Area teams get taste of football weather ahead of Week 13

November 14, 2025

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 ...

Fitch softball duo highlights Signing Day, as Folkwein, Toth sign for Division I programs

November 13, 2025

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 ...

Chalker falls to St. Mary in 8-man football state title game

November 10, 2025

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, ...

Mooney tops Raiders for second time to advance to regional semifinal

November 8, 2025

YOUNGSTOWN — Emerging from a two-week layoff, it took a while for first-seeded Cardinal Mooney to get going in Friday’s Division V regional quarterfinal vs. No. 8 South Range. But when the Cardinals got going, they really got going. After a scoreless opening quarter and surrendering the ...

Fitch makes program history in win over Green

November 8, 2025

AUSTINTOWN — Coming off a bye week in the first round of the Division II, Region 5 playoffs, Austintown Fitch got off to a bit of a sleepy start on Friday night. Despite falling into an early double-digit hole, the Falcons eventually woke up, as they forced two key turnovers in the second ...

McDonald downs JFK to advance in D-VII playoff, improve to 11-0

November 8, 2025

McDONALD — Friday’s second-round tilt between top-seeded McDonald and eighth-seeded Kennedy was a battle of Trumbull County small-school heavyweights. The Blue Devils’ defense bent, didn't break, and the offense countered to help McDonald stay alive and down Kennedy, 28-13. It's the ...