STRUTHERS — Sometimes the baseball gods set someone up for a big day. And McDonald’s Quinn Schmidt was the beneficiary on Monday. Schmidt came up twice in the first three innings with the bases loaded and two outs. He delivered with bases-clearing hits in McDonald’s 14-2 win over ...

SOFTBALL Lakeview 5, Poland 4 - A four-run fifth inning from Lakeview erased a 4-1 deficit. The Bulldogs were led by Annaliese DeJulio who had a two RBI single in the fifth inning. Rylee Barnot and Paige Schwartz also drove in runs during the rally. Isabella Isenberg had another strong start ...

Sometimes the timing just works out. Dan Bubon felt as if his time was winding down at Howland. Holding the head coach position with the Tigers for the last decade, he thought things had probably run their course. Around the same time, the same position for his hometown team opened up. For ...

FROM THURSDAY BOYS LACROSSE Boardman 12, Cardinal Mooney 2 — Boardman honored its seniors by outscoring Mooney 8-0 in the second half. Mikey Montgomery had five ground balls and won 13 of 17 faceoffs for Boardman. Lane Schubert made six saves in goal for the Spartans. Luke DeJoseph and ...

CHAMPION — On Thursday, two of Trumbull County’s top softball teams, Champion and Lakeview, went at it. In a pitchers’ duel to the very end, Flashes sophomore Adalyn McIntosh’s first-inning home run made the difference in a 4-3 victory over the Bulldogs, in effect avenging a 7-3 defeat ...

CANFIELD — One seven-minute lapse cost the Canfield girls lacrosse team on Thursday at Bob Dove Field. Chagrin Falls scored four goals in the first several minutes of the second quarter, and the Cardinals couldn’t complete the comeback in a 9-7 loss in Canfield. “It’s definitely hard ...