JACKSON TWP — Eleven Seneca Valley student-athletes last week signed a letter of intent to continue their academic and athletic careers in college. They include:

Girls Soccer — Mary Kate Zahorchak (Edinboro)

Boys Soccer — Joe DeAugustino (Grove City)

Football — Steve Gaviglia (Slippery Rock), Dan Miller (John Carroll), Tucker Van Dyke (Clarion)

Softball — Aubrey Baehr (Bethany), Alyssa Panza (Pitt-Greensburg), Paige Foley (Grove City)

Baseball — Connor Coward (Virginia Tech), Taylor Mantick (Lehigh), Dan Barna (Ohio Northern)

CASTLE SHANNON — The Pittsburgh Huskies U-18 Class hockey team improved to 21-5-4 with an 8-0 win over the Pittsburgh Predators recently.Dustin Davis scored two goals while Christian Miller and Nick Whann both had a goal and three assists. John Phelps, Nick Makozy, Henry Sacchini and Eric Leya also scored goals.Eric Phelps recorded 20 saves in posting his seventh shutout of the year.The Huskies travel to Rochester, N.Y., for a tournament this weekend.

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Twins general manager Terry Ryan has been diagnosed with cancer. He will not be with the team for the start of spring training so he can focus on treatment and recovery.The Twins released a statement from Ryan on Monday, describing the recent discovery of a lump in his neck by the team physician during a routine annual physical. The subsequent biopsy revealed squamous cell carcinoma.Ryan says further tests indicated the cancer appeared to be confined to his neck and had not spread. He says he has been assured his condition is treatable and he remains optimistic about a return to good health “in the near future.”

Betty Jaynes, the first executive director of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association, died Monday after a brief illness, the WBCA announced. She was 68.Jaynes, who also coached at Madison College (now James Madison) from 1970-82 was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000 and was honored by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame with its John Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006.

ATLANTA — Memphis set an NBA record with only one free throw attempt in a 79-76 victory over the Hawks on Saturday night.Memphis' single free throw attempt is the record low since the shot-clock era was introduced in 1954-55, according to STATS.