IN BRIEF
Saxonburg and Butler City will return to the Butler County American Legion Baseball League after a one-year hiatus.
West Sunbury also added a team and will play its home games at Moniteau High School.
The nine returning teams are Butler Township, Center Township, Cranberry Township, East Butler, Karns City, Mars, Meridian, Prospect and Zelienople.
Each team will play a 22-game schedule - home and away against the other 11 - and the top eight teams will qualify for the playoffs.
Elected officers for 2005 are president Dess Schnur, vice president-treasurer Bob Steiner, secretary John Hays, publicity chairman Kevin Shaffer, commissioner Dan Cunningham and all-star chairmen Steiner and Gene Zawrotuk.
The league's next meeting is at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 5 at Father Marinaro Park.
Grove City College freshman forward Rachel McCoy was named Eastern College Athletic Conference Southern Region women's player of the Week.McCoy, who is averaging 12.7 points, 7.9 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game, helped Grove City to a pair of wins last week.She scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in a 62-51 win over Denison (Ohio) Jan. 4 before tallying 17 points and 11 boards in the Wolverines' 72-51 triumph over Juniata last Friday.McCoy also was named Presidents' Athletic Conference Player of the Week.
PITTSBURGH - Ben Roethlisberger has surprised his Pittsburgh Steelers' teammates many times during his unbeaten rookie season. He did so again, announcing Tuesday he'll donate his first NFL playoff paycheck to the tsunami victims relief effort.Even on a team that openly encourages its players to participate in charity activities and community events, Roethlisberger's $18,000 gesture before Saturday's Jets-Steelers game created a positive stir.Unlike the regular season, when each player earns a weekly share of his base salary, playoff salaries are determined by the league's collective bargaining agreement and each player is paid the same.
