YOUNGSTOWN — Since arriving at Youngstown State in 2024, Melissa Jackson has worked each season to bring in players that fit her system and style of play, which is centered around defense and attacking in transition. In order to play that way, it helps to have a versatile roster of players ...

NILES – As a young baseball fanatic, Cooper Vance would often attend Mahoning Valley Scrappers games at what was then Eastwood Field. At the time, Vance’s own baseball talents were just starting to flourish, and he watched intently while wondering what it would be like to one day play on ...

BEAVER TOWNSHIP — Area volleyball teams will launch the new season in the great outdoors. South Range High School will host “The Battle on Turf” slated for Saturday, Aug. 15 at the Rominger Athletic Complex. The series of 10 pre-season matches held by the Mahoning Valley Volleyball ...

CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Guardians and Pittsburgh Pirates will play a doubleheader today after the opening game of the weekend series between the teams was postponed on Friday night because of poor air quality caused by wildfires. The teams and umpire crew met at 4:30 p.m., when the air ...

The final few miles of the drive to Destin DeMarion’s workplace hints at the grandeur to behold and the sensory adventure that awaits when he punches his time clock every morning, weather permitting. His drive to the job passes through the so-called Concord Belt and ends at the sandy ...

Through volleyball, Howland graduate Nia Grant has seen the world. After departing from Penn State as a two-time national champion, Grant has spent time playing professionally in Thailand, France, Germany, Poland and Italy. She’s now in the second year of a new venture, the Nia Grant ...