Greenlief on All-PAC first team

WAYNESBURG, Pa. – Junior goalkeeper Lex Greenlief highlights a group of five Waynesburg University women’s soccer players named to the All-Presidents’ Athletic Conference first team.

Greenlief, an Oak Glen High School graduate, was the backbone of a team that ranked first in the league and 44th in the country in goals allowed average (.579). Not only did she lead the PAC in goals against average (.611), she also was tops in the conference in save percentage (.890) and second in shutouts (10).

She helped Waynesburg put together one of the best season in program history with a 15-3-2 record.

The Yellow Jackets will host Pitt-Greensburg (9-8-3) in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Women’s Soccer Championship Tournament at 6 p.m. Saturday.

Thomas leads Grove City into DIII tournament

GROVE CITY, Pa. — After capturing its first Presidents’ Athletic Conference Tournament title in 20 seasons, the Grove City College men’s soccer team had five players on the All-PAC first team.

Among those is senior midfielder Camden Thomas, a South Range High School standout.

Thomas earned first-team for the second straight season after recording five goals and two assists in conference play. He has started all 19 matches this season, aiding the Wolverine efforts at both ends of the field.

The Wolverines will make their first NCAA Division III Tournament appearance since 1980 when they face Calvin (Mich.) at 1:30 p.m. today at Hobart College in Geneva, N.Y.

Mackey led Cleveland State on NCAA run

CLEVELAND (AP) — Kevin Mackey, who coached Cleveland State to an improbable victory over Bob Knight-led Indiana in the 1986 NCAA Tournament on the way to a berth in the Sweet 16 but whose college coaching career ended abruptly under the cloud of drug abuse, has died. He was 80.

Mackey died of a sudden heart attack Tuesday, according to his son, Brian.

Mackey, who earlier coached basketball at the high school level in Boston, had been an assistant at Boston College where he was known as a master recruiter when he was named head coach of Cleveland State in 1983.

He went 14-16 his first season with the Vikings, then had six straight winning years. He compiled a seven-year record of 144-67 at the school.

In 1985-86, the 14th-seeded Vikings led by point guard Ken “Mouse” McFadden went 29-4 and beat No. 3 seed Indiana 83-79 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in what remains to this day one of the tourney’s biggest shockers.

The team beat No. 6 seed Saint Joseph’s 75-69 in the second round before being bounced out 71-70 by No. 7 seed Navy, featuring David Robinson, in the Sweet 16.

But his time at Cleveland State ended in 1990 just days after he signed a lucrative two-year contract with the school after he admitted using crack cocaine. Mackey was arrested on July 13, 1990, on a charge of driving while intoxicated as he left a suspected drug house.

Acting on a tip from a caller that Mackey was sleeping on a couch inside the house, police watched for more than five hours until Mackey and a woman left in Mackey’s car. Mackey was arrested when he was seen driving erratically and left of center, police said at the time.

Mackey enrolled in a Houston treatment center operated by former NBA player John Lucas, and spent three months in rehabilitation programs.

“I can’t go anywhere and speak without talking about John Lucas, who saved my life,” Mackey said in June 1991. “He’s my best friend. His program is great.”

He later coached minor league basketball and worked as a scout for the Indiana Pacers at the behest of Larry Bird, but he never returned to the college ranks.

Funeral arrangements were still being planned.

Barnes guides Raptors past Cavaliers

CLEVELAND (AP) — Scottie Barnes had 28 points in a near triple-double, Immanuel Quickley added 25 points and the Toronto Raptors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 126-113 on Thursday night.

Barnes finished with 10 rebounds, eight assists and five blocked shots. The Raptors shot 56% from the floor and made 12 3-pointers to win for the sixth time in seven games.

Quickley shot 5 of 7 from 3-point range and had six assists. Jakob Poeltl added 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting and had seven rebounds.

Donovan Mitchell had 31 points after getting a night off Wednesday in Miami. Nae’Qwan Tomlin added 18 for Cleveland.

The Raptors were coming off a 119-109 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday and took advantage of the Cavaliers playing a back-to-back. Cleveland beat Miami 130-116 Wednesday night and was without All-Star Darius Garland (toe) and Lonzo Ball (rest).

Mitchell had six rebounds, six assists, two steals and hit 15 of 17 free throws after getting a rest day against the Heat.

Toronto led 67-54 at halftime, but Cleveland whittled the lead down to 90-85 by the end of the third quarter. The Cavaliers kept the Raptors in reach until Quickley hit a pair of 3-pointers sandwiched around RJ Barrett’s floater to push the lad to 118-105.

Cleveland hosts Memphis on Saturday.