It was always going to be hard for Braydon Songer to top his junior season. The Hubbard standout posted a 0.33 ERA, broke a nearly 70-year-old strikeouts school record and earned a program-best eight wins in 2025. And yet, Songer is well on his way to one-upping himself. After ...
HUBBARD — Through the first few weeks of the season, the Girard softball team was trending in the wrong direction, coming off its fourth straight loss. Since then, however, the Indians have flipped the script. Their bats have caught fire and they’ve been on a roll. That continued on ...
BROOKFIELD — This season, Mineral Ridge has been the victim of some bad bounces and missed opportunities. Coach Anthony Ragozine and the Rams hope that Friday’s 12-5 victory over Brookfield is the beginning of their luck turning around. “We ran into a little bad luck at-bat wise ...
BASEBALL Newton Falls 8, Jackson-Milton 2 — Leland Vargo and Michael Bennett totaled three hits each to lead Newton Falls. Zayne Shelton struck out seven in six innings for the Tigers. Shelton added a hit and RBI at the plate. Ethan Sokol led Jackson Milton with two hits and two RBIs. South Range 4, Poland 3 (10 inn.) — Poland scored to take a 3-2 in the top of the 10th inning, but South Range scored two in the bottom half of the inning to win in walk-off fashion. Wilson Lower struck out 10 for South Range. The Raiders offense was led by Drew Starkey with two hits and an RBI. ...
Change. It’s inevitable. Nothing stays the same for long. Just when we are getting cozy with an idea, a place or a thing, along comes a change. That includes the lakes where we go fishing. From time to time, I think back to the days when Barb and I first ventured out to Mosquito, West Branch, Berlin, Lake Milton and Shenango in our brand new Arrowglass tri-haul. It was 1977 and we had been married only a year when we made a snap decision to buy the boat on display in the concourse of the Southern Park Mall. Thus began our up-close-and-personal experiences on our local ...
For years, high school athletes have been told to chase the dream — make the team, earn the scholarship, go pro. But what happens when the roster spots shrink? When the transfer portal changes recruiting overnight? When the game ends? Game Changers is stepping into that gap. Beginning Tuesday, the Sports Leadership Tour returns as a four-city experience designed to help student-athletes build identity, opportunity, and direction beyond competition. The 2026 tour will begin in Youngstown (4/28), move to Cleveland (4/29), stop at the Pro Football Hall of Fame (4/30), and conclude ...
