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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 ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

Local teams at Eastwood NILES — Four area baseball teams will be playing at Eastwood Field today. Lisbon takes on Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference leader United at 4:45 p.m., followed by Columbiana vs. Crestview. Eastwood Field is the home of the Mahoning Valley Scrappers, who play in the MLB Draft League in the summer, and the Youngstown State University baseball team. YSU Night in Cleveland CLEVELAND — Youngstown State quarterback Beau Brungard will be throwing out the first pitch at tonight’s Cleveland Guardians game. It is Youngstown State University Night with the ...

JUNIOR HIGH TRACK AND FIELD

At Crestview Wednesday BOYS RESULTS McDonald (71), Mineral Ridge (70), Crestview (47), Springfield (19) WINNERS 3200 RELAY: Mineral Ridge 10:51.90; 110 HURDLES: Jason Simpson (MR) 17.40; 100 DASH: Beau Perry (MC) 12.4; 800 RELAY: Mineral Ridge 1:48.40; 1600 RUN: Kobee Banfield (MC) 5:43.37; 400 RELAY: Mineral Ridge 49.4; 400 DASH: Joey Krumpack (MC) 54.2; 200 HURDLES: Mason McGinnis (C) 31.1; 800 RUN: Joey Krumpack (MC) 2:14.71; 200 DASH: Beau Perry (MC) 25.1; 1600 RELAY: McDonald 4:01.1; HIGH JUMP: Isiah Wright (MR) 5-2; LONG JUMP: Jayden Perkins (MR) 17-2 1/4; SHOT PUT: Kaegan ...

TRACK AND FIELD

At Crestview Tuesday BOYS RESULTS Mineral Ridge (68.5), McDonald (59), Springfield (56), Crestview (44.5) WINNERS 3200 RELAY: Mineral Ridge 9:45.7; 110 HURDLES: Josh Smith (CR) 15.80; 100 DASH: Matthew Wymer (S) 11.2; 800 RELAY: Springfield 1:40.3; 1600 RUN: Joseph Cappuzzello (M) 5:04.79; 400 RELAY: Crestview (no names provided) 45.2; 400 DASH: Matthew Wymer (S) 50.20; 300 HURDLES: Kaden Shaffer (MR) 43.9; 800 RUN: Matthew Wymer (S) 2:11.65; 200 DASH: Michael Tuscano (S) 22.9; 3200 RUN: Joseph Cappuzzello (M) 11:14.34; 1600 RELAY: Mineral Ridge (no names provided) 3:41.9; HIGH ...

TRACK AND FIELD

At Crestview Tuesday BOYS RESULTS Mineral Ridge (68.5), McDonald (59), Springfield (56), Crestview (44.5) WINNERS 3200 RELAY: Mineral Ridge 9:45.7; 110 HURDLES: Josh Smith (CR) 15.80; 100 DASH: Matthew Wymer (S) 11.2; 800 RELAY: Springfield 1:40.3; 1600 RUN: Joseph Cappuzzello (M) 5:04.79; 400 RELAY: Crestview (no names provided) 45.2; 400 DASH: Matthew Wymer (S) 50.20; 300 HURDLES: Kaden Shaffer (MR) 43.9; 800 RUN: Matthew Wymer (S) 2:11.65; 200 DASH: Michael Tuscano (S) 22.9; 3200 RUN: Joseph Cappuzzello (M) 11:14.34; 1600 RELAY: Mineral Ridge (no names provided) 3:41.9; HIGH ...