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St. Mary’s Hall to host Fight Night this evening

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YOUNGSTOWN — A 15-bout, all-amateur fight card is set for tonight at St. Mary’s Byzantine Hall in Youngstown. Presented by Lights Out Management and in conjunction with Golden String Boxing, their Fight Night in the YO No. 8 show will feature 11 boxers representing four area gyms on the card. The main event will pit Alan Williams of Shenango, Pa.’s, Royal Lions Boxing Club as he goes up against Jesse Urbina of Toledo (Warriors Boxing Club) in a 143-pound pairing, while the co-main features Youngstown’s Isaac Johnson (Golden String Boxing Club) taking on Sule Lunde of Maple ...

Steelers rolling, Patriots looking to bounce back

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — During his 24 seasons with the New England Patriots, Bill Belichick never held back in expressing his affinity for the Pittsburgh Steelers. From the praise he showered on the Steelers’ ownership, to the team’s success on the field — currently tied with New England ...

Every lure has a story to tell

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Once upon a time, a 10-year-old boy stepped to the bank of his neighborhood creek with a single rod and reel spooled with fishing line of unknown vintage, a rusty hook, a few split shot and a cup of garden worms freshly dug a few minutes before he set out for the creek. The young fellow was ready for anything – or at least whatever swam in the runs between the riffles. He was a happy fisher. His frequent visits to the banks of the creek were the building blocks for the foundation of his lifelong passion for fishing. Decades later, the happy fisher boy is a happy fisherman, and I ...

Reardon leads high-scoring Ursuline past Warren G. Harding

High School Sports

WARREN — Ursuline’s offense is a different animal with sophomore quarterback Patrick Reardon taking snaps, and the Irish showed why on Friday night. Ursuline put up almost 450 total yards of offense, pulling away from Warren G. Harding in the second half for a 40-7 victory over the ...

Liberty bests Brookfield to improve to 5-0

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BROOKFIELD — A handful of plays made the difference, but they certainly made quite a bit of difference, in Liberty’s 28-8 road win over Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference rival Brookfield, which took an early lead but later suffered from several ill-timed penalties and mistakes against ...

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Tony Stephens to speak at Curbstone Ursuline High School head football coach Tony Stephens will be the guest speaker at Monday’s luncheon meeting of The Curbstone Coaches at the Avion Banquet Center on Western Reserve Road in Beaver Township. The event begins at 11:45 a.m., and the public is welcome to attend. All sports fans are welcome and you do not need to be a current or former coach. Curbstone taking HOF applications Plans are underway for the Curbstone Coaches 58th Hall of Fame Induction ceremony that will be held on May 2. This event is sponsored by Briarfield ...