Richmond hits hole-in-one

COLUMBIANA — Mark Richmond of New Springfield hit a hole-in-one Sunday at Valley Golf Club.

He used a 15 wood to ace the 145-yard par 3 third hole. His playing partners were John McCambridge and Bill Byrnes, both of New Springfield.

Chester tops Greenville

BOARDMAN — The Chester Old-Timers advanced to the winner bracket final in the 50-and-over baseball playoffs with a 7-0 win over Greenville (Pa.) at the Field of Dreams on Saturday.

Kevin Farrell struck out eight and tossed a two-hit shutout for the victory. Eric Sampson led Chester at the plate with a triple and single. Shawn Allen had two singles.

Chester plays in the winner bracket final at 2:45 p.m. Saturday Boardman High School.

Shooting at YSU stadium

YOUNGSTOWN — A Cardinal Mooney student was injured as a result of gunfire at Stambaugh Stadium after the Mooney-Chardon football game on Saturday night.

YSU sent out an alert at 9:39 p.m. to avoid the stadium.

“One of our students was injured in the shooting and was taken straight to the hospital,” Mooney High School principal Brenan Considine said in a statement. “The student is recovering and is in stable condition. The student’s family thanks you for your continued prayers for a full and speedy recovery,”

The Chardon Local Schools Facebook page contained a statement saying the gunshot was fired “following the game as the crowd was exiting the stadium.”

It adds, “A report from Chardon High School Principal Adam Tomco indicates that the Chardon players, cheerleaders, band members, coaches and staff are safe.”

Mooney won the game, 27-14, as Vinny Gentile threw four touchdown passes.

Guardians’ winning streak stopped at 10

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Brooks Lee hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the sixth, pinch-hitter Royce Lewis had a three-run shot in the seventh and the Minnesota Twins ended the Cleveland Guardians’ 10-game winning streak with a 6-2 victory on Sunday.

The Guardians lost for only the fourth time in 20 games and missed a chance to pull even with Detroit in the AL Central after the Braves finished off a sweep of the Tigers with a 6-2 victory. Cleveland will host Detroit for three games beginning Tuesday.

Minnesota, which never led and was outscored 20-2 in losing the first three games in the series, grabbed a 3-2 lead when Lee greeted reliever Matt Festa (5-4) with his 16th home run. Luke Keaschall reached base with a one-out double off Erik Sabrowski before Lee’s blast.

Tim Herrin left after allowing two-out singles to Kody Clemens and Austin Martin in the seventh and Lewis greeted Hunter Gaddis with his 13th homer for a four-run advantage.

Steven Kwan hit the third pitch from Simeon Woods Richardson for his 11th home run and Bo Naylor added a sacrifice fly to put the Guardians up 2-0. Naylor has an RBI in six straight games, the longest stretch by a Cleveland catcher since Victor Martinez had a seven-game run in 2007.

Byron Buxton had a two-out double off Joey Cantillo in the third before scoring on a single by Clemens to cut it to 2-1. It was the Twins’ first run in 23 innings.

Woods Richardson allowed two runs on three hits in a five-inning start. Kody Funderburk (4-1) pitched a scoreless sixth for the win.

Cleveland (84-72) won nine of 13 games against Minnesota (67-89) this season.

Youngstown States wins on final play

TOWSON, Md. (AP) — Andrew Lastovka connected on a game-tying 48-yard field goal and less than two minutes later hit a 42-yard game-winner as time expired as Youngstown State stunned Towson 31-28 on Saturday night.

The Penguins (3-1) trailed by 11 entering the fourth quarter, but scored on every drive in the period to complete the comeback.

Beau Brungard threw for 277 yards and one touchdown, and added 100 yards and two scores on the ground. Max Tomczak had seven receptions for 116 yards, with four receptions and 56 yards in the fourth quarter alone.

Youngstown’s offense needed the help of its defense, as the Penguins forced Towson to punt twice in the final six minutes.

Preston Zandier led the Penguins with seven total tackles, and Jussiah Williams-West and Dathan Hickey each had six.

For the Tigers (2-2), Al Wooten II had 48 rushing yards and two touchdowns, and Jaceon Doss caught three passes for 120 yards.

Lowry clutch for Western Michigan

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Broc Lowry scored on a 2-yard run in the final minute of play and added the two-point conversion, lifting Western Michigan to a dramatic 14-13 victory over Toledo in a Mid-American Conference opener on Saturday.

Lowry — who led Canfield High School to the 2022 Ohio Division III state title — scored Western Michigan’s only other points as his 6-yard run late in the third quarter made the score 13-6.

Neither team threatened to score in the fourth quarter until the Broncos drove 67 yards on their next-to-last possession. The drive ended at the Toledo 16-yard line when Lowry threw incomplete on fourth-and-7 with about two minutes remaining.

Western Michigan then forced a three-and-out and the Broncos took possession near midfield. Lowry’s 43-yard pass to Tailique Williams on fourth-and-10 was the key play to set up the winning touchdown with 52 seconds remaining.

Lowry completed 16 of 33 passes for 201 yards along with 50 yards rushing for Western Michigan (1-3).

Chiefs notch first win of season

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Mistakes and penalties threatened to derail the Kansas City Chiefs again early in a season that had not been going their way. Patrick Mahomes made a couple himself.

“I kept throwing the ball backwards,” Mahomes said. “That’s not good.”

Mahomes recovered his backward pass, had plenty of good throws going forward and helped the Chiefs pick up their first win of the season by beating the New York Giants 22-9 on Sunday night. Coach Andy Reid called it “a good win to get, in particular when you haven’t have one.”

“Obviously we didn’t have the start we wanted, but it’s a long season,” said linebacker Nick Bolton, who had a game-high 14 tackles. “We’ve been searching for one win and try to figure out how we can get this thing going. The main thing now is just keep working, keep stacking and try to get another, then get another win.”

Mahomes completed 22 of 37 passes for 224 yards and a touchdown pass to Tyquan Thornton to go along with a momentum-altering recovery by snatching the ball out of defender Bobby Okereke’s hands. His on-the-run 33-yard throw to Thornton midway through the fourth quarter set up Kareem Hunt’s 1-yard TD run that put the game away and sent many fans to the exits.

The Chiefs (1-2) avoided what would have been their first 0-3 start since 2011, two years before Reid took over and started an era that has included a trio of Super Bowl titles and two additional appearances — including trips the past three seasons.

The Giants fell to 0-3, with Russell Wilson throwing two interceptions and finishing 18 of 32 for 160 yards. Chants of “We want Dart!” followed Wilson’s second pick, and while Jaxson Dart got in for a handful of snaps, all were handoffs. The first-round pick and prospective quarterback of the future has yet to attempt a pass in his rookie season.

“When you don’t convert on third down, it’s hard to sustain anything,” coach Brian Daboll said of his team, which converted just once on 10 tries. “On offense, nothing was good enough. I would be booing too.”