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COUNTY MEET COLUMBIANA — The 2026 Columbiana County Cross Country Meet will be held Tuesday at East Palestine City Park. Salem has swept the boys and girls team titles the last 11 years. Tuesday's schedule includes high school boys at 4:30 p.m., high school girls at 5:05 p.m., junior high boys at 5:45 p.m., junior high girls at 6:10 p.m. and a fifth- and sixth-grade race at 6:30 p.m. JUNIOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL EAST LIVERPOOL VS. INDIAN CREEK 7th Grade: East Liverpool won 25-15, 25-18 Thursday. East Liverpool, Kendall Laughlin 9 points and 6 aces, Norah Nizer 8 points and 2 aces, ...

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EAST PALESTINE 38, WELLSVILLE 7 WELLSVILLE — East Palestine captured its fourth straight win by pulling away from Wellsville, 38-7, in Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference play Friday. The Bulldogs improve to 4-2 overall and 3-0 in the EOAC. They will host co-leader United on Friday with the league title on the line. After a scoreless first quarter, East Palestine scored two touchdowns in each of the final three quarters. The Bulldogs led 14-0 at halftime, 26-7 through three quarters and added 12 more points in the final quarter. Wellsville drops to 1-5 overall and 0-3 in league play. ...

Blue Devils dig Valley

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LISBON — Lisbon's volleyball team defeated Valley Christian 25-14, 25-14, 25-9 on Thursday. Addison Anderson led Lisbon with nine kills, six aces and three digs. Lilly Lipply added six kills and three aces while Gionna Lenigar had five kills and three aces. Alayna Householder recorded four kills and four aces, and Aria Reckner added four aces. Bridget Newbold finished with 21 assists, while Hannah Davis had six digs. Lisbon 4-11 and 2-7 in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference. Lisbon also won the junior varsity match 25-17, 25-5. Gracyn Owens had five kills and 10 aces, while ...

JUNIOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL

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JUNOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL WEST BRANCH AT COLUMBIANA 7th Grade: Columbiana won 25-18, 27-25 Thursday. Columbiana (14-1). Avery Eisenbraun 6 aces, 2 kills, 1 dig, Stella Snyder 5 aces, 1 kill, 4 assists, 1 dig, Layla Rust 3 aces, 2 kills, 4 digs, Sydney Cunningham 1 ace, 1 kill. 8th Grade: Columbiana won 25-12, 25-16. Columbiana (12-3). Maria Lehnerd 13 aces, 1 kill, 9 assists, 5 digs, Sophia Gomoll 4 aces, 4 kills, 8 assists, 3 digs, Annabella Young 3 aces, 2 kills, 7 digs, Leighton Lalama 5 kills, 1 dig. OAK GLEN AT BEAVER 7th Grade: Oak Glen won 25-23, 25-16 Thursday. Oak Glen, Dillyn ...

Sutter lifts Salem over Poland

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POLAND — Ronin Sutter scored on a 35-yard shot two minutes in the match as the Salem boys soccer team scored a 1-0 win over Poland on Thursday. Salem improves to 6-3-1, while Poland drops to 9-2. It snapped a nine-match winning streak in which Poland outscored the competition a combined 49-2. It was the Bulldogs' first loss since a 4-0 defeat at Marlington on Aug. 15. Salem will travel to Akron Manchester on Saturday. WARREN JFK 3, UNITED 2 WARREN — Warren JFK's boys soccer team nipped United 3-2 on Thursday. Jude Andrea and Marvin Schreiber scored for the Eagles. Dylan ...

Both Columbiana teams reach districts

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SALEM — The Columbiana boys and United senior Cole Crawford are playing into October. The Clippers placed second out of 13 teams at the Division III sectional golf tournament Thursday at Salem Hills Golf & Country Club. Columbiana shot a 343 to finish one stroke behind sectional ...