Archive for March, 2010
Monday, March 15th, 2010
John Wooden would have had trouble winning a game with seven players dressed. Pat Summitt would have quit midseason. Phil Jackson would have went nuts. Cindy Martin stuck it out.
With two years remaining on her contract, Coach Cindy Martin has resigned as head basketball coach at Youngstown State University. In two ...
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
Donald Jones, the former Youngstown State Penguin, came home for a visit and he didn't come alone. Jones ran routes on the Stambaugh Stadium turf early Monday morning. Scouts from Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Indianapolis were there early to evaluate select Seniors in various categories.
To enter Stambaugh Stadium at 7 am ...
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
Goaltenders are wired a little different. They usually are not the best skaters on the ice and rely on their reflexes to get their jobs done. Jordan Tibbett and Matt Mahalak are the tandem that the Youngstown Phantoms have been using all season. Any hockey fan will vouch that ...
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Sunday, March 14th, 2010
Jordan Tibbett set a team record with 50 saves on Friday night as the Phantoms won a dramatic 3-2 OT thriller. Tibbett faced another 40 Saturday but was on the wrong end of the 3-2 score 24 hours later. To sum it up, Tibbett stopped 90 shots in two games, ...
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Saturday, March 13th, 2010
The Youngstown Phantoms returned home after completing a 1-3-1 road trip. The record on that trip failed to show that the Phantoms were in every game against three very good teams. Friday night, Sioux City rolled into town 20-23-7 and barely alive in the playoff hunt, a win was paramount ...
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
B-b-b-benny and the jets. If Benny lives in Singapore, he might have scored tickets to see Elton John in Youngstown at The Covelli Centre on May 1. The general sentiment of Youngstown area residents was frustration Friday morning. At least 100 people who have talked to 100 people who have ...
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Eric Wolford was named the sixth Youngstown State Football Coach in school history. Wolford replaces Jon Heacock who spent nine years at YSU before resigning in November. Wolford is already turning heads with an all-star coaching staff, a highly successful recruiting class, and an attitude that just oozes loyalty and ...
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Monday, March 8th, 2010
There was not too much to brag about if you followed the Youngstown State Lady Penguins. Only dressing seven girls for most of the season, minutes were piled on starters and fatigue naturally took its toll on human bodies. The result was a nightmare of a season, a winless campaign. ...
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