Entries by YSN Staff

TIGERS POUNCE ON LISBON EARLY TO SNAP STREAK

NEW MIDDLETOWN, OH- Lisbon watched the game slip away early and couldn’t recover in a 10-5 loss to Springfield on Friday. Springfield scored on a double by Chris Thompson in the first inning and a groundout by Brannon Brungard in the second inning.  Springfield pulled away for good with two runs in the second inning. In the second Brungard contributed an […]

CLIPPERS CONQUER CATS

COLUMBIANA, OH-  Columbiana defeated Struthers 6-4 at Firestone Park on cool, soggy Legion field Friday night.  Evan Kenneally held the Wildcats to one run through four innings to get the win. He also singled and scored the game’s first run giving the Clippers a lead they would not relinquish.   Hunter Stellato lost his command […]

BIG DOGS OF THE VALLEY WEEK 1 ANNOUNCED

With Nearly 70,000 Votes cast during the first week of Spring’s Baird Brothers Big Dogs of the Valley, two very deserving student-athletes brought home the title!   Congratulations to both winners!  You’ll be entered automatically into our Player of the Year awards at the end of the season.   HAYDEN CARNER- SALEM HIGH SCHOOL Hayden […]

CANTON CUTS DOWN COLUMBIANA

CANTON, OH-  Columbiana (2-2) traveled to Canton to take on state power Canton Central Catholic (6-0) and fell by a 10-0 score. The Crusaders jumped on Columbiana early scoring 7 runs in the first and were able to tack on 1 more in the 3rd and 2 in the 5th to close it out. Offensively, […]

YSU BASEBALL COACH’S CORNER WITH DAN BERTOLINI (EP 7)

Games have been nailbiters lately, and more often than not- The ‘Guins have been steering the ship.  From walk-off winners to sweeping ACC foes: YSU has turned up the heat on the competition without any warning.  Home is still where the bread is being buttered for the Penguins as they welcome Horizon League opponent UIC […]

FITCH PITCHING 2-HITS POLAND

POLAND, OH- As of late the Poland Bulldog bats were as hot as any team in the state as the Big Blue Machine had 31 RBI coming into Thursday’s game against Austintown Fitch. Enter Fitch’s “Killer B’s”  Brett Porter and Bobby Cavalier.  The two combined on the bump for a two-hitter against the offensive juggernaut.  […]

DAILEY DINGER PROPELS DEVILS OVER RIDGE

LISBON, OH- The Lisbon Lady Blue Devils are turning out to be a dramatic bunch.  With a walk-off earlier this week, holding on for a victory on Wednesday night, Thursday’s follow up act was just as thrilling.  The Lady Devils snagged a late lead and defeated Mineral Ridge 13-12 on Thursday. Lisbon trailed 12-10 in the bottom […]

BULLDOGS REVENGE WALK-OFF AGAINST RAIDERS WITH ONE OF THEIR OWN

POLAND, OH-  Oh what a difference 24 hours can make.  The heartbreak of a walk-off loss was replaced with the jubilation of a walk-off win for Poland on Wednesday.  The South Range Raiders fell to Poland 10-9 on Wednesday on the final play of the game. The game was tied at nine with Poland Seminary batting in […]

EAGLES SKY PAST GIRARD

GIRARD, OH-  The Girard Indians watched the game slip away early and couldn’t recover in a 9-3 loss to Hubbard on Wednesday. Hubbard scored on a single by Jimmy Palumbo in the first inning, a double by Hayden Fox in the second inning, a groundout by Jamie Thomson in the second inning, and a single by Evan Jarvis in the second inning. The Indians struggled to […]

JONES, GIRARD WALK IT OFF AGAINST HUBBARD

GIRARD, OH- What a week for walk-off wins.  You can now add Hannah Jones to the list of hometown heroes.  The Girard Indians seized victory in dramatic walk-off fashion, thanks to a walk-off fielder’s choice at the end of the game to topple Hubbard. The game was tied at two with Girard batting in the bottom of the […]