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Southern Nazarene football player dies

National Sports

BETHANY, Okla. — Southern Nazarene University in Oklahoma announced on Thursday that sophomore safety Tyler Ulrich has died five days after sustaining what the school called a “traumatic injury” during a game against Ouachita Baptist. Ulrich was 21. The Division II private school based in Bethany, Oklahoma, did not reveal the cause of death or the nature of Ulrich’s injury. “It is with heavy hearts that we share the loss of our SNU football player, Tyler Ulrich,” the SNU Athletics said in a post on its X account. “This loss is deeply felt across our campus. Our hearts ...

Guardians beat Rays for 2-1 ALCS lead

Local Sports

CLEVELAND — Rookie Petey Halpin hit a go-ahead, two-run homer, Gavin Williams struck out nine over five innings and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 in Game 3 Thursday to take a 2-1 lead in the AL Championship Series. Game 4 in the best-of-seven matchup is scheduled for ...

Fitch, Boardman get ready to renew rivalry

High School Sports

Friday night’s game between Austintown Fitch and Boardman, Falcons head coach TJ Parker admitted, will not be like every other football game. As a Fitch alumnus, Parker has been a part of the rivalry as both a player and a coach, but this year’s game, the 80th such contest all-time, does ...

Ebony Lifeline's HOF ceremony is Friday

Local Sports

The Ebony Lifeline Support Group will host its Sports and Music Hall of Fame this week. The 26th annual Induction Ceremony will feature 17 honorees at the Maronite Center in Youngstown. The ceremony is scheduled for Friday at 6 p.m. The inductees are: Lind Murray (football), Alyssa Brown (basketball), Austin Brown (basketball), Jodi Brown (track), Tony Jones (basketball), Jocelyn Parker (basketball), Derrick Stredrick Sr. (basketball), Derrick Stredrick Jr. (track), Booker Newberry V (football), Willie Donaldson (football and track), Arthur Williams (music), Imani Snyder (basketball, ...

Klockner earns 1,000th assist as McDonald tops Campbell

High School Sports

McDONALD — The McDonald Blue Devils scrapped out a 3-1 victory over Campbell on Wednesday in both teams' regular-season finale. The win avenges a 3-0 sweep at the hands of the Red Devils earlier in the season. “We minimized our errors, and we had good energy, and we we were ready to ...

Streaking Penguins still striving to reach full potential

Local Sports

YOUNGSTOWN — Despite coming off its third straight win, the Youngstown State football team feels like it still hasn’t reached its full potential. The Penguins have a pair of ranked wins and back-to-back road wins, and in that stretch, they’re scoring 44 points per game, while giving up ...