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Stewart in contention for state title

AKRON — Beaver Local freshman Eli Stewart finished the first day of the Ohio Div. II boys golf tournament tied for sixth place on Sunday at Firestone Country Club's North Course. Stewart carded a 75 and is tied with Alter's Matthew Kreusch for sixth. St. Clairsville's Beau Mooney leads with an even-par 72. Stewart will go off at 10:20 a.m. today on the first tee. Division II Boys Firestone Country Club - North Course TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Alter 305 (Matthew Kreusch 75, Teagan Moore 76, Tommy Priefer 85, Luke Ondulick 78, Miles Hein 76); 2. River View 310; 3. St. Clairsville ...

Jaylen Warren’s brilliance leads the Steelers past the Colts 34-22

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jaylen Warren spent time before Pittsburgh's game against Indianapolis watching old highlights of himself, back when the fifth-year running back was just 5-foot-8 and 220 pounds of raw material playing for a junior college in Utah, a time in his life when the spotlight of the NFL seemed a million miles away. That spotlight is considerably closer now. So close that Warren is practically standing in it. Warren had a star turn during the Steelers' 34-22 victory over the Colts on Sunday, piling up 188 total yards and two long touchdowns while outplaying Indy's ...

Botched punt sends Browns to defeat

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Deshaun Watson and the Cleveland Browns were on the verge of pulling off their fourth straight fourth-quarter comeback victory. Until it slipped right through their hands against the New York Jets. Literally. A momentum-swinging botched punt in a driving rain ...

Quakers are shaping up

CORTLAND — The Salem boys cross country team is getting in shape. The Quakers finished second out of 43 teams in the Small Division at the Legends Cross Country Meet on Saturday. Winchester Thurston, a private school in Pittsburgh, edged Salem, 101-107, for the team title at the Trumbull County Fairgrounds. Salem senior Luke Stephens paced four Quakers among the top 26 runners. Stephens was ninth out of 345 boys runners, covering the 3.1-mile course in 16 minutes, 15.7 seconds. Also for the Quakers, junior Colton Hall was 17th, freshman Taven Tice 23rd, junior Alex Rea 26th ...

Warrick leads way at OVAC

CAMBRIDGE — Beaver Local senior Luke Warrick highlighted area runners at the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships on Saturday. Warrick finished ninth out of 205 boys runners at Cambridge High School. He covered the 3.1-mile course in 16 minutes, 19 seconds. Oak Glen senior Lacey Cameron topped area girls by placing 20th out of 173 runners in 20:36. The Edison girls were sixth and the Oak Glen girls eighth in the team standings. Individual winners were University High junior Michael Gainer (15:22) and Wheeling Park junior Brenna Tipton (18:00). Both are ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

SALEM BLANKS SPARTANS BOARDMAN — The Salem boys soccer team posted its seventh shutout of the season, blanking Boardman 2-0 on Saturday. Jake Davis and Max Zacharias scored Salem's goals. The Quakers improve to 10-4-1 and will host Youngstown Ursuline at 7 p.m. in the "Kicks for the Cure" match. The Spartans were shut out for the fourth time and fell to 2-10-3. JUNIOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL 8th Grade: Beaver Local beat Buckeye Local 25-12, 16-25, 25-9 in the Buckeye 8 North semifinals Saturday. Beaver, Olivia Bissell 11 aces and 3 assists, Kendall Walgate 5 kills and 3 assists, ...