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It’s all the same for Heartland star

COLUMBUS — Heartland Christian senior Rebecca Geiss says the new divisions at the state track meet are nothing new. "I feel it is still the same girls," Geiss said. "It seems like I've been seeing everybody for a long time." Geiss finished third in the Division V 3200-meter run Friday ...

Wellsville jumper leaves mark at state

COLUMBUS — Wellsville long jumper Clayten Kersey remembers going to his first state track meet at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium as a fifth-grader. That was in 2019 when Wellsville's Justin Wright captured state championships in the long jump and 100-meter dash. "I couldn't believe he's from ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

NO REFILLS CORAL GABLES, Fla (AP) — FIFA has made a late change of policy to bar World Cup fans from bringing refillable water bottles into the tournament's 16 stadiums across North America including some with limited or no shade from the sun. The "Stadium Code of Conduct" update was criticized Thursday by an English fan group, which argued FIFA had given assurances on carrying empty plastic bottles to fill with freely available water at a tournament where heat and extreme weather are expected to be a factor. "Naturally, the immediate thought from supporters is this is just the ...

Roach wants to go out on top

EAST LIVERPOOL — East Liverpool senior Maddox Roach has put in the work. At the top of his running game, he's looking to end his high school athletic career on the top of the podium on Saturday night at the state track and field meet at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. Roach comes into the ...

Salem girls will be in the running

SALEM — The Salem girls track and field team has won everything this season, so the Quakers have high hopes again for this weekend. The Quakers are sending 12 girls in 10 events to the Division III state meet Friday and Saturday at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus. “It’s a ...