Archive for August, 2011

YSU Women’s Soccer Ready To Roll

Friday, August 19th, 2011

The Youngstown State women's soccer team opens its 16th season with a pair of games at the UMKC Tournament beginning with a match up against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, Friday, Aug. 19, at 6 p.m. The Guins will face host UMKC, Sunday, Aug. 21, at 12:05 p.m. About the Guins The Guins return 17 ...

Mahoning Valley Scrappers Personnel: Jordan Taylor

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

Jordan Taylor is in his first season as the General Manager of the Mahoning Valley Scrappers.  The very quiet and reserved Taylor is someone I have gotten to know better over the past three years.  If intelligence counts for anything, he is winning big.  Probably one of the smartest minds ...

Eastwood Field To Host 2012 NYPL All-Star Game

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

The 2012 New York Penn League All-Star Game will be head at Eastwood Field.  The game will take place sometime in mid-August once the NYPL sets its official schedules in the Fall of 2011. The format of the game is the same as the Major League Baseball level, pitting a team ...

Giuriceo Runs Record To 13-0 With Impressive Decision

Sunday, August 14th, 2011

In the main event of the Lights Out Production boxing card, Campbell's Jake 'The Bull' Giuriceo (left) squared off against Ramesis Gil.  Giuriceo had a slow first round but dictated the tempo for the duration of the bout and rode that momentum to his 13th victory against zero losses. In the ...

Cleveland’s Miguel ‘Silky Smooth’ Gonzalez Wins Unanimous Decision

Sunday, August 14th, 2011

Miguel 'Silky Smooth' Gonzalez (right) and Tyrone 'Fists of Fury' Harris (left) hooked it up at Cene Park in a 135-pound scheduled eight rounder.  Gonzalez brought quite a following from Cleveland and was the fan favorite from the onset.  He did little to hurt his popularity in this fight In the ...

Chris “Special K” Koval Wins Four Round Decision

Sunday, August 14th, 2011

Austintown's own Chris Koval (right) got back into a boxing ring for the first time in over a year.  Koval faced James Porter of Terre Haute, Indiana in a scheduled four-round heavyweight contest. Koval came away with the decision.  One judge scored it a 38-38 draw, the other two scored it 39-37 ...

Cene Park: Undercard Results

Sunday, August 14th, 2011

The boxing card at Cene Park got off to a thunderous start.  Aaron Dufour squared off against Derrick Evans in a scheduled four-round 175-pound match.  Unfortunately, Evans only needed one round to make quick work of Dufour. The fighters exchanged for the first minute of the first round and then Evans ...

Defense Dominates In First YSU Scrimmage

Saturday, August 13th, 2011

Coach Eric Wolford and his staff are going to have to really take a deep look at a few things as a result of the first scrimmage held Saturday morning.  Wolford said he will have a depth chart in place on Monday and that he has a good idea of ...