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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 ...

OVAC soccer full of area teams

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The area will be well-represented in OVAC soccer championship finals across the region on Saturday. Beaver Local's boys and girls soccer teams, Oak Glen's boys, Columbiana's boys and United's girls will all compete for titles in their respective classifications. Beaver Local's boys come into their Class 5A final at 10-0-1 and will take on Wheeling Park (10-0-2) at 12:30 p.m. at St. Clairsville High School. Kaden Mays leads the top-seeded Beaver Local offense that has scored 77 goals this season with 32 goals and 10 assists. Wheeling Park was a 2-0 winner over Steubenville in last ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

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RAIDERS STREAMING ALLIANCE - The University of Mount Union's home game against Baldwin Wallace scheduled on Saturday, Nov. 7, will be the first Division III football game ever streamed on Amazon Prime. Kickoff has been moved to 4 p.m. The game will be streamed on the FloSports Channel on Amazon Prime (also live on FloCollege). GUARDIANS CLINCH BOSTON (AP) — Angel Martínez homered and Joey Cantillo threw five one-hit innings in a bulk relief role as the Cleveland Guardians clinched a playoff spot for the third straight year with a 1-0 win over the Boston Red Sox on Thursday ...