SPORTS digest

Tri-City’s Anthony Noreen is named USHL coach of year

KEARNEY, NEB.

Anthony Noreen, the Tri-City Storm’s head coach and general manager, has been chosen as the 2018-19 USHL Coach of the Year.

Noreen led the Storm to a second Anderson Cup Championship and a team record 45 wins during the regular season. Noreen was previously named the 2015 USHL Coach of the Year when he was with the Youngstown Phantoms.

Noreen was Phantoms head coach from 2012-15, then became head coach of the EHL’s Orlando Solar Bears.

Tri-City (45-12-3-2) set a team record with 232 goals scored. In the Clark Cup Playoffs, Tri-City swept the Des Moines Buccaneers in a best-of-five Western Conference semifinal series. The Storm will be playing in the Western Conference Final for the third time.

Tri-City players won USHL Awards. Zac Jones was named the Rookie of the Year, Isaiah Saville received Goaltender of the Year honors and Ronnie Attard was named Defenseman of the Year and the 2019 Player of the Year.

Youngstown State selling tickets for OSU baseball game

NILES

Youngstown State University Baseball will host Ohio State University at Eastwood Field on May 14 at 6 p.m. Tickets are on sale and there are limited reserved seats available for $10 (Sections 105-108 & 112-115) and $12 (Sections 109-111).

General admission tickets cost $8.

Youngstown State will host Ohio State at Eastwood Field for the second time in program history. The other game was in 2015.

Tickets are available at the Mahoning Valley Scrappers Box Office at Eastwood Field weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. or by calling 330-505-0000.

Sports medicine class July 8 at Austintown Fitch High

AUSTINTOWN

Austintown Fitch High School will host a Coaches’ Sports Medicine class on July 8 at 5:30 p.m.

The course is required for those applying for or renewing their Pupil Activity Permits.

The course will be run by Tim Berger. Preregistration is not required but requested at jpenk@austintownschools.org

There’s a small fee for non-consortium members.

Clemson’s Swinney signs largest college contract

Two national titles in three years have helped earn Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney the biggest contract in college football history.

University trustees approved the 10 year, $92 million deal Friday. It runs through 2028 and includes two new clauses to make sure Swinney stays with the Tigers and stays one of the sport’s best paid coaches as long as he keeps winning.

The buyout in Swinney’s contract increases significantly if he leaves Clemson to coach at Alabama, where he was a walk on wide receiver and assistant coach in the 1990s. Swinney must pay $4 million if he leaves Clemson before the end of this year, but the buyout increases to $6 million if he coaches the Crimson Tide.

The deal also requires Swinney to be one of the three highest paid coaches in college football any season after his team makes the playoff semifinals or he can leave without penalty.

Swinney’s contract is bigger than the $74 million, eight year deal Alabama’s Nick Saban has through 2025 and the 10 year, $75 million contract Jimbo Fisher with Texas A&M signed through 2027.

Eastern Gateway to host Mercyhurst Northeast

AUSTINTOWN

The Eastern Gateway Community College baseball team will host Mercyhurst North East in a doubleheader Sunday at Austintown Fitch High School.

The games were originally scheduled for Friday, but were rained out.

First pitch at Rich Coppola Field is set for 4:30 p.m.

Mistrial declared for teen charged in parents’ killing

HOUSTON

A judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a Texas teenager charged with capital murder in the shooting deaths of his mother and father, who was a standout linebacker for Texas A&M before a brief NFL career.

Judge Kelli Johnson announced the mistrial Friday night after a Harris County jury remained deadlocked for two days after hearing the weeks-long trial of 19-year-old Antonio Armstrong Jr.

Prosecutors have claimed Armstrong shot Antonio and Dawn Armstrong inside their townhome in July 2016. They say the then 16-year-old told investigators an intruder shot his parents.

Harris County Assistant District Attorney John Brewer say prosecutors intend to bring Armstrong to trial again.

The elder Armstrong was a first-team All-American and played briefly for the San Francisco 49ers and Miami Dolphins.

Staff/wire report