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Beavers can build on this

COSHOCTON — Beaver Local’s historic run to the girls Div. IV state soccer tournament came with a lot of thrills along the way. On Tuesday in the Div. IV state semifinal at Stewart Field, a tall, fast and athletic Columbus Academy team was the one providing all the highlights in a 4-0 win ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

Sebring’s Hall of Fame SEBRING — The Sebring McKinley Athletic Hall of Fame will hold a Class of 2025 induction ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 13, when the Sebring basketball team hosts Southington. Members of the new class include the 2010 and 2011 OASSA Division IV mount cheerleading ...

All-Ohio honors for Rebels

COLUMBIANA — Crestview’s volleyball team made a run to its seventh straight regional tournament this season and for that two of its top players were honored as members of the Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association Div. V All-Ohio teams. Senior Lainy Auer completed one of the best ...

Quakers team up at YSU

FORT WAYNE, Indiana — Every Youngstown State University cross country meet is like a Salem High School reunion. Four former Quakers helped the YSU women’s cross country team capture its second-ever Horizon League title Saturday and the first since 2014. Freshman Maggie Hopple, sophomore ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

Helmick runs in PAC meet MEADVILLE, Pa. — Geneva College captured its first Presidents’ Athletic Conference men’s cross country championship in program history. Geneva had six of the top 15 finishers to claim the title with 38 points. Grove City was a distant second with 71 ...

Beaver Local makes statement

ZANESVILLE — Beaver Local’s dance with destiny has led it to the pinnacle of the sport in the Buckeye State — the state tournament. The Beaver Local girls’ soccer team is state bound after capturing a Div. IV regional crown with a 1-0 triumph over Albany Alexander played before a ...

Columbus Academy Vikings next up for Beavers

Everything lined up perfectly for Beaver Local to make its first run to the state girls soccer tournament. Beaver Local, the best team in the East District, was given a gift in facing the Southeast District’s best in Albany Alexander on Saturday in the regional final. It is much more ...

Geiss’ latest state run

OBETZ — Second-place finishes were fine with Heartland Christian senior Rebecca Geiss. Geiss placed second at the Ohio high school state cross country meet for the second straight year Saturday after being state champion as a sophomore. “I came out and ran for my Lord and any results ...

Salem girls save their best for state meet

OBETZ — The Salem girls showed you don’t need a No. 1 runner if everyone does their best. The Quakers’ top five runners ran career bests in leading the team to a surprising sixth-place showing at the Division III state cross country meet Saturday. “I’m very proud of us,” senior ...

Roach going all out

OBETZ — East Liverpool senior Maddox Roach wishes he would have been more dedicated to cross country before this year. “I took it completely serious for the first time,” Roach said. “It was my last season. I didn’t want to go out on a ‘what if?’” Roach was rewarded with a ...