Curbstone Coaches cancel banquets

Curbstone Coaches cancel banquets

Beaver Township

The Curbstone Coaches have announced the cancelation of the The Curbstone Student-Athlete Banquets for football and basketball.

BW’s Sympson named Academic All-District

BEREA

South Range graduate and Baldwin Wallace offensive lineman Ryan Sympson has been named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Google Cloud Academic All-District 7 team.

Sympson was selected to the first-team for the first time in his career. He will advance to the Academic All-America ballot, which will be announced in December.

Sympson, who carries a 3.95 grade point average in biology and pre-med, appeared in four games this season on a Yellow Jacket team that averaged 38.8 points per game and 456.6 total yards of offense per contest. In three season, he has appeared in 16 games.

Baldwin Wallace finished the season with an overall record of 8-2 and third place finish in the Ohio Athletic Conference with a mark of 7-2.

Yankees acquire Paxton from Mariners

NEW YORK

A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press the New York Yankees have agreed to acquire left-hander James Paxton from the Seattle Mariners for left-hander Justus Sheffield and two other prospects.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity Monday because the trade had not yet been announced.

Paxton turned 30 on Nov. 6 and went 11-6 with a 3.76 ERA in 28 starts last season, including a no-hitter at Toronto on May 8. He joins a rotation projected to include right-handers Luis Severino and Masahiro Tanaka and left-hander CC Sabathia.

Paxton made $4.9 million last season and is eligible for salary arbitration. He can become a free agent after the 2020 season.

Rivera, Halladay on Cooperstown ballots

NEW YORK

Career saves leader Mariano Rivera and late pitcher Roy Halladay are among 20 new candidates on the Hall of Fame ballot for the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, joined by 15 holdovers headed by Edgar Martinez.

Left-hander Andy Pettitte and infielders Todd Helton, Michael Young and Miguel Tejada also are among the newcomers on the ballot announced Monday.

Steroids-tainted stars Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds each appear on the ballot for the seventh time. Clemens rose to 57.3 percent in the 2018 ballot but fell 75 votes short of the 75 percent needed, and Bonds was 79 votes shy at 56.4 percent.

Players remain on the ballot for up to 10 years, provided they receive at least 5 percent of the vote annually. Martinez and first baseman Fred McGriff (23.2 percent last year) are on the BBWAA ballot for the final time.

Additional newcomers include infielder Placido Polanco and outfielder Juan Pierre. Holdovers include reliever Billy Wagner, second baseman Jeff Kent, shortstop Omar Vizquel, third baseman Scott Rolen and outfielders Andruw Jones, Manny Ramirez, Gary Sheffield, Sammy Sosa and Larry Walker.

Bears say Trubisky has right shoulder injury

LAKE FOREST, ILL.

The Chicago Bears say quarterback Mitchell Trubisky hurt his right shoulder in their victory over the Minnesota Vikings.

Coach Matt Nagy did not mention the injury after the game or when he met with reporters on Monday. But the Bears later said Trubisky would not have participated had they practiced. They were required to release a hypothetical injury report because they play Thursday at Detroit.

Though it was not clear exactly when the injury occurred, Trubisky seemed in pain following a 5-yard run late in the Bears’ victory. He slid and took a late hit to the left shoulder from Harrison Smith. That drove his throwing shoulder into the ground.

Trubisky threw one more pass and finished the game.

Staff/wire report