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Hoppel wrestling legacy lives on

WHEELING, W.Va. — The OVAC has named its Hall of Fame selection for the Class of 2026. That special group of honorees will be joined by a trio individuals in the Legends category. Legends are athletes or former coaches whose schools are currently in the OVAC but were not conference members when those individuals scripted their sparkling careers. Earning OVAC Hall of Fame Legends status this year are Fort Frye’s Becky Strahler, East Liverpool’s Darryl Hoppel and Fort Frye’s Don Strahler. The Hall of Fame honorees for the 2026 class are: Weirton Madonna’s Ross Comis and ...

HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD

Lew Speece Invitational At Western Reserve Friday BOYS RESULTS TEAM STANDINGS: 1. United (115), 2. Western Reserve (105), 3. Columbiana (94), 4. Gilmour Academy (62), 5. St. Thomas Aquinas (60), 6. Warren JFK (41) . WINNERS 3200 RELAY: Columbiana (Peyton Boggs, Eric Hepner, Jayce Zelonish, Senator Johnson) 9:13.95; 110 HURDLES: Jacob Ramsey (Western Reserve) 17.98; 100 DASH: Nathan Lennon (Gilmour Academy) 10.90; 800 RELAY: Warren JFK (Dominic Salero-McCoy, Jordan McEachern, Christian Dixie, Giovanni Williams) 1:33.69; 1600 RUN: Brady Baclawski (Western Reserve) 4:52.58; 400 ...

JUNIOR HIGH TRACK AND FIELD

Salem Junior High Invitational At Sebo Stadium Friday BOYS RESULTS TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Beaver Local (91), 2. Woodridge (82), 3. Austintown and Canfield Village (69 1/2), 5. Uniontown Lake (41), 6. Boardman Glenwood (37), 7. Howland (32), 8. Crestview (29), 9. Columbiana South Side and Garrettsville Garfield (27), 11. Girard and West Branch (19), 13. Salem (16), 14. Carrollton (13), 15.. Cleveland Youth Running Club (11), 16. United (2). WINNERS 3200 RELAY: Beaver Local ( Lucas Dennis, Cal Irving, Collin Salyers, Michael Volino) 9:36.29; 110 HURDLES: Bowie Kinsey (Beaver Local) ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

East Liverpool tennis wins EAST LIVERPOOL — The East Liverpool boys tennis team took out Steubenville Central 4-1 on Thursday at Thompson Park. The 4-2 Potters will host Salem Saturday. East Liverpool 4, Steubenville Central 1 FIRST SINGLES: Brady Dawson (EL) def. JP Gessler, 8-2. SECOND SINGLES: Garrett Cooper (EL) def. Nate Irvin, 8-2. THIRD SINGLES: Rowan Stokes (EL) def. Nick Mascio, 8-6. FIRST DOUBLES: Andrew Dalton-Logan Cornell (EL) won by forfeit. SECOND DOUBLES: Seth White-Christian Sollem (SCC) def. Hunter Estell-Braydan Schwerha, 8-2. Scholarships ...

Gregory: Give me Liberty

BELOIT — West Branch High School graduate and former Youngstown State women’s basketball standout Sophia Gregory is headed to Conference USA. The reigning Horizon League Defensive Player of the Year who entered the transfer portal following her sophomore YSU season will join the Liberty University Flames. Her father, Levi Gregory, posted on Facebook on Thursday that more than 50 schools reached out to Sophia but in the end he wrote that “She wanted a place to grow spiritually and experience new travels in her basketball adventures.” Liberty University was established in ...

Potters ‘Rayne’ on Youngstown Chaney; Cook, Dailey lead Blue Devils attack

East Liverpool 16, Youngstown Chaney 0 EAST LIVERPOOL — Rayne Faessel had a home run, double, two singles and four RBIs to lead East Liverpool to a 16-0 win over Chaney on Thursday at Patterson Field. Trinity Pearson, Tatum Fink and Addie Jones had doubles. Fink was the winning pitcher with 10 strikeouts and a walk over five innings. East Liverpool is 5-11 and is Brooke today. CH: 0-0-0-0-0— 0-1-5 EL: 3-5-0-8-x—16-9-0 Lisbon 7, Wellsville 4 WELLSVILLE — Emelia Cook had a home run, single and three RBIs as Lisbon downed Wellsville 7-4 on Thursday in ...