YSU golf takes 2nd at Jackrabbit

BOULDER CITY, Nev. — The Youngstown State men’s golf team had a solid three rounds to finish second at South Dakota State’s Jackrabbit Invitational which concluded on Tuesday at Boulder Creek Golf Club.

The Penguins had a three-round total of 851 (284-286-281) to finish as the runner up behind host South Dakota State who carded an 847 (281-285-281). Finishing third was Kansas City (862) while North Dakota (866) was fourth. YSU’s three-round team total of 851 is tied for the fourth-lowest 54-hole performance in program history.

Individually, Ryan Sam (Boardman) finished tied for second with a six-under-par 210 firing rounds of 70, 67, 73. The senior fired a career-low, five-under-par round of 67 in Monday’s second session. He was six shots back of medalist Seamus Bogan of Morehead State who had a 12-under par 204. Michael Porter (McDonald) was seventh with a 213 (71-70-72) while Jordan Kish (71-74-70) and Nolan Shilling (72-75-68) tied for 15th at 215.

Sam carded an impressive 14 birdies during the tournament. The senior’s career-best second round was particularly strong as he shot a 67 which saw seven birdies, nine pars and just two bogeys.

Porter carded scores of 71, 70 and 72 at Boulder Creek Golf Club. He had 12 birdies throughout the tournament with five coming in Tuesday’s final round.

Shilling had a four-under par round on Tuesday to move up to the 15th position. The redshirt sophomore’s round of 68 featured six birdies and just a pair of bogeys. He had rounds of 72 and 75 on Monday and 13 birdies during the event. Kish had a two-under par 70 for his final round that featured five birdies. He had five birdies during a first-round 71 and collected an eagle at the par-5 fifth during a second-round 74.

Playing as an individual, Josh Weiner finished 28th (four-over par), Rocco Turner (Cardinal Mooney, five-over par) was 33rd and Ayden Richmond finished 62nd. Turner had 11 birdies while Weiner also had an eagle three on the par-5 fifth during his second round.

The Penguins are next in action on March 30-31 when they travel to Indianapolis for the Don Benbow Butler Spring Invitational at Highland Golf & Country Club.

Ravens back out of Crosby trade

HENDERSON, Nev. — The Las Vegas Raiders said Baltimore has backed out of the trade that was supposed to send star pass rusher Maxx Crosby to the Ravens for two first-round draft picks.

The deal was agreed to last Friday but couldn’t be finalized until the start of the league year on Wednesday. The Raiders announced Tuesday evening that Baltimore backed out of the deal. The team said it had no further comment.

Crosby underwent surgery in January to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee and would have needed to pass a physical for the deal to be finalized. He missed the final two games of the season because the injury despite wanting to play through it at the time.

Crosby said on a recent appearance on “The Herd with Colin Cowherd” that he was “ahead of schedule” in his rehab.

The addition of Crosby was supposed to be the piece to help lift the Ravens over the top, with the draft picks expected to be part of a rebuilding effort for the Raiders.

The 28-year-old Crosby had 10 sacks and a career-high 28 tackles for loss last season, and has reached double- digit sacks four times in his seven seasons.

Baltimore, which has a first-year coach in Jesse Minter, is in a win-now mode with three-time All-Pro quarterback Lamar Jackson. Crosby would have been a significant boost for a defense that finished tied for 28th in the league in sacks with only 30 last season.

The Raiders own the No. 1 pick in the draft and are widely expected to select Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza. Las Vegas has been extremely aggressive at the start of free agency, agreeing to deals with several new players and agreeing to trade quarterback Geno Smith to the New York Jets, according to several people familiar with the moves who spoke on condition of anonymity because the deals can’t be finalized until Wednesday.

The biggest move the Raiders made was agreeing to a deal with three-time Pro Bowl center Tyler Linderbaum. He gets a three-year, $81 million contract with $60 million guaranteed to leave Baltimore and join Las Vegas.

Reds’ Greene could miss 4 months

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Cincinnati Reds’ ace Hunter Greene is scheduled to undergo surgery Wednesday on his right elbow and could miss up to first four months.

The Reds said Greene was diagnosed with bone chips and loose bodies in his elbow. Greene needed an MRI last week after he left spring training camp due to right elbow stiffness.

Greene went 7-4 with a 2.76 ERA last year, helping Cincinnati earn an NL wild card for its first playoff appearance since 2020.

Greene, whose 99.5 mph average four-seam fastball velocity led the major leagues among those throwing at least 1,250 pitches, was limited to a career-low 19 starts and 107 2/3 innings. Still, his 296 pitches of 100 mph or higher were second in the major leagues behind Mason Miller’s 422.

Pitt beats Stanford in ACC Tourney

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Damarco Minor followed his own miss to score with 0.7 seconds left and give 15th-seeded Pittsburgh a 64-63 win over 10-seed Stanford in the opening game of the ACC Tournament on Tuesday.

Minor finished just 2-of-10 shooting, missing all seven of his 3-point attempts, but sent the Panthers (13-19) into the second round against seventh-seeded NC State on Wednesday.

After Ebuka Okorie gave Stanford the lead on a three-point play with 26.2 seconds remaining, Minor missed a 3-pointer but the Panthers came up with the ball after a scramble. Minor missed a short jumper in the paint but put in the game-winner.

Okorie, coming in as the nation’s second-leading freshman scorer at 23.1 points per game, finished with 14 for Stanford (20-12). Benny Gealer scored 11 points and AJ Rohosy had 10 points and a team-leading seven rebounds.

There were in 11 lead changes and four ties with Pitt prevailing on the strength of 20-7 advantage on the offensive boards, outscoring Stanford 25-7 in second-chance points and by 12 in the paint.

Pitt broke a tie by scoring the final eight points of the first half for a 31-23 lead. Stanford rallied to take a lead five times in the second half.