AUSTINTOWN — A day after decisively beating All-American Conference (AAC) rival Austintown Fitch at home, Boardman went on the road and completed a back-to-back sweep, holding off the Falcons late Tuesday to leave Austintown with a 5-4 win. “It was a gutsy win,” Spartans head coach Joe ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Coming off a regular season Horizon League title in 2024, the Youngstown State softball team stumbled to a 14-39 record and a last-place finish in the conference standings last year. For a program used to success — YSU hadn’t had a losing season since 2019 — the team’s ...
BASEBALL Columbiana 23, Leetonia 3 — Hunter Devanzo had three hits, including a pair of doubles and drove in five runs. Beckett Wilson added a pair of hits and three RBIs and Drennen Bosela had two hits, one being a home run and drove in two. Avery Young added a pair of hits for the ...
CLEVELAND — Nick Martinez pitched three-hit ball into the eighth inning, Jonathan Aranda drove in a run for the third straight game and the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Cleveland Guardians 1-0 on Tuesday night to extend their winning streak to six games. The Rays are 13-1 against American ...
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers have left the door wide open for Aaron Rodgers to return. Still, the club gave itself a little bit of protection in case he does not. Pittsburgh placed the unrestricted free-agent tender on the four-time MVP on Monday, meaning the Steelers would be ...
PITTSBURGH — The sequence might as well have served as a metaphor of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ season. There was Sidney Crosby, his left knee throbbing after absorbing a blistering shot from the point by teammate Ryan Shea, limping off the ice and disappearing down the tunnel in the second ...