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Road to state begins Saturday

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The road to the state cross country meet begins Saturday. Most area teams will at Canton GlenOak High School. The Salem boys are the lone area Division II team and will run at 10:45 a.m. The top 14 teams and top 28 individuals advance to the Boardman regional meet on Oct. 31. The rest of the race schedule includes Division III girls at 11:45 a.m., Division III boys at 12:30 p.m., Division IV girls at 1:30 p.m. and Division IV boys at 2:15 p.m. The Salem girls highlight Division III as they seek a sixth straight state appearance. The Quakers return five of their top seven ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

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STATE-RANKED MATCHUP BELOIT — The Salem at West Branch football game tonight will be a state-ranked matchup. Both teams are 8-1 with the Quakers ranked 10th in Division III and the Warriors ranked 12th in Division IV. West Branch is 5-0 in the Eastern Buckeye Conference and has clinched at least a share of its seventh straight league title. Salem is 4-1 and needs to win to grab a share. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. and the Warriors will hold senior night before the game. Kickoff set for 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 for reserved seats, $8 for adult general admission and $5 for student ...

Goals within reach for Beavers

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CALCUTTA — Beaver Local's Kaleb Mays entered his senior season in August with 40 career goals. A few months later, he's within striking distance of the boys' school scoring record. Mays tallied four goals to give him 102 for his career in Thursday's 8-1 rout of East Liverpool in a Div. ...

LeBron's biggest comeback ever

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tyrese Maxey scored 32 points and Joel Embiid had 24 to help LeBron James and the Philadelphia 76ers wipe out a 29-point deficit in their home opener and stun the Cleveland Cavaliers 114-106 on Thursday night. James had 17 points and 10 rebounds in the biggest comeback win of his career, and fellow newcomer Jaylen Brown had 21 points in game that already may be tough for the Sixers to top this season, which they've started with wins over the NBA champion Knicks and the Eastern Conference finalist Cavaliers. The Sixers refused to go down without a fight and ...

Golden Eagles gild the lily

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HANOVERTON — United had to rally past 22nd-seeded West Salem Northwestern, 25-15, 12-25, 13-25, 26-24, 15-12, in a Division VI sectional final Thursday. The ninth-seeded Eagles improve to 17-7 and went five games twice in the regular season — both times against Columbiana. Down two ...

Warriors leave a trail of victims

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BELOIT — The West Branch girls soccer team is leaving a lot of victims behind in the Division IV tournament. The second-seeded Warriors blanked 33rd-seeded Sheffield Brookside, 11-0, in a sectional final Thursday. West Branch improves to 18-0 and has only given up five goals all season. The Warriors advance to the district semifinals and will host 35th-seeded Struthers — which hasn't scored a goal this season — at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Scoreless Struthers is 0-16 overall and has been outscored 158-0 this year. Audrey Eaton and Addi Dudley combined for the Warriors' 13th ...