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SPORTS BRIEFING

GLEASON LED OAC MINERAL RIDGE — Former Ohio Athletic Conference commissioner Tim Gleason died on Thursday at age 70. Gleason served as the commissioner from 1991 to 2021. He is known as the 'Father of the NCAA Grant Program' which was created while he was a member of the Div. III Commissioners Association. In 1992 he organized the first ever college football game to be played in Germany between Heidelberg and Otterbein. He was currently a Mineral Ridge school board member and also served as an announcer at Mineral Ridge basketball, volleyball and wrestling events. DAVIDSON ...

ELKS SOCCER SHOOT WINNERS

AREA GOLF RESULTS

Thursday Morning Senior League At Eagle Pass STANDINGS: Tom Polen 68, Don Harrison 67.5, Steve Cope 66, Jeff Morrow 63.5, Ron Miller 61, Farber Tinsley 58, Jake Brown 58, Bob Burns 56.5, Tom Boyd 50.5, Roger Kelly 50, Rick Garrison 49.5, Mike Gruszecki 48.5, Don Wolf, 42.5, Chuck Kooser 40.5, Harry Matheny 35, Jim Martin 35, Jak Filisky 32.5, Rick Boyd 23, Allen Jeffries 14, Lucy Karnofel 11. LOW NET: Tom Boyd 29 LOW GROSS: Tom Boyd 37 Brittain League at East Palestine C.C. TEAM WINNER (4-man, 3-ball): Bill Dilworth, Kirk Leek, Daren Gamble and Tom Brittain. HOLE WINNERS: ...

Quakers pool their talents

COLUMBIANA — Salem High School graduate Lucas Adams was getting ready to jump into the pool Monday afternoon after a record-setting weekend at the state track and field meet. Then Salem head football coach Ron Johnson called. “I thought he was calling to congratulate me on state,” ...

Clancy cheers on Team Ohio

COLUMBIANA — Columbiana High School graduate Brayden Clancy's last athletic competition for the Clippers was on Dec. 13, 2025. It's a bittersweet memory for the Clipper football and basketball standout. "We were playing United (in basketball) at our place," Clancy said. "We were in ...

West Branch, Alliance stick together

West Branch and Alliance's school districts issued a joint statement on Wednesday that they will not pursue membership into the All-American Conference. The school systems had been entertaining joining the AAC in the wake of several Eastern Buckeye Conference schools announcing they would ...