HOWLAND — The Canfield girls basketball team made it difficult for Howland to get into a flow on Wednesday night. Starting in the second quarter, whenever the Tigers tried to inbound the ball, they saw a sea of Cardinal hands flying their way. That defensive effort helped propel the ...

AUSTINTOWN — Both Austintown Fitch and Boardman entered Wednesday winless in All-American Conference play, as well as 2026, meaning something had to give when the teams met in Austintown. Fortunately for the Falcons, their losing streak came to an end, while the Spartans’ more than ...

Following a two-month search, the Niles School District has found a new leader for its high school football program. On Tuesday, the Niles Board of Education narrowly approved the hiring of Tom Sporich as the coach of the Red Dragons. Sporich was voted in by a 3-2 margin. Board members Mary ...

YOUNGSTOWN — While Wednesday’s game started as a back-and-forth contest, once the Youngstown Phantoms found their groove, they controlled the game. The Phantoms took control in the second period, taking down the US National Team Development Program U17s, 8-3. “I thought we played a bad ...

PITTSBURGH — Art Rooney II sensed Mike Tomlin might be ready for a change. Nineteen years doing any job is a long time, let alone in the white-hot spotlight that comes with coaching the Pittsburgh Steelers. So when Tomlin walked into Rooney’s office on Tuesday and told his longtime boss ...

Grittiness has been a pillar of Youngstown State’s program ever since head coach Melissa Jackson took over in 2024. The Penguins showed plenty of grit on Wednesday, as they rallied to beat Wright State 78-67 in overtime at the Nutter Center in Dayton. YSU (13-5, 6-2 Horizon) trailed by 11 ...