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Bill Johnson to speak at Curbstone Youngstown State University president Bill Johnson 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. Also, plans are underway for the annual Curbstone Coaches Hall of Fame Induction ceremony, which is set for May 4 at Mr. Anthony’s in Boardman. The keynote speaker will be former Cleveland Browns stand out running ...

Back at it: YSU opens spring practices with some new coaches, players

YOUNGSTOWN — The sounds of spring are starting to fill the air in downtown Youngstown. Not the fluttering of leaves as they return to the trees or the bustling of students on their way to class, but the collisions of helmets, spiders and pads. Which can mean only one thing — spring ...

Rookie coach Faulkner builds upon YSU’s success

INDIANAPOLIS — Whether Youngstown State won or lost in the Horizon League championship game on Tuesday night, it was another historic milestone for a Penguins program that has had many of them the past few years. In Ethan Faulkner’s first season as head coach, he has been able to ...

YSU falls short to Robert Morris 89-78 in Horizon League title game

INDIANAPOLIS — For two games, Youngstown State’s defense carried the Penguins into their first Horizon League championship game appearance. But on Tuesday, YSU finally ran out of gas, as the Penguins struggled to slow down Robert Morris’ offensive efficiency in a 89-78 defeat to the ...

YSU fights through youth, injuries in Jackson’s 1st season

YOUNGSTOWN — For Youngstown State, the 2024-25 season was a year filled with plenty of ups and downs, as well as marked by change and adversity. The Penguins entered the season with a new head coach for the first time in 10 years after Melissa Jackson was hired last March. Jackson’s ...