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West Branch wins first two
YOUNGSTOWN -- The West Branch girls flag football team opened with a pair of victories Sunday.
The Warriors defeated Rootstown, 32-2, and Newton Falls, 35-0, at Rayen Stadium.
It was the first day for girls flag football games sanctioned by the Ohio High School Athletic Association.
West Branch will play this Sunday at Liberty High School against Champion and Marlington.
Rambo gets two firsts
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Westminster College senior thrower Shelby Rambo was a double-winner Saturday at West Virginia's Marty Pushkin Invitational.
Rambo, a Crestview High School graduate, won the women's discus with a toss of 131-feet-0 and the shot put at 40-feet-8 3/4. Both events had 25 throwers.
Westminster will split its team on Friday and Saturday to compete at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational and the Tim Weaver Invitational, hosted by West Liberty.
Mooney blanks Rebels
BOARDMAN -- Cardinal Mooney bested Crestview 11-0 in five innings in a softball season opener Saturday.
Alivia Shetler had Crestview's only hit, a double.
Lilly Beaver took the loss for the Rebels as she went one inning while giving up five unearned runs. She also struck out one and walked three. Makayla Mckee went three innings and struck out five while walking none. The Rebels gave up three home runs on the day.
Mooney's Alexis McKinstry had 13 strikeouts.
Crestview (0-1) is at Newton Falls on Wednesday.
CR: 0-0-0-0-0 -- 0- 1-6
CM: 2-0-4-5-x --11-9-0
Bucs reassign top prospect
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) -- The Pittsburgh Pirates debut for highly touted 19-year-old prospect Konnor Griffin will have to wait.
Griffin was reassigned to minor league camp on Saturday after the shortstop spent the last few weeks showcasing the skills that have made him baseball's No. 1 overall prospect, according to MLB Pipeline.
Manager Don Kelly called the decision to leave Griffin off the season-opening roster "extremely difficult."
"The talent that you see, I think he handled himself really well professionally," Kelly told reporters. "We talk about the maturity level as a 19-year-old in big league camp. Really excited about him being a Pirate and what that means for the future of Konnor Griffin and the Pirates."
Griffin homered four times and had nine RBIs in 16 Grapefruit League games, but he batted just .171 and struck out 13 times in 41 at-bats. After Griffin garnered so much attention this spring because of his status as one of the game's top prospects, Kelly believed a return to the minors could allow the infielder to reassert himself.
"I think you see a young kid that was maybe pressing just a little bit and trying really hard," Kelly said. "Konnor Griffin the person is elite. Allowing him to go and get back to basics and being Konnor Griffin out there (could help). We know there's an elite talent level that comes with him. Just looking forward to him being in Pittsburgh whenever that time comes."