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Beaver Local 4, St. Clairsville 3 ST. CLAIRSVILLLE — Braxton Hickman’s RBI double with one out in the seventh led Beaver Local to a 4-3 win over St. Clairsville in the Buckeye 8 fifth-place baseball game Wednesday. Aiden Dray added two hits for the winners. AJ Bowser was the winning pitcher with a walk and two strikeouts in three innings. Beaver Local is 14-9 and is at Weir on Tuesday. SC: 0-0-1-0-1-1-0—3-6-0 BL: 1-0-0-1-1-0-1—4-8-2 Austintown Fitch10, Columbiana 0 AUSTINTOWN — Columbiana managed just two hits in a 10-0 loss to Austintown Fitch in baseball action ...

Hiscox, Simmons, Jones post top qualifying marks

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — United’s Brinsley Hiscox and Taylor Simmons and Southern’s Maddy Jones posted the top marks in the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Class 1A-3A qualifying meet Wednesday. Hiscox topped the Class 3A girls 100-meter hurdles, while Simmons tied for the top spot in the high jump. Jones was first in the Class 1-2A girls shot put. Area teams sent only a few athletes because the Columbiana County Track and Field Meet will be held today in Salem. The top four in the running events and top five in the field events advance Saturday’s OVAC finals at Red Devil Stadium. ...

MAHONING COUNTY TRACK

11th Mahoning County Meet At Austintown Fitch Tuesday (Meet ended after the 800 meters due to severe weather) BOYS RESULTS TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Boardman (98 1/2), 2. Austintown Fitch (80), 3. Canfield (65), 4. Youngstown Ursuline (49 1/2), 5. Lowellville and West Branch (40), 7. Campbell Memorial (39), 8. Youngstown East (28), 9. Springfield (11), 10. Poland and Youngstown Mooney (10), 12. South Range (9), 13. Youngstown Chaney (7), 14. Western Reserve (6), 15. Jackson-Milton (3), 16. Valley Christian (1). INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 3200 RELAY: 1. Boardman 8:23.09; 4. West Branch ...

JUNIOR HIGH TRACK

At Columbiana Wednesday BOYS RESULTS TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Columbiana (131), 2. Canfield (56), 3. Southern (51), 4. United (50), 5. Heartland Christian (28), 6. Poland Holy Family (27), 7. Lisbon (24). WINNERS 3200 RELAY: Columbiana (Skyler Dershaw, Morgan Landsberger, Peter Ross, Carson Greene) 10:39.56; 110 HURDLES: Kayson Grant (Columbiana) 19.20; 100 DASH: Nathan Wittenmyer (Heartland) 12.21; 800 RELAY: Canfield (Antonio Abruzere, Brayden Vinion, Mason Cohol, Dean Shalash) 1:50.95; 1600 RUN: Ezra Carlisle (Lisbon) 5:31.89; 400 RELAY: Southern (Ivy Hart, Isaiaha Anderson, Ronnie ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

County track meet today SALEM — The 122nd Columbiana County Track and Field Meet will be held today at Sebo Stadium. Tickets are $7 for adults and $4 for students. Action starts at 4:30 p.m. with the boys discus and high jump, the girls shot put and long jump and the finals in the girls and boys 3200-meter relay. The rest of the running events will follow at 5:15 p.m. The Salem boys and girls are the defending team champions. Salem’s a frequent host SALEM — Salem is hosting the Columbiana County Track and Field Boys Meet for the 45th time today. It has been held every ...

COLLEGE ROUNDUP

Mount Union hosts OAC softball ALLIANCE — The Ohio Athletic Conference Softball Tournament will be held today through Sunday at Mount Union’s 23rd Street Softball Field. The top-seeded Purple Raiders are 29-5 overall and 15-1 in the OAC, the lone loss to Baldwin Wallace on April 8. Area players on the Mount Union roster are senior utility player Sydney Mercer from West Branch, senior shortstop Lydia Brunner from Minerva, sophomore utility player Allison Jones from Western Reserve, sophomore oufielder Lindsay Jones from Western Reserve and junior pitcher Haleigh McCalla from ...