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Youth baseball clinic coming

EAST LIVERPOOL — A youth baseball clinic for children ages 8 will be held Mondays until April 17. For more information, call Steve Dawson at (330) 383-3259.

John Carroll women win title

AKRON — The John Carroll University women’s swimming team won the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships for the first time since 2008 on Saturday night.

John Carroll concluded the three-day event at Ocasek Natatorium with 895 1/2 points to pull away from second-place Mount Union, which had 637 1/2 points.

John Carroll sophomore Jessica Morrow from Columbiana placed in two events for the Blue Streaks. She was 11th in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:36.90) and 14th in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:12.76).

The top 16 finishers scored points in each individual event with Morrow contributing nine points to the Blue Streaks victory.

All-Star ratings best since 2013

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA All-Star game drew an average audience of 7.8 million viewers, making it the most-viewed All-Star broadcast since 2013.

Turner Sports announced the numbers on Monday. The number of viewers peaked at 8.5 million and the total audience was up 3 percent from last year’s game.

The hype surrounding the game centered on Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook playing on the Western Conference team together. Durant left Oklahoma City last summer to join Golden State, leaving his longtime teammate Westbrook behind with the Thunder. Westbrook did not hide his dissatisfaction with Durant, which ratcheted up the intrigue heading into the game on Sunday.

The two shared the court for just 81 seconds and Oklahoma City posted the highest local market rating with a 10.9.

Three injured in Florida car crash

BARBERVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Three people in a pit area were injured when they were struck by a race car that hit a barrier and catapulted over a 10-foot fence at a dirt speedway near Daytona Beach, Florida.

The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said Sunday’s crash at Volusia Speedway Park left one victim in extremely critical condition. The other two were taken to a hospital in stable condition. One was released Sunday night.

Driver Dale Blaney of the Pennsylvania-based Zemco race team wasn’t injured in the crash, though the sheriff’s office said his car was significantly damaged.

The area where the car landed was restricted to race participants and pit crews and not accessible to the general public.

Copyright 2017 The Associated Press.

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