Two weeks into the high school softball season, South Range, annually among the Mahoning Valley’s best teams, had won just three of its first seven games. A little over three weeks in, the Raiders were still sitting at 6-6 on the year. But head coach Jeff DeRose knew that the record did not ...

Sometimes the timing just works out. Dan Bubon felt as if his time was winding down at Howland. Holding the head coach position with the Tigers for the last decade, he thought things had probably run their course. Around the same time, the same position for his hometown team opened up. For ...

FROM THURSDAY BOYS LACROSSE Boardman 12, Cardinal Mooney 2 — Boardman honored its seniors by outscoring Mooney 8-0 in the second half. Mikey Montgomery had five ground balls and won 13 of 17 faceoffs for Boardman. Lane Schubert made six saves in goal for the Spartans. Luke DeJoseph and ...

CANFIELD — One seven-minute lapse cost the Canfield girls lacrosse team on Thursday at Bob Dove Field. Chagrin Falls scored four goals in the first several minutes of the second quarter, and the Cardinals couldn’t complete the comeback in a 9-7 loss in Canfield. “It’s definitely hard ...

CHAMPION — On Thursday, two of Trumbull County’s top softball teams, Champion and Lakeview, went at it. In a pitchers’ duel to the very end, Flashes sophomore Adalyn McIntosh’s first-inning home run made the difference in a 4-3 victory over the Bulldogs, in effect avenging a 7-3 defeat ...

BASEBALL South Range 4, Boardman 3 — Julian Tranovich had two hits and an RBI to lead South Range. Dominic Papuga added a hit and an RBI for the Raiders. Boardman was led by Tyler Kirlik, who had a pair of hits and an RBI and Vince Butto and Jonathan Grope with two hits each. Crestview ...