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Sloan needs a record jump

NEW MIDDLETOWN — Southern sophomore Kiah Sloan needed to get pushed a little. Sloan and South Range junior Gabby Spooner both broke the district long jump record on the way to a one-two finish at the Springfield Division III district track and field meet Friday. Spooner, a transfer from ...

Taylor gives Potters a good shot

MILLERSBURG — Junior Dontay Taylor highlighted five more regional qualifiers for the East Liverpool boys on Friday. Taylor won the shot put at the West Holmes Division II district track and field meet with a toss of 47-feet-10 3/4. The Potters’ 1600-meter relay team of Meshach Harris, ...

Devils lose one senior

LISBON — The Lisbon Blue Devils baseball team finished the regular season on quite a roll, having won eight of its last nine regular-season games. But that hot streak came to an end in a hard-fought 5-2 loss to a scrappy 22nd-seeded East Canton Hornets in a Div. VII sectional opener. With ...

Davis leads Rebels into district play

STRUTHERS — Zachary Davis limited Rittman to three hits as he struck out nine and walked three in Crestview’s 2-1 win over Berkshire on Friday in a Div. V sectional opener on Friday at Cene Park. Kyle Booth added a hit and RBI for the Rebels, the 23rd seed. Crestview (9-12) will travel ...

Clips, Rebels ousted

WELLINGTON — The Columbiana softball team could not have asked for a better start in its Div. V district final against LaBrae on Friday at Wellington Rec Park. Unfortunately for the Clippers, the start is where it ended as LaBrae scored 11 unanswered runs to claim the district title with a ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

Weather changes Due to weather and lingering affects from days of rain, the area baseball schedule was altered again on Friday. • Columbiana’s Div. VI sectional game at Mineral Ridge was moved to 4:30 p.m. Saturday. • Heartland Christian’s Div. VII sectional game at Western ...

Salem girls always put best foot forward

SALEM — The Salem girls 3200-meter relay team is loaded for another state run. The Quakers’ team of Abby Knickerbocker, Maggie Hopple, Jill Pieren and Maggie Hall ran together for the second time this season and raced to a Division II district title on a rainy Thursday at Sebo ...

Weather changes

Weather once again had its way with the area softball and baseball tournament slate on Thursday. In Div. IV softball, West Branch’s district final with Mogadore Field is slated for a noon start on Saturday at Eagles 190 Sports Complex in Massillon. In Div. V softball, Columbiana’s ...

OVAC SOFTBALL AWARDS

2025 OVAC POSTSEASON AWARDS ALL-STAR GAME ROSTERS (to be played June 2 at I-470 Complex in Wheeling, W.Va.) OHIO ALL-STARS: Madelynn Tyson (Barnesville), Megan Henrich (Beaver Local), Rylie Porter (Bellaire), Vanessa Mullen (Bridgeport), Caitlynn Pleska (Columbiana), Braxton Neilson ...

AREA GOLF RESULTS

41st Annual Spring Scramble Saturday, May 17 at Valley FIRST: Bob Hall, Rob Hall, Anthony Hall, Nate Nesselrotte (-15) SECOND: Jim Santini, Larry Stacey, Ben Larson, Steve Anzevino (-11); Brad Kibler, Larry Kibler, Buddy Grimm, Todd Balsley (-11) THIRD: Bob Perry, Tony Perry, Mike ...