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East Liverpool seeks coaches

EAST LIVERPOOL — East Liverpool Junior High is looking for wrestling coaches and volunteers. If interested, call coach Scott Hiemstra at (330) 853-5845.

East Liverpool Wrestling Camp

EAST LIVERPOOL — East Liverpool Wrestling Camp for middle and high school wrestlers will be held June 23-25.

It will run from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and noon to 2 p.m. daily with open mats from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Gladiators coach Justin Waters will be the instructor.

Cost is $60 for three days or $25 each day, which includes lunch.

For more information, call David Spencer at (330) 383-1830 or Scott Hiemstra at (330) 853-5845.

Join the Dolphins swim team

EAST LIVERPOOl — The Dolphins swim team consists of children ages 6 to 18 from schools in the Tri-State area.

Practice is held at Thompson Park from 9 to 11 a.m. every day, except on meet days. The season runs through the end of July.

Shane Foster is the head coach along with high school swimmers helping with all the age groups.

Lansberry hits hole-in-one

NEGLEY — Brad Lansberry of Negley hit his first hole-in-one Sunday at East Palestine Country Club.

Lansberry used a 6-iron to ace the 136-yard fourth hole.

Playing in his group were Eric Angleton of New Galillee, Pa., and Matt Mihalko of Darlington, Pa.

Packers fan sues Bears’ ban

CHICAGO (AP) — A Green Bay fan is making a federal case out of a dispute with the Chicago Bears, filing a lawsuit accusing the rival team of violating his free-speech rights by prohibiting him from wearing Packers apparel at Bears’ pregame warmups.

Russell Beckman of Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, filed the 10-page lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Chicago on Friday seeking a court order lifting the ban.

An email Beckman sent to Bears executives that he included in his court filing last week accuses the team of creating “segregated safe spaces for Bears fans” by banishing Packers gear.

“Stop coddling them,” he wrote.

The filing includes a photograph of the lifelong Green Bay fan in a green-and-yellow Packers jersey and with his beard dyed green. Beckman lives just across the Illinois state line — an hour drive north of Chicago — and holds Bears season tickets, the lawsuit says.

The suit’s focus is a Bears rewards program that lets season-ticket holders stand along the sidelines during certain pregame warmups at Soldier Field, something Beckman says he did in 2014 and 2015 in Packers apparel.

The Bears sent him an email before a December Bears-Packers game warning in capital letters, “NO OPPOSING TEAM GEAR WILL BE ALLOWED,” according to the lawsuit. He went in Packers apparel anyway and was turned away.

College bull rider improving

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — An Australian bull rider who was severely injured after being stepped on by a bull during the College National Finals Rodeo in Wyoming has been showing signs of improvement.

However, Bradie Gray remains in critical condition in the intensive care unit at Wyoming Medical Center in Casper.

A member of the Odessa College rodeo team, Gray was injured after being stepped on by a bull during Thursday night’s competition. He suffered broken ribs, a bruised aorta and collapsed lungs. Odessa coach C.J. Aragon tells the Casper Star-Tribune that the Hallsville, Australia, native is making small improvements.

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