Beavers will have to wait

WHEELING, W.Va. — Beaver Local’s softball team will have to wait a bit for its OVAC Class 4A championship game.

Due to wet field conditions at the I-470 Complex, the top-seeded Beavers and No. 3 seed Weir will play on Monday. A game time was not assigned.

Fuline going to Cincinnati

CINCINNATI –University of Mount Union head men’s basketball coach Mike Fuline resigned on Thursday to take an assistant coaching position under new University of Cincinnati head coach Jerrod Calhoun.

Fuline served in his role at Mount for 15 years where he won a program record 285 games including five NCAA Div. III tournament appearances and a national-runner up finish in 2023.

Mount Union said it would announce a new coach in the coming weeks.

Fuline is the nephew of former Lisbon boys and girls basketball coach Joe Fuline.

Optimist Meet on Saturday

AUSTINTOWN — The 45th Optimist Meet will be held Saturday at Falcon Stadium.

Twenty-five schools are entered, including Salem and Columbiana.

The field events will start at 9 a.m. with the boys shot put and long jump and girls discus, high jump and pole vault.

The finals in the girls and boys 3200-meter run will be at 9:15 a.m. The rest of the running events will start at 10:15 a.m.

Dukes sweep West Branch

BELOIT — The Marlington tennis team won the Eastern Buckeye Conference championship by sweeping a doubleheader from West Branch, 3-2, 3-2, Thursday.

Marlington improves to 10-4 overall and 6-0 in the EBC, while West Branch drops to 7-6 and 4-2 in league play.

West Branch will host Field at 5 p.m. Monday.

Marlington 3, West Branch 2

FIRST SINGLES: Finn Hassenzahl (M) def. Austin Hawk, 6-4, 6-4.

SECOND SINGLES: Marocos Ramos Ruiz (M) def. Damon Edwards, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4.

THIRD SINGLES: Cameron McCartney (WB) def. Connor Wines, 6-4, 6-4.

FIRST DOUBLES: Nathan Dipold-Paula Mora Montaluo (M) def. Jeremy Augustein-Blake Robbins, 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (7-4).

SECOND DOUBLES: Connor Lopez-Mason Cosma (WB) def. Jacob Dean-Braxton Gill, 6-4, 6-3.

Marlington 3, West Branch 2

FIRST SINGLES: Finn Hassenzahl (M) def. Austin Hawk, 6-3, 6-4.

SECOND SINGLES: Marocos Ramos Ruiz (M) def. Damon Edwards, 6-1 6-1.

THIRD SINGLES: Cameron McCartney (WB) def. Connor Wines, 6-4, 6-4.

FIRST DOUBLES: Nathan Dipold-Paula Mora Montaluo (M) def. Jeremy Augustein-Blake Robbins, 6-1, 6-1.

SECOND DOUBLES: Connor Lopez-Mason Cosma (WB) def. Jacob Dean-Braxton Gill, 6-1, 6-2.