When asked to describe Gianna Pompelia’s contribution to the Warren John F. Kennedy basketball program, JFK coach Marc Morgan doesn’t immediately recite stats, which include a career scoring total of 1,440 points. Nor does he zero in on Pomelia’s tendency to perform at a high level in ...

BEAVER TOWNSHIP — The Youngstown Phantoms currently have the best overall record in the United States Hockey League. Coming off a weekend split at Eastern Conference foe Green Bay – they defeated the Gamblers on Saturday, 3-2, dropping a 5-3 decision on Sunday afternoon – the Phantoms ...

MINERAL RIDGE — Saturday’s district title game was not a home game for Warren JFK. But for Eagles senior Gianna Pompelia, the Mineral Ridge gym may as well be her home court. A year after her monster 43-point outing to give Kennedy its first girls basketball district title, Pompelia did ...

MINERAL RIDGE — This time last season, Maplewood saw its season come to an end in the district finals. That sting has sat with the Rockets for over a year now, and with another opportunity to bring a district crown home on the same floor that hosted their defeat a season ago, they weren’t ...

PENINSULA — Addison Rhodes grabbed the scissors, took to the ladder and grabbed the net. Unfortunately she had some difficulty cutting down her piece of twine. “I’m lefthanded, and they’re righthanded scissors,” Rhodes said with a smile afterward. Grinning from ear to ear as she ...

PENINSULA — Admittedly, Poland girls basketball coach Nick Blanch thought the 2025-26 season was going to be a bit of a rebuilding year. The Bulldogs had a young core that needed experience, and it was going to take time for everything to gel. But Blanch still thought his girls could make a ...