SPORTS DIGEST | Cash, Olson receive preseason HL honors

Cash, Olson receive preseason HL honors

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.

The Youngstown State women’s basketball team was picked to finish fourth, and two Penguins earned preseason all-league honors as the Horizon League announced its preseason poll on Thursday.

The Penguins were one of two teams to receive a first-place vote in the poll of the league’s coaches, women’s basketball Athletics Communications contacts and media members. Redshirt senior Sarah Cash was named to the Horizon League Preseason First Team, and sophomore Chelsea Olson was named Preseason Second Team.

Youngstown State will begin the 2018-19 season on Tuesday, Nov. 6, as it hosts Robert Morris at 7 p.m.

YSU baseball to host Elite camps

Youngstown

The Youngstown State baseball coaching staff will be hosting an Elite Infield Camp as well as a Pitchers and Catchers Camp on Sunday, November 11 at the Watson and Tressel Training Site (WATTS) on the YSU campus.

The Elite Infield Camp will take place from 9 a.m. to noon with check-in at 8:15 a.m. The Pitchers and Catchers Camp will run from 1-4 p.m. with check-in at 12:15 a.m. Both camps will be open to players in grades 8-12.

For more information or to register, go to penguinscamps.com or email coach Eric Bunnell at ysupenguinsbaseball@gmail.com.

YSU to play Pitt in exhibition game

Youngstown

The Youngstown State baseball team will face Pittsburgh in an exhibition contest at Charles L. Cost Field on today at 5 p.m.

The Penguins and Panthers are scheduled to play at Pitt on March 5 and March 13 before hosting the Panthers at Eastwood Field on March 27.

Ex-Gymnastics head indicted for tampering

HUNTSVILLE, Texas

Former USA Gymnastics president Steve Penny was arrested Wednesday after a Texas grand jury indicted him, alleging he tampered with evidence in the sexual assault investigation of now-imprisoned gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.

In a statement issued late Wednesday night, the Walker County district attorney’s office in Huntsville, Texas, said Penny was arrested by a fugitive task force in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and awaits extradition to Texas.

The third-degree felony is punishable by two to 10 years in prison. Messages left with USA Gymnastics weren’t immediately returned.

Penny resigned under pressure in March 2017.

The indictment alleges Penny ordered the removal of documents from the Karolyi Ranch relating to Nassar’s activities at the ranch, near Huntsville. It alleges Penny acted after learning that Texas Rangers and Walker County authorities were investigating the ranch, which was being managed by USA Gymnastics.

The indictment states the documents were delivered to Penny at the USA Gymnastics headquarters in Indianapolis, they have not been recovered and their whereabouts are unknown to authorities.

Russian soccer players charged

MOSCOW

Two Russian soccer internationals have been charged with battery and hooliganism after both were involved in two brawls in Moscow earlier this month.

Alexander Kokorin of Zenit St. Petersburg and Pavel Mamayev of FC Krasnodar were charged Thursday following fights at a hotel and at a coffee shop. Three people were injured in the incidents.

Both footballers had been detained on Oct. 11 pending investigation. They could face imprisonment of up to five years if convicted.

Staff/wire reports