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Beavers give it their best shot

CADIZ — Down 4-0 late in the match, top-seeded Beaver Local fought back but dropped a tough 4-2 decision to second-seeded Tri-Valley in a Division III district championship girls’ soccer match at Harrison Central’s Wagner Field on Wednesday night. “I asked them to leave everything on ...

Big Red player runs into official

STEUBENVILLE — The Ohio High School Athletic Association is looking into an incident that occurred late in the Steubenville-New Philadelphia boys soccer match on Tuesday night. With less than six minutes to go in the game, a Steubenville player contacted an official who was displaying a penalty card at another player following a collision near the goal. Video of the incident circulated on social media on Wednesday. The Steubenville player appeared to run at and slam into the official. The referee was sent to the ground. The referee continued to officiate the final minutes of the ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

SPLIT SQUAD SALEM — The Salem girls cross country team is expected to be at full strength Saturday as the Quakers seek their sixth straight state berth. Salem athletic director Matt Freeman said the school's request to change the time of the girls soccer district final on Saturday was denied by the OHSAA Northeast District. He said the girls will be running in the Division III regional cross country meet at Boardman High School at 1:40 p.m. Saturday. Four of the Quakers' top seven runners also play on the soccer team, which also plays on Saturday afternoon. The 10th-seeded Quakers ...

Quakers make run at district title

SALEM — Salem's girls soccer team put in the work on Tuesday in its Div. IV district semifinal against Northwest to make sure there was a whole lot more work on Saturday. Sophomore defender Nora Shean went into an attacking position late in the game to score the Quakers' game winner with ...

United boots South Range

HANOVERTON — United's girls soccer team blanked South Range, 8-0, in a Division V district semifinal Tuesday. Fifth-seeded United moved to 13-4-1, while No. 15 South Range fell to 7-9-2. Elli Powers led the Eagles with three goals and one assist. Hailey Chuck had two goals and one ...

East Liverpool lays down the law

EAST LIVERPOOL — East Liverpool City Schools will have updated security measures in place for Friday's football playoff game against Columbus Marion-Franklin at Patterson Field. This move comes after a 16-year-old was stabbed in the restroom in an alleged assault during last Friday's overtime game with Brooke at Patterson Field. The new guidelines include: • Guests will have to have a pink parking pass or a handicap placard to park in the grass lot near the visitors' bleachers. • Temporary fencing will be placed behind the visitors' bleachers. No one will be allowed to ...