of the scholarship endowment will be a student-athlete on the football team with preference given to a major in the Williamson College of Business Administration. The 2018-19 recipient of the endowment is junior cornerback D.J. Smalls.

For more information, or to endow an athletic scholarship at Youngstown State University, contact Dan Kopp at the YSU Foundation at 330-941-3211 or dkopp@ysufoundation.org.

Terps fire two trainers who treated McNair

COLLEGE PARK, Md.

The University of Maryland has fired two trainers that were involved in the treatment of Jordan McNair after he collapsed on the field and subsequently died of heatstroke.

Maryland has not formally announced the decision and has never named the trainers placed on paid leave. However, person familiar with the investigation told The Associated Press in August that football athletic trainer Wes Robinson and director of athletic training Steve Nordwall had been placed on leave following McNair’s death.

Athletic department spokesman Dustin Semonavick said Wednesday, “The trainers that were previously on administrative leave are no longer employed at the university.”

Head coach DJ Durkin was fired last week.

Kevin Harvick stripped of NASCAR title berth

CHARLOTTE, N.C.

Kevin Harvick has been stripped of his berth in NASCAR’s championship race because his winning car failed inspection after Texas Motor Speedway.

NASCAR said Wednesday the discovery made after Harvick’s win negates the automatic berth he earned into the finale. The No. 4 had an illegal spoiler.

The rule in question states that spoilers must be used exactly as supplied from the manufacturer and not altered. The infraction was discovered when NASCAR gave the car a further inspection in North Carolina.

Harvick won Sunday’s race to join Joey Logano in next weekend’s championship race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Now, three spots will be up for grabs this Sunday in Phoenix.

NASCAR’s Truex moves to Gibbs with crew chief

CHARLOTTE, N.C.

NASCAR champion Martin Truex Jr. and his crew chief will move to Joe Gibbs Racing next season to remain in the Toyota organization after their race team folds in two weeks.

Truex won his first Cup title last year driving for Furniture Row Racing. Barney Visser had funded the team out of pocket for most of its existence but received relief help the last few seasons from sponsorship.

When the primary sponsor of the No. 78 decided to leave NASCAR and Visser couldn’t find a replacement, the owner decided to close because he found it too expensive to field a championship-contending team without outside funding.

Truex will replace Daniel Suarez as driver of the No. 19 team.

Staff/wire report