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Locals shine on amateur fight card

GIRARD — Tony Scandy, former professional basketball player Wayne “Rare Air” Clark and Cardinal Mooney’s Chris Vass were all winners Saturday night in feature fights of Jack Loew’s “Summer Slam, Battle for the Belt” amateur boxing show at the Metroplex Expo Center. The 10-bout card, presented by Loew and in conjunction with his South Side Boxing Club, had Scandy (6-1) of SSBC defeating Jimmy Rudzik (0-1) of Struthers’ Burnside Boxing Club in the main event while Clark and Vass each won their co-main match-ups by unanimous decision. Scandy stopped Rudzik — he was ...

Pirates blanked 3-0 by Padres

SAN DIEGO — Jackson Merrill doubled, tripled, drove in a run and scored another to help Randy Vásquez reach 10 victories as the San Diego Padres beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 on Wednesday to avoid a three-game sweep. The Padres remained in possession of the National League’s third wild-card spot, one game ahead of the Arizona Diamondbacks. San Diego has won 12 of 17 and 22 of 31. Merrill doubled to right with one out in the second off Bubba Chandler and scored on Luis Rengifo’s single to right. Manny Machado reached on third baseman Nick Gonzales’ throwing error with one ...

High school scoreboard – Aug. 26, 2026

BOYS GOLF Brookfield 249, Champion 249 at Bristolwood Golf Course Brookfield: Cody Davidson 36, Jared Germadnik 39, Michael Pisarcik 40, Joseph Hook 43 Champion: Andrew Kish 36, Tyler Pruitt 41, Dominic Hendrick 41, Mason Packman 41 Poland 144, Girard 163 at Mahoning Country Club Poland: Matthew Morrone 34, Nicholas Dipasqua 35, Angelo Rinaldi 36, Ryan Lombardo 39 Girard: Individual stats were not provided. Springfield 178, Jackson-Milton 179 Springfield: Cooper Ensley 39, Payton Schultz 45, Aiden Ehrhart 46, Anthony Crump 48 Jackson-Milton: Blake Hochendones 37, ...

Canfield overcomes slow start to beat Cardinal Mooney

CANFIELD — A week after earning a clean sheet in its first match of the season, Canfield finished with another clean sheet in its second win, a 2-0 victory vs. visiting Cardinal Mooney on Tuesday. After more than 25 minutes of a 0-0 stalemate, Canfield, much to the pleasure of head coach ...

YSU’s Riemedio eyes challenge of facing former school

YOUNGSTOWN — When Ryan Riemedio took over Youngstown State’s defensive coordinator job in January, he knew in the back of his mind what was awaiting him on Aug. 27. After 14 years strolling the sidelines in Mercyhurst’s green and blue colors at Saxon Stadium, Riemedio will find himself ...

High School Sports Roundup from Aug. 25

BOYS GOLF The South Range boys golf team hosted an invitational tournament at the Youngstown Country Club on Wednesday. Tyler Guerrieri from Cardinal Mooney led all golfers with a score of 73. Guerrieri’s score helped lead Mooney (Mason McClure 79, Michael Kravec 85, Andrew Bushey 93, Christian Stamp 100) to first overall as a team with a score of 330. Canfield Black placed second, led by Danny Chaplow with a 74 and Columbiana took third place with an 80 from Trenton Hall. 19 teams competed in total. The top scorers from each team outside of the top three include: Andrew Wludgya 76 ...