McDONALD — There had not been many teams hotter than Badger over the past six weeks, considering the Braves won eight of their last 10, including four straight, entering Monday’s Division VII, Northeast 1 district semifinals. But their opponent, the nearly flawless McDonald Blue Devils, ...
When asked to describe Gianna Pompelia’s contribution to the Warren John F. Kennedy basketball program, JFK coach Marc Morgan doesn’t immediately recite stats, which include a career scoring total of 1,440 points. Nor does he zero in on Pomelia’s tendency to perform at a high level in ...
BEAVER TOWNSHIP — The Youngstown Phantoms currently have the best overall record in the United States Hockey League. Coming off a weekend split at Eastern Conference foe Green Bay – they defeated the Gamblers on Saturday, 3-2, dropping a 5-3 decision on Sunday afternoon – the Phantoms (36-12-3-1) have 10 regular season games remaining and are poised for the start of the upcoming play-offs. Helping the team win their first and only Clark Cup title in 2022-23 was Brandon Gotkin, associate head coach, who says this year’s team has all the components in place to make a deep playoff ...
MINERAL RIDGE — Saturday’s district title game was not a home game for Warren JFK. But for Eagles senior Gianna Pompelia, the Mineral Ridge gym may as well be her home court. A year after her monster 43-point outing to give Kennedy its first girls basketball district title, Pompelia did ...
MINERAL RIDGE — This time last season, Maplewood saw its season come to an end in the district finals. That sting has sat with the Rockets for over a year now, and with another opportunity to bring a district crown home on the same floor that hosted their defeat a season ago, they ...
PENINSULA — Addison Rhodes grabbed the scissors, took to the ladder and grabbed the net. Unfortunately she had some difficulty cutting down her piece of twine. “I’m lefthanded, and they’re righthanded scissors,” Rhodes said with a smile afterward. Grinning from ear to ear as she ...
