Breaking News

Local Sports

SPORTS BRIEFING

LITTLE LEAGUE LINEUP BOARDMAN — The Fields of Dreams will live up to their name this week. The Little League Ohio District 2 Baseball district championship games will be held there Wednesday and Thursday. Canfield and Poland will meet up for a pair of games Wednesday with the ages 8-10 Minor Division at 6 p.m., followed by the ages 9-11 Minor Division at 8 p.m. On Thursday, Canfield and Poland will play in the 9-year-old Minor Division championship game at 6 p.m., followed by the ages 10-12 Major Division between Canfield and Boardman at 8 p.m. All four games are scheduled to be ...

Americans give it their best shot

SEATTLE (AP) — The United States’ hopes for a deep World Cup run at home ended when Charles De Ketelaere scored twice and assisted on another goal, helping Belgium expose the Americans’ defensive liabilities in a 4-1 win Monday night that earned a quarterfinal berth. While the U.S. ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

EMCH NOT ON U.S. ROSTER COLUMBUS — Crestview High School graduate and University of Pittsburgh sophomore Abbey Emch did not make the roster for the U.S. women's U21 national volleyball team as it begins play in the Pan American Cup starting today at the Covelli Center on the campus of Ohio State University. A total of 14 players were chosen from the 20 that tried out. Emch was a late addition to the tryout as an injury replacement. She is listed as an alternate for this tournament but was expected to return back to Pittsburgh to resume training for the collegiate season. The Pitt ...

Ramirez expected back this month

CLEVELAND (AP) — Jose Ramirez has made steady progress in his recovery from hand surgery and the Cleveland Guardians star third baseman will soon start taking batting practice. The seven-time All-Star has been out since having a portion of the hamate bone in his left hand removed on June ...

USA soccer embraces American identity

For 160 of this country's 250 years, soccer, under rules we would mostly recognize today, has been played here. It's hard to fathom in a sense because the sport has often struggled to gain broad acceptance. Following the USA's gutsy 2-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday in the ...

AREA GOLF RESULTS

Thursday Morning Senior League at Eagle Pass STANDINGS: 1. Jake Brown 106, 2. Steve Cope 105, 3. Jeff Morrow 100, 4. Ron Miller 96, 5. Farber Tinsley 94, 6. Don Harrison 93, 7. Bob Burns 90, 8. Don Wolf 88, 9. Tom Polen 87.5, 10. Rick Garrett 83.5, 11. Mike Gruszecki 81, 12. Tom Boyd 80.5, 13. Roger Kelly 65, 14. Rick Boyd 54.5, 15. Jim Martin 54, 16. Chuck Kooser 51.5, 17. Jak Filisky 46.5, 18. Harry Matheny 35, 19. Lucy Karnofel 34, 20. Allen Jeffries 22, 21. Robin Leach LOW NETS: Jake Brown 30 LOW GROSS: Jake Brown 34 Brittain League at East Palestine C.C. No. 7 HOLE ...