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Beavers win first OVAC crown since 2001

NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — The Beaver Local softball team waited nine days to finally take a swing at its first OVAC title since 2001. It was worth the wait. Sophomore pitcher Addie Thurik struck out 16 and only allowed one baserunner in a 3-0 win over Weir High in the Class 4A title game at Oak Glen’s field. Thurik threw 108 pitches of which 77 were for strikes in the dominant win. “It’s amazing, we’ve been finding ways to win all season,” coach Mark Cashdollar said. “We came up on the fourth inning ready to do something. Throughout the year, we’ve found ways to ...

BASEBALL

United 7, Columbiana 0 COLUMBIANA – United got back on track in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference with a 7-0 win over Columbiana on Thursday. Quentin Taylor went six strong innings for the Eagles with 11 strikeouts, but sidestepped seven walks to preserve the shutout with the help of Jason Pratt who threw a scoreless seventh. For the Eagles, Taylor had two hits and an RBI. Ryan Miller had a single and double. Ethan Newburn also had two hits. Hunter Davanzo had two hits for Columbiana. Ethan Lehnerd took the loss with five strikeouts and five walks in 4 2/3 innings. ...

AAC, MAC in mix

Salem and West Branch have plans in motion for their next league landing spots. The two schools have applied for positions in the Mahoning Valley-based All-American Conference and the Medina, Portage and Summit county-based Metro Athletic Conference. The AAC league affiliation would be for all sports but football, while the MAC would encompass all sports. The Quakers and Warriors have been scrambling to get something done after the collapse of the Eastern Buckeye Conference was made known in March when Carrollton, Minerva and Marlington decided to leave for the new Northeast ...

West Branch lines up for postseason play

AKRON — West Branch’s girls flag football team completed its regular season at 10-0 and now will look to do some more damage in the playoffs. The Warriors received the No. 3 seed in the Cleveland Browns regional tournament which takes place starting at 5 p.m. Monday at the University of ...

PREP ROUNDUP

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. ...