East Palestine hosts Ward

EAST PALESTINE — The William E. Ward Boys and East Palestine Girls Invitational will be held Saturday.

Action at Reid Stadium gets under way at 10 a.m. with the boys discus and high jump, girls shot put and long jump and the preliminaries in the 100-meter dash and high hurdles.

Twenty-seven schools are entered, including host East Palestine, Beaver Local, Columbiana, Crestview, Heartland Christian, Salem, Springfield Local and South Range.

Youngstown State Spring Game

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown State football team will play its annual Red-White Spring Game at 11 a.m. Saturday at Stambaugh Stadium.

Admission is free while parking is available in nearby YSU lots for $5. Seating will be in the West stands only.

The game will feature the offensive (Red Team) vs. the defense (White Team) in a format that will include a variety of scrimmage-like situations.

The first half will include two 15-minute quarters with normal clock procedures. The second half will have a continuous 20-minute running clock. Warmups will begin at 10:10 a.m.

YSU bowlers still alive

LAS VEGAS — Youngstown State’s women’s bowling team is still alive in the NCAA Final Four.

The Penguins, the third seed, knocked off second-seed Nebraska in the early session on Friday with a 1,021-973 win in the traditional round and a 1,116-1,006 win in the baker series.

Facing off against No. 1 seed Jacksonville State of Alabama in the winners bracket in the evening session the Penguins lost the traditional round 1,051-1,045 and then won the baker 1,127-1,123 to force a best-of-seven series. Jacksonville State won that 4-1.

YSU will play Nebraska again early on Saturday. If YSU beats the Huskers it will play defending champion Jacksonville State in the title match.

The tournament final will be broadcast at 9 p.m. Saturday on ESPNU.

Concealed carry class

CHESTER, W.Va. — The Chester-Newell Sportsmen’s Club will offer a concealed carry class at 9 a.m. May 18 at the club’s grounds. Cost is $75. Class is good for Ohio and West Virginia. Phone or text James at (757) 288-4772 to sign up.

Poland shuts out Salem

POLAND — The Salem boys tennis team managed to win only one game and fell to Poland, 5-0, Friday

The Quakers will play Marlington on Tuesday at Waterworth Memorial Park.

FIRST SINGLES: Ryan Nigh (P) def. Avery Yerkey, 6-0, 6-0.

SECOND SINGLES: Parker Ogden (P) def. Ty Tonkinson, 6-1, 6-0.

THIRD SINGLES: Carter Iberis (P) def. Victor Bobadilla, 6-0, 6-1.

FIRST DOUBLES: Saminder Tuli-Arjun Tuli (P) def. Elijah Fredette-Max Hammers, 6-0, 6-0.

SECOND DOUBLES: Dominic Domico-Josh Guy (P) def. Caleb Cutlip-Hayden Poling, 6-0, 6-0.

Jones sparks Beaver Local

WELLSBURG, W.Va. — Brenna Jones had a home run, single and five RBIs as Beaver Local ripped Brooke 10-1 in six innings on Friday.

Ciara Call, Mya Anderson and Addie Thurik all had doubles for the winners,

Megan Henrich was the the winning pitcher with no strikeouts and a walk in six innings.

Beaver Local is 6-2 and hosts Madonna Saturday.

BL: 1-0-3-0-0-6–10-12-1

BR: 1-0-0-0-0-0– 1- 5-1

Oak Glen routs Edison

NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — Marleah Lough had a single, double and two RBIs, while Kayla Wright had two singles and two RBIs in Oak Glen’s 14-3 rout of Edison in five innings on Friday.

Mattie Carney was the winning pitcher with five strikeouts and a walk in three innings.

Danica Holden added a double and Riley Bruce had a triple for the winners, 10-6.

Oak Glen (12-6) hosts Williamstown in a doubleheader Saturday.

ED: 0-0-0-1-2– 3- 7-2

OG: 5-3-0-6-x–14-11-2