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SPORTS BRIEFING

SATURDAY FINALES The final two regular-season football games will be played Saturday night. East Palestine plays Valley Christian at Mineral Ridge High School, while Wellsville travels to Steubenville Catholic Central at Steubenville's Harding Stadium. Both games kick off at 7 p.m. LIVING A DREAM ATLANTA (AP) — With the Dream clicking in the WNBA Finals, so are the ticket turnstiles in Atlanta. Three years after barely averaging 3,000 fans for the 2023 season — and ranking near the bottom of the league in home attendance numbers since then — the Dream are the hottest ...

Goals within reach for Beavers

CALCUTTA — Beaver Local's Kaleb Mays entered his senior season in August with 40 career goals. A few months later, he's within striking distance of the boys' school scoring record. Mays tallied four goals to give him 102 for his career in Thursday's 8-1 rout of East Liverpool in a Div. ...

Golden Eagles gild the lily

HANOVERTON — United had to rally past 22nd-seeded West Salem Northwestern, 25-15, 12-25, 13-25, 26-24, 15-12, in a Division VI sectional final Thursday. The ninth-seeded Eagles improve to 17-7 and went five games twice in the regular season — both times against Columbiana. Down two ...

Warriors leave a trail of victims

BELOIT — The West Branch girls soccer team is leaving a lot of victims behind in the Division IV tournament. The second-seeded Warriors blanked 33rd-seeded Sheffield Brookside, 11-0, in a sectional final Thursday. West Branch improves to 18-0 and has only given up five goals all season. The Warriors advance to the district semifinals and will host 35th-seeded Struthers — which hasn't scored a goal this season — at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Scoreless Struthers is 0-16 overall and has been outscored 158-0 this year. Audrey Eaton and Addi Dudley combined for the Warriors' 13th ...

Road to state begins Saturday

The road to the state cross country meet begins Saturday. Most area teams will at Canton GlenOak High School. The Salem boys are the lone area Division II team and will run at 10:45 a.m. The top 14 teams and top 28 individuals advance to the Boardman regional meet on Oct. 31. The rest of the race schedule includes Division III girls at 11:45 a.m., Division III boys at 12:30 p.m., Division IV girls at 1:30 p.m. and Division IV boys at 2:15 p.m. The Salem girls highlight Division III as they seek a sixth straight state appearance. The Quakers return five of their top seven ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

STATE-RANKED MATCHUP BELOIT — The Salem at West Branch football game tonight will be a state-ranked matchup. Both teams are 8-1 with the Quakers ranked 10th in Division III and the Warriors ranked 12th in Division IV. West Branch is 5-0 in the Eastern Buckeye Conference and has clinched at least a share of its seventh straight league title. Salem is 4-1 and needs to win to grab a share. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. and the Warriors will hold senior night before the game. Kickoff set for 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 for reserved seats, $8 for adult general admission and $5 for student ...