BEAVER TOWNSHIP — With 16,900 sportscasts (and counting) to his credit, 21 WFMJ Sports Director Dana Balash is the longest tenured sports anchor in the history of the Youngstown market. In a business where news and sports reporters, anchors and weather gurus come and go, oftentimes using ...

YOUNGSTOWN – The Youngstown State football team is back in the FCS playoffs. The team gathered inside Stambaugh Stadium as the brackets were released at noon on Sunday. And after 23 of the 24 teams were revealed, YSU finally heard its name called. YSU will host Ivy League champion Yale on ...

It was the Beau Brungard show yet again in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Saturday. Brungard finished 20-of-25 passing for 226 yards and two passing touchdowns. He also had 22 carries for 143 yards and three scores as the Youngstown State football team held on to beat Northern Iowa 35-32 to close the ...

Youngstown State senior outside hitter Abbie Householder was named the Horizon League Player of the Year on Thursday. The Canfield native was also named the conference Offensive Player of the Year and first team All-Horizon League. Three other Penguins were named to the conference’s first ...

Balash to speak at Curbstone WFMJ-TV 21 sports director Dana Balash will be the guest speaker at Monday’s luncheon meeting of The Curbstone Coaches at the Avion Banquet Center on Western Reserve Road in Beaver Township. The event begins at noon and the public is welcome to attend. For ...

ERIE, Pa. — In six years of playing college basketball, Casey Santoro has played in 125 games. Her experience, steadiness and veteran presence on the floor are the reasons why Youngstown State’s coaching staff wanted the point guard to join the program during the offseason. Each of those ...