Sports briefs
Waynesburg to honor
national champions
The Waynesburg University wrestling team, ranked No. 24 in NCAA Division III, will host a quad-match today featuring The Apprentice School, ninth-ranked Baldwin Wallace and Penn State Behrend, in addition to honoring the yellow Jackets’ four wrestling individual national champions and two of the school’s former head coaches.
NCAA champions Tony Gizoni (1950 and 1951) and George Lewis (1948), as well as 1965 NAIA champs Tony Gusic and Mike Zrimm will be recognized for their outstanding accomplishments. Two of the school’s greatest coaches: Raymond “Bucky” Murdock (1947-1963) and Clayton Ketterling (1963-1977) also will be honored.
Wrestling begins at noon.
Cheyney drops football
Cheyney University, a member of the PSAC, will no longer field a football team. The PSAC announced that the school is dropping football as an NCAA sport.
The Wolves have competed in the PSAC’s East Division with Millersville, Kutztown, East Stroudsburg, Bloomsburg, West Chester, Lock Haven and Shippensburg.
Cheyney went 1-10 this season and has struggled for many years.
The PSAC said it will work with other member institutions to find potential opponents to fill the open dates in the league schedule left by Cheyney’s departure.
Cheyney began participating at the NCAA level in 1954, and in 63 seasons the Wolves’ overall record was 91-501-5.
Their .157, which is the worst among all 242 Division II programs.
Giants, Cardinals out of mix for Stanton
Giancarlo Stanton has ruled out the San Francisco Giants. St. Louis, too.
The Giants announced Friday they were no longer in the mix to work out a trade for the Marlins slugger and NL MVP after having reached the parameters of a deal with new Miami CEO Derek Jeter and his team.
In a statement, the Giants say, “Our agreement with the Marlins to acquire Giancarlo Stanton subject to his waiving of the no-trade clause will not move forward and it is our understanding that the Marlins and Stanton are exploring other options.”
Stanton has to approve any move given the full no-trade clause in his record $325 million, 13-year contract.
The Cardinals also said Stanton had declined to accept a deal to St. Louis.