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UNITED 49, WELLSVILLE 0 HANOVERTON — United’s football team hasn’t had to take off the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference crown in four seasons. The Golden Eagles made it four straight EOAC titles with a 49-0 win over Wellsville on Friday in a game that was conceded by the Tigers after three quarters. The Golden Eagles (7-1, 5-0 EOAC) have won 23 straight games in the league dating back to 2023. Wellsville (1-8, 0-6 EOAC) is the inverse of that having lost 18 straight league games. The Golden Eagles led 35-0 after the first quarter and 42-0 at the half. The running clock was ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

BOWLING RESULTS Sportsman League at Walnut Lanes TEAM STANDINGS: Caliber Collision 31, Sparkle Market 28, Sanford Plumbing 21, Safelite 20, Amato Law Office 18, Historic Highlands 16, AK Nahas 14, Walnut Lanes and Hose before Bros 11, Jayden 5. HIGH GAMES: Rick Rudibaugh 285, Tim Pancake 285, Billy Pomeroy 267. HIGH SERIES: Tim Pancake 742, Jay Davis 657, Butch Mattern 649. NBA TAKES BACK SEAT MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks are going to have an afternoon tip-off for their Oct. 23 home opener with the Chicago Bulls to avoid a direct conflict with Game 1 of the World Series, ...

Potters beat Beavers again

EAST LIVERPOOL — The third time was a charm for the East Liverpool volleyball team. The Potters captured their second win over rival Beaver Local in three tries, 25-22, 16-25, 25-13, 17-25, 15-10, in an OVAC Class 5A consolation match Thursday. It might not be the last say on the matter this season. If No. 4 seeded Beaver Local beats No. 16 seeded Indian Creek and No. 6 seeded East Liverpool beats No. 9 seeded Steubenville in Div. IV sectionals on Wednesday, the teams will play for a fourth time on Oct. 26. The Potters improved to 13-7 this season after entering the match having ...

West Branch stops Canfield

CANFIELD — Reed Martucci and Michael McCartney provided the scoring and the West Branch defense teamed up against Canfield for a 2-1 win in boys soccer action Thursday. West Branch improves to 12-3-1, while Canfield suffered its third loss in five matches to drop to 11-3-2. Canfield had given up nine goals all season through 16 matches, but West Branch took a 2-0 lead. Michael McCartney scored on a head from the left side with 16:13 left in the first half. Reed Martucci made it 2-0 on a pass from Kolin Kaley, who got a deflection off a Canfield save, with 34:48 to play in the ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

EBC CROSS COUNTRY ALLIANCE — Minerva will try to remain on top at the Eastern Buckeye Conference Cross Country Meet at Marlington High School on Saturday. The Minerva girls have won eight straight league titles and the Minerva boys the last two. Action starts at 9 a.m.w with the 1,000-meter kid's fun run for grades 1-6. That will be followed by the high school girls at 9:30 a.m., high school boys at 10:15 a.m., middle school girls at 11 a.m. and middle school boys at 11:30 a.m. OBETZ HOSTS STATE OBETZ – The OHSAA state cross country meet will be held Saturday, Nov. 7, at ...

United wears first league crown in 11 years

EAST PALESTINE — United's volleyball team had all day to think about its potential league-clinching match against East Palestine on Wednesday. The Golden Eagles were off school due to water problems and had to put a disappointing performance against Columbiana in the OVAC semifinals ...