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Some coaches have lucky habits

Tonight, Garrettsville Garfield will travel to Lake County to take on Perry in a Division V, Region 17, semifinal. Both teams enter the game seeking their 12th straight win. At some point today prior to kickoff, Garfield coach Mike Moser is guaranteed to be at a local Burger King, where ...

Prologo steps down as Liberty coach

Dom Prologo's time as the head coach of the Liberty football team has come to an end. Prologo stepped down as the Leopards' coach on Thursday after his team was removed from the playoffs. Liberty will spend the offseason looking for its third head coach since the start of the 2024 campaign. He took over for Joe Simon as the football team's coach in 2025. It seemed like Prologo had the program on track to reach a new level pretty early, leading the Leopards to a 9-3 mark in his first season. This season, they took another step forward. The Leopards went 9-1 during the regular season, ...

Local athletes sign with college programs

Mahoning Valley athletes from across several sports took their first step toward extending their athletic careers on Wednesday. It was signing day for future college athletes that are not competing in football. A few local standouts will make their way to downtown Youngstown. Boardman ...

Former Steelers player, coach Hoak dies at 86

PITTSBURGH — Dick Hoak, who spent more than 45 years with the Pittsburgh Steelers as a player and then an assistant coach, winning five Super Bowl rings along the way, has died. He was 86. The team announced Hoak's death on Wednesday. No cause of death was given. “Dick represented ...

Hagel, Lightning beat Blue Jackets

COLUMBUS — Brandon Hagel had two goals and an assist and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-1 on Thursday for their second victory in two nights and fifth in their last six games. Jake Guentzel scored in his 700th NHL game and added an assist, and Nikita Kucherov had ...

No. 4 UConn hands No. 17 Ohio State first loss

COLUMBUS — Sarah Strong made a career-high seven 3-pointers and scored 25 points and No. 4 UConn took control with a big third quarter to beat No. 17 Ohio State 87-55 on Thursday night. Ashlynn Shade had 15 points and freshman Olivia Vukosa grabbed 12 rebounds for the Huskies (3-1), who ...