Archive for February, 2011
Sunday, February 6th, 2011
Fresh off the heels of a huge victory over Butler, the Youngstown State Penguins welcomed Valparaiso to town for their second monstrous challenge in three days. Having lost 11 in a row to the Crusaders and Valpo's Homer Drew breathing down Jerry Slocum's neck on the active coaches wins list, ...
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Saturday, February 5th, 2011
I consider myself fortunate to have met some good people both in Youngstown, and nationally. I couldn't get a hold of quite a few of them, but was very happy to reach the ones that I did. The Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers tee it up tomorrow in Super ...
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Saturday, February 5th, 2011
The Youngstown Phantoms have acquired former Chicago Steel forward Danny Mattson in a trade that was completed last night. The Phantoms exchanged their sixth round pick with conditions to become a fourth round selection to acquire the Bemidji State University commit.
Mattson is a native of Minneapolis, MN and in 23 games with the Steel ...
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Saturday, February 5th, 2011
The Youngstown Phantoms welcomed an old friend back into the crease. Jordan Tibbett (above) has not played a game for the Phantoms since last season, has not even played in a hockey game since October, but popped up on the roster Friday night. Even more fascinating, he started the game ...
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Friday, February 4th, 2011
Jack Loew has confirmed that Kelly Pavlik is tentatively scheduled to hit the ring on May 7. Pavlik (36-2, 32 KO) has been inactive since his loss to Sergio Martinez in Atlantic City last April. Although nothing has been confirmed and no specific opponent has been named, Bob Arum and ...
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Friday, February 4th, 2011
Milwaukee shot 58 percent and hit seven 3-pointers in the opening period, and the Youngstown State women's basketball team could never recover despite a strong second-half performance in an 81-66 loss at the Klotsche Center on Thursday.
UWM's Sami Tucker scored 21 of her career-high 23 points in the first half ...
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Friday, February 4th, 2011
Butler comes to town once a year, like Santa Clause. Youngstown State fans may like Christmas, but this whole Butler thing was turning into a major headache. The Penguins were not intimidated by history or record and found a way to claw back from an eight-point deficit to put ...
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Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
Although she is a long way from home, Bojana "Boki" Dimitrov is doing just fine here in the United States. Dimitrov is a senior who never runs out of spirit on or off of the hardwood floors. Boki is helping the transition into the new Bob Boldon Era. She has ...
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