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 beaches of Lake Erie. Mile after mile of lush vineyards await those who will pick the ubiquitous Concord and Niagara grapes along with fruit that will ferment to Riesling, Chardonnay and Cabernet Franc. When the clock strikes 0600, DeMarion launches his 20-foot Phoenix and sets up shop for clients who ...
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 Volleyball Academy, which aims to provide the same globetrotting experiences Grant has had while imparting her knowledge of the sport. Grant’s group this year has a wide range of ages, spanning from 12 all the way to juniors in college. No matter how old the girls are, there’s something new to learn ...
NILES — For the second time in franchise history, the Mahoning Valley Scrappers were victims of Canadian wildfires. The Scrappers were forced to cancel their scheduled home game against Aberdeen on Thursday due to poor air quality from wildfires originating in Canada. Shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday, the Scrappers issued a press release stating that the game between the Scrappers and IronBirds “has been cancelled out of an abundance of caution due to the air quality index (AQI). Fans holding tickets for Thursday night’s game can exchange them for tickets of equal or lesser value ...
