NILES – As a young baseball fanatic, Cooper Vance would often attend Mahoning Valley Scrappers games at what was then Eastwood Field. At the time, Vance’s own baseball talents were just starting to flourish, and he watched intently while wondering what it would be like to one day play on ...
COLUMBIANA — Columbiana’s new cross country course will be on display when the Clipper Cross Country Series opens Wednesday. “I’m excited about it and the kids are, too,” Columbiana cross country coach Crystal Siembida Boggs said. Due to construction at the school and the Ward ...
FIELD OF DREAMS DYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Iowa will play Kansas in an exhibition baseball game at the Field of Dreams ballpark on Oct. 10, the Iowa athletic department announced Monday. The field was one of the locations for the 1989 baseball movie classic starring Kevin Costner, Ray Liotta, James Earl Jones and Amy Madigan and has been site of several major and minor league games since 2021. The third MLB at Field of Dreams is Aug. 13 and will match the Minnesota Twins against the Philadelphia Phillies. The Iowa Cubs host the St. Paul Saints in a Triple-A game at the field Aug. ...
MADRID (AP) — Spain's World Cup-winning soccer team returned home on Monday and an estimated crowd of almost 2 million was on hand to greet the squad through the streets of Madrid. The 26 players and their coaching staff met with the country's royals, and then with Prime Minister Pedro ...
WHEELING, W.Va. - The 80th annual OVAC Rudy Mumley All Star Football Game was a back-and-forth affair Saturday night as both Ohio and West Virginia ran off 21 unanswered points. However, it was the Buckeyes that scored the final three touchdowns to post an exciting 28-21 verdict over the Mountaineers before a nice-sized crowd inside Wheeling Island Stadium. Trailing 21-7 midway through the second quarter, Ohio, which was expected to use its size up front to pound the ball on the ground, used three touchdown passes from St. Clairsville's Sam McLean to rally for the victory. McLean, ...
GREENFORD — Area volleyball teams will launch the new season in the great outdoors. South Range High School will host "The Battle on Turf" slated for Saturday, Aug. 15 at the Rominger Athletic Complex. The series of 10 pre-season matches held by the Mahoning Valley Volleyball Officials ...
