Sunday, June 16, 2019
Curbstone to honor state champions
BEAVER TOWNSHIP
The Curbstone Coaches will honor high school state champions during a luncheon Monday at Avion Banquet Center.
The Champion softball team will be honored as will these track and field athletes: Vincent Mauri (Howland), Dominic Perry (Crestview), Dylan Huff (Crestview), Jayce Meridith (Crestview), Ethan Powell (Crestview), Brandon Yanssens (Crestview), Zach Gray (McDonald), Garrett Walker (Springfield) and Justin Wright (Wellsville).
The event begins at noon and the public is welcome.
Golf outing to benefit Yellow Brick Place
Vienna
The third annual Memorial Golf Outing for Yellow Brick Place is scheduled for July 12 at Avalon at Squaw Creek. The fundraiser is in memory of YBP co-founder Donna Detwiler, volunteer Jennie Benigas and board member and volunteer Jim Aleshire.
Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. with a 9 a.m. shotgun start. The goal is to raise funds for YBP while drawing attention to services for those fighting cancer.
Cost is $150 per golfer, which includes GPS cart, unlimited use of practice range, locker room access, all amenities the day of the event, breakfast, lunch, dinner and drinks. For more information or to register, visit www.yellowbrickplace.org/golfouting2019 or call 234-228-9550.
Sharon Speedway postpones event
HARTFORD
After qualifying was completed on Friday night for the Penn-Ohio Pro Stock Championship Series and Econo Mods, Sharon Speedway postponed the second night of its Steel Valley Pro Stock Nationals on Saturday due to inclement weather.
The event has been moved to Sept. 7. Racing will resume on June 18 with the Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Cars in a $5,000 to-win event along with the RUSH Sprint Cars.
OJ on Twitter: ’I got a little gettin’ even to do’
LOS ANGELES
O.J. Simpson launched a Twitter account with a video post in which the former football star said he’s got a “little gettin’ even to do.”
Simpson confirmed the new account to The Associated Press on Saturday, saying in a phone interview while on a Las Vegas golf course that it “will be a lot of fun.”
He did not elaborate before he said he had to go and ended the call.
Simpson has generally kept a low profile since his release from prison in October 2017 for robbery and kidnapping over an attempt to steal back some of his sports memorabilia from a Las Vegas hotel room.
In the Twitter video, Simpson said his followers would get to read all his thoughts and opinions on “just about everything.”
The 71-year-old recently told the AP he was happy and healthy living in Las Vegas 25 years after the killings of his ex-wife and her friend. Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were stabbed to death on the night of June 12, 1994.
Simpson was ultimately acquitted of the crime after a televised trial that riveted the nation and raised thorny issues of racism, police misconduct, celebrity and domestic violence.
Simpson has continued to declare his innocence in the two slayings. The murder case is officially listed as unsolved.
Rutschman winner of Dick Howser Award
OMAHA, Neb.
Oregon State catcher and top overall draft pick Adley Rutschman is winner of the Dick Howser Trophy as college baseball player of the year.
The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association announced its major award winners Saturday. UCLA reliever Holden Powell was named Stopper of the Year and Michigan’s Erik Bakich was named coach of the year.
Rutschman was selected No. 1 by the Baltimore Orioles after batting .411 with a nation-leading .575 on-base percentage, 17 home runs, 58 RBIs and a .751 slugging percentage.
Staff/wire report