SPORTS DIGEST || Terlesky golf outing moved up to today

Terlesky golf outing moved up to today

POLAND

The 3rd annual Christine Terlesky Lake Club Girls High School Golf Invitational scheduled for Monday has been moved to today due to a rainy forecast.

Fourteen girls high school teams will tee-off at 1:30 p.m. at the Lake Club.

Division I competitors are Boardman, Canfield, Austintown Fitch, Canton GlenOak, Massillon Jackson, Poland and Howland. Division II teams are Columbiana, Champion, Cardinal Mooney, Ursuline, Beaver Local, Lakeview and Struthers.

The invitational is in honor of Christine Terlesky, a former Boardman High School teacher and coach who has been battling ALS for five years.

Alvarez wins decision for middleweight title

LAS VEGAS

Canelo Alvarez won the middleweight title by the narrowest of margins Saturday night, taking a majority decision over Gennady Golovkin to hand the longtime champion his first loss as a pro.

A year after the two fought to a draw, the second fight was almost as close. There were no knockdowns, but the action was spirited throughout as the two battled to the final bell before a frenzied crowd at the T-Mobile Arena.

Two judges favored Alvarez 115-113, while a third had it 114-114. The AP scored it 114-114.

The two fighters switched roles, with Triple G trying to counter Alvarez and the Mexican fighter coming forward much of the fight. Both landed well to the head and Golovkin controlled some rounds with his jab though neither were ever in any trouble of going down.

The fight was a rematch of a draw last September that left neither fighter satisfied.

Hughes’ 25 kills not enough in YSU loss

AKRON

Aleah Hughes posted the most kills by a Penguin in seven years, but the Youngstown State volleyball team was outlasted by Toledo in a five-set marathon on Saturday at the Zips Invitational. The set scores were 21-25, 25-21, 25-27, 25-23, 20-18.

In a match that lasted 2:50 and saw 47 ties and 19 lead changes, YSU concluded its non-conference schedule with a 6-7 record.

Hughes, a Western Resereve High School graduate, finished with 25 kills, the most by a YSU player since Missy Hundelt in 2011, and 16 digs.

Margaux Thompson also had a double-double with 10 kills and 11 digs, and Giovanna Kuntze just missed a triple-double with 51 assists, 17 digs and nine kills.

YSU will begin Horizon League play at Cleveland State on Friday.

Father of Penguins coach Sullivan dies

PITTSBURGH

Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan is taking a leave of absence to be with his family following the death of his father, George.

The Penguins said George Sullivan, 81, passed away on Saturday in Scituate, Mass.

Assistant coach Jacques Martin will run the day-to-day operations of the coaching staff while Sullivan is away.

“We’ll handle the load until he gets back,” assistant coach Mark Recchi said. “It’s a very tough time for him. We’ll make sure things run the way he would run.”

George Sullivan visited his son occasionally after Mike Sullivan took over as Penguins coach in December, 2015 and spent copious amounts of time with the club during Pittsburgh’s run to consecutive Stanley Cups in 2016 and 2017.

Red Sox defeat Mets; magic number is 4

BOSTON

Pinch-hitter Brock Holt drove a tiebreaking double off the Green Monster on the first pitch after Jackie Bradley Jr. hit one off the very top of the left-field wall, helping Boston lower its magic number to four with a 5-3 win over the New York Mets.

Rick Porcello (17-7) earned his 10th straight interleague win with five innings of two-hit ball as the Red Sox improved their MLB-best record to 102-47. Steve Pearce had three hits and Craig Kimbrel earned his 41st save.

Staff/wire report