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Local fighters shine in amateur boxing showcase

YOUNGSTOWN — Chris Vass of South Side Boxing Club scored a unanimous decision over Ellwood City’s Maddox Smith in the main event of Saturday night’s ‘Thanksgiving Feast’ amateur boxing show at Penguin City Brewing. Vass, who just completed his freshman season as a member of the ...

Cavs beat Raptors 122-108 to stay perfect at home

CLEVELAND — Donovan Mitchell and Ty Jerome scored 26 points apiece as the Cleveland Cavaliers improved to 17-1 and stayed perfect at home with a 122-108 win over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday night. The Cavs, who opened the season 15-0 before losing at Boston last week, are 10-0 on their ...

YSU men fall to Stephen F. Austin to close out multi-team event

Youngstown State concluded its three-game slate at Stephen F. Austin’s multi-team event on Saturday. After splitting the first two games against Monmouth and Presbyterian, the Penguins fell to the Lumberjacks 64-57 in Nacogdoches, Texas. Nico Galette was one of two Penguins to score in ...

YSU women struggle from floor in loss to Bucknell

Youngstown State suffered its first loss of the season on Saturday. The Penguins struggled from the floor in a 51-36 road defeat at Bucknell. YSU shot 15%, making only nine of its 60 field-goal attempts. Jewel Watkins and Malia Magestro paced the scoring for the Penguins with Watkins ...

OSU women dominate Bowling Green 96-53

COLUMBUS — Freshman guard Ava Watson came off the bench to hit six 3-pointers and score 20 points and Chance Gray made three 3-pointers and scored 18 to lead No. 12 Ohio State to a 96-53 victory over Bowling Green on Sunday. Watson made 6 of 10 shots from beyond the arc and 1 of 4 from ...

Ohio State to keep all sports, add scholarships

Ohio State’s athletic director says the school will add 91 scholarships for the next school year as college sports programs start adjusting to a changing landscape that includes paying players and new roster limits across all sports. In a letter this week to the Ohio State community, Ross ...