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EAST PALESTINE 38, WELLSVILLE 7 WELLSVILLE — East Palestine captured its fourth straight win by pulling away from Wellsville, 38-7, in Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference play Friday. The Bulldogs improve to 4-2 overall and 3-0 in the EOAC. They will host co-leader United on Friday with the league title on the line. After a scoreless first quarter, East Palestine scored two touchdowns in each of the final three quarters. The Bulldogs led 14-0 at halftime, 26-7 through three quarters and added 12 more points in the final quarter. Wellsville drops to 1-5 overall and 0-3 in league play. ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

COUNTY MEET COLUMBIANA — The 2026 Columbiana County Cross Country Meet will be held Tuesday at East Palestine City Park. Salem has swept the boys and girls team titles the last 11 years. Tuesday's schedule includes high school boys at 4:30 p.m., high school girls at 5:05 p.m., junior high boys at 5:45 p.m., junior high girls at 6:10 p.m. and a fifth- and sixth-grade race at 6:30 p.m. JUNIOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL EAST LIVERPOOL VS. INDIAN CREEK 7th Grade: East Liverpool won 25-15, 25-18 Thursday. East Liverpool, Kendall Laughlin 9 points and 6 aces, Norah Nizer 8 points and 2 aces, ...

Both Columbiana teams reach districts

SALEM — The Columbiana boys and United senior Cole Crawford are playing into October. The Clippers placed second out of 13 teams at the Division III sectional golf tournament Thursday at Salem Hills Golf & Country Club. Columbiana shot a 343 to finish one stroke behind sectional ...

OVAC soccer full of area teams

The area will be well-represented in OVAC soccer championship finals across the region on Saturday. Beaver Local's boys and girls soccer teams, Oak Glen's boys, Columbiana's boys and United's girls will all compete for titles in their respective classifications. Beaver Local's boys come into their Class 5A final at 10-0-1 and will take on Wheeling Park (10-0-2) at 12:30 p.m. at St. Clairsville High School. Kaden Mays leads the top-seeded Beaver Local offense that has scored 77 goals this season with 32 goals and 10 assists. Wheeling Park was a 2-0 winner over Steubenville in last ...

Sutter lifts Salem over Poland

POLAND — Ronin Sutter scored on a 35-yard shot two minutes in the match as the Salem boys soccer team scored a 1-0 win over Poland on Thursday. Salem improves to 6-3-1, while Poland drops to 9-2. It snapped a nine-match winning streak in which Poland outscored the competition a combined 49-2. It was the Bulldogs' first loss since a 4-0 defeat at Marlington on Aug. 15. Salem will travel to Akron Manchester on Saturday. WARREN JFK 3, UNITED 2 WARREN — Warren JFK's boys soccer team nipped United 3-2 on Thursday. Jude Andrea and Marvin Schreiber scored for the Eagles. Dylan ...

Blue Devils dig Valley

LISBON — Lisbon's volleyball team defeated Valley Christian 25-14, 25-14, 25-9 on Thursday. Addison Anderson led Lisbon with nine kills, six aces and three digs. Lilly Lipply added six kills and three aces while Gionna Lenigar had five kills and three aces. Alayna Householder recorded four kills and four aces, and Aria Reckner added four aces. Bridget Newbold finished with 21 assists, while Hannah Davis had six digs. Lisbon 4-11 and 2-7 in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference. Lisbon also won the junior varsity match 25-17, 25-5. Gracyn Owens had five kills and 10 aces, while ...