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Locals named YSU Athletes of Year Youngstown State student-athletes Abbie Householder (Canfield/volleyball) and Beau Brungard (Springfield/football) were honored as the 2025-26 YSU Joseph F. Malmisur Student-Athletes of the Year last evening at the Scholar-Athlete Banquet at Zidian Family Arena at Beeghly Center. Other awards presented during the event included the SAAC Leadership Awards - Female Recipient: Taylor Berry (soccer), Male Recipient: Teziah Howard (track and field), the Team Outreach Award - Softball and the Bounce Back Player of the Year Awards (sponsored by NovaCare ...

Mack attack: Stowe homers twice as Lakeview routs Girard 14-0

CORTLAND — Powered by two Mackenzie “Mack” Stowe home runs and another from Kalyssa Werner, Lakeview overwhelmed Northeast 8 Conference (NE8) rival Girard on Monday. The Bulldogs, in their fifth win in a row, shut out the Indians 14-0 in five innings, handing Girard its third straight ...

Windham earns big win over Jackson-Milton, 10-4

NORTH JACKSON – The Windham baseball team played one of their better games so far the season. The Bombers got some early offense with five runs in the second inning, and the pitching took care of the rest on Monday. And after the final out was recorded, the Bombers came away with a 10-4 ...

Kowacich helps spur Boardman past Canfield

CANFIELD — At the start of the year, Boardman softball coach Fred Mootz felt confident that he had “two aces” in the circle, not just one. Addie Kowacich proved that to be true on Monday evening. In the absence of No. 1 pitcher Gabi Sferra, the Spartans didn’t miss a beat as ...

Curbstone honors state wrestler Hughes

BEAVER TOWNSHIP — The Beaver Local wrestling team qualified five players for the OHSAA Division II state tournament this past winter, held at Ohio State University’s Schottenstein Center this past March 13-15. Four Beaver grapplers placed at the event with one wrestler, Jake Hughes, standing atop the podium proudly representing his alma mater as the 157-pound state champion. As it turned out, he was the area’s lone individual or state champion in any winter sport. For Hughes, who went 47-6 as a freshman – he was 45-4 this year as a sophomore, sporting a 92-10 overall mark ...

Martinez and Rocchio go deep, Guardians defeat Cardinals, 9-3

ST. LOUIS — Angel Martinez and Brayan Rocchio homered as the Cleveland Guardians beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-3 on Monday night. Gavin Williams (2-1) allowed two runs in five-plus innings for the win. He gave up five hits, walked two and struck out four. Jordan Walker’s major league-best eighth home run leading off the sixth ended Williams’ night. Walker became the fifth player in Cardinals history to hit at least eight homers in the first 16 games of a season, joining Stan Musial (1954), Mark McGwire (1998), Scott Rolen (2004) and Albert Pujols (2006). Martínez gave the ...