Local Sports

JUNIOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL

LISBON VS. WELLSVILLE Lisbon won 25-19, 25-8 Monday. Lisbon, Arianna Leathley 11 points and 4 aces, Chloe Haines 9 points and 7 aces, Aubree Keys 7 points and 2 aces. SOUTHERN VS. VALLEY 7th grade: Southern won 25-2, 25-6 Monday. Southern, Sadie Plunkett 26 points, 21 aces, Eva Weston 8 points, 5 aces. 8th grade: Southern won 25-15, 25-6. Southern, Karlee Sevek 25 points, 13 aces, Addison Desellem 5 points, 4 aces. UNITED AT EAST PALESTINE 7th grade: East Palestine won 25-13, 25-20 Monday. United, Kaitlynn Hoopes 9 points, Eve Kiko 6 points. 8th grade: United won 25-21, ...

Racing comes to a close at Deerfield

Area golfers come up short of state

ALLIANCE — Western Reserve senior Joey Thomas will be teeing off at the state golf tournament. Thomas tied for second at the Division III boys district tournament Monday At Tannenhauf Golf Club. He shot an 18-hole score of 79 to tie Smithville senior Owen Ward and Lake Center ...

Crusaders march past Southern Local

STEUBENVILLE — Last week, Steubenville Catholic Central head coach Greg Bahen said he saw Matty Jones making strides and getting closer to the potential the Crusaders coaching has seen from the junior signal caller. Saturday night, it's safe to say Jones lived up to that potential. The ...

Beavers battle with one of the state’s best

NILES — The Niles girls soccer team is expected to make a run at a Div. IV state championship this season and the Beaver Local Beavers got an example first hand how dominating the Red Dragons can be in a 4-0 loss on Saturday at Bo Rein Stadium. Niles is 11-0 having outscored opponents ...

Mount Union bounces back

NEW CONCORD — No. 24 Mount Union rolled to its first Ohio Athletic Conference win of the season Saturday, setting a school record with 786 total yards in a 65-7 rout of Muskingum. The Purple Raiders (2-2, 1-1 OAC) averaged 9.2 yards per play and finished with 422 rushing yards, averaging 9.2 yards per carry. Freshman Bo Bokman rushed for a career-high 137 yards and three touchdowns, his second straight 100-yard game. Junior Kayden Minner added 113 yards and two touchdowns for his fifth career 100-yard game. It marked the first time Mount Union had two 100-yard rushers in the same ...