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Columbiana after another EOAC title

COLUMBIANA — The Columbiana volleyball team is going after a fourth-straight Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference title. The Clippers opened league play by sweeping Southern Local, 25-8, 25-16, 25-7, Tuesday. Eva Waller and Keagan Pruitt combined for 26 points for the Clippers. Waller had 14 points, three aces, three kills, 29 assists and two digs and Pruitt 12 points, three aces, five kills and 14 digs. Ava Marks had 10 points, five kills and 14 digs; Landry Smith seven points, two aces, seven kills and two digs; and Addison Dangler two points, eight kills, three blocks and four ...

Another high finish for Columbiana golfers

YOUNGSTOWN — Columbiana's boys golf team finished third out of 19 teams Tuesday at the South Range Invitational at the Youngstown Country Club. The Clippers shot 337 as a team. Trenton Hall was sixth overall with an 80. Also for the Clippers, Nick Klindworth had an 84, Luke Struharik 86 and David Masters 87. Mooney — led by medalist Tyler Guerrieri's 73 — was first with a 330 and Canfield Black was second with a 334. Host South Range finished ninth with a 356. For the Raiders, Mark Aey shot an 85, Braden Meshula 88, Brennan Proya 89 and Parker Winger 94. West Branch was ...

49ers owner was not an ordinary “Joe”

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York used an alias when he sent text messages over two days to a woman he believed to be a prostitute before he was arrested in a sting operation in East Palestine, Ohio, according to a police incident report obtained Tuesday. The report from the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force had more than two pages redacted but provided more details about what led to York's arrest and ultimately to him pleading no contest Monday to two misdemeanors. York initially responded to an advertisement placed by police on a known ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

BEAVERS ON A ROLL WEIRTON, W.Va. — The unbeaten Beaver Local girls soccer team notched its fourth straight shutout with a 6-o win against Weir on Tuesday. Peyton Dunn had a part in all the scoring with three goals and three assists. Leah Stewart collected one goal goal and two assists, Jansen Ours one goal and one assist, Natalie Woodyard one goal and Tatum Duncan one save. Teneille Diaz-Wilson made one save in goal. The Beaver (4-0) will play at St. Clairsville on Thursday. UNITED SET FOR SHOWDOWN HANOVERTON — Jude Andrea had three goals and two assists in leading the United ...

49ers mum on York arrrest

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York used an alias when he sent text messages over two days to a woman he believed to be a prostitute before he was arrested in a sting operation in East Palestine, Ohio, according to a police incident report obtained Tuesday. The report from the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force had more than two pages redacted but provided more details about what led to York's arrest and ultimately to him pleading no contest Monday to two misdemeanors. York initially responded to an advertisement placed by police on a known ...

Bulldogs: Give me Liberty

EAST PALESTINE — The East Palestine volleyball team swept Liberty, 25-18, 25-11, 25-19, Monday. Kennedy Andre had 18 points, 17 assists and four kills and Violet Glavan 14 points, six aces and four digs for the Bulldogs. Destiney Burtyk had nine kills, eight digs and two blocks and Marley Blythe nine kills and eight digs. East Palestine also won the junior varsity match, 25-7, 25-15. For the Bulldogs, Layla Gruber had 12 points, four aces and four kills and Marley Haldiman had 10 points. East Palestine will host Lisbon today. ROOTSTOWN 3, UNITED 1 HANOVERTON — United dropped ...