Focus. The Youngstown State University men’s basketball team has it this season, looking to improve on its 12-win campaign of the 2018-19 season. The Penguins had a six-game win streak midway through the Horizon League season and is a team that wants to be prevalent during the 2019-20 ...
National champion walleye fisherman Sammy Cappelli of Poland sees a bright future for Lake Erie and Ohio’s inland lakes. Cappelli knows walleyes. He has won dozens of tournaments on Pymatuning, Mosquito, Berlin, Milton, Lake Erie and elsewhere in the U.S. and shared the 2017 Cabela’s National Championship with teammate Erick Williams of Hubbard. “I’ve been fortunate to have had the opportunity to fish all the legendary walleye lakes, like Devil’s, Mille Lacs, Oahe, but Lake Erie really is the walleye capital of the world,” said Cappelli, who eats, sleeps and breathes ...
Time is running out for the Youngstown State football team — and maybe for coach Bo Pelini. No, YSU won’t be firing him anytime soon — nor should they — and no, the Penguins won’t be eliminated from playoff contention if they lose Saturday’s showdown with top-ranked North Dakota State (6 p.m., at Stambaugh Stadium), but that’s not the point. Consistency has been the missing ingredient since Pelini took over in 2015, and if that doesn’t change soon, one has to wonder if it’s every going to happen. This season could be a defining one for Pelini and his ...
The warmth from the sun was beating down on the exposed Trumbull County Fairgrounds. For a Saturday in mid October, it’ll be a welcomed change to start the biggest three weeks of the cross country calendar. District cross country. Some dirt and grass paths weaving in and out the vast expanse of the Bazetta-area land. It’s where Howland High School graduate and Arizona State University freshman Vinny Mauri blazed through the course with a state’s best time. This Saturday, it’s about a team seeking the eighth state championship in its school’s history. McDonald. The Blue ...
AS great as the Youngstown State football team looked through four games, there were reasons to hesitate before lauding them a playoff team. A somewhat soft non-conference schedule allowed for a mostly dominant start — with YSU winning its first four games by 20 points or more. Then came the Missouri Valley Football Conference opener Saturday, and the team that had been pushing teams around finally felt some push back. Now fans will see if they can get back up. No. 13 Northern Iowa continued its home dominance of the Penguins, who have not won in Cedar Falls since 1999. The ...
Lake Erie is the gift that keeps on giving. The lake has become world famous for its outstanding walleye fishing, and the yellow perch aren’t about to be upstaged either. Since Erie began its rebound in the 1970s after two decades of decline, thanks to poor water quality and over-harvest, the big water has had more up years than down. It would appear the “up” will continue for the foreseeable future. Based on survey results by fisheries biologists at nearly 40 locations from Toledo to Huron, walleye experienced an outstanding hatch during this year’s spawn and yellow perch ...
