WARREN — It took every second of the game, but Heartland Christian earned a hard-fought road win Tuesday over Warren JFK. The Lions, who defended their various leads throughout the night, successfully did so one more time in the closing moments to leave Warren with a 58-56 victory, their ...
SOCCER The United Soccer Coaches announced the 2025 High School Boys and Girls Soccer All-America teams, and three locals were among the top 199 players in the country. Badger senior Dax Harnett, Canfield senior Drew Snyder and Niles junior Madelyn Yost joined 110 boys and 89 girls as All-Americans. They will be recognized during the United Soccer Coaches All-America Ceremony on Jan. 17 in Philadelphia. BOYS BASKETBALL Chalker 63, Lordstown 58 — Chalker was led by a trio of double digit scorers including Tegun Noble (19 points), Zach Pack (15), and Lucas Porterfield (10). ...
BERLIN CENTER — Both sets of Blue Devils seemed content to play at a blistering pace in the first quarter of Monday’s Western Reserve-McDonald league game. But come the second quarter, it became clear that only Reserve could finish what it started. After an opening period in which the ...
The 2025 high school football season came to a close this past weekend with the crowning of seven state champions. Closer to home, the season concluded a week earlier when two local teams were eliminated in state semifinal games. Despite those setbacks, the season provided area football fans with 15 weeks of excitement, drama and standout individual and team performances. McDonald (13-1) put together perhaps the most impressive season of any team in the Mahoning Valley this year. The Blue Devils’ began their campaign by celebrating the program’s 100th year of football. They ...
BEAVER TOWNSHIP — Long considered one of the area’s most enthusiastic and animated scholastic football coaches, Andy Hake has also been one of the state’s most successful head mentors over the past three decades. Since 2009, beginning at Western Reserve, then at Valley Christian and currently Mineral Ridge, Hake has compiled a 129-31 (.806 winning percentage) overall mark – he is 139-44 (.760) including playoffs – qualifying for the postseason in 13 of his 16 seasons as a head coach. Becoming a coach and teacher was an easy decision for the 1998 Mineral Ridge alum. “My ...
The first batch of all-state football teams were released on Monday. The postseason honors began with the honorees from Division VI and Division VII. Starting in Division VII, the Mahoning Valley saw three get first-team honors on offense. McDonald had a pair of recipients with quarterback Kyle Puckett and running back Drew Zajack making the list. Warren JFK junior Carter DeJulia also made the first team as an offensive lineman. McDonald junior offensive lineman Amari Carayol was named to the second team, the only local to make the second unit. There were also several who earned ...
