LOCAL
District tickets
BOARDMAN — Doors for ticketholders for Saturday's boys Div. II district championship basketball game between Poland and Canfield will open at 4:30 p.m. at Boardman High School.
Pre-sale tickets for the 6 p.m. game will also be available at the participating schools today and Friday.
Otherwise, any remaining tickets will be sold at Boardman on Saturday starting at 5 p.m.
Anthony Napolitan
joins Levi team
SAN FRANCISCO — The Levi Strauss Signature brand announced the creation of the Levi Strauss Signature BMX team and its partnership with four accomplished BMX bike riders: Jamie Bestwick, Morgan Wade, Anthony Napolitan and Corey Martinez.
Napolitan is from Austintown.
As part of the sponsorship, the Levi Strauss Signature brand will be the exclusive apparel sponsor for each of the four riders, who will compete in Levi Strauss Signature jeans. In addition, the brand will feature the four riders in national marketing and public relations campaigns as well as prominent logo placement on each of the riders' bikes and helmets.
At age 21, Napolitan is the youngest member of the newly formed team. Napolitan earned a bronze medal in the dirt competition at his first X-Games in 2006. After winning the final event on the 2006 Dew Tour, Napolitan went on to take the 2006 Dew Cup during his rookie season. Shortly thereafter, Napolitan was honored by his hometown on November 28, 2006, when it declared "Anthony Napolitan Day."
Bowling tournaments
*BOARDMAN — The Ervin Dodge Memorial Sweeper will be March 10 at Boardman Lanes.
Entry fee for the event open to men and women is $40 per division (handicap and scratch). Five games are bowled across 10 lanes.
All proceeds will benefit the Ervin "Magic" Dodge Memorial Scholarship at Youngstown State.
*GIRARD — The 15th senior tournament of the Youngstown USBC Women's Bowling Association is March 10 at 2 p.m. and March 11 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. at Kay Lanes.
Age classifications will be: 55 to 59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-76 and 77 years and older.
Entry fee of $15 should be made payable to the Youngstown USBC women's senior tournament and mailed to Betty Kana, 2936 Eddie Street, Youngstown 44509 before March 5. Entry forms are available at area centers.
Sciarra Siding and Earl Winner Agency are co-sponsors.
Division winners will receive first-place prize money and a paid entry into the 2008 Youngstown USBC women's senior tournament.
Bowling HOF
BOARDMAN — The last day to submit applications for candidates for the Greater Youngstown Bowling Association Hall of Fame is March 16.
Applications are still available at area establishments and at the association offices at 7255 Glendale.
The GYBA's Hall of Fame class for 2007 will be elected on April 21 and selections will be honored at the hall of fame and awards dinner on July 1 at the ITAM Centre on Meridian Rd.
REGION
Feller unhurt
in accident
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Bob Feller, at 88 the second-oldest living member of baseball's Hall of Fame, was unhurt in a minor car accident at the Cleveland Indians' spring training complex Tuesday.
Nilesh Shah, physician for the Indians' Class A Carolina League farm team at Kinston, N.C., backed his car out of its parking spot and into Feller's vehicle. Feller, who has been at every Indians spring camp since 1936 except for the four years he served in World War II, was driving to his reserved parking spot.
"Well, it was a beautiful, sunny morning until that," Feller said as he examined extensive damage to his car. The headlight, front bumper, side mirror and molding along the right side were damaged.
"Everybody's OK, but going to get this fixed will take some time out of my throwing program, you know," Feller joked.
The right-hander, who retired after the 1956 season with 266 wins, was in the practice area a few minutes later. He spent an half hour tossing pitches to his 15-year-old grandson, Dan.
"He needs to work on his bunting," Feller said.
Former New York Yankees shortstop Phil Rizzuto, 89, is the Hall's oldest living member.
NATION
Rocker disputes
HGH prescription
ALBANY, N.Y. — Former major league relief pitcher John Rocker told ESPN Radio on Wednesday he never bought human growth hormone with a prescription.
On Tuesday, SI.com reported Rocker showed up on a client list of Applied Pharmacy, a Mobile, Ala., company raided in connection with a nationwide investigation into the illegal sale of steroids.
SI.com also reported that major leaguer David Bell, 1996 Olympic wrestling gold-medalist Kurt Angle, and Victor Martinez, winner of the latest Ohio bodybuilding competition named for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, were Applied Pharmacy clients.
