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White House recognizes YSU’s national championship bowling team

Youngstown State’s 2025 national championship bowling team was recognized at the White House on Tuesday as one of seven recent NCAA championship teams invited by President Donald Trump. The Penguins spent a few moments and were photographed with the President in the Green Room on the State Floor, and they joined the other national championship teams for public comments in the State Dining Room shortly after. It was the first time a team from Youngstown State has been hosted at the White House since the football team joined President Bill Clinton on March 6, 1995, after winning ...

Alvarez hits 11th home run to power Astros past Guardians

CLEVELAND — Yordan Alvarez hit his major league-leading 11th home run and Peter Lambert pitched six scoreless innings, leading the Houston Astros to a 2-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday. Alvarez’s two-run shot in the first inning off Tanner Bibee (0-3) helped the Astros win two of three in the series. Before coming to Cleveland, Houston started 1-9 on the road and dropped eight straight away games. Lambert (1-1) held the Guardians to three hits in just his second start of 2026. The right-hander began the season at Triple-A Sugar Land before being brought up when ...

High school scoreboard – April 22, 2026

SOFTBALL Niles 8, Struthers 7 — Julie Burke struck out 13 for Niles. Burke added a double and two RBIs on offense. Mia Myers added a pair of doubles with a single and RBI. Aerie Jones hit a home run for the Dragons. South Range 10, Poland 1 — Gabby Spooner led South Range with three hits. Sophia Brogan, Anna Aey, Addie Wardle, Solena DeJesus and Cam Crepage added two hits each for the Raiders. Wardle drove in three runs and had a home run and Keira Brogan added a home run and two RBIs. Avery Jakubovic, Cassie Blanch, Madison Medvec and Brooklyn Kosco had a hit each for Poland. ...

Bubon fans 10 as Howland run-rules Raiders

HOWLAND — A day after its road All-American Conference (AAC) game against Howland was rescheduled due to suddenly frigid weather, Warren G. Harding’s mistakes snowballed in a lopsided loss. On Tuesday at Howland Township Park, the Raiders committed error after error, and the Tigers ...

Champion bats stay hot in victory over inexperienced Crestview

CHAMPION — While not quite the monstrous 21-run outing they tallied on Monday, Champion’s bats came alive once again as the Flashes downed Crestview 12-2 on Tuesday at home. After a couple of losses earlier in the month, Champion coach Cheryl Weaver has liked the way they’ve responded ...

High School Sports Roundup from April 21

BASEBALL Struthers 3, South Range 1 — Struthers scored all three of their runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Eddie Bradley led the inning off with an infield hit. Alex Kriebel drove Bradley home for the first run of the game. Kriebel would then steal second and Anthony Torreance delivered an RBI single to bring Kriebel home. Jordan Becker led Struthers with seven strikeouts, with the final strikeout being the 100th of his career. For South Range, Julian Tranovich had three hits and nine strikeouts. Warren JFK 10, Mogadore 3 — Trevin Rinck had a double and single and drove ...