BEAVER TOWNSHIP — Perhaps looking for a bit of spark in the lineup, Lakeview head coach Cam Carson opted to return centerfielder Andrew McRoberts to the leadoff role after he began the season further down the lineup. In his first game back at the top of the order, McRoberts proved Carson ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State men’s basketball coach Jerrod Calhoun will make $300,000 in annual base compensation moving forward, according to his contract extension which was obtained by the Tribune Chronicle through a FOIA request. The deal runs through the 2027-28 season. Jerrod ...

POLAND — The new softball field at Poland has been a long time in the making. Up until 2008, the Bulldogs had played on the school campus, but since then Poland has played its softball games at nearby North Elementary. A few years ago, the Poland school board and athletics boosters got ...

VERNON — After stifling a late rally by Lordstown, the Badger Braves responded, stringing seven runs together in the bottom of the sixth to dispatch the Red Devils, 13-3, in an early-season contest Thursday. Surrendering three runs in the top of the inning and cutting their 6-0 lead to 6-3 ...

By JEFF WALLNER The Associated Press CINCINNATI — Oneil Cruz homered shortly after being helped by a pitch clock violation and later hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the eighth inning as the Pittsburgh Pirates opened the season by beating the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 Thursday. “It was a ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State and men’s basketball coach Jerrod Calhoun agreed to an extension through the 2027-28 season Wednesday, according to CBS college basketball insider Jon Rothstein. Calhoun, the reigning Horizon League coach of the year, is 96-96 through six seasons at YSU. In ...