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High School Sports Roundup from April 24

BASEBALL Newton Falls 8, Jackson-Milton 2 — Leland Vargo and Michael Bennett totaled three hits each to lead Newton Falls. Zayne Shelton struck out seven in six innings for the Tigers. Shelton added a hit and RBI at the plate. Ethan Sokol led Jackson Milton with two hits and two RBIs. South Range 4, Poland 3 (10 inn.) — Poland scored to take a 3-2 in the top of the 10th inning, but South Range scored two in the bottom half of the inning to win in walk-off fashion. Wilson Lower struck out 10 for South Range. The Raiders offense was led by Drew Starkey with two hits and an RBI. ...

Adjusting to changes at favorite spots

Change. It’s inevitable. Nothing stays the same for long. Just when we are getting cozy with an idea, a place or a thing, along comes a change. That includes the lakes where we go fishing. From time to time, I think back to the days when Barb and I first ventured out to Mosquito, West Branch, Berlin, Lake Milton and Shenango in our brand new Arrowglass tri-haul. It was 1977 and we had been married only a year when we made a snap decision to buy the boat on display in the concourse of the Southern Park Mall. Thus began our up-close-and-personal experiences on our local ...

Game Changers Leadership Tour to take place next week

For years, high school athletes have been told to chase the dream — make the team, earn the scholarship, go pro. But what happens when the roster spots shrink? When the transfer portal changes recruiting overnight? When the game ends? Game Changers is stepping into that gap. Beginning Tuesday, the Sports Leadership Tour returns as a four-city experience designed to help student-athletes build identity, opportunity, and direction beyond competition. The 2026 tour will begin in Youngstown (4/28), move to Cleveland (4/29), stop at the Pro Football Hall of Fame (4/30), and conclude ...

Browns and Steelers both add receivers in second round

Day 2 of the 2026 NFL draft got underway on Friday night in Pittsburgh. The Cleveland Browns held the overall pick (the seventh pick in the second round), and added to their receivers. The Browns took Denzel Boston out of Washington. Boston, who is 6-foot-4 and 212 pounds, played in 43 ...

Martínez hits 2 homers as Guardians rough up Scherzer, beat Blue Jays

TORONTO — Angel Martinez went deep twice for his first career multi-homer game, Daniel Schneemann added the first leadoff homer of his career and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-6 on Friday night. All three home runs came off Toronto’s Max Scherzer (1-3), who allowed ...