It was always going to be hard for Braydon Songer to top his junior season. The Hubbard standout posted a 0.33 ERA, broke a nearly 70-year-old strikeouts school record and earned a program-best eight wins in 2025. And yet, Songer is well on his way to one-upping himself. After Wednesday’s ...

HUBBARD — Through the first few weeks of the season, the Girard softball team was trending in the wrong direction, coming off its fourth straight loss. Since then, however, the Indians have flipped the script. Their bats have caught fire and they’ve been on a roll. That continued on ...

BROOKFIELD — This season, Mineral Ridge has been the victim of some bad bounces and missed opportunities. Coach Anthony Ragozine and the Rams hope that Friday’s 12-5 victory over Brookfield is the beginning of their luck turning around. “We ran into a little bad luck at-bat wise (this ...

BASEBALL Newton Falls 8, Jackson-Milton 2 — Leland Vargo and Michael Bennett totaled three hits each to lead Newton Falls. Zayne Shelton struck out seven in six innings for the Tigers. Shelton added a hit and RBI at the plate. Ethan Sokol led Jackson Milton with two hits and two RBIs. ...

On Monday, Nick Blanch was at the Poland Board of Education. Cameras and media members were also in attendance, but he wasn’t the reason they came. They wanted to be there for the announcement that Michael Daley would take over as the new superintendent. Blanch was there for a reason, ...

BRISTOLVILLE — Chalker hasn’t played many games this season, so when the Wildcats get the chance to take the field, they’re not messing around. The ‘Cats hit the ball early and often on Thursday, downing Bristol 18-4. Despite not facing many live pitchers, Chalker has been working on ...