United Youth Football Camp

HANOVERTON — The United Golden Eagles Youth Football Camp featuring Youngstown State quarterback Beau Brungard will be held Saturday, June 6, at United’s football stadium.

The camp is free to boys and girls in grades 3-8 from all schools.

Register at unitedgridironclub.org by May 20.

Brungard won the 2025 Walter Payton Award given to the most outstanding offensive player in the NCAA Division I FCS.

The United coaching staff along with players from YSU, Walsh and Geneva will conduct the one-day camp.

District track moved to Fitch

AUSTINTOWN — The Division III district track and field meet originally scheduled to be held at Lakeview High School has been moved to Austintown Fitch.

Salem had hosted the district meet since getting an all-weather track in 1993. But it was scheduled for Lakeview because Salem cannot hold the pole vault at Sebo Stadium.

Thirteen schools will compete in the Division III district meet, including Salem, West Branch and Canfield, on May 21 and May 23.

The top four finishers in each event advance to the Austintown regional meet the next week.

Potter doubles finish third

DOVER — East Liverpool’s Brady Dawson and Garrett Cooper ended up finishing third at the Div. II sectional tennis tournament on Friday at Dover City Park.

St. Clairsville’s Mavrik Malin and Caiden Staub defeated the Potters 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the semifinal. Dawson and Cooper beat Cambridge’s Silas Hutchinson and Quentin Stora 6-1, 6-4 in the third place match. The St. Clairsville team beat Berlin Hiland’s Clay Lehman and Quinn Mullet 6-3, 6-2 in the sectional final.

All four teams will be a part of the district meet set for Monday at Dover City Park. Only the winner will advance to the state tournament.

Flag football finals in Canton

CANTON – Following the conclusion of the regional tournaments hosted by the Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals, eight schools have punched their ticket to the Inaugural Ohio High School Athletic Association Girls Flag Football State Tournament on Saturday at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium.

Quarterfinals (start at noon): No. 1 NE Madison vs. No. 4 SW Cin. Mount Notre Dame; No. 2 NE Grafton Midview vs. No. 3 SW Cin. Princeton; No 3 NE Burton Berkshire vs. No. 2 SW Cin. St. Ursula; No. 4 NE Macedonia Nordonia vs. No. 1 SW Hamilton Badin

Semifinals – 1 p.m.

Championship – 2:30 p.m. (Spectrum News 1)

Golden Bears get sixth seed

NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — Oak Glen’s baseball team secured the No. 6 seed in the Class AA, Region 1 tournament. The Golden Bears will travel to No. 3 Williamstown for a 5 p.m. start on Monday.

The winner of that game will get the winner of No. 2 seed Doddridge County and No. 7 seed Ravenswood in the double elimination tournament.

The last team standing out of those four will advance to the state tournament. On the other Region 1 bracket, Wheeling Central is the No. 1 seed and will meet the winner of No. 4 Weir and No. 5 Tyler Consolidated in the second round.

Purple Raiders in regional final

ALLIANCE — The Mount Union softball split a pair of games in the NCAA Division III Tournament on Friday and advanced to the regional championship.

The Purple Raiders (31-7) will play Christopher Newport (30-11) at the 23rd Street Softball Field.

Mount Union lost to Christopher Newport, 8-5, in Friday’s opener and beat Penn College, 13-2, in five innings in an elimination game.

The Mount Union infield includes senior first baseman Sydney Mercer from West Branch, sophomore second baseman Allison Jones from Western Reserve and senior shortstop Lydia Brunner from Minerva.

In the two games, Mercer totaled three hits, three runs, two RBIs and one stolen base; Allison Jones collected three hits, three runs, two RBIs and one stolen base; and Brunner had three hits, including a double, one run and one RBI.

Mount Union baseball falls

SALISBURY, Md. — The No. 14 Mount Union baseball team lost, 4-1, to Hobart in the opening round of the NCAA Division III Tournament on Friday.

Hobart (31-13) started the game with three runs in the first and added another run in the second to lead 4-0 through three innings.

West Branch High School graduate Aaron Tucker was a defensive replacement at first base for Mount Union in the top of the ninth inning

Mount Union (31-11) will play Bridgewater State (30-9) at 8:30 a.m. Saturday in the first elimination game.

Stepien’s ace

CALCUTTA — Tom Stepien aced Turkana Golf Course’s No. 17 with an 8 iron on April 27. Witness was John Stepien.