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Joe Scalzo

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YSU men eye tournaments

YSU eyes postseason tournaments

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One dream comes true in Big Easy

The Superdome had been dark for just a few minutes when it started.

Scalzo: Jim Harbaugh’s decision costly

A coaching decision short-circuited the 49ers’ comeback.

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Super Bowl brings back memories for Zoldan

For the past two years, the San Francisco 49ers have made Youngstown their second home.

Scalzo: Reedy Valley’s voice in HOF voting

Valley native Joe Reedy has a voice in voting for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Staley makes Super Bowl interviews fun

Joe Staley has fun on and off the field.

Easing into Big Easy

NEW ORLEANS Just before noon Friday, during my first few minutes in Alabama (state motto: Great

YSU players get to go home for the holidays

Not that you need an excuse to play a pair of basketball games in Florida in December but when Youngstown State coach Jerry Slocum decided to schedule South Florida and Bethune-Cookman, it wasn’t for his tan.

Helms’ 3-pointer lifts Liberty over Fitch in OT

Liberty basketball team wins in OT

A good year, but not a great one

On most days, Jim Tressel’s shadow stretches 50 miles, from the University of Akron (where he now works as something called the Vice President of Strategic Engagement) to Youngstown State University (where his name adorns the front of the indoor training facility and his legacy adorns everything else).

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No playoffs: Penguins denied berth in FCS postseason

For the first time since 2006, the Youngstown State football team finished a season with seven Division I wins.

Turnovers hurt as YSU’s skid hits 4

No. 22 Youngstown State turned over the ball and control of its season Saturday, falling 41-28 to South Dakota State in Missouri Valley Football Conference action before a crowd of 14,966 at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium.

Playoffs starting early for Penguins

Youngstown State is guaranteed to play four more games this season.

Austintown Fitch enters playoffs in style

Austintown Fitch’s sourdough roll of a coach — crusty on the outside, soft and warm on the inside — was standing just outside the celebratory end zone scrum Friday night, using up a month’s worth of grins after his team administered the biggest beatdown anyone has given Cardinal Mooney in a decade.

Lunne to battle for a Top 5 finish

Earlier in the season, Canfield High’s Emma Lunne’s body wasn’t cooperating.

Penguins want to spoil SDSU’s party

It’s not hard for opposing teams to look like bums on Hobo Day.

Boardman’s cross country success inspires dreams of Columbus trip

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com boardman John Phillips is coaching the most talented cross

Penguins need to turn on the lights

Let’s start with a moment from National Lampoon’s “Christmas Vacation:”

'Boom-Boom' back in spotlight Friday night at DeYor

Valley boxing trainer Jack Loew shares a laugh with Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini inside the DeYor Performing Arts Center before the premiere of the documentary of Mancini's life, “The Good Son” on Friday night.

YSU snaps 11-year skid against UNI Panthers

A crazed crowd cheered the Penguins to victory in Saturday night's match-up with UNI, snapping an 11-game losing streak to the Panthers. YSU had not defeated UNI since 2000, the last year of Jim Tressel’s tenure with the program. That was also the last year the Penguins began a season 4-0.

YSU counts on colossal crowd for tonight’s crucial UNI game

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN With more than 15 years as Youngstown State

Gridiron greatness kicks off tonight in the Valley

Varsity football will return to the Judge William Rayen Stadium on Youngstown's North Side Saturday for the first time since 1983. The newly restored stadium will host East High and the Ursuline Fighting Irish in a 2 p.m. match after a 10 a.m. tailgate party and 11 a.m. ribbon-cutting.

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Peterman anxious to make impact at YSU

When Eric Wolford was an assistant coach at Illinois, he recruited a standout Ursuline cornerback named Dale Peterman.

Tyler Naquin on display as Indians' top draft pick

The most visible player on the Mahoning Valley Scrappers’ roster carries an invisible target on his back that reads, “$1.75 million.”

Hvisdak earns chance at dream

Lowellville graduate will walk on for Youngstown State women’s basketball

Pavlik: ‘I did what I had to do’

Pavlik satisfied with win, eyes better competition next By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com In some

Pavlik arrives, ready to impress

‘The Ghost’ meets Scott Sigmon Friday By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com For the second time in

State meet full of great moments

The state track meet is my favorite event of the year, and not just because I was able to visit my

Shivers doesn’t waste any time; is D-2 discus champ

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com COLUMBUS Anthony Shivers’ first discus throw at Saturday’s

Kelly Pavlik doesn’t fear Sigmon, Friday’s opponent in Las Vegas

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com When Kelly Pavlik talks about his upcoming opponent, Scott

Badger’s Jennilyn Krumpe is 400 champion

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com COLUMBUS Badger sophomore Jennilyn Krumpe hails from a town so

East High’s Sewell motivated by ninth-place finish in ’11

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com COLUMBUS East senior Valentino Sewell embraces the “Hard work

Springfield senior secures shot put crown

Springfield senior secures shot put crown

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com COLUMBUS Springfield senior Stephen Lyons started the biggest

Mosley reaches back, finishes 2nd in discus

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com COLUMBUS Just when McDonald sophomore Jai’Lyn Mosley was going

Kempe has enjoyed the journey

Fitch coach retires after state track & field meet By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com austintown

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Destinee Snyder is YCS’ first state track qualifier

Destinee Snyder is YCS’ first state track qualifier

Poland, Liberty have relay rivalry

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com BEDFORD About an hour after Liberty senior Marquis Williamson

Salem’s Shivers makes a splash in discus

Quaker junior sets regional record at the Division II meet at Bedford By JOE SCALZO

‘Mustache power’ propels Fitch

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN After the Fitch High girls track team won the county

Women weather storm, win Horizon crown

YSU’s men’s track team finishes second at outdoor By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com Call it a

Does PAY-TO-PLAY work?

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com Tony Ross is a big man with a big heart, particularly when it

Fitch, Jakovina reach higher heights

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com austintown Over the last two months, Fitch senior Jay Jakovina

Pavlansky adjusts to life away from track

On April 21, around the time when Dave Pavlansky Jr. would have normally been coaching in the Mahoning County track meet, he was rediscovering something he’d forgotten existed.

Ravens make NFL dream reality for Warren Harding’s Anzevino

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com Although he grew up dreaming of playing in the NFL, it wasn’t

‘Yeah, buddy’: Fitch’s Price is right

Field co-MVP leads Falcons to team title By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com poland With a 5:30

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Little: T-Rich can help a lot

As NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was announcing Trent Richardson as the newest Cleveland Brown, wide receiver Greg Little briefly glanced up at the TV screen at O’Donold’s Irish Pub, then glanced back down at his phone.

YSU’s defense plays better in Red-White game

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN After

YSU offense ready for another high-scoring season, but overconfidence a concern

YSU offense ready for another high-scoring season, but overconfidence is a concern By JOE SCALZO

Pavlik-Sigmon, Take Two: June 8 bout in Las Vegas set

By JOE SCALZO scalzo@vindy.com Kelly Pavlik wants to prove Scott “Cujo” Sigmon’s bark is worse

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A tale of two teams at YSU

It’s the best of times for the Youngstown State offense, but the defense is still searching for consistency

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