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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 ...

Novak leads Rebels to victory

CAMPBELL — Danny Novak collected four goals and one assist in leading Crestview past Campbell, 6-2, in boys soccer action Wednesday. Aiden Deem had one goal and one assist and Carson Barber also scored a goal. Kaegan Zohnd had two assists and Carson Crable one assist. Riley Mercer made eight saves in goal for the Rebels, who led 2-1 at halftime. Crestview improves to 15-2 and finished second behind Champion in the MVAC Gray Tier at 10-1. Campbell drops to 11-5-1. BEAVER LOCAL 7, ALLIANCE 1 ALLIANCE — Peyton Dunn scored five goals as the Beaver Local girls soccer team topped ...

Marshall, Merryman lead United runners

NEWTON FALLS — United's Ruby Marshall and Riley Merryman finished seventh and 11th, respectively, at the Newton Falls Hill-Man's XC Adventure on Tuesday. BOYS RESULTS TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Lake Center Christian (16), 2. Gilmour Academy (91), 3. Springfield Local (97), 4. Boardman (116), 5. Youngstown Ursuline (117), 6. Beaver Local (122), 7. United (175), 8. Valley Christian (251), 9. Struthers (268). INDIVIDUAL LEADERS (102 runners) 1. Zach Warner (Lake Center) 17:41.87; 2. Isaac Larson (Lake Center) 18:03.64; 3. Kristian Patrick (Lake Center) 18:08.52; 4. Luke Gerber (Lake Center) ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

CLIPPERS SWEEP EOAC LISBON — Columbiana swept the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference junior high volleyball titles on Wednesday. In the seventh-grade match, Columbiana beat East Palestine 25-23, 25-14 to improve to 20-12 on the season. In the eighth-grade match, Columbiana beat United 25-17, 25-12 to move to 17-4 overall. GREGORY NAMES TO CONFERENCE USA TEAM LYNCHBURG, Va. — West Branch graduate and Liberty University junior Sophia Gregory has been named to the Conference USA preseason all-conference team. Gregory, who transferred to Liberty from Youngstown State, was the ...