YOUNGSTOWN — For the first time in seven years, Youngstown State found itself practicing on Thanksgiving. In high school football across Ohio, and at the FCS level of college football, being able to practice on the holiday is meaningful because it means the season is still alive while other ...

YOUNGSTOWN — When Youngstown State’s Mady Aulbach went to the NIL Summit in June in Atlanta, she had the chance to meet fellow college athletes from across the country. While there, the fifth-year guard met some athletes who had used NIL opportunities to give back to their respective ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State football has a storied history and tradition of success, but in recent years that same level of accomplishment has been hard to come by. During the 1990s, the Penguins won four national championships (1991, 1993, 1994 and 1997) and had two national runner-up ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Coming into this season, one of the biggest questions for Youngstown State was filling the void left by former center Lilly Ritz. The Penguins expected to replace Ritz by committee — with senior Lindsey Linard and fifth years Emily Saunders and Jen Wendler. However, ...

MORGANTOWN — Sunday afternoon was a homecoming of sorts for several members of the Youngstown State women’s basketball program who have ties to the Mountain State, as the Penguins traveled to take on West Virginia. The host Mountaineers scored in bunches however, fending off the Penguins ...

YOUNGSTOWN — John Lovelace Jr. hit four of his first five shots against Lake Erie. As the shots kept falling, the sophomore’s Youngstown State teammates told him to just keep shooting. “It felt good — the guys kept telling me to keep going,” Lovelace said. “They kept bringing ...