COLUMBUS — After not earning a spot on the podium last spring, Warren John F. Kennedy found success during this year’s OHSAA Jesse Owens Track & Field State Championships. Placing in the relay events requires teamwork, chemistry, speed, and trust. The Eagles displayed that in the ...
AKRON — There were just too many missed opportunities for the Cardinal Mooney baseball team on Saturday. The Cardinals’ defense committed six errors, leading to five unearned runs in a 12-7 loss to Sandusky Perkins in a Division IV state semifinal at 7 17 Credit Union Park in ...
YOUNGSTOWN — The pitchers for the Cardinal Mooney baseball team have been together for the past several years. Each season, they took another step forward. And when the program needed them the most, they stepped up as juniors and seniors. The Cardinals’ pitchers took their game to ...
Having played football for most of his life, Elliott Giles wanted to stay close to the game after a decorated football career at Youngstown State in the late 1990s. So, in 2007, Giles founded the Youngstown Youth Flag Football Association. A few years prior, it started off as an adult flag ...
COLUMBUS — Matthew Wymer embraced the opportunity at hand when it came time to the 400-meter dash. It’s one of the sport’s toughest events. A full lap around the track requires endurance, speed, patience and an ability to kick down the backstretch. After earning a silver medal for the ...
Sorry to hear about the passing of legendary Findlay College football coach Dick Strahm, who died Tuesday at age 92. Sadly, his wife died on the same day. Strahm led the Oilers to four NAIA national championships during a 24-year run. He’s enshrined in both the NAIA and National College Football Hall of Fames. Strahm’s name is still remembered among older citizens that were raised in Warren as the first head football coach at Warren Western Reserve High School. He had a short run of four years before heading to the college ranks at the University of Toledo. Strahm is arguably ...
