Archive for February, 2010
Sunday, February 28th, 2010
Kaitlyn March came into her Senior Day game with only 45 points on the season. Hampered by shin injuries, her playing time was often limited to five minutes per half for a majority of the year. March came out firing a career-high 21 points, and tied the Youngstown State ...
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Sunday, February 28th, 2010
The season that Youngstown State started with so much promise came to an anti-climatic conclusion as the Penguins struggled to find their stride in a 62-54 loss to Detroit. YSU celebrated Senior Day for players and cheerleaders before the game. The festivities were short-lived as the Penguins trailed the Titans ...
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Friday, February 26th, 2010
Snakebitten. It is a word often used to associate a series of events that seem to be going positively, but end up negative, aka, the worst luck. When asked, after Youngsown State's 76-73 loss to Wright State, if his team was snakebitten, all Coach Jerry Slocum could do was ask ...
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Friday, February 26th, 2010
After a 57-38 loss to Wright State on Thursday, Youngstown State Coach Cindy Martin and her staff (pictured), who I still feel will prove worthy in the end, scraped for positives. "Wright State executed their gameplan tonight. I am proud of the effort we had on defense, but we turned the ...
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
With 2010 being an Olympic year, the wait may have seemed a bit bridged. Unfortunately, the novelty of watching curling is quickly growing old. Baseball is right around the corner, some teams have their full rosters in camp already, and it couldn't come any sooner.
Unfortunately, I still have a bitter ...
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Sunday, February 21st, 2010
In the Grapes of Wrath, the Joad family went West in hopes of finding a way to prosper during tough times. Youngstown State found themselves in that role Saturday night, as they went West in hopes of finding a way to prosper during tough times.
Unfortunately, Youngstown State ended up losing their ...
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Sunday, February 21st, 2010
Good teams find ways to win games. Omaha is a good team atop the Western Division standings of the USHL. Despite being outplayed and outhit for a majority of Saturday night's game by the Youngstown Phantoms, the team that knew how to win managed to do just that, win.
The Phantoms ...
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Sunday, February 21st, 2010
Youngstown State’s Lady Penguins returned home for a matinee against Cleveland State. For the Penguins, it was another chance at ‘the end’ of the streak, aka, the losing streak that has plagued the Penguins since 2009. YSU would have to wait until Thursday for another shot as Cleveland State overwhelmed the ...
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