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SPORTS BRIEFING

Golf for the Bears

NEW CUMBERLAND, W.Va. — Oak Glen High School is hosting a golf tournament at 2 p.m. June 4 at Mountaineer’s Woodview Golf Course.

Golf fee is $31 for 18 holes with cart and registration is $10 per player, which includes lunch, pop and water.

For more information, call the high school at (304) 564-3500 ext. 231.

Buy your Lisbon tickets

STRUTHERS — Tickets for tonight’s Lisbon vs. Columbiana Division III district semifinal girls basketball game at the Struthers Fieldhouse are on sale at both high schools.

They will be sold today at the Columbiana athletic office during school hours and at Lisbon High School from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Presale tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for students. All tickets will be $6 at the gate. A portion of the presales goes to the respective school.

Tonight’s schedule includes Youngstown Mooney vs. Youngstown Ursuline at 6 p.m., followed by Lisbon (19-5) vs. Columbiana (24-0) at 7:45 p.m.

Third-ranked Columbiana won both regular-season games on the way to the Inter-Tri County League White Division title.

Student gets books instead

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A University of Louisville student disqualified after hitting a half-court shot to win a basketball contest will get a consolation package for missing out on the $38,000 prize.

The Courier-Journal reports the university’s athletic department is paying for sophomore Jackson Logsdon’s books and meal plan for the next two years.

Logsdon made a layup, free throw, 3-point shot and a half-court shot during halftime of the women’s home basketball game Thursday.

But the contest prohibited participants from playing high school basketball within the past six years. Logsdon played basketball in high school and said he never claimed he didn’t play previously. He says he knew it would be unlikely he would collect the prize.

School athletics spokesman Ira Green said the university sponsored the contest.

Korbut’s gold medal auctioned

How much is a 1972 gold medal won by Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut worth? According to a recent auction, $66,000.

Korbut let go of five of her medals, including the gold she won in team competition in 1972. Heritage Auctions said in a release Tuesday her 1976 gold was auctioned for more than $57,000 last weekend.

Korbut, nicknamed “The Sparrow from Minsk,” sprang onto the Olympic scene by performing acrobatics no one had seen before. She won three golds and a silver as a 17-year-old at the 1972 Munich Games, and added a gold and silver at Montreal in 1976.

Korbut, who lives in Arizona, says she sold her medals to share her Olympic experiences, not because she is in any sort of financial crisis.

Browns place tender on Crowell

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Browns have placed a second-round free-agent tender on running back Isaiah Crowell.

The tender — worth $2.8 million — would allow the Browns to match any contract offer Crowell might get from another team. If the Browns decided not to match an outside offer, they would receive a compensatory second-round draft pick for Crowell.

The 24-year-old rushed for 952 yards and scored seven touchdowns last season, and was one of the few bright spots as Cleveland went 1-15.

Coach Hue Jackson identified Crowell as one of the core players and the Browns would like to sign him to a long-term contract extension.

Crowell has run for 2,265 yards with Cleveland, which signed him as an undrafted free agent in 2014. Crowell averaged 4.8 yards per carry last season while falling just short of his goal of 1,000 yards.

Tate lifts Ohio State

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Jae’Sean Tate sank a layup with three seconds left to lift Ohio State to a 71-70 win over Penn State on Tuesday.

Tate finished with 12 points and nine rebounds, Marc Loving added 14 and Trevor Thompson chipped in 11 for the Buckeyes (17-13, 7-10 Big Ten) who won on the road for just the fourth time this season.

Penn State took the lead on a Tony Carr 3-pointer with nine seconds to play but Tate ran the court and found room underneath to hit the winning basket.

Carr finished with 21, Shep Garner notched 20 points and Lamar Stevens added 16 for Penn State (14-16, 6-11), which lost its fourth straight.

The Buckeyes led for more than 25 minutes and were up 40-36 at halftime. They surrendered the lead just under two minutes into the second half on a pair of Stevens free throws. They got it back on an Andre Wesson 3-pointer with 6:39 to play.

Meanwhile, Penn State’s offense went cold. The Nittany Lions went without a field goal for 4:29 of the final 5:11 before Carr cut Ohio State’s lead to 69-67 with a layup with 42 seconds left.

THE BIG PICTURE

Ohio State: The Buckeyes sometimes hopeful, oftentimes frustrating season can be summed up by looking at their last two games — a complete effort in a win over No. 22 Wisconsin and this back-and-forth tilt with middle-of-the-pack Penn State.

Penn State: The Nittany Lions have often looked like a completely different — and much more competitive — team at home. With youth on their side, the Nittany Lions just need more consistency to take the next step.

UP NEXT

Ohio State hosts Indiana on Saturday.

Penn State is at Iowa on Sunday.

Copyright 2017 The Associated Press.

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