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Martucci duo puts West Branch into next round

BELOIT — West Branch made short work of Ravenna with an 8-0 win in a Div. IV boys soccer sectional opener on Monday. The game was stopped in the second half due to the tournament mercy rule which automatically ends any game that has an eight goal or higher differential in the second ...

Quakers, Rebels set sights on new league

BELOIT — It appears that a new football-only league will try to get off the ground to serve area teams left out in the most recent league shake-ups. The West Branch Board of Education approved by a 5-0 vote on Monday that the Warriors would join a yet-to-be-named league to begin play in the 2028-29 school year. The Warriors would join Crestview, Salem, Alliance, Howland and Canton Central Catholic pending approval from the other schools involved. West Branch, Howland and Alliance were left in the cold after Marlington, Minerva and Carrollton made it known they would leave the ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

PEACE RACE YOUNGSTOWN — Former Columbiana High School standout Justin Boggs won the two-mile race during the 52nd annual Youngstown Peace Race on Sunday. Boggs was first out of 306 finishers in a time of 11 minutes, 45 seconds. He was followed by the Dudek family from Columbiana. Crestview seventh grader Azariah Dudek was second (12:15) and sister Azalea Dudek, a Crestview eighth-grader was 10th (14:13). Peter Dudek, was 12th (14:34). There were 430 finishers in the 11K race and 83 finishers in the 25K race. In the 11K race, Natalie Guappone of Lisbon was seventh in the ...

Salem boys Hall in EBC title

ALLIANCE — Missing one of its top runners, the Salem boys cross country team justs puts someone in his spot. Junior Colton Hall ran his fastest race ever in leading the Quakers to victory at the Eastern Buckeye Conference Meet on Saturday. The Quakers had the top three finishers and four runners under 17 minutes to win going away with 27 points. Two-time defending league champion Minerva was second (71) and Marlington third (76). Hall covered the 3.1-mile course at Marlington High School in a personal-best 16 minutes, 14.3 seconds to top the 73-runner boys field. Also for the ...

New champions at Clipper Invite

CANFIELD — There were a couple of new champions at the 28th annual Clipper Invitational on Saturday. Burgettstown (Pa.) won the boys team title and Heritage Classical Academy from Peninsula was the girls champion at the Mill Creek MetroParks Farm. Burgettsown's Max Maltony repeated as the boys winner in 17 minutes, 34.57 seconds. Columbiana's Jace Zelonish was third and Lisbon's Caiden Carlisle seventh. Mogadore's Kasey Bolyard topped the girls race in 20:20.90. Columbiana's Sidney Schlueter was fifth and Columbiana's Maddie Jackson 10th. BOYS RESULTS TEAM STANDINGS: 1. ...