GARRETTSVILLE — Football coaches at all levels stress the importance of the last possession of the first half and the first series of the second half. On Thursday, Garrettsville Garfield executed both drives and scored. It flipped momentum, and after another hour or so on the field, the ...
PITTSBURGH — Brandon Lowe homered off Detroit closer Kenley Jansen with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-3 victory over the Tigers on Wednesday. Rafael Flores Jr. homered twice for Pittsburgh, including a tying shot off Jansen (3-5) with one out in the ninth. Lowe followed two batters later with a towering shot to right field that clanged high off the foul pole. The homer was the 27th this season for Lowe, the most in club history by a second baseman. It was the 83rd this year by the Pirates at PNC Park, the most at the venue since it opened in ...
Up until very recently, Chad Kiser assumed he wouldn’t be the head coach of a program this upcoming season. The long-time LaBrae coach took an assistant role on the Newton Falls staff, expecting to be along for the ride. That changed when the head coaching position at Mathews opened up. ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Over the past two seasons, shortcomings on defense have often held Youngstown State back from taking that next step and challenging for a conference title or making an FCS playoff run. Enter new defensive coordinator Ryan Riemedio. Penguins head coach Doug Phillips hired ...
PITTSBURGH — Paul Skenes insists he has had stretches during his still-burgeoning career when he has had to grit his teeth and grind through it. The problem is, it rarely seemed like it. Spending two seasons doing things few pitchers in the history of the game have done — as Skenes did ...
CAMPBELL — For much of the 80-minute match Wednesday, Campbell overwhelmed Waterloo’s defense, scoring goal after goal en route to a 7-1 win. The Red Devils’ aggression gave them their third straight victory to start the season and opened Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference (MVAC) play ...
