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Rebels trying to graduate to districts

COLUMBIANA — The Crestview baseball team couldn’t beat the rain Friday and the Rebels have to wait to beat Beachwood. The 10th-seeded Rebels took a 9-8 lead over the 17th-seeded Bison before rain suspended the Division V sectional game entering the top of the sixth inning. The game is ...

Grim nets third state berth

AKRON — Heartland Christian junior Cooper Grim is headed back to the Div. II state singles tournament for a third time. Grim knocked off two of his opponents on Friday at the Div. II district tournament on Friday at the Springside Athletic Club. The district tournament qualifies four to ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

LISBON WILL PLAY ON MONDAY LISBON — Lisbon and Dalton had their Div. VI sectional baseball tournament game on Friday postponed due to rain. The two teams will play at 5 p.m. Monday at Lisbon. EAST PALESTINE HAS TO WAIT UNITY — The East Palestine-Mogadore Div. VI sectional baseball ...

Hiscox, Bradley capture district titles

ANDOVER — Juniors Brinsley Hiscox of United and Phiatra Bradley of Crestview were way ahead of the field Friday. Hiscox and Bradley won their events going away at the Pymatuning Valley Division IV district track meet. Hiscox took the girls 100-meter hurdles in 15.83 seconds, winning by ...

Oak Glen’s Bone wears shot put gold

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Oak Glen senior Orien Bone did enough on his first throw to take home the gold on Friday at the first day of the West Virginia Class AA state track and field meet at Laidley Field. Bone's throw of 55-feet-11 was more than 5 feet better than second place Charles Swain of ...

Golden Bears going for two in a row

NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — Oak Glen's softball team will see a familiar foe first as it defends its 2025 state Class AA championship. The Golden Bears were slotted as the fifth seed in the 2026 state tournament and will face fourth-seeded Weir on Wednesday in the double-elimination event at ...

County jumpers leap ahead

NEW MIDDLETOWN — Area long jumpers leaped their way to the regional berths Thursday. Wellsville senior Clayten Kersey won the Springfield Division V district title with a jump of 20-feet-5 3/4 on his first attempt. He had the second-best jump on his next jump of 19-10. Kersey, a state ...

Quakers follow road to success

AUSTINTOWN — They may have taken the district track meet out of Salem, but they can’t take away the Quakers’ winning ways. The Salem girls and boys combined for five district champions and eight more regional qualifiers at the Austintown Fitch Division III district meet Thursday. Both ...

Heartland’s Farrell throws perfect game

UNITY — Heartland's Evan Farrell threw a perfect game as the Lions knocked off Southern Local 13-0 in a Div. VII sectional baseball tournament game on Thursday at Ace of Diamonds. Farrell threw 51 pitches with 40 for strikes. He struck out six and walked none. Jacob Goehring had a ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

REBELS TO START EARLY COLUMBIANA — In an effort to beat the rain, the Beachwood at Crestview sectional baseball tournament game set for today will start at 3:30 p.m. It was originally set for 5 p.m. None of the other area teams scheduled to play today have adjusted their schedules. Rainy ...