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PITTSBURGH — Grove City High School freshman Aubri McCoy won the girls ages 14-and-15 division of in the Steelers championship of the NFL Punt, Pass & Kick competition Sunday at Heinz Field.

McCoy's total distance was 290 feet, placing her second nationally with 10 of the 32 team competitions now completed. The top four scores will attend an NFL playoff game in January to compete for the national title.

BUTLER TWP — Butler senior Tyler Slepski will play baseball at Seton Hill University in Greensburg.A left-handed pitcher, Slepski was 1-1 with a 2.74 earned run average in 23 innings for the Golden Tornado last season.A two-year letterman, he plans to major in criminal justice.

LOS ANGELES — A police investigation was under way Monday in the death of a toddler who plunged from a third-level luxury box at Staples Center after a Los Angeles Lakers basketball game.The fall occurred Sunday as 2-year-old Lucas Anthony Tang was taking pictures with his family in a skybox with a glass safety barrier that varies in height but is at least several feet high, police Officer Julie Sohn said.Fire officials said boy fell 25 to 50 feet.The case was being handled by the police department juvenile division, which investigates deaths of young children and other crimes involving juveniles.The Garden Grove boy suffered severe head trauma, fire department spokesman Erik Scott said. However, an official cause of death had not yet been determined.

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