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Locals shine on amateur fight card

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GIRARD — Tony Scandy, former professional basketball player Wayne “Rare Air” Clark and Cardinal Mooney’s Chris Vass were all winners Saturday night in feature fights of Jack Loew’s “Summer Slam, Battle for the Belt” amateur boxing show at the Metroplex Expo Center. The 10-bout card, presented by Loew and in conjunction with his South Side Boxing Club, had Scandy (6-1) of SSBC defeating Jimmy Rudzik (0-1) of Struthers’ Burnside Boxing Club in the main event while Clark and Vass each won their co-main match-ups by unanimous decision. Scandy stopped Rudzik — he was ...

Streaking Guardians beat Angels to extend win streak to 7

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ANAHEIM, Calif. — Steven Kwan hit a tying double in the ninth inning, Travis Bazzana followed with a sacrifice fly and the Cleveland Guardians rallied past the Los Angeles Angels 4-3 on Wednesday for their seventh straight victory. Hunter Gaddis (2-3) retired the final two batters in the ...

Pirates blanked 3-0 by Padres

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SAN DIEGO — Jackson Merrill doubled, tripled, drove in a run and scored another to help Randy Vásquez reach 10 victories as the San Diego Padres beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 on Wednesday to avoid a three-game sweep. The Padres remained in possession of the National League’s third wild-card spot, one game ahead of the Arizona Diamondbacks. San Diego has won 12 of 17 and 22 of 31. Merrill doubled to right with one out in the second off Bubba Chandler and scored on Luis Rengifo’s single to right. Manny Machado reached on third baseman Nick Gonzales’ throwing error with one ...

With experience and expectations, YSU itching to open season

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YOUNGSTOWN — The last time the Youngstown State football team walked off a field after a game, the Penguins had just blown a 28-point lead in a second-half collapse against Yale in the first round of the FCS playoffs. For nine months, the Penguins have had that memory burning in the back ...

Mathews rallies from 2-set deficit to stun Liberty

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LIBERTY — Liberty suffered a stinging home defeat vs. Mathews on Wednesday. After winning each of the first two sets, including the second set in dominant fashion, the Leopards dropped the subsequent two and could not rally in the fifth set of a 3-2 loss. “Came out strong, couldn’t ...