SPORTS digest

Manning returns to Iowa State as OC

AMES, Iowa

Ursuline graduate Tom Manning is returning to Iowa State as the Cyclones’ offensive coordinator. The university announced Manning’s return on Friday.

Manning was the Indianapolis Colts’ tight ends coach in 2018. In his only season with the Colts, Manning lead Eric Ebron to a career highs in catches (66), receiving yards (750) and touchdown catches (13).

Manning, who coordinated ISU’s offense from 2016-17, will officially join the staff after a background check.

Zallow sets records at YSU Invitational

Youngstown

Youngstown State sprinter Chad Zallow set the YSU and Watson and Tressel Training Site record in the 60-meter dash. Zallow won the event on Friday with a 6.72, finishing ahead of Georgia Court’s Charles Wolef-Fields (6.933) and Ashland’s Kainnan Ramsey (6.940).

Zallow also finished second in teh 200m with a 21.45. He finished behind Ashland’s Trevor Bassitt, who broke the WATTS record with a 21.35.

Boardman graduate Brendan Lucas finished sixth with a 6.97 and Valley Christian graduate Jamynk Jackson was seventh with 6.99.

Girard graduate Collin Hardin placed second in the 60m hurdles with a 8.00.

Maplewood’s Ethan Sparks’ 4:23.24 was fifth in the one-mine run.

Former Austintown Fitch thrower Brent Fairbanks broke the WATTS record with a toss of 21.91 in the weight throw. Conner Neu held the previous record of 21.43 from 2017.

On the women’s side, Suerethia Henderson won two events. Henderson ran a 7.68 in the 60m and a 24.93 in the 200m.

Jennifer Muhlenkamp finished second with a 18:18.33 5,000m and Iva Domitrovich placed fourth in the 400m with a 58.48.

YSU bowling has record day at Kutztown

The Youngstown State bowling team had its highest single-match total in program history and picked up a pair of head-to-head victories in the first day of the Kutztown Invitational on Friday at Limerick Bowl.

The Penguins posted a school-record 1,084 pins in their second match of the day against Chestnut Hill. That was the highest match total ever in both Baker format and overall. YSU won its first two matches, bowled at least 922 in all five matches and sits 12th in the 28-team field in total pinfall after the first day.

The Penguins beat No. 17 Monmouth 943-871 to start the tournament, and followed with their record-breaking 1,084-884 victory. YSU dropped its last three matches of the day, falling 1,049-948 to No. 18 LIU Brooklyn, 973-953 to No. 25 Kutztown and 984-922 to No. 8 UMES.

Youngstown State will compete in five team games today beginning at 9:25 a.m.

Miami: Hernandez was ‘duped’ by AAU coach

CORAL GABLES, Fla.

Miami Hurricanes coach Jim Larranaga says junior forward Dewan Hernandez deserves to be declared eligible by the NCAA because he unwittingly became entangled in a college basketball corruption case when he was duped by an AAU coach.

Hernandez has sat out the first 17 games of the season awaiting a determination on his eligibility, which could come before Miami’s game Saturday against No. 13 North Carolina.

Hernandez was among more than a dozen players listed in a business plan to pay prospective NBA players. Larranaga blamed Hernandez’s involvement on his former AAU coach, Jordan Fair, who was fired as an assistant at Louisville after the scandal broke in 2017.

Thiel’s Mel Berry Duals postponed

GREENVILLE, Pa.

The 12th annual Mel Berry Duals hosted by Thiel College, scheduled for today, has been canceled due to the impending snow storm. It will not be rescheduled.

Thiel is scheduled to host the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets on Friday. The Presidents Athletic Conference (PAC) match will begin at 7 p.m.

Staff/wire report