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Ohio adopts high school Name, Image and Likeness

High School Sports

Ohio is now a Name, Image and Likeness state. The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced on Monday that the state’s athletic governing body passed a referendum allowing for NIL at the high school level. Ohio became the 45th state to approve NIL, leaving Alabama, Indiana, ...

High School Sports Roundup from Nov. 24

High School Sports

GIRLS BASKETBALL Mineral Ridge 60, Lowellville 25 — Sullivan Sandy’s 22 points helped power the Rams. Kadence Conaway had 11 points, Brystal Mills finished with eight, Tomlyn Sandy and Kelcee Dye both scored six and Gianna Gilbert tallied five points. Lowellville stats were not ...

YSU prepares for matchups with Toledo, Akron

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YOUNGSTOWN — Thanksgiving is on the minds of people across the country, but the Youngstown State women’s basketball team has its sights set on the next couple games. The Penguins have Mid-American Conference opponents Toledo and Akron on the schedule this week. The matchups with regional ...

Balash talks about YSU, changing sports landscape

High School Sports

BEAVER TOWNSHIP — With 16,900 sportscasts (and counting) to his credit, 21 WFMJ Sports Director Dana Balash is the longest tenured sports anchor in the history of the Youngstown market. In a business where news and sports reporters, anchors and weather gurus come and go, oftentimes using ...

Bernie Kosar is discharged from hospital

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Bernie Kosar was discharged from the hospital Monday, a week after receiving a liver transplant. The former star quarterback for the Cleveland Browns and the University of Miami received the transplant on Nov. 17 at UH Cleveland Medical Center in University Circle. He identified the donor as ...