Youngstown Rugby Club gaining recognition

By JOHN BASSETTI

bassetti@vindy.com

YOUNGSTOWN

Harrison Field has pretty much stayed the same over the last 50 years, while radical changes have taken place around it in Smoky Hollow.

In recent years, neighborhood homes were razed and replaced by university buildings and facilities, student housing and an expanded MVR business.

Just a few weeks ago, Harrison Commons was christened with a jazz festival as part of YSU’s annual arts celebration.

Even more radical is Harrison’s use for practices by the Youngstown Women’s Rugby Club.

After a 11/2-year existence, the team for women 18-and-over is starting to get some recognition.

Read the story in Thursday’s Vindicator and vindy.com.