Entries by YSN Staff

JEFF BAYUK INTERVIEW

EAST PALESTINE, OH- YSN’s John Batcho hosts long-time Vally Football Legend, Jeff Bayuk on Breaking Batch.  Bayuk stepped down at Warren JFK to join his son’s staff at Struthers for the 2020 season.  

DEPRIVATION AND DESPERATION

By Chase Franken   The definition of baseball is “a ball game played between two teams of nine on a field with a diamond-shaped circuit of four bases.” A game that can simply change a life… or millions of them. Fathers and sons are out in the backyard each day tossing a white ball with […]

IN THEIR OWN WORDS: JENNA RICCARDO

By Jenna Riccardo   For the last four years, I have watched as the seniors walked through our school for the last time during their senior walk. There was always a mix of emotions shown on their faces. Some shed tears because it was over, others celebrated because it was the start of the next […]

SCATTINO LOOKING FOR MORE THAN KICKS AT BW

WARREN, OH- Kennedy Senior, Alissa Scattino has taken her name off the board for school soccer recruiters at the next level.  Scattino made things official virtually surrounded by her family that she will head to Baldwin Wallace to join the Women’s Soccer program.  In the classroom, Alissa will focus on Sports Management in her journey […]

JFK’S CONDOLEON TO BECOME A TITAN

WARREN, OH- The all-time leading scorer in Warren JFK Basketball history has decided what her future holds for her academics and athletics. Caitlyn Condoleon will take her talents to New Wilmington, Pennsylvania and join the Westminster Women’s Basketball team in the Fall.  Condoleon alongside her parents, John and Tricia signed virtually on Thursday to make […]

IN THEIR OWN WORDS: SACRIFICES

By Jacob Gehring   As I sit at my kitchen table drinking a glass of cold iced water and my dog wagging his tail up against my leg, I can’t help but realize this is not where I am supposed to be this afternoon. I look outside and recognize the pine trees swaying in the […]

YSN LEGENDS OF THE PAST: AARON WALKER

Arguably one of the most successful baseball players to emerge from Columbiana County, Ohio was the 6’3 South Paw from East Palestine, Aaron Walker.  His high school numbers as a Bulldog were eye-popping with being a 3-time Tri-County All-Star, First-Team All Ohio in 2000 (15-1 record) and if all of that wasn’t enough, earning a […]

BERNIE KOSAR SR. INTERVIEW ON BREAKING BATCH

Father of Cleveland Brown Icon, Bernie Kosar Sr joined John Batcho on YSN Live’s “Breaking Batch”. Bernie and John discussed many things including Bernie’s career, and what it’s like to see a professional athlete through a father’s eyes, and much more.   INTERVIEW: