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FOOTBALL DEGREE There are 2,687 college graduates playing college football for 288 schools at all levels this season, according to the National Football Foundation. Every FBS team boasts a college graduate. FBS teams average 12.8 graduates with 1,728 FBS athletes. Northwestern and Virginia lead the FBC for the second straight year with 28 graduate each. The Citadel leads the FCS with 21 graduates. Division II Southern Nazarene (Oklahoma) leads all schools with 29 graduates on the football team. RAIDERS BEAT TITANS ALLIANCE — The Mount Union women's volleyball team beat ...

Pro Picks

(AP) — Jaxson Dart, Cam Skattebo and the rejuvenated New York Giants gave John Harbaugh a successful debut. A sleepy effort in Australia has the Super Bowl favorites reeling after one game. Now the Los Angeles Rams won't have Myles Garrett for a month. And, Aaron Donald's status is uncertain. Still, the Rams (0-1) are 7 1/2-point favorites against the Giants (1-0) on Monday night. Expect Sean McVay to have his team ready to rebound after ill-advised travel plans led to a dismal performance against the 49ers. Harbaugh's team made a statement against the Cowboys. It'll be a tough ...

Beavers welcome new challenges

CALCUTTA — Coming off an appearance in the Div. IV state semifinals last season, the bar remains high for the Beaver Local girls soccer team. With its two biggest threats back on offense, the Beavers have picked up where they left off last season. On Tuesday against Steubenville Big ...

Salem, West Branch on collision course

COLUMBUS — West Branch and Salem appear to be on a collision course. The Eastern Buckeye Conference rivals received top 10 rankings in the initial 2026 Associated Press high school football poll released Tuesday. The Warriors (4-0) are eighth in Division IV and the Quakers (4-0) are 10th in Division III. The teams will meet in the regular-season finale, but have a long way to go before then. Salem travels to unbeaten and unranked Beaver Local (4-0) on Friday in another Columbiana County showdown. Salem features a run-oriented attack that is averaging 35.8 points a game this ...

Unbeaten Clippers rolling through EOAC

EAST PALESTINE — Columbiana remained unbeaten with a 25-12, 25-23, 25-12 sweep of East Palestine on Tuesday. The Clippers are 9-0 overall and 6-0 in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference, one game ahead of United. Ava Marks totaled 13 points, three aces, six kills and nine digs for the Clippers. Addisyn Dangler had 11 points and nine kills, Hailee Gomoll 11 points and eight digs, Keagn Pruitt seven points, nine kills and five digs, Landry Smith five points and six kills and Eva Waller three points, 28 assists and six digs. East Palestine moves to 8-4 and 4-2 in league play. Topping ...

Beavers score Suburban win

CANFIELD — The Beaver Local boys came out on top of Suburban League cross country action Tuesday at the Youngstown State University Course across from the Canfield Fairgrounds. The Beavers topped the 10-team field with 48 points. McDonald was second with 96 points and Columbiana third with 97. Luke Warrick led the Beavers with a second-place finish behind McDonald's Owen Cappuzello. The Beavers had three of the top nine runners with Mason Boggs in eighth and Cole Long in ninth. McDonald topped the girls teams with 24 points. Poland was second with 102 points. Top local ...