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Osborne to speak at Curbstone Coaches Dwaine Osborne, Youngstown State associate head men’s basketball coach, 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 noon and the public is welcome to attend. For those arriving early, the buffet lines will open at 11:45 a.m. Blue Jackets to unveil puck sculptures COLUMBUS — To celebrate the National Hockey League franchise’s 25th anniversary season, the Columbus Blue Jackets are unveiling a series of ...

YSU men, women picked 3rd in Horizon League basketball preseason polls

Both the Youngstown State men and women’s basketball teams were picked to finish third in the annual Horizon League preseason polls that were released this week. The men, led by second-year head coach Ethan Faulkner, were picked behind preseason favorite Milwaukee, as well as Oakland, ...

After close call, YSU looking for more during key road stretch

YOUNGSTOWN — Last season, Youngstown State lost to South Dakota State by 50 points. At the time, the Penguins were greatly outmatched against the Jackrabbits. This past weekend, however, YSU gave SDSU all it could handle in a 35-30 defeat, and save for a letdown third quarter, looked ...

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YSU competes in Tontimonia Invite WESTLAKE —- The Youngstown State men’s golf team concluded play in the two-day Tom Tontimonia Invitational hosted by Cleveland State on Tuesday at Lakewood Country Club. The Penguins finished the 54-hole event with a three-round total of 883 to finish ninth on the team leaderboard. YSU recorded single-round team scores of 294 (+10) and 293 (+9) in the first two rounds, respectively, on Monday before posting a 296 (+12) during a rainy and windy third and final session on Tuesday. Nolan Shilling finished tied for 36th with a three-round score of ...

Vaccaro recalls time at YSU, career in shoe industry

BEAVER TOWNSHIP — The next time you watch a basketball game, either in person or on television, take a really long look at the shoes players are wearing, or shall we say, endorsing as part of their contractual agreement. Then think of Sonny Vaccaro, a 1962 Youngtown State University graduate, and the many players he steered to the companies – Nike, Adidas and Reebok – that employed his services over the years. A native of Trafford, Pa., Vaccaro’s route to YSU was a circuitous one, a route that he has come to appreciate over the years. Now in his seventh decade of working ...

Upset-minded YSU falls short vs. No. 2 South Dakota State 35-30

YOUNGSTOWN — In college football, the recipe for an upset usually requires a myriad of things to go right. For No. 24 Youngstown State, the Penguins did almost everything they needed to do for three quarters. But after trailing by 10 at halftime, No. 2 South Dakota State put together ...