The 60th Season Begins at Stateline Speedway Saturday Night

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The 60th Season Begins at Stateline Speedway Saturday Night

BUSTI, NY – The 60th season of dirt track racing action begins this Saturday night at Stateline Speedway, just South of Jamestown, NY. 2nd year promoter, Bill and Lynn Catania Jr. are expecting another great season of racing action on the 1/3 mile, semi-banked oval track. Stateline Speedway More than 30 events are slated for the track in Southeastern Chautauqua County, between opening night and October 3rd. Two huge accomplishments from last season included Chubb Frank breaking the fastest time record for the track and Dick Barton becoming the overall…

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Raceway 7 Slated to Open This Week

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Raceway 7 Slated to Open This Week

CONNEAUT, OH – Northeast Ohio’s premier clay speed plant in Conneaut, Ohio will swing open its gates for the 2015 racing season Friday afternoon with Chief Starter Roger Osburn dropping the first green flag of the season promptly at 7:30 PM. All five classes of racers will return to the track this Summer headed up by the Evergreen Lake Park Campground Crate Late Models, this year running under the CARS sanction for the first time ever. CARS rules, including tire rules, are all available at the track website, www.raceway7.com. The…

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Massengill named PAC Hitter of the Week

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Massengill named PAC Hitter of the Week

GREENVILLE, PA – Thiel senior catcher Danielle Massengill (North Bend, Wash./Mt. Si) was named the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Hitter of the Week Monday, as selected by the conference office. Massengill tallied 12 hits in 19 at-bats last week for a .632 average, helping the Tomcats conclude their 2015 season with pair of PAC doubleheader sweeps. She totaled two doubles, six RBIs and scored six runs last week. Massengill owned a slugging percentage of .737 and an on-base percentage of .682. The Tomcats went 16-16 overall and 9-9 in PAC…

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Mercyhurst University Grapplers Named to All Academic Wrestling Team

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Mercyhurst University Grapplers Named to All Academic Wrestling Team

ERIE, PA – Eight members of the Mercyhurst University wrestling team were named to the 2014-15 Division II All-Academic Wrestling Team as selected by the NCAA Division II Wrestling Coaches Association. Additionally, the Lakers finished tenth in the country in top team GPA. As a team, Mercyhurst posted a team GPA of 3.223 with the University of Indianapolis claiming the Academic National Championship with a 3.482. The team GPA is calculated by averaging the cumulative grade point averages of ten wrestlers from each team of which eight of those wrestlers…

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