UBC show scheduled
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Jacy Kuhn’s Uniontown Boxing Club will hold a boxing show at the VFW Post 47 home on Main Street on Sunday, Nov. 1.
Three local boxers – Nick Wrona, Kaige Lewis and Braden Carei – are on the card. Those three boxers and others from UBC are enrolled in the Silver Gloves Tournament and proceeds from the Nov. 1 show will help cover travel expenses for the boxers.
Cost for the Nov. 1 show is $20 for ringside, $15 for balcony and $10 for general admission. Tickets are available at the door or in advance by calling Kuhn at 724-570-3003.
The Silver Gloves Tournament kicks off on Nov. 25 with Local Fight Night in Pittsburgh. Winners advance to the state championships on Dec. 12 and regionals Jan. 16-18 and the national championships Feb. 4-6 in Independence, Mo.
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS Local fighters in Morgantown event
Fight Night XXV is coming to the Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino Racetrack Showroom this Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
Local fighters for this MMA event include 155-pound Josh Carlson from Connellsville, 165-pound Ron Cottrell from Point Marion and 170-pound Shane Gilmore from Dawson.
Football Becker Athlete of the Week
Waynesburg University’s Billy Becker was named athlete of the week for the university after racking up 129 yards on 16 carries, and scoring three touchdowns in the Yellow Jackets’ game against Geneva.
WVU. DL Berry suspended after arrest
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia coach Bill Stewart has suspended defensive tackle Scooter Berry indefinitely, two days after the junior was arrested outside a Morgantown bar.
Stewart said Tuesday that Berry broke team policy and his future playing status will be reviewed “at the appropriate time.”
Morgantown Municipal Court records show Berry was arrested at 1:55 a.m. Sunday on charges of public intoxication and disorderly conduct. He was released on $200 bond and faces a Nov. 11 hearing.
Berry missed two games with a shoulder sprain and injured an ankle Saturday against Marshall.
Berry, whose 25 career starts are tied for the team lead, has been a backup the last two games. Sophomore Josh Taylor has replaced Berry in the starting lineup.
Women’s Soccer Ebersole Athlete of the Week
Courtney Ebersole’s two-goal effort in the Yellow Jackets’ 4-1 win over Chatham on Oct. 13 was recognized as the sophomore was named Waynesburg’s Athlete of the Week.
PAC Jones named SAAC scholar athlete
Waynesburg University’s Elisha Jones was named Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Scholar Athlete of the Month for October.
Jones competes in women’s basketball and track and field. She carries a 3.9 grade points average and is an athletic training major with a minor in exercise science.
Tennis Clijsters advances to second round
LUXEMBOURG (AP) – Kim Clijsters won her first match since capturing the U.S. Open, defeating Meghann Shaughnessy 6-2, 6-2 Tuesday to reach the second round of the Luxembourg Open.
Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, who lost to Clijsters in the final in New York, retired when leading Anne Kremer of Luxembourg 7-5, 5-0. She received treatment for her left leg and back.
Kremer was a late replacement for American teenager Melanie Oudin, who withdrew hours before her first match because of illness.
Clijsters is a five-time champion of the tournament.
Hingis happy with her new life
PARIS (AP) – Martina Hingis won’t make a comeback to competitive tennis.
The 29-year old Hingis, who retired after getting a two-year ban in 2007 for testing positive for cocaine, said Tuesday in an interview with L’Equipe that she is happy with her new life.
“I’ve got a nice house, my four horses,” Hingis said. “On the tour, I had no life.”
Hingis added that even without being tested positive, she likely would have retired.
“If I had won the four Grand Slam tournaments, maybe I would have continued,” she said. “But I was on downslope. And I was suspended for two years, and that was it.”
Hingis, who spent 209 weeks at No. 1 in the women’s rankings and won five Grand Slam singles titles, said she went through hard times during her suspension.
“I didn’t have the right to play any competition, even in another Olympic sport,” she said. “I didn’t have the right to feature in equestrian competition, even at an amateur level. … I’m not sure I have completely recovered.”
Hingis tested positive for cocaine after a third-round exit at Wimbledon in 2007. She denied using the drug.
Hingis said she learned that her suspension was over on Sept. 30 – her birthday – a few days after undergoing a doping test at her home.
“They thought maybe, like you, that I was planning a second comeback,” she said.
Hingis quit tennis for the first time in 2002 because of foot and leg injuries. When she returned to the circuit in 2006, Hingis reached two Grand Slam quarterfinals, won two smaller tournaments and finished the year at No. 7.