Local Sports

Quakers playing waiting game

CLEVELAND — Salem is still in the dark about what opponent it will face on Friday in the second round of the Div. III, Region 9 football playoffs. A court hearing in Cleveland over No. 5 seed Cleveland Glenville's eligibility went five hours on Monday afternoon with no decision reached. Judge Andrew J. Santoli has set the hearing to continue at 9 a.m. today with closing arguments and a decision expected in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. Two Glenville football players are challenging the Ohio High School Athletic Association's decision to remove the Tarblooders from the ...

UNITED BOYS ON WAY TO REGIONAL

UNITED GIRLS HAD STRONG SEASON

SPORTS BRIEFING

PATTERSON SETS RECORDS FAIRMONT, W.Va. — West Liberty University running back Hunter Patterson, an Oak Glen High School graduate, made program history twice Saturday afternoon, breaking the career rushing touchdown record and setting a new single-season rushing mark in the Hilltoppers' 34-17 loss to Fairmont State at Duvall-Rosier Field. With his rushing touchdown, Patterson reached 44 career scores on the ground, breaking the previous school record of 43 held by Kevon Calhoun, who played at West Liberty from 2007-10. Patterson also rushed for 78 yards on 23 carries, bringing his ...

REGIONAL RUNNERS

Eagles chasing a gold medal

STOW — The United boys soccer team won a school-record third straight district championship Saturday, but this one was extra special — the kind players and coaches will still fondly recall when they’re old and gray. The 11th-seeded Golden Eagles traveled to Stow-Munroe Falls High School and knocked off defending back-to-back state qualifier Kidron Central Christian 1-0 to capture a Division V district championship in a defensive masterpiece. “We got that quick goal three minutes in and that was huge,” said United coach Curtis Jones. “I always tell the boys, we always try ...