Youngstown News, Joe Scalzo

YSU makes Horizon history

After averaging nearly 26 points per game during a three-game road stretch last week, Youngstown State sophomore guard Kendrick Perry was named the Horizon League player of the week — the fifth Penguin to earn the honor this season.

Loew: Now or never for Pavlik

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Three months after his divorce from Kelly Pavlik,

YSU drops tough one to Butler on improbable 3-pointer

By Joe Scalzo scalzo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Down to a wing and a prayer, Butler made a prayer

HIGH HOPES

Team Davis’ YSU connection keys victory in 8th Game of Hope By Joe Scalzo scalzo@vindy.com

Sluggish YSU finds a way to get a win

Quick anecdote. Ten minutes after Thursday’s 64-58 win over visiting Valparaiso, Youngstown State women’s basketball coach Bob Boldon got this question:

YSU’s Wolford excited by third class

YSU struggles, falls to CSU in front of 6,313

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Youngstown State and Cleveland State both pressed on

YSU women fall in OT

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN With 10 minutes left in Saturday’s game, against a

Popo Salinas slated for USA Boxing event

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Jack Loew likes to describe his 17-year-old fighter,

Boardman standout Campbell chooses Buffalo

At 3 p.m. on Saturday, inside a Buffalo-area hotel room, Boardman senior running back Devin Campbell turned off the TV, laid down on his bed and thought about his college future.

YSU men flummox Phoenix

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN On a lazy Sunday afternoon, in front of a small

Pavlik trainer: He won’t be treated special

When Kelly Pavlik arrived in Oxnard, Calif., early last week, the first thing his new trainer wanted to know was: Are you here by choice, or by force?

Players: Impact goes past football

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Since Isaac Smolko graduated from Penn State in

YSU women's rally flames out

Penguins fall short to UIC in overtime By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN The

Never a doubt: Howland’s Stanko remains committed to Penn State

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Anthony Stanko knows what you’re wondering and the

Poland’s Reardon happy with switch to Kent St.

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com When Poland quarterback Colin Reardon verbally committed to Miami

YSU men start hot, douse Flames

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Ashen Ward had just been fouled on a 3-point attempt

Bison’s title gives YSU and Wolford extra motivation

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN With less than three minutes left in Saturday’s FCS

Former YSU recruit Kaitlin Rohrs battles rare disease head on

Former YSU basketball recruit Kaitlin Rohrs battles rare disease head on By JOE SCALZO

Narduzzi embraces Valley’s toughness

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN After playing football at Ursuline High and one

YSU women get big test against BGSU

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Three weeks ago, YSU freshman Heidi Schlegel blurted

Brooks fulfilling promise

Senior DuShawn Brooks named Horizon League player of the week

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN On Nov. 18, after a one-point overtime win over UC-

Penguins will be tested early, often in 2012

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Next fall, the Youngstown State football team won’t

Balanced Penguins rout MAC-member W. Michigan

With about a minute left in the most lopsided win for the Youngstown State women’s basketball team in five years, the Penguin pep band started to feel a little frisky.

YSU’s Brown hits 1,000, and moves on

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Brandi Brown only needed to travel 2,400 miles to

YSU football 2011: The good, the bad and the ugly

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN In the days after Youngstown State’s football team

Wolford: ‘Future looks bright’ for YSU football

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN The biggest offseason of Eric Wolford’s head

YSU Football: UN-BEARABLE

Youngstown State saw its playoff hopes disappear with a stunning last-second loss to Missouri State

Penguins get it done with defense

By Joe Scalzo scalzo@vindy.com Youngstown When your leading scorer is practicing his free

YSU’s success attracts recruits

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Youngstown State quarterback Kurt Hess was sitting

Penguins win, but there’s room to improve

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It took 11 seconds for Youngstown State to get its first dunk, 22 seconds to force its first turnover and 26 minutes to tie the school record for 3-pointers in a game.

YSU: No talk of playoffs just yet

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN His press conference had just finished and as YSU

Schlegel earns 1st start tonight

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN After Heidi Schlegel’s freshman year was lost to a

Mooney claims a classic

Durina FG gives Cards win over Big Red

More than 6,000 fans were holding their breath, the Steubenville cheerleaders were covering their eyes and 21 of the 22 players on the field — and 100 more on the sidelines — were watching their playoff lives come down to a 5-foot-7, 140-pound kicker that had missed three extra points the week before.

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