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YSU women stay hot, beat Purdue Fort Wayne

Sophia Gregory’s historic performance helped the Youngstown State women’s basketball team pull out a 76-71 victory over Purdue Fort Wayne on Saturday. The Penguins’ fourth straight win improved their record to 21-8 overall and 14-5 in conference play, while clinching the No. 2 seed for the Horizon League tournament. Gregory was nearly unstoppable, finishing with career highs of 37 points and 19 rebounds while going 16-for-19 from the field. According to HerHoopStats.com, no other player in the country this season has had at least 37 points and 19 rebounds in the same game. ...

YSU fends off second-half rally to hold on and beat NKU

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown State men’s basketball team flirted with disaster in the second half on Sunday after a dominant first half. The Penguins fended off a furious second-half rally by Northern Kentucky, holding on late to pull out a 64-58 victory over the Norse and send out their ...

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Curbstone to honor YSU’s Brungard On Monday at the Avion Banquet Center on Western Reserve Road in Canfield, the Curbstone Coaches will honor Beau Brungard, the Youngstown State quarterback and Walter Payton award winner as the top FCS player in the country. Because of an afternoon class that Beau needs to attend, he will need to leave by 1 p.m. The buffet lines will open at 11:30 a.m. to accommodate Beau’s schedule. All valley sport fans are encouraged to attend this event and don’t need to be a current or former coach. Deep Freeze to host Skate-a-Thon Deep Freeze ...

YSU women reach 20 wins with victory over NKU

The Youngstown State women’s basketball team earned its third consecutive win and its seventh victory in the last eight games Thursday against Northern Kentucky. Having lost to NKU 61-49 in Youngstown back on Jan. 8, the Penguins (20-8, 13-5 in Horizon League) avenged the defeat with a 75-55 road win in Kentucky. YSU’s Casey Santoro led her team with 18 points, 12 of which came on 3-pointers, while Danielle Cameron and Sarah Baker added 15 and 13, respectively. Paulina Hernandez also made a big contribution off the bench, scoring 15 points in 24 minutes. While she did not have a ...

Offense stays humming in YSU’s 106-82 win over Cleveland State

YOUNGSTOWN — In recent games, Youngstown State has had success when the offense has been connected and flowing. Entering Wednesday’s contest, the Penguins were averaging 87.3 points per game in their last four Horizon League wins. That continued against Cleveland State, as YSU made a ...

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YSU’s Gebhardt gets HL honor Senior left-hander Braden Gebhardt (Howland) of the Youngstown State baseball team was named the Horizon League Pitcher of the Week following the opening weekend of the 2026 season. Gebhardt recorded the most strikeouts in a game by a Penguin in nearly five years as part of a masterful Opening Day pitching performance in YSU’s 2-1 loss to the No. 5 Auburn Tigers in the 2026 season opener on Friday evening at Plainsman Park in Auburn, Ala. Gebhardt, who collects the first weekly HL award of his career, was responsible for one unearned run on two hits ...