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Buckeyes look to make it three straight

COLUMBIANA — Crestview head coach Dom Perry says it's easy to coach an Ohio All-Star team made up of three dozen of the top senior football players in the area. "They're going well," Perry said. "It's easy to coach a team like this. They are knowledgeable and coachable and they're all good ...

2026 OHIO ALL-STARS ROSTER

1 Cletis Monroy, Salem 1 Jeremiah Thomas, West Branch 2 Lucas Adams, Salem 2 Jacob Weingart, West Branch 2 Will Harmon, Salem 3 Grady Close, West Branch 4 Ethan Kane, Crestview 4 Nate Alexander, Western Reserve 4 Caidyn McElhaney, Crestview 5 Lucas Barber, Columbiana 5 Dylan ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

ALL-DISTRICT SOFTBALL Several area softball players were named to the Ohio High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association Northeast district teams recently. In Div. IV, West Branch pitcher Ellie Tucker and West Branch infielder Sara Schmidt were second team choices. In Div. V, South ...

PENN-OHIO STATELINE CLASSIC HISTORY

Year — Winner (Score) — Site 2026 — 7 p.m. Thursday — Geneva 2025 — Ohio (30-7) — Salem 2024 — Ohio (28-10) — Geneva 2023 — Pennsylvania (47-30) — Salem 2022 — Ohio (35-28) — Geneva 2021 — Pennsylvania (20-17) — East Liverpool 2020 — Game canceled due ...

Rivers becomes a winner

COLUMBIANA — Leetonia High School graduate Jaden Rivers' summer has already been a busy one. Rivers was the lone Columbiana County player to play in the 40th Jack Arvin Classic on June 4 at Hubbard. There he helped the Mahoning-Columbiana County team to a 21-3 win over the Trumbull ...

Thurik, Koons recognized as All-Ohioans

Beaver Local and United's softball teams showed off a lot of skill and talent in their excellent seasons and for that the Ohio High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association rewarded the Beavers and Eagles with spots on the 2026 All-Ohio softball teams. In Div. IV, Beaver Local sophomore ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

OVAC BASEBALL STARS The Ohio Valley Athletic Conference released its postseason baseball awards on Saturday. Players of the year are Cameron’s Landen Francis (1A), Toronto’s Drake Bouscher (2A), Wheeling Central’s Jake Brown (3A), Linsly’s Jaxson Murray (4A) and Brooke’s Andrew ...

Rebel seniors savored 10-0 run

COLUMBIANA — A case could be made that the 2025 Crestview football team had the best regular season out of any Rebel team in school history. The team outscored its opponents 405 to 90 in going 10-0 and capturing the Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference Gray Division. Only the 2012 team ...

Outing held in memory of Kirkland

SALEM — The Salem Athletic Boosters Club dedicated its golf outing on June to the memory of Salem's late superintendent Sean Kirkland. Kirkland ran the SABC golf outing for eight years before handing it off in 2024. To honor Kirkland, the club put a sign on the 15th tee box for all ...