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SPORTS BRIEFING

VOLLEYBALL SUIT YOUNGSTOWN — After an Ohio judge granted a preliminary injunction for 24 men’s and women’s college basketball players suing the NCAA for eligibility, a local student-athlete followed suit on Tuesday, looking for similar treatment, according to WKBN. The complaint against the National Collegiate Athletic Association was filed on behalf of Abbie Householder, seeking an injunction that would allow her to play a fifth season of Division I volleyball at Youngstown State University without redshirting. WBKN said the complaint alleges Householder, among others, is ...

Soccer arrived in county in 1895

As the book closes on the second World Cup tournament held in the United States over the next few days it gives the nation a moment to reflect on how the sport has come along even if that history is sometimes not clear or never discussed at all. Here in Columbiana County the sport we know as soccer emerged in 1895 with the birth of the first known organized soccer club called the Rovers Association Football Club in East Liverpool. Pottery workers with links to Great Britain, where soccer's rules were established, drove this trend. The club elected its officers on Nov. 18, 1895 although ...

Beaver Local duo headlines OVAC group

WHEELING – The Ohio All Stars revealed their Defensive Backs and Wide Receivers for Saturday’s 80th annual OVAC Rudy Mumley Football Game at Wheeling Island Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7:15 p.m. A brief capsule of each player follows: TUCKER McELROY (Beaver Local) – This 6-2, ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

SEE THE OSU TURF REPLACED COLUMBUS — Ohio Stadium will offer "Turf Tours" in conjunction with the replacement of the Ohio State University's stadium turf replacement from July 22-31. The stadium tour will include stops at the press box, NetJets Landing, the Huntington Club, band center and home locker room. There will then be a stop at field level to see the current turf taken out and new turf go in. The last time Ohio State installed turf at the stadium was in 2022. Each tour guest will take home a piece of the national championship turf while supplies last. Tickets start at ...

Johnson hates to say goodbye to Firestone

AKRON — Zach Johnson won his first PGA Tour Champions major in the final event at Firestone Country Club, closing with a 2-under 68 for a six-shot victory Sunday in the Kaulig Companies Championship. Johnson had a 63 in the third round that staked him to a four-shot lead entering the final ...

KAULIG COMPANIES CHAMPIONSHIP

At Firestone Country Club South Course, Akron Purse: $3.5 million Yardage: 7,248; Par: 70 Sunday’s Final Round Zach Johnson, $525,000 67-67-63-68—265 -15 Boo Weekley, $308,000 68-67-70-66—271 -9 Rory Sabbatini, $252,000 68-72-66-66—272 -8 Stewart Cink, $210,000 69-68-68-68—273 -7 Ben Crane, $144,667 71-68-67-68—274 -6 George McNeill, $144,667 68-71-69-66—274 -6 Cameron Percy, $144,667 67-66-70-71—274 -6 Miguel Angel Jimenez, $105,000 72-67-62-74—275 -5 Y.E. Yang, $105,000 67-73-65-70—275 -5 Darren Clarke, $91,000 66-70-68-72—276 -4 Jason ...