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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 ...

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YSU wins shootout with Rockets TOLEDO — The Youngstown State baseball team picked their fourth straight win defeating Toledo 11-10 on Tuesday afternoon at Scott Park. The Penguins, coming off a three-game series sweep at Oakland, improve to 9-30 overall while the Rockets fall to 17-23. YSU banged out 13 hits, including four home runs and two doubles, to fend off Toledo which had 12 hits in the contest. Belting home runs for the Guins were Garrett Cutting, Ryan Schummer, Teddy Ruffner and Brady Shannon (Ursuline). Shannon’s home run was his 12th on the season which leads the ...

Defense gets the best of offense in YSU’s Red-White Game

YOUNGSTOWN — With a ton of returners offensively and a new defensive coordinator overseeing things on the other side of the ball, Youngstown State concluded spring practice with the annual Red-White Game on Saturday at Stambaugh Stadium. Despite missing several key starters who missed the ...

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Yurcich to speak at Curbstone Youngstown State football offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich will be the guest speaker at Monday’s luncheon meeting of The Curbstone Coaches at the Avion Banquet Center on Western Reserve Road in Beaver Township. He will be recapping spring practice with a couple of players. The event begins at 11:45 a.m., and the public is welcome to attend. All sports fans are welcome and you do not need to be a current or former coach. Richards runs PR for Penguins WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – McKinley Fielding crushed her school record in the 1,500m run as the ...

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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 ...