YSU-Indiana State ticket specials set

YSU-Indiana State ticket specials set

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown State University Department of Athletics has teamed up with 717 Credit Union and Mr. Rooter to offer area fans two ticket specials for Saturday’s football game against Indiana State at 2 p.m.

Members of the 717 Credit Union may present their 7 17 Credit Union Visa or debit card at the YSU Athletic Ticket Office located inside Stambaugh Stadium to receive a $10 game ticket.

The promotion ends Friday. The ticket office is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Coaches of area youth football teams (ages 12 and under) may contact YSU Athletics at 330- 941-7229 to receive complimentary game tickets for players, coaches and cheerleaders.

This marks the Third Annual Youth Football Day courtesy of Mr. Rooter. Each youth football team in attendance will be recognized at halftime.

UPMC sponsors Westminster complex

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.

Westminster College’s soccer and lacrosse players will have a dedicated field for their use next fall thanks to a 10-year UPMC sponsorship announced Monday.

The complex, expected to begin construction in early summer 2019, will feature a synthetic turf field and field lights and will be located adjacent to the Memorial Field House.

Terraced bleachers and a press box will be added at a later phase of construction.

The complex will also include the west end existing tennis courts, which will be expanded and refurbished at a later date.

Phantoms plan banner-raising

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown Phantoms will celebrate a Banner Raising Night and Safe Trick-or-Treating before Friday’s game against the Dubuque Fighting Saints.

Pre-game festivities at the Covelli Centre will honor last year’s Eastern Conference Champion Team .

Sponsors and companies will be on the concourse to pass out candy and other surprises during the Safe Trick-or-Treating while supplies last. Players will pass out treats after the game.

A costume contest and parade will take place on the ice during the first intermission for children of all ages. First place will receive a suite for the Nov. 2 game,.

For ticket information, call 330-747-PUCK (7825) .

Mooney-Fitch tickets go on sale Thursday

AUSTINTOWN

Tickets for Friday’s Austintown Fitch football game against Cardinal Mooney will be sold on Thursday from 5-7 p.m. in the South Circle Ticket Booth.

Tickets also will be on sale at Aardvark Sportswear, 5329 Mahoning Ave.

Carruth released after 18 years in prison

Rae Carruth is a free man.

The former NFL wide receiver was released from prison Monday after serving more than 18 years for conspiring to murder the mother of his unborn child.

The Carolina Panthers’ 1997 first-round draft pick was released from Sampson Correctional Institution in Clinton, N.C., after completing his sentence of 18 to 24 years.

Carruth did not speak to reporters as he left prison wearing a knit cap and an unzipped jacket on a chilly morning with temperatures in the high 30s. There was a smattering of applause when he got into a white SUV and was whisked away. He was taken to an undisclosed location.

The 44-year-old Carruth will be on a nine-month post-release program, according to North Carolina Department of Public Safety spokesman Jerry Higgins. He would need special permission from a case officer to leave the state or the country during that span but is free to go wherever he pleases after nine months.

Carruth was found guilty of orchestrating a plot to kill Cherica Adams on Nov. 16, 1999, in Charlotte, N.C., to avoid paying child support.

Adams was shot four times while driving her car but managed to make a 911 call that helped implicate Carruth.

Staff/wire report