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Warriors call the shots in EBC

BELOIT — The often-used phrase “defense wins championships” rang ever so true during Friday night’s Eastern Buckeye Conference title showdown between arch-rivals Salem and West Branch at Clinton Heacock Stadium — a game dominated by the Warriors, 50-0. West Branch’s first-team ...

Potters answer the bell in fourth OT

EAST LIVERPOOL — East Liverpool had plenty of chances to put Brooke away on Friday at Patterson Field, but the Bruins kept it interesting. East Liverpool quarterback Ben Myers scored a 1-yard touchdown in the fourth overtime and Tyler Kirby knocked away Brooke's two-point conversion ...

PREP FOOTBALL

COLUMBIANA 27, LISBON 21 COLUMBIANA — Danny Mangiarelli's interception at the Columbiana 1-yard line sealed the Clippers' 27-21 win over Lisbon on Friday. Columbiana has won five games in a row and will play at Brookfield in Division VI playoff game this Friday. The Clippers are 8-2 overall and 5-1 in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference, one game behind league champion United. It is the first time the Clippers won eight games in a season since 2015. Lisbon advanced to the Columbiana 30-yard line late. Grant Minor's pass was interception by Mangiarelli at the 1-yard line with 37.4 ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

SATURDAY FINALES The final two regular-season football games will be played Saturday night. East Palestine plays Valley Christian at Mineral Ridge High School, while Wellsville travels to Steubenville Catholic Central at Steubenville's Harding Stadium. Both games kick off at 7 p.m. LIVING A DREAM ATLANTA (AP) — With the Dream clicking in the WNBA Finals, so are the ticket turnstiles in Atlanta. Three years after barely averaging 3,000 fans for the 2023 season — and ranking near the bottom of the league in home attendance numbers since then — the Dream are the hottest ...

Goals within reach for Beavers

CALCUTTA — Beaver Local's Kaleb Mays entered his senior season in August with 40 career goals. A few months later, he's within striking distance of the boys' school scoring record. Mays tallied four goals to give him 102 for his career in Thursday's 8-1 rout of East Liverpool in a Div. ...

Golden Eagles gild the lily

HANOVERTON — United had to rally past 22nd-seeded West Salem Northwestern, 25-15, 12-25, 13-25, 26-24, 15-12, in a Division VI sectional final Thursday. The ninth-seeded Eagles improve to 17-7 and went five games twice in the regular season — both times against Columbiana. Down two ...