BY JOHN A. DARNELL JR.
      associate editor
      Meeting last week, the Boardman Board of Education approved a three-year contract with members of it classified union workers, and also received a five-year financial forecast prepared by School District Treasurer Arthur Ginnetti.
      The settlement with classified staffers who are members of the Ohio Association of Public School Employees (OAPSE) calls for a 3 per cent wage hike for the current school year, as well as 2024-25 and 2025-26.
      In addition, according to the agreement, a one-time cost of living adjustment, between $500 and $800, will be paid to members of the OAPSE union. Employees who work seven or more hours a day will receive $800, and employees working less than five hours a day will get $300.
      The adjustment was a source...Read More >>

     MARIETTA, OH.---A member of the Marietta Pioneers basketball team this year is 6-7 post player Ethan Andersen, a former All American Conference all-star performer at Boardman High School under Head Coach Pat Birch.
      Marietta is currently 4-1 on the season and in their most recent game, a 118-76 victory over Bethany, Andersen notched a dozen points, grabbed five rebounds, and had a pair of steals and a pair of blocked shots.
      As a sophomore, Andersen earned his first varsity letter, appearing in 26 games, and starting in seven of those contests. He averaged 3.5 points a game and 2.6 caroms a game.
      At Boardman High School, Andersen earned All American Conference Player of tghe Year honors in 2021 and was a first team, All-Ohio Academic Team selection.
      Andersen is major in environmental engineering at Marietta.<...Read More >>

     ERIE, PA.---A member of the 2023-24 Gannon University Golden Knights men’s basketball team is junior Derrick Anderson, a 6-2, 180-lb. guard.
      To open the season Gannon is off to a 5-0 start, averaging 116 points a game, including a 140-108 victory in their opener over Glenville State.
      As a senior at Boardman High School in 2019-20 under Head Coach Pat Birch, Anderson was an OHSAA Division I All-State second team selection who averaged 22.7 ppg., 4.8 rpg., and 4.0 apg. He was named the All-American Conference’s Red Tier Player of the Year while scoring 545 points as a senior. During his prep career at Boardman he scored 1,045 points.
      After graduating from Boardman High School, Anderson took his talents to Snow College in Utah where he saw action in 34 games playing for the junior college.
      Last season, And...Read More >>