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SPORTS BRIEFING

BISCELLA RECORDS ACE COLUMBIANA — Karen Biscella of New Waterford recorded a hole-in-one on Valley Golf Club's 110-yard, No. 2 on Wednesday. She used a hybrid No. 5 club. Michele Davidson of Columbiana, Brenda Kekel of Columbiana and Rose Johnstone of Columbiana were her playing partners. It happened during the Wednesday Morning Ladies League. SCRAPPERS CANCEL GAME NILES — The Mahoning Valley Scrappers canceled their home game against Aberdeen on Thursday due to poor air quality from the fires in Canada. The Scrappers will host the State College Spikes today. The game is sold ...

Penguins head in right direction

YOUNGSTOWN — The 2026-27 college football season is right around the corner, and Tuesday’s Missouri Valley Football Conference media day served as the unofficial start of the season before teams begin fall camp in August. To start the day, the conference released its preseason poll, which ...

Schnelle back for another game

WHEELING, W.Va. - Ohio has some explosiveness in its backfield for Saturday night's Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Rudy Mumley All-Star Football Game. The linebackers are top shelf, as well. Buckeyes' head coach Brett McLean has selected two top-notch quarterbacks, a pair of hard-running ...

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, ...