Archive for March, 2011

YSU Men Drop Home Opener To Walsh

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

Youngstown State University finally got to play a home game, albeit at their reserve home field.  The Penguins were down 10-4 after seven innings but clawed their way back and fell just short of a great comeback, 10-8, at Cene Park in Struthers. Joe Iacobucci went 4-for-5 with two RBIs for ...

3-on-3 Tournament Proves Many Have-A-Heart

Saturday, March 26th, 2011

The 2nd Annual Ella Rose Solak Memorial Scholarship 3-on-3 Tournament was held Saturday at Lowellville High School.  The 3-on-3 tournament raises money for the Ella Rose Solak Memorial Scholarship Fund, which is awarded to a Lowellville High School Senior who will be attending college.  Ivan and Gina Solak, the parents ...

Jordan Ingalls Named Horizon League Player of The Week For Second Week In A Row

Friday, March 25th, 2011

For the second consecutive week, Youngstown State junior Jordan Ingalls has been named the Horizon League Softball Player of the Week, the league announced on Monday. Ingalls' back-to-back awards mark the first time since joining the Horizon League that a Youngstown State player has won the award in consecutive weeks. Ingalls led the Guins to a ...

Phil Klein Named Horizon League Player of The Week

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Youngstown State senior Phil Klein has been named the Horizon League Pitcher of the Week for the week of March 14, the league office announced. Klein carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning and did not allow a base-runner until the fifth in leading YSU to a 7-1 victory over Toledo on Sunday. ...

Butler Gains More Respect For Horizon League Ousting #1 Seed Pitt

Sunday, March 20th, 2011

The Horizon League usually gets just one team into the NCAA's Big Tournament every year.  The last two years, Butler has been the one team from the conference to represent.  Last year they went all the way to the finals before losing to Duke in the closing seconds. This year, ...

38 Special Concert Review: As Tight As Ever

Saturday, March 19th, 2011

38 Special made a visit to Northeastern Ohio to share their traveling party and some really good music with their fans.  The fans got more than their moneys worth at the Packard Music Hall in Warren, as the Wild-Eyed Southern Boys delivered.  Don Barnes (left) and Donnie Van Zant (right) ...

YSU Softball Takes Two, Already Exceed 2010 Win Total

Saturday, March 19th, 2011

The Youngstown State softball team rallied from 5-0 deficit and scored five in the top of the seventh inning for a 6-5 come-from-behind victory over Colgate on Friday afternoon at the Rebel Games. The Guins also defeated Bucknell, 9-2, earlier in the day. The Guins, who improved to 15-7 and surpassed the 2010 win total ...

Julie Michaels: Beauty Inside And Out

Monday, March 14th, 2011

Julie Michaels believes that everything that happens, happens for a reason, because God makes it possible.  The beautiful actress/stuntwoman has seen the lights and glitter but uses her faith to stay grounded and positive.  Although she has acted in or performed stunts in several horror genre films, she is that ...