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Mobley Jr. scores season-high 26 and Ohio State beats Mount St. Mary’s

COLUMBUS — John Mobley Jr. scored a season-high 26 points, Devin Royal added 17 and Ohio State concluded its six-game homestand with a 113-60 victory over Mount St. Mary's on Tuesday night. Ohio State (6-0) is off to its best start since beginning the 2019-20 season 9-0. The Buckeyes play at ...

Toledo pulls away late to hand YSU 69-65 defeat

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State changed things up a bit defensively on Tuesday night. With Toledo’s athleticism and the fact that the Rockets are shooting just 20% from beyond the arc this season, YSU sat in zone for almost the entirety of the game. However, Toledo, which is only averaging ...

Ohio adopts high school Name, Image and Likeness

Ohio is now a Name, Image and Likeness state. The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced on Monday that the state’s athletic governing body passed a referendum allowing for NIL at the high school level. Ohio became the 45th state to approve NIL, leaving Alabama, Indiana, ...

High School Sports Roundup from Nov. 24

GIRLS BASKETBALL Mineral Ridge 60, Lowellville 25 — Sullivan Sandy’s 22 points helped power the Rams. Kadence Conaway had 11 points, Brystal Mills finished with eight, Tomlyn Sandy and Kelcee Dye both scored six and Gianna Gilbert tallied five points. Lowellville stats were not ...

YSU prepares for matchups with Toledo, Akron

YOUNGSTOWN — Thanksgiving is on the minds of people across the country, but the Youngstown State women’s basketball team has its sights set on the next couple games. The Penguins have Mid-American Conference opponents Toledo and Akron on the schedule this week. The matchups with regional ...

Balash talks about YSU, changing sports landscape

BEAVER TOWNSHIP — With 16,900 sportscasts (and counting) to his credit, 21 WFMJ Sports Director Dana Balash is the longest tenured sports anchor in the history of the Youngstown market. In a business where news and sports reporters, anchors and weather gurus come and go, oftentimes using ...