YOUNGSTOWN — In today’s era of college basketball, player movement via the transfer portal each season is the new reality, particularly for schools at the mid-major level. More than 1,500 women’s basketball players entered the portal after the end of the 2024-2025 season, which is ...
YOUNGSTOWN — From start to finish, the Youngstown State men and women’s track and field teams seemed destined for yet another Horizon League coronation. As the meet’s hosts, the Penguins sat atop the team standings at the end of the first and second days. Then, both the men and women ...
YOUNGSTOWN — The tennis courts at the University of Michigan’s Varsity Tennis Center in Ann Arbor have become like a second home for Youngstown State. With the exception of their 2023 loss to Michigan in the NCAA tournament, the Penguins have won their last six matches on those courts. ...
BEAVER TOWNSHIP — As coordinator of social media and creative content for all of Youngstown State University’s intercollegiate sports programs, Madison Chapman has had a busy first year at the helm. The Heartland Christian and YSU graduate has been entrusted with getting the word out about all 21 – nine men’s and 12 women’s varsity sports – programs, its athletes and coaches while barely having time to catch her breath due to the success those teams have enjoyed since her hiring last May. “I work out of our athletics communications office,” Chapman told the Curbstone ...
Kyle Fossum’s career hasn’t gone exactly how he expected it when he came out of high school in Seattle. But his 2025 campaign has met his expectations. On the first pitch Friday, Fossum took Purdue Fort Wayne pitcher Tyson Greenwood deep. It was Fossum’s 18th home run of the season, setting the Youngstown State baseball record. Former first baseman Andrew Kendrick held the previous record of 17, which was set in 2017. “It’s not just me, it’s all the guys around me too,” Fossum said. “We have a super talented group of guys, we have a super talented group of starting ...
YOUNGSTOWN — As Neeranuch Prajunpanich walked off the 18th green on Monday at the El Campeon Course at Mission Inn Resort and Club in Howey-In-The-Hills, Fla., there was no suspense or drama about how the leaderboard would unfold. After sinking her par putt, the Youngstown State sophomore ...
