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PITTSBURGH — The SWAT 13s, featuring players from Slippery Rock, placed second at the East Coast Volleyball Championships over the weekend.

Slippery Rock players include Olivia Pietropola, Carly Shearer, Heather Urbaniak, Katie Antal and Kortney Schaum.

CORAOPOLIS — Paul Hollstein and Rob McClellan of Butler Country Club fired a 66 at the Club Car Head Pro-Assistant Pro Championship at Montour Heights Country Club Tuesday before winning the tournament with a par on the first hole of sudden death.The duo had tied John Aber and Tony Traci of Allegheny Country Club before recording the victory.Joe Boros and Chris Marron of Treesdale Golf and Country Club tied for fourth (34-34-68).

TORONTO — Peter Zezel, a center who played 15 NHL seasons after breaking into the league as a teenager with the Philadelphia Flyers, has died. He was 44.Zezel struggled with the rare blood disease hemolytic anemia for the past 10 years and died Tuesday. Zezel suffered from the ailment off and on, but had rebounded after being in critical condition in 2001.He was admitted to the hospital last week for scheduled surgery, but complications developed and his conditioned worsened.In 873 NHL games with Philadelphia, St. Louis, Washington, Toronto, Dallas, New Jersey and Vancouver, Zezel had 219 goals and 389 assists.

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