Asking if there are high hopes for South Range’s football program is about as rhetorical a question as there can be. The Raiders have not simply been the best team in the Northeast 8 Conference since its inception; it has dominated the NE8. Aside from the league’s inaugural season, South ...

Last season ended in heartbreak for Poland. After a magical year in which Tom Pavlansky led the Bulldogs to the regional championship game, a last-second touchdown by Northeast 8 Conference rival South Range sank Poland’s chances at a state title. And while it is a new year with new faces ...

YOUNGSTOWN — When former Youngstown East coach Devlin Culliver took over the Golden Bears’ program at the end of 2022, he wanted to reshape the culture within the program. After two years at East, he found success both on the field and off, as the Golden Bears went 6-4 last year, their ...

NEWTON FALLS — Garfield controlled the pace of Wednesday’s game from the very start, taking down Newton Falls, 4-0. The 2025 season has gone off to a much better start than last season. Sitting at 1-0-1, Garfield has scored six goals already in two games. Last season, in which they won ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State men’s basketball’s “Night with Penguins” fundraiser has brought a number of notable guests to the Mahoning Valley in recent years, and next month it’s back for its fourth annual iteration. The event’s past featured guests have included Hall of Fame ...

COLUMBUS — The way Ohio State’s secondary coaches talk, they have plenty of players to fill spots vacated by the departure of their 2024 national championship defense. The challenge this month is figuring out where to put them. Secondary coach Tim Walton said “everybody’s ...