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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 up to Div. I had been initially assigned to Div. II. There are no changes to Divisions III through VII. The OHSAA does not move schools up a division to replace schools that opt up to Division I. The changes increase Division I to 80 schools (from 72), while decreasing Division II to 98 schools ...

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 ...

Murray takes sixth at nationals

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 Devin Finch for the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning. Crestview plays Canfield in the district championship at 7 p.m. Monday for players ages 11-13. The game will be televised live on MyYTV. Canfield needs to win one game to advance, while Crestview needs to beat Canfield ...

Chip Hancho takes Ohio Derby crown

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 ...