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YSU wins shootout with Rockets TOLEDO — The Youngstown State baseball team picked their fourth straight win defeating Toledo 11-10 on Tuesday afternoon at Scott Park. The Penguins, coming off a three-game series sweep at Oakland, improve to 9-30 overall while the Rockets fall to 17-23. YSU banged out 13 hits, including four home runs and two doubles, to fend off Toledo which had 12 hits in the contest. Belting home runs for the Guins were Garrett Cutting, Ryan Schummer, Teddy Ruffner and Brady Shannon (Ursuline). Shannon’s home run was his 12th on the season which leads the ...

Cardinals shut out Ursuline

STRUTHERS — Springboarding off a seven-run third inning, Cardinal Mooney remained undefeated Monday with an 8-0 win against rival Ursuline at Bob Cene Park in Struthers. The Cardinals, whose starter Ben Oddis largely shut the Irish down from the mound, batted around the order in the bottom ...

Offense comes alive for Poland in 17-5 win

POLAND — The Poland girls lacrosse team got the offense going a couple games back. And it was no different on Monday when Boardman made the drive down U.S. Route 224. Poland scored a season high in goals at Dave Pavlansky Field, and won 17-5 against the Spartans for its third straight ...

Steelers are still waiting to hear from QB Rodgers

PITTSBURGH — Aaron Rodgers is still weighing whether he wants to play in 2026. The Pittsburgh Steelers are still willing to give him plenty of latitude to decide. Pittsburgh general manager Omar Khan said Monday the team remains in regular communication with the four-time MVP, who guided the Steelers to the AFC North title in 2025. “Nothing’s changed,” Khan said. “It’s all been positive and good. He knows how we feel about him and we know how he feels about us.” It just hasn’t rendered any definitive answer from Rodgers, and none appears to be coming before the NFL ...

Slumping Astros wallop Guardians, 9-2

CLEVELAND — Isaac Paredes hit his first two home runs of the season and Christian Walker also went deep as the Houston Astros beat the Cleveland Guardians 9-2 on Monday night for just their third victory in 15 games. Walker lined a two-run shot to left-center in the first inning to open ...

Cavaliers beat Raptors 115-105 for 2-0 series lead

CLEVELAND — Donovan Mitchell scored 30 points, James Harden added 28 and the Cleveland Cavaliers held on for a 115-105 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday night for a 2-0 lead in their Eastern Conference first-round series. Evan Mobley had 25 points and eight rebounds for the Cavaliers, who had at least three players score at least 25 points in a postseason game for the second straight season and fourth time overall. Cleveland — which never trailed — has won 12 straight playoff games against Toronto, tying the NBA postseason record for consecutive wins against an ...