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YSU’s Phillips to speak to Curbstone Youngstown State head football coach Doug Phillips will be the speaker at Monday’s luncheon meeting of The Curbstone Coaches at the Avion Banquet Center on Western Reserve Road in Beaver Township. He will be bringing some players. The event begins at noon and the public is welcome to attend. For those arriving early the buffet lines will open at 11:45 a.m. 49ers’ Purdy ‘highly unlikely’ to start SANTA CLARA. Calif. — Quarterback Brock Purdy is “highly unlikely” to start on Sunday for the San Francisco 49ers as he deals ...

YSU hoping to assuage road woes at Towson

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State understands both the difficulty and importance of winning on the road. The Penguins haven’t won a road game since the regular season finale at Murray State in 2023. But at the same time, in order for YSU to achieve its goal of making the FCS playoffs, the ...

YSU shows fight in 41-24 loss at Michigan State

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Youngstown State got what it wanted out of its first road trip of the season on Saturday at Michigan State. While the Penguins fell to the Big Ten foe 41-24, YSU put together a valiant performance, giving the Spartans a fight in East Lansing. “I am proud of our ...

Fueled by memory of late father, YSU’s Watkins set for the pros

YOUNGSTOWN — From high school through college, former Youngstown State guard Jewel Watkins’ basketball journey has been shaped by family. On Nov. 19, 2019, Watkins’ father, J.T., passed away when she was a junior at Whitehall-Yearling outside of Columbus. Watkins was only 16 years old ...

YSU looking forward to opportunity against FBS foe Michigan State

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State’s approach to scheduling buy games is simple. “If we’re going to play one, we gotta find the one that has the biggest payouts,” head coach Doug Phillips said. That’s why the Penguins have future games scheduled against FBS opponents like Kentucky ...

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Leetonia to host Northern 8 title The Northern 8 Football Conference reached an agreement to have the 2025 state championship game played at Leetonia High School on Nov. 8. The league sent a press release on Tuesday morning. In the release, it was stated that the league hopes to “provide more exposure to the game by playing it in eastern Ohio.” Sebring and Chalker are members of the Northern 8. YSU men’s golf finishes 6th in W. Va. Huntington, W. Va. -— The Youngstown State men’s golf team opened its 2025-26 season with a sixth-place finish in the two-day Joe ...