From Staff Reports
SALEM — The Salem girls track team feels like it is their duty to win the hometown F.E. Cope Invitational.
The Quakers captured their sixth of the last seven team titles by totaling 138 points Thursday at Sebo Stadium, finishing 45 points ahead of runner-up ...
Beaver Local 10, Knox Central 0
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Beaver Local ended its Myrtle Beach trip with a 3-1 mark after a 10-0 win over Knox Central (Kentucky) in five innings on Thursday.
Addie Thurik threw a perfect game with 15 strikeouts. She threw 56 pitches and 46 went for strikes. ...
Lisbon 19, Malvern 1
MALVERN —Lisbon made quick work of Malvern with a 19-1 win in four innings on Thursday.
Ashton Hinchliffe had four hits and five RBIs for the Devils. Marc Moore added two hits and two RBIs. Nick Peruchetti added two hits.
Logan Sturgeon was the winning pitcher ...
Pirates call up Griffin
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Konnor Griffin Era will begin this afternoon in Pittsburgh.
A person familiar with the decision has told The Associated Press that the Pirates are calling up the 19-year-old shortstop, the consensus choice as the top prospect in baseball, ...
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Addie Thurik had two singles and a triple while getting the win in the circle with four strikeouts and three walks in Beaver Local’s 9-3 softball win over Morgantown (W.Va.) on Wednesday in Myrtle Beach.
Ciara Call continued her solid start to the season with two ...
Marin and Oh share lead at 65
EVANS, Ga. (AP) — Arkansas junior Maria Jose Marin birdied her final two holes Wednesday for a 7-under 65 to share the lead with 17-year-old Soomin Oh of South Korea in an opening round of great weather and low scoring at Champions Retreat in the Augusta ...
United 8, Malvern 2
HANOVERTON — Ethan Newburn had two hits and two RBIs to lead United to an 8-2 win over Malvern on Tuesday.
Jason Pratt added two hits. Quentin Taylor had a double and two RBIs. Wyatt Swanson had a double as well.
Nick Lutes was the winning pitcher with 10 strikeouts ...
F.E. Cope on Thursday
SALEM — The 33rd annual F.E. Cope Invitational will be held Thursday at Sebo Stadium.
Action starts at 4:30 p.m. with the field events. The running events get under way at 5:15 p.m.
Sixteen schools are entered, including host Salem, Akron Coventry, Alliance, ...
Columbiana 3, Lisbon 2
COLUMBIANA — Columbiana’s first game of the season was worth waiting for.
Freshman pitcher Ella Eisenbraun made her debut, striking out 14 in a 3-2 win over Lisbon at Firestone Park on a windy Tuesday. She had strikeouts for Lisbon’s first eight outs. Eisenbraun ...