YOUNGSTOWN — Over the past few seasons, Youngstown State has largely been a run-first team. With a future pro running back like Jaleel McLaughlin and a dual-threat quarterback like Demeatric Crenshaw, the Penguins could lean on their rushing attack. During the 2021 season, YSU averaged ...
YOUNGSTOWN — With only 28 days remaining until Youngstown State opens its season at Louisiana, the Penguins returned to practice on Sept. 25. After its 10-day summer trip to Spain in July, YSU was “ahead of the curve” coming into preseason. The trip was particularly helpful with the ...
YOUNGSTOWN — For the first time since 2018, Youngstown State is not 0-2 through its first two Missouri Valley Football Conference games. Fueled by a fast start and a stingy defensive effort that limited Southern Illinois to 100 total yards, the Penguins bounced back from last week’s loss ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Coming off a narrow defeat in a shootout against Northern Iowa last week, Southern Illinois presents a different test this weekend for Youngstown State. The Penguins, trying to avoid starting 0-2 in Missouri Valley Football Conference play for the fifth straight season, return ...
YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown State women’s basketball team is ‘moving forward’ and operating business as usual in the wake of head coach John Barnes’ decision to take a leave of absence. Barnes is attending to a “personal family matter,” and while he’s away from the team, ...
BEAVER TOWNSHIP — Momentum can be a contagious thing, just ask YSU head women’s soccer coach Brian Shrum. As his Penguins prepare for the stretch run of their season, Shrum can easily trace this year’s fast start to last season’s hot finish when they went 9-8-3 overall, going 7-2 in their final nine games after struggling to a 2-6-3 start. Now in his sixth season with the Penguins, the program’s development might have taken longer than expected, but the hard work is finally paying off. “I just think it has been the overall culture of the team and how we’ve developed ...
