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Quakers kick up their heels

/08201716/HJ-Peyton-Colbert-medal-1-247x500.jpg" alt="" width="247" height="500" class="size-medium wp-image-1015693" /> PEYTON COLBERTSalem5th, High Jump[/caption] COLUMBUS — After three school records and a state title, the Salem girls track team didn’t want it to end ...

U.S. Open qualifier with a Woods on bag

(AP) — Miles Russell was among two 17-year-olds who earned a spot in the U.S. Open on Monday. Still to be determined was whether Russell brings his caddie from the 36-hole qualifier — the son of three-time champion Tiger Woods — to Shinnecock Hills next week. Russell, the No. 10 amateur ...

Salem’s Murray in a hurry

By RON FIRTH Sports Editor COLUMBUS — Salem freshman Chaya Murray is so fast that she was standing on the podium as they started her final race Saturday night. Murray was getting her gold medal for winning the Division III 200-meter dash when the 1600-meter relay race started at the ...

Roach dreams of a different place

COLUMBUS — East Liverpool senior Maddox Roach was standing at the top of the podium after the Division III 1600-meter run Saturday night at the state track meet. “I had a dream Wednesday night I was going to win,” Roach said. “I didn’t though.” Roach finished third for his ...

Wheatley, Adams leap onto podium

COLUMBUS - Beaver Local junior Landon Wheatley and Salem senior Lucas Adams opened the season battling it out at the F.E. Cope Invitational and ended the season on the podium at the state track and field meet. Both cleared 6-foot-4 on their first attempts as Wheatley placed seventh and ...

Raiders season comes to an end

AKRON — South Range's softball team saw its season come to an end with an 8-1 loss to Liberty Union in the Div. V state semifinals on Saturday at Firestone Stadium. The Lions scored six runs in the in the sixth to pull away. South Range (23-8) stranded 11 runners. Wheelersburg won ...

Liposky earns Heartland’s first track title

COLUMBUS — Heartland Christian sophomore Claire Liposky knew her best would be good enough. Liposky unleashed her best two throws ever and won the Division V discus state championship — the first state track title in school history. "It was fun winning, but it wasn't the main thing," ...

Quaker jumpers leap onto podium

COLUMBUS — Salem senior Lucas Adams' first 23-foot long jump put him into first place at the Division III state track and field meet Friday. "I've been waiting to hit 23 for a while," Adams said. "Of course I wanted to be the state champion. But getting 23 feet was all I wanted to do ...

Murray gets off to a good start at state

COLUMBUS — Salem freshman Chaya Murray made her presence known at the state track meet Friday. She posted the top time in the 200-meter dash and anchored the 400 and 1600 relay teams in the Division III preliminaries. "It's amazing," Murray. "I had so much fun." The fun starts Saturday ...

Southern’s Jones all smiles this time

COLUMBUS - Southern Local senior Maddy Jones left the state track and field meet in tears again. "I'm crying happy tears," Jones said Friday after becoming the second Southern girl ever to stand on the podium at state. After finishing no higher than 14th place in her previous two trips to the ...