Lindstrom plays for John Carroll

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS — Shane Lindstrom will be playing back home this weekend.

Lindstrom, a key performer on South Range’s 2022 state championship football team, is a junior starting wide receiver for John Carroll University.

The Blue Streaks (10-1) will play at Mount Union (11-0) in an NCAA Division III third-round playoff game at noon Saturday.

Lindstrom is John Carroll’s third-leading receiver with 33 catches for 442 yards (13.4) and three touchdowns. He has caught a pass in all 11 games this season. He also is the Blue Streaks’ punt returner with 24 returns for 202 yards (8.4).

Lindstrom played his first two seasons at NCAA Division II Ohio Dominican University, where he appeared in 17 games at running back.

Ohio woman is top pool player

LAS VEGAS — Tatum Cutting of Diamond, Ohio, recently won the 2025 Women’s U.S. Amateur Pool Championship at Westgate Hotel & Casino on Nov. 15, a day before her 23rd birthday.

She bested a field of the top amateur pool players from across North America to win the sport’s most prestigious amateur women’s title.

Nearly 700 women attempted to qualify for the U.S. Amateur Championship conducted by the American Poolplayers Association (APA). Cutting was one of only 41 women who qualified for the Championship Rounds by winning one of several qualifying tournaments held across the country.

The double-elimination tournament offers the top amateur players the opportunity to showcase their skills through a combination of 8-Ball and 9-Ball matches.

As champion, Cutting received a trophy, event jacket, and paid travel, lodging, entry into a 2026 pro billiard event and an automatic bid to return to defend their title in 2026

Salem girls adjust time schedule

SALEM — The Youngstown Cardinal Mooney at Salem girls basketball game on Saturday will start with a two-quarter junior varsity game at noon. The varsity game will begin at approximately 12:45 p.m. at Cabas Gymnasium.

United Way Classic on tap

POLAND — The 13th annual United Way Holiday Basketball Classic will feature four high school basketball games at Poland High School on Dec. 13.

The schedule includes Struthers vs. Poland girls at noon; Girard vs. Campbell Memorial boys at 1:45 p.m.; Boardman vs. Austintown Fitch boys at 3:30 p.m.; and Canfield vs. Poland boys at 5:15 p.m.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students and children and are good for all the games.

Salem bowling teams swept

AKRON — The Salem bowling teams were swept by Green at Apollo 3 Bowling Center on Tuesday.

Green won the boys match, 2184-1883. For the Quakers, Donald Blackburn had a 208 game and 352 series, Caden Arcuri a 182 games and 340 series and Vinnie Yannucci a 185 game and 332 series.

In the girls match, Green posted a 34-pin victory, 1717-1683. Topping the Quakers was Kylie Smith games of 179 and 213 for a 392 series, Brooklynn Herold with games of 171 and 202 for a 373 series and Nora Shean with games of 146 and 179 for a 325 series.

Cavaliers lose again

CLEVELAND (AP) — Deni Avdija scored 27 points, Caleb Love and Shaedon Sharpe added 20 apiece off the bench and the Portland Trail Blazers snapped a three-game losing streak, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 122-110 on Wednesday night.

Donovan Mitchell led Cleveland with 33 points, and Evan Mobley had 23 points and 10 rebounds. The Cavaliers have dropped four of five and this was their first loss this season against a team with a losing record.

The Trail Blazers had six players in double figures as they went 34 of 39 from the foul line. Avdija was 16 of 17.

Portland led by 10 at halftime and two minutes into the fourth quarter before it went on a 14-6 run that included 10 straight points by Toumani Camara. The third-year forward is 9 of 15 from beyond the arc in the last three games.

The Trail Blazers were 6 of 10 on 3-pointers in the third quarter.

Cleveland, which had an eight-point lead in the first quarter, went on a 13-4 run in the fourth quarter as Mobley’s 3-pointer got the Cavaliers within 113-108 with 2:37 remaining. Avdija countered with a 12-foot turnaround jumper in the paint and Mobley missed from the perimeter to end any further hopes of a comeback.

The short-handed Cavaliers were missing Jarrett Allen (finger strain), Larry Nance Jr. (calf strain) and Sam Merrill (hand sprain).

It was the 13th 30-point game for Mitchell, whose 30.7 points per game average makes him fourth in the league in scoring.

Up next

Trail Blazers: At Detroit on Friday. night

Cavaliers: Host San Antonio on Friday night.

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