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CANFIELD HOSTS PAC CANFIELD — The Presidents' Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships will be held Saturday at the Mill Creek MetroParks Farm. There are 262 college runners entered in the two races. The women's 6,000-meter race will be at 11 a.m., followed by the men's 8,000-meter reace at noon. Teams entered are Geneva, Washington & Jefferson, Bethany, St. Vincent, Franciscan, Westminster, Hiram, Allegheny, Waynesburg, Grove City, Thiel, Chatham and Saint Francis. COLTS DEALING INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Quenton Nelson made an All-Pro impact right from the start for the ...

Meek had a good run at Lisbon

LISBON — Lisbon's football players turned in their uniforms after school on Monday afternoon and head coach Bill Meek turned in his resignation. "I told them I would stay two years and I did it three years," Meek said. "It's a resignation, not a retirement. If something came along that I ...

Beaver Local hits tournament mode

CALCUTTA — Beaver Local came into Monday's Div. IV district semifinal volleyball match with East Liverpool having lost two of three to the Potters this season. After losing in five sets to the Potters in the regular season finale on Oct. 15 at Potter Fieldhouse, the Beavers went to work ...

Eagles seek Independence

MINERAL RIDGE — Perennial volleyball power and 11th-seeded Independence powered past ninth-seeded United, 25-19, 25-20, 24-26, 25-17, in a Division VI district semifinal Monday at Mineral Ridge High School. Both teams are 17-7. The Blue Devils have won six in a row, while the Eagles lost three of their last five matches. The Eagles were led by Baylee Smith with 28 digs, seven points and seven aces; Maelee Smith eight kills and seven points; Chloe Angelo six kills and two blocks; and Rileah Phillips 20 assists, 14 digs and six points. Independence shared the Chagrin Valley Conference ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

DESHIELDS HONOR KENT – The Mid-American Conference named Kent State junior quarterback Dru DeShields as the MAC Co-Offensive Player of the Week on Monday. DeShields — who was an All-Ohioan at West Branch High School — had a masterclass performance in Saturday's 35–20 rivalry win over Akron to keep the Wagon Wheel. DeShields accounted for all five of the Golden Flashes' touchdowns, amassing 322 yards of total offense and committing zero turnovers. He completed 18 of 33 passes for 294 yards and four touchdowns, averaging 16.3 yards per completion with scoring strikes to Wayne ...

Williams races to junior high state title

OBETZ — Beaver Local seventh-grader Samantha Williams won at the OHSAA 7th & 8th Grade State Cross Country Championships on Sunday. She topped the 408-runner field in the Division A Championship girls race, covering the 2-mile course at Fortress Obetz in 11 minutes, 13.9 seconds. Dublin ...