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United sweeps Columbiana

HANOVERTON — United's boys soccer team came away with a 5-2 win over Columbiana on Monday. Zach Blake led the winners with two goals. Jude Andrea had a goal and two assists. Liam Jones had two assists, while Gavin Coffee and Marvin Schreiber had single goal tallies. Rocco Mediate had both goals for the Clippers, 6-2. United is 5-2-1 and will host Beaver Local on Thursday. Columbiana hosts Heartland on Wednesday. UNITED 3, COLUMBIANA 1 COLUMBIANA — Hailey Chuck and Elli Powers each had one goal and one assist as the United girls soccer team beat Columbiana, 3-1, Monday. Mary ...

JUNIOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL

UNITED AT LISBON 7th Grade: United won 23-25, 25-17, 28-26. United, Talvi Gunderson 12 points; Lisbon, Alexa Anderson 13 points and 8 aces, Elise Tenzek 6 points and 2 aces, Milania Hiple 6 points. 8th Grade: United won 25-23, 25-11. United, Jamie Miller 11 points; Lisbon, Kate Lobdell 7 points, Aubree Pancurak 4 points. COLUMBIANA VS. EAST PALESTINE 7th Grade: Columbiana won 21-25, 25-13, 25-22 Monday. Columbiana (9-1), Layla Rust 15 aces, 2 kills and 5 assists; Stella Snyder 4 aces, 2 kills and 2 assists; Sydney Cunningham 6 aces, 4 kills and 2 assists; Rickayla Kleinknecht 5 ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

CLIPPERS TOP QUAD SALEM — Columbiana came out on top of a quad match Monday at Salem Hills. The Clippers shot 167, followed by Salem 195, East Palestine 209 and Lisbon 214. Columbiana had the low three scorers as Trenton Hall had a 40 and David Masters and Nick Klindworth had 41s. Nolan Clark added a 45. For Salem, Eli James had a 43, Donald Blackburn 48, Caden Arcuri 49 and Audrey Beck 55. For East Palestine, Olivia Magness had a 50, Hunter Hupp 51, Luke Kinkade 52 and Shane Newman 56. For Lisbon, Mason Jones had a 44, Logan Sturgeon 48, Naomi Aeschbacher 57 and Kenley Weikart ...

Southern HOF welcomes four into 23rd class

SALINEVILLE — The Salineville-Southern Local Athletic Hall of Fame inducted its 23rd class Saturday, recognizing four former athletes for their accomplishments in volleyball, football, basketball and track. • Christi Barlis Bates, Class of 1986, was inducted as an athlete. Bates played ...

Oak Glen girls race to victory

EAST PALESTINE — Senior Lacey Cameron and the Oak Glen girls topped the 2026 East Palestine Rotary Cross Country Invitational on Saturday. Cameron won the girls race as she led the Golden Bears to the team title with 27 points. The Golden Bears had five of the top nine runners. Cameron was first in 22 minutes, 5.06 seconds on the 3.1-mile course at East Palestine City Park. Shows followed by Amelia Kampmeyer in fifth, Alyson Taylor in sixth, Layla Adkins in eighth and Riley Merryman in ninth. United sophomore Ruby Marshall was fourth. The Springfield boys — highlighted by ...

Hopple, Rea lead Quakers

CUYAHOGA FALLS — Salem sophomore Addison Hopple finished sixth and junior Alex Rea was 14th at the Pat Ritchie Cross Country Invitational on Saturday. Rea had a personal-best 16 minutes, 48.57 seconds on the 3.1-mile course at Walsh Jesuit High School. The top five runners for the Salem boys ran 17:30 or better as they finished third out of 19 teams with 116 points. Right behind Rea was Luke Stephens in 15th, Taven Tice 25th, Colton Hall 30th and Jackson Dowd 43rd. Hopple was sixth in the girls race (18:51.21). The Quakers finished out of 22 teams with 183 points. DIV. I-II ...