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Warriors shine at Clipper

COLUMBIANA — The West Branch Warriors turned the Clipper Invitational green. The West Branch girls were first and the boys second Saturday at the Ward Athletic Complex. West Branch was a runaway winner in the girls meet with 135 points. Canfield was second with 81 points and host Columbiana third with 69 points. The Warrior girls had four winners including Alli Kanagy in the 100-meter hurdles, Idonika Woods in the shot put, Tallie Muniz in the high jump and Kanagy, Kylah Stryffeler, Rachel Teague and Hailie Singer in the 1600 relay. Akron Ellet topped the boys team standings ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

Hopple leads YSU women ROCHESTER, Mich. — Freshman Maggie Hopple’s high finish in the 1,500 meters Sunday helped the Youngstown State University women’s track team capture its fifth Horizon League outdoor championship in six years. Hopple, a former Salem High School All-Ohioan, finished fourth in the 1,500 meters in a personal-best time of 4 minutes, 33.56 seconds at the Elaine Leigh Track and Field Complex. YSU senior McKinley Field won in 4:24.30. The Penguins started the day down 13 points after seven events and rallied to post 172 points to outdistance Milwaukee with 163 ...

PREP SOFTBALL

East Palestine at Wellsville WELLSVILLE — Wellsville and East Palestine’s softball teams split a doubleheader on Saturday. East Palestine won the first game, 5-3. Graycee Ford had three hits including a triple with two RBIs for Palestine. Alivia Magness had two hits and Kennedy Andre had a double and two RBIs. She was also the winning pitcher with six strikeouts and two walks over five innings. Makayla Landess had two doubles and two RBIs for the Bulldogs. She was also the losing pitcher with seven strikeouts and no walks. Rylee Brown had three hits including a double and ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

Grim advances to district BOARDMAN — Heartland Christian junior Cooper Grim cruised into the Div. II district tournament by winning two matches on Wednesday at the Boardman sectional tennis tournament In the second round Grim beat Struthers’ Zachariah Halverstadt 6-0, 6-0 and Mooney’s Michael Frangos 6-0, 6-0 in the sectional semifinal. Grim, a two-time state qualifier, will meet Mooney’s Maximus Marino, the fourth seed, in the semifinal on Friday. The district tournament is set for May 22-23 at Springside Athletic Club in Akron. Four singles and four doubles players ...

EOAC has spot reserved

BERLIN CENTER — The Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference appears to be ready to add another member. The Western Reserve board of education will vote on Monday to accept the conference’s invitation to join, according to the board agenda. Messages left with the school district went unanswered. If approved, Western Reserve will restore the league to eight members after Leetonia announced it would leave for the Northeastern Athletic Conference at the end of the school year. Western Reserve would begin play in the EOAC at the start of the 2027-28 school year and would join current ...

County meet had plenty to jump up and down about

SALEM — Beaver Local junior high jumper Landon Wheatley and Salem senior long jumper Lucas Adams were at the top of their game at the 122nd Columbiana County Track and Field Meet on Thursday. The two indoor state champions repeated as county champions in their specialties. “It’s nice to have this meet later in the season and going against a jumper like Lucas,” Wheatley said. Wheatley cleared 6-foot-6 on his way to victory. “I’ve changed a few things with Erika and Dan Kinsey as coaches,” he said. “I had a few sluggish meets in the jumps, but now I’m feeling ...