BERLIN CENTER — Both sets of Blue Devils seemed content to play at a blistering pace in the first quarter of Monday’s Western Reserve-McDonald league game. But come the second quarter, it became clear that only Reserve could finish what it started. After an opening period in which the ...

The 2025 high school football season came to a close this past weekend with the crowning of seven state champions. Closer to home, the season concluded a week earlier when two local teams were eliminated in state semifinal games. Despite those setbacks, the season provided area football ...

BEAVER TOWNSHIP — Long considered one of the area’s most enthusiastic and animated scholastic football coaches, Andy Hake has also been one of the state’s most successful head mentors over the past three decades. Since 2009, beginning at Western Reserve, then at Valley Christian and ...

The first batch of all-state football teams were released on Monday. The postseason honors began with the honorees from Division VI and Division VII. Starting in Division VII, the Mahoning Valley saw three get first-team honors on offense. McDonald had a pair of recipients with quarterback ...

BOYS BASKETBALL Cardinal Mooney 56, Boardman 50 — Dante Turner was one of four Mooney players to reach double figures , scoring 13 points. Ford Stacy (12), Kaden Reese (11), and Grayson DuBos (10) also reached double figures for the Cardinals. Jayce Varley had a game high 17 points for ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Basketball is a game of runs, they say, and few games showcased that better than Friday’s clash between Cardinal Mooney and Boardman. The Cardinals made their run first, and despite sluggish stretches in between, made the final run and finished strong to earn a 56-50 home ...