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Trick-or-Pete Madness date set YOUNGSTOWN —The Youngstown State Athletics Department is pleased to invite YSU basketball fans to the Fourth Annual Trick-or-”Pete” at Penguin Madness presented by 21 WFMJ and Trumbull County Children Services on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at Zidian Family Arena at Beeghly Center. The men’s and women’s basketball fan fest will run from 6-7:30 p.m., and attendees can come dressed in your best Halloween costume to Trick-or-Treat with the Penguins. The event will also feature a dunk contest, a 3-point contest from both basketball teams, a costume contest, ...

Valley native Pluchinsky qualifies, finishes top-16 at U.S. Mid-Amateur

For years, Brandon Pluchinsky has sought to play in some of the United States Golf Association’s biggest golf tournaments. He’s attempted qualifying for the U.S. Open five times, the Mid-Amateur and Amateur Four-Ball Championship each three times and the U.S. Amateur once. He made it to ...

Girard can’t hold down dangerous Dragons

GIRARD — Although it was too late to stop Niles from winning another Northeast 8 Conference (NE8) title, Girard gave the Red Dragons one of their closest matches of the year Thursday. Weeks after suffering an eight-goal loss in Niles, Girard made the high-powered Dragons work to remain ...

Key matchups highlight Week 7

Prior to the start of every high school football season, it’s a custom for fans to pick up the yearly schedule and circle “must-see” regular season games. Rarely do those matchups eventually live up to the preseason hype, especially when they take place in the latter stages of the ...

Mooney’s Durst taken off life support

On Tuesday, the news no one wanted to hear became reality. Late that night, Cardinal Mooney boys soccer player Luke Durst was taken off life support. Durst, a freshman Cardinal, was involved in an ATV accident on Sunday. He was taken to Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland, according to cleveland.com. On Tuesday, Cardinal Mooney Principal Patrick Kiraly released a statement announcing the cancellation of the boys soccer game against Central Christian, as well as the postponement of the Homecoming dance and the Prospective Parents Night. The Cardinals have one more home ...

High School Sports Roundup from Oct. 1

FOOTBALL Ursuline 44, Steubenville 40 BY QUARTERS Steubenville-6-15-6-13—40 Ursuline-15-7-7-15—44 TEAM STATISTICS First Downs: S: 25, U: 22; Rushes/Yards Rushing: S: 42-210, U: 48-328; Yards Passing: S: 269, U: 138; Comp-Att-Int: S: 15-23-0, U: 9-16-0; Penalties: S: 13-76, U: 11-85; Fumbles-Lost: S: 0-0, U: 1-1; Total Yards: S: 470, U: 466; Offensive Plays: S: 66, U: 65 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Passing: Steubenville: 15-23-269; Ursuline: Patrick Reardon 9-16-138 Rushing: Ursuline: Vinnie Fecko 31-238 Receiving: Ursuline: Dale Peterman 2-53 Scoring summary First ...