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County’s three state champs honored

CANFIELD – The Mahoning Valley was well-represented during the recently completed state athletic competition this past spring, both individually and teamwise. Four area individuals, along with one of the area’s top relay teams, earned the right to stand atop the podium after capturing ...

River Valley Renegades crowned in Columbiana

COLUMBIANA – The River Valley Renegades 12U baseball team won the Columbiana All-Star Tournament over the weekend posting a 3-1 overall record including an 8-0 win over Salem in the championship game. The Renegades, a collection of all-star players from East Liverpool’s River Valley Youth ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

EIGHT WILL PLAY DIV. I COLUMBUS – Eight schools have opted up to Div. I for the 2026 Ohio High School Athletic Association football playoffs, which has resulted in a number of shifts to Division I regional assignments that were initially announced on April 23. All eight schools that opted ...

Emch tries to make U.S. Pan Am Cup team

Crestview High School graduate and University of Pittsburgh sophomore Abbey Emch won't be celebrating the nation's 250th birthday at home, but she's going to be covered in red, white and blue as she tries to make the U21 national volleyball team. From June 26 to July 5 in Columbus, Emch will ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

CRESTVIEW INTO FINAL CANFIELD – Crestview needed a big comeback to advance to the Ohio Little League District 2 baseball championship. Crestview rallied from a 14-2 deficit to beat Poland, 15-14, in a third-round game Friday at McCune Park. Crestview’s Jaxson Booth hit a double to score ...

Hinchliffe grabs Lisbon’s first Ohio MVP

BEAVER FALLS, Pa. — Ohio's third straight Penn-Ohio Stateline Classic win over the Keystoners on Thursday at Geneva College included three MVPs from the Buckeye team. It could have been many more. Using its superior physicality and speed, Ohio raced to a 40-31 win at Reeves ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

PALMER HITS ACE COLUMBIANA — Tim Palmer of Rogers hit a hole-in-one at Valley Golf Club on Thursday. He used a 5-iron to ace the 145-yard second hole. Palmer’s playing partners were Bob Donley of Leetonia, Claye Folger of Salem, and Paul Lake of Texas. ACE FOR RODGERS GLENMOOR — ...

Hinchliffe’s Penn-Ohio MVP is Lisbon’s first

BEAVER FALLS, Pa. — Ohio's third straight Penn-Ohio Stateline Classic win over the Keystoners on Thursday at Geneva College included three MVPs from the Buckeye team. It could have been many more. Using its superior physicality and speed, Ohio raced to a 40-31 win at Reeves Field. ...