Vindicator staff/wire reports
Thursday, March 8, 2007
LOCAL
District tickets
BOARDMAN — Doors for ticketholders for Saturday's boys Div. II district championship basketball game between Poland and Canfield will open at 4:30 p.m. at Boardman High School.
Pre-sale tickets for the 6 p.m. game will also be available at the participating schools today and Friday.
Otherwise, any remaining tickets will be sold at Boardman on Saturday starting at 5 p.m.
Anthony Napolitan
joins Levi team
SAN FRANCISCO — The Levi Strauss Signature brand announced the creation of the Levi Strauss Signature BMX team and its partnership with four accomplished BMX bike riders: Jamie Bestwick, Morgan Wade, Anthony Napolitan and Corey Martinez.
Napolitan is from Austintown.
As part of the sponsorship, the Levi Strauss Signature brand will be the exclusive apparel sponsor for each of the four riders, who will compete in Levi Strauss Signature jeans. In addition, the brand will feature the four riders in national marketing and public relations campaigns as well as prominent logo placement on each of the riders' bikes and helmets.
At age 21, Napolitan is the youngest member of the newly formed team. Napolitan earned a bronze medal in the dirt competition at his first X-Games in 2006. After winning the final event on the 2006 Dew Tour, Napolitan went on to take the 2006 Dew Cup during his rookie season. Shortly thereafter, Napolitan was honored by his hometown on November 28, 2006, when it declared "Anthony Napolitan Day."
Bowling tournaments
*BOARDMAN — The Ervin Dodge Memorial Sweeper will be March 10 at Boardman Lanes.
Entry fee for the event open to men and women is $40 per division (handicap and scratch). Five games are bowled across 10 lanes.
All proceeds will benefit the Ervin "Magic" Dodge Memorial Scholarship at Youngstown State.
*GIRARD — The 15th senior tournament of the Youngstown USBC Women's Bowling Association is March 10 at 2 p.m. and March 11 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. at Kay Lanes.
Age classifications will be: 55 to 59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-76 and 77 years and older.
Entry fee of $15 should be made payable to the Youngstown USBC women's senior tournament and mailed to Betty Kana, 2936 Eddie Street, Youngstown 44509 before March 5. Entry forms are available at area centers.
Sciarra Siding and Earl Winner Agency are co-sponsors.
Division winners will receive first-place prize money and a paid entry into the 2008 Youngstown USBC women's senior tournament.
Bowling HOF
BOARDMAN — The last day to submit applications for candidates for the Greater Youngstown Bowling Association Hall of Fame is March 16.
Applications are still available at area establishments and at the association offices at 7255 Glendale.
The GYBA's Hall of Fame class for 2007 will be elected on April 21 and selections will be honored at the hall of fame and awards dinner on July 1 at the ITAM Centre on Meridian Rd.
REGION
Feller unhurt
in accident
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Bob Feller, at 88 the second-oldest living member of baseball's Hall of Fame, was unhurt in a minor car accident at the Cleveland Indians' spring training complex Tuesday.
Nilesh Shah, physician for the Indians' Class A Carolina League farm team at Kinston, N.C., backed his car out of its parking spot and into Feller's vehicle. Feller, who has been at every Indians spring camp since 1936 except for the four years he served in World War II, was driving to his reserved parking spot.
"Well, it was a beautiful, sunny morning until that," Feller said as he examined extensive damage to his car. The headlight, front bumper, side mirror and molding along the right side were damaged.
"Everybody's OK, but going to get this fixed will take some time out of my throwing program, you know," Feller joked.
The right-hander, who retired after the 1956 season with 266 wins, was in the practice area a few minutes later. He spent an half hour tossing pitches to his 15-year-old grandson, Dan.
"He needs to work on his bunting," Feller said.
Former New York Yankees shortstop Phil Rizzuto, 89, is the Hall's oldest living member.
NATION
Rocker disputes
HGH prescription
ALBANY, N.Y. — Former major league relief pitcher John Rocker told ESPN Radio on Wednesday he never bought human growth hormone with a prescription.
On Tuesday, SI.com reported Rocker showed up on a client list of Applied Pharmacy, a Mobile, Ala., company raided in connection with a nationwide investigation into the illegal sale of steroids.
SI.com also reported that major leaguer David Bell, 1996 Olympic wrestling gold-medalist Kurt Angle, and Victor Martinez, winner of the latest Ohio bodybuilding competition named for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, were Applied Pharmacy clients.
Vindicator staff/wire reports
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Doors for ticketholders for Saturday's boys Div. II district championship basketball game between Poland and Canfield...
