YOUNGSTOWN — It was the Ike Lake show on Friday night at Stambaugh Stadium. The Cardinals’ senior tailback ran all over Garfield’s defense, racking up 131 yards and three touchdowns in just the first half, as Mooney cruised to a 56-14 victory over the G-Men in a Division V, Region 17, ...
MCDONALD — The McDonald Blue Devils won 12 games in a season for the first time since 1994 after dismantling Monroeville 40-13 at home on Friday. “This feels amazing,” McDonald coach Dan Williams said. “I’m happy for the kids. The kids put the work in. They started way back, last winter, in the weight room. We have great leadership from our seniors. This is for them. To be 12-0 and moving on to a regional final, this is just a great victory for them.” The Devils received the opening kickoff, marched down the field and punched it in on the ground for a 7-0 lead. The ...
Five weeks ago, Girard and Poland met in one of the most highly anticipated, important and thrilling games of the season for both teams. On Oct. 10, two minutes after the Bulldogs took a fourth-quarter lead, Indians sophomore quarterback AJ Pearson rushed for the game-winning touchdown and ...
When the 2025 high school football season began with conditioning back in July, coaches and players were met with temperatures which, at times, reached past 90 degrees with high humidity. When area playoff teams took to the practice field earlier this week, they did so while the Mahoning Valley was under a winter weather advisory. By Tuesday, teams were preparing for their regional semifinal games on a blanket of snow. By the time the high school football state tournament concludes on Dec. 6, temperatures could possibly dip below the freezing mark. The normal average temperature in ...
AUSTINTOWN — Austintown Fitch softball players Abby Toth and Kylie Folkwein formally signed with the University of Detroit Mercy and Syracuse University, respectively, on Wednesday. The senior athletes, who were part of the Falcons’ 2023 and 2024 Division I state championship-winning ...
LEETONIA — Chalker came up just short of its ultimate goal, falling, 34-20, to Sandusky St. Mary in the 8-man football state championship game on Saturday. “They played their butts off,” Wildcats coach Justin Kren said. “It just didn't come out how we needed. We made a few mistakes, ...
