YSU swimming coach steps down Brad Smith has decided to step down after seven seasons serving as the head coach of the Youngstown State men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs. Smith helped lead the Penguins to a combined 12 Horizon League event titles, as well as guiding the ...

COLUMBUS — This time last year, Mya Quarles was doing just about anything to be around wrestling except what she wanted to do: actually wrestling. As a junior, Quarles could only get as close as matside to watch as her teammates experienced the joys and disappointments of the sport. She ...

COLUMBUS — The 2026 OHSAA state wrestling tournament did not go the way either Ella Thomas or Gabe Miller wanted. A year ago, both were almost as high on the podium as possible. Thomas, a sophomore, improved upon her fourth-place finish in the girls 100-pound weight class as a freshman by ...

BEAVER TOWNSHIP — The Youngstown State women’s bowling team will begin defense of their national championship starting Wednesday when the Conference USA Tournament begins in Harahan, Louisiana. After posting successful fall and spring seasons that saw the team finish runner-up out of 21 ...

COLUMBUS — Three area athletes – South Range’s Tyson Seesholtz, Austintown Fitch’s Reghan Koch and West Branch’s Beau Nezbeth – came up short Sunday in the OHSAA state wrestling tournament finals. Each of the wrestlers had won their first three matches of the weekend to earn a ...

The team that went undefeated in the regular season, racked up more victories than anyone but Duke and Arizona — and fewer losses than any team at all — is anything but your run-of-the-mill basketball behemoth. In fact, Miami (Ohio), despite that 31-1 record and maybe because of a little ...