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Beavers, Potters race toward regional

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — East Liverpool senior Maddox Roach and Beaver Local junior Landon Wheatley are trying to stand on the podium at the state track and field meet again this year. The Beaver Local boys relays teams will be looking to join them there. Three Beaver Local relay teams ran season-best times on the way to Division III district titles Saturday at St. Clairsville High School. Luke Rettos, Nolan Irving and Zachary Redman ran on all three winning relay teams and were joined by Richie Wyse in the 400 meters (44.15 seconds); Jack Nocella in the 800 meters(1:32.14); and Luke ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

GRIM REPEATS AS SECTIONAL CHAMP AKRON — Heartland Christian junior Cooper Grim won his second straight Divivision II district tennis singles title on Saturday at the Springside Athletic Club.  In the semifinal, Grim beat 2025 state third-place finisher Ilya Shcherbakov of Pepper Pike Orange 7-5, 6-0.  He faced another Orange player, Vivaan Moghekar, in the final and won 7-6, 6-4.  The state tennis tournament will be held May 28-29 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason.  CLIPPERS, BULLDOGS PLAY TODAY A pair of Division VI sectional baseball games postponed by rain ...

Rebels trying to graduate to districts

COLUMBIANA — The Crestview baseball team couldn’t beat the rain Friday and the Rebels have to wait to beat Beachwood. The 10th-seeded Rebels took a 9-8 lead over the 17th-seeded Bison before rain suspended the Division V sectional game entering the top of the sixth inning. The game ...

Grim nets third state berth

AKRON — Heartland Christian junior Cooper Grim is headed back to the Div. II state singles tournament for a third time. Grim knocked off two of his opponents on Friday at the Div. II district tournament on Friday at the Springside Athletic Club. The district tournament qualifies four to the state tournament set for May 28-29 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason near Cincinnati. In the opener on Friday, Grim beat Gates Mills Hawken sophomore Matthew Chu 6-0, 6-0. In the quarterfinal, Grim dispatched Canton South senior Blayten Young 6-0, 6-0 to reach the quarterfinal. The ...

Hiscox, Bradley capture district titles

ANDOVER — Juniors Brinsley Hiscox of United and Phiatra Bradley of Crestview were way ahead of the field Friday. Hiscox and Bradley won their events going away at the Pymatuning Valley Division IV district track meet. Hiscox took the girls 100-meter hurdles in 15.83 seconds, winning by more than one second. She won the district title as a freshman and was second last year. Bradley won the girls long jump at 15-foot-0 1/2. She had the best four jumps in the field, all four over 14-6. The United girls also won the 1600-meter relay (4:16.69). The top four in each event advance ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

LISBON WILL PLAY ON MONDAY LISBON — Lisbon and Dalton had their Div. VI sectional baseball tournament game on Friday postponed due to rain. The two teams will play at 5 p.m. Monday at Lisbon. EAST PALESTINE HAS TO WAIT UNITY — The East Palestine-Mogadore Div. VI sectional baseball tournament game scheduled for Friday was postponed due to rain. It will be made up at 5 p.m. on Tuesday at Ace of Diamonds. Due to Ace of Diamonds having planned travel team tournaments through the weekend and a Mogadore coach having to fly to Florida for a wedding, the team decided not to play ...