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Time runs out on Oak Glen’s season

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Oak Glen knew it faced a daunting task if it were to repeat as West Virginia Class AA state softball champions on Friday at Little Creek Park. The Golden Bears would have had to win four straight games but that proved to be too much of a hurdle to clear as the team was eliminated by No. 1 seed Logan 10-4 in the loser's bracket final. Logan had served Oak Glen its first loss of the tournament on Thursday with a 1-0 win. Fifth-seeded Oak Glen (21-13) held a 4-2 lead over Logan in the fifth inning but the Wildcats poured on four runs in the bottom of the ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

SALEM X-TRA MILE CLUB SALEM — The Salem X-Tra Mile Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the girls locker room at Sebo Stadium. GUARDIANS GET TO RED SOX EARLY CLEVELAND (AP) — Angel Martínez had an RBI single during Cleveland's four-run first and made a key defensive play in the second inning as the Guardians held on for a 4-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night. Cleveland's Chase DeLauter and Kyle Manzardo broke out of slumps with two hits apiece. Caleb Durbin had an RBI double in the fifth inning for the Red Sox. They have dropped six of seven. Colin Holderman ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

SALEM X-TRA MILE CLUB SALEM — The Salem X-Tra Mile Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the girls locker room at Sebo Stadium. GUARDIANS GET TO RED SOX EARLY CLEVELAND (AP) — Angel Martínez had an RBI single during Cleveland's four-run first and made a key defensive play in the second inning as the Guardians held on for a 4-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night. Cleveland's Chase DeLauter and Kyle Manzardo broke out of slumps with two hits apiece. Caleb Durbin had an RBI double in the fifth inning for the Red Sox. They have dropped six of seven. Colin Holderman ...

Grim moves closer to state title

MASON — Heartland Christian's Cooper Grim is two wins away from a state title. The highly ranked junior won his first two matches on Thursday to advance to the Div. II state semifinals at the Lindner Family Tennis Center. In the first round, the East Palestine resident knocked off ...

Salem qualifies 10 to state meet

AUSTINTOWN — Salem junior Madolyn Gorby already wrapped up another state berth. She had to wait to see if junior teammate Peyton Colbert would join her in Columbus again. “It was nerve-wracking because she wasn’t doing that well,” Gorby said. Gorby won the regional title, while ...

Geiss, Kersey headed back to Columbus

CUYAHOGA HEIGHTS — Heartland Christian senior Rebecca Geiss advanced to the state track meet for the fourth straight year, while Wellsville senior Clayten Kersey in making it two in a row. Both earned runner-up finishes at the Cuyahoga Heights Division V regional meet Thursday. Geiss was second in the girls 3200-meter run in a season-best time of 10 minutes, 54.77 seconds. Defending state champion Kaitlyn Carr of Smithville won in 10:38.88. Kersey was second in the long jump at 21-8 3/4. Mogadore’s Jason Garvin won at 21-11 1/2. The top five finishers in each event advance to ...