COLUMBUS — First-round pairings for the OHSAA football playoffs (with regional seeds and records). All games are at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1: DIVISION I Region 1 16. Cleveland St. Ignatius (1-9) at 1. Mentor (10-0) 15. Cleveland John Marshall (2-8) at 2. Toledo Whitmer (8-2) 14. Medina ...

Hinchliffe runs for 304 LISBON — Lisbon junior Ashton Hinchliffe is climbing the charts. Hinchliffe ran for 304 yards and four touchdowns on 42 carries in the Blue Devils’ 35-28 win at Wellsville on Friday. It was the third most in a single game in school history. He finished the season ...

First-round football playoff pairings for teams from the Morning Journal area: WEEK 11 Friday, Nov. 1 Playoffs Division IV Hubbard at West Branch, 7 p.m. East Liverpool at Columbus East, 7 p.m. Division V Martins Ferry at Crestview, 7 p.m. Fairless at South Range, 7 p.m. Division ...

EAST PALESTINE—With a chance to clinch a league championship, the United Eagles couldn’t afford to overlook the upset-minded East Palestine Bulldogs on Friday. Despite a short week and a greatly improved Bulldog team playing at home, the Eagles won in dominating fashion 51-12 to take the ...

BELOIT — It was a night of falling records when unbeaten West Branch hosted arch-rival Salem before a packed house on Friday at Clinton Heacock Stadium. The Warriors secured a school-record fifth consecutive outright Eastern Buckeye Conference crown and West Branch running back Boston ...

Southern 46, Leetonia 21 LEETONIA — Southern Local ran for four touchdowns in the first quarter and rolled over Leetonia, 46-21, in a regular-season finale Friday. In the first half alone, Landen Heffner ran for 148 yards and two touchdowns on eight carries, Timmy Potts had 44 yards and ...

WEEK 10 Friday, Oct. 25 West Branch 26, Salem 7 East Liverpool 52, Oak Glen 0 United 51, East Palestine 12 Lisbon 35, Wellsville 28 Southern 46, Leetonia 21 Valley 34, Columbiana 28 Lakeview 31, Beaver Local 28 Crestview 58, LaBrae 25 South Range 38, Hubbard 0 Carrollton ...

By MICHAEL S. BURICH Assistant Sports Editor EAST LIVERPOOL — East Liverpool’s football team found itself in a bad spot to start the season after dropping four out of its first five. But the Potters found a way to turn it around. Using a dominating performance against an overmatched ...

STREETSBORO — Crestview’s volleyball team rarely gets a chance to play someone in a neighboring district, so when it does there’s an bit of added excitement. The Rebels were happy to see some familiar faces in South Range on Thursday in the Div. V district final and the Rebels were ...

SMITHVILLE — Wellsville captured its 11th volleyball district title with a 25-18, 25-17, 18-25, 25-15 win over Cuyahoga Heights on Thursday in a Div. VII district final at Smithville High School. The Tigers were led by Bella Poppelriter’s 21 kills, 26 assists and 19 digs. Youngstown ...