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Niles program continually growing

There’s not much argument when the Niles Red Dragons baseball team considers themselves the best athletic program on campus. They should. A litany of district appearances where nothing but hard luck befalls Niles at that level. Despite those hiccups, this Red Dragons team never rebuilds. It always reloads. Coach Mike Guarnieri said there’s an X-factor which helps make Niles so successful. “I think more than anything, it the type of kid that comes into the program,” he said. “We have great kids that are passionate about the game and buy into what the program is trying to ...

Run of the Mill foot race is June 27

The Run of the Mill 1-mile foot race through McDonald to the McDonald Steel Mill is June 27 at 5:45 p.m., starting at Holiday Hot Tubs on the corner of Marshall Road and Ohio Avenue. Entry fee is $15 pre-registered and the day of the race. Make checks payable to the McDonald Track & CC Boosters. Mail entry to 737 New York Avenue, McDonald, OH 44437. Early race packet pickup is June 25 from 3 to 6 p.m. in the parking lot of Advocare/Redmond’s Peanut Free (243 E. Marshall Road, McDonald). Overall winner male and female receives $100 each, while the runner-up male and female ...

McDonald’s Mitchell, Gray honored; Blue Devils senior runs at Midwest

McDonald senior Malina Mitchell and junior Zach Gray were honored Thursday’s Mahoning Valley Track Officials Association Awards Banquet at Enzo’s. Mitchell, who is heading to West Virginia University for cross country and track and field — both which she was honored for Thursday — ...

Trumbull beats Mahoning with big seventh inning

NILES — In a game that pitted Mahoning County’s and Trumbull County’s best baseball players against each other, Trumbull County won, 9-6, in the fifth annual High School Valley All-Star Classic at Eastwood Field. Mahoning looked to be in control for most of the game. They would lead 6-0 ...

Blotter: McDonald

Police activity reported May 1-31: May 30, 5:30 a.m. — Police checked on welfare of suicidal resident in the 700 block of Ohio Avenue. May 29, 8:05 p.m. — Neighbor dispute reported at 914 Pennsylvania Ave. after people were arguing over a fence between properties and cutting lawn by fence. 11:11 a.m. — Medical call reported at 550 Ohio Ave. after a man fell in parking lot by vehicle. May 28, 11:28 p.m. — Criminal trespassing reported at 1129 Owsley Road after a man knocked on house door and yelled obscenities. 9:15 p.m. — Possible suicidal male reported in the 100 block of ...

Mitchell’s last race has Blue Devil girls in 2nd

COLUMBUS — The black baton with an Ohio High School Athletic Association inscription passed from one runner to the next. Only 400 meters stood between them and each handoff. Four times around the track. Malina Mitchell, knowing her career at McDonald High School was down to this — one ...