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Clippers drop Eagles

Columbiana 6, United 5 HANOVERTON — Columbiana has made things interesting in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference baseball race. Facing elimination from league contention if they lost on Monday, the Clippers got an RBI double from Hunter Davanzo in the eighth inning to hand United its first league loss with a 6-5 win. Columbiana is 9-9 overall and 7-2 in the EOAC. United slipped to 12-5 overall and 9-1 in the league. Lisbon also has one league loss. The Eagles will play the Clippers at Firestone Park on Thursday. In the seventh inning, Liam McElwain walked with bases loaded ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

Salem hosts county meet SALEM — The 122nd Columbiana County Track and Field Meet will be held Thursday at Sebo Stadium. Action starts at 4:30 p.m. with the boys discus and high jump, the girls shot put and long jump and the finals in the girls and boys 3200-meter relay. The rest of the running events will follow at 5:15 p.m. The Salem boys and girls are the defending team champions. Mahoning meet today AUSTINTOWN — The 111th Mahoning County Track and Field Meet will be held today at Falcon Stadium. The field events will start at 4:30 p.m. and the running events at 5:15 ...

Salem splits Saturday double dip

SALEM — Aniya Jones had a home run and four RBIs as Salem soared past Jackson-Milton 9-4 on Saturday. Morgane Blaine added three hits, while Morgan Colian had a double and an RBI. Shae Burkhart had a hit and two RBIs. Blaine got the win in the circle with five strikeouts and no walks ...

Quakers own the field

AUSTINTOWN — Salem’s girls track team had a field day on Saturday at the 45th Optimist meet at Austintown Fitch Falcon Stadium. The Quakers won three of the four field events with Madolyn Gorby taking top honors in the high jump (5 feet 2 inches), Chaya Murray in the long jump (15-11) and Maddy Andres in the shot put (36-8 1/4). Peyton Colbert was second in the high jump (5-0), while Andres had a fourth place showing in the discus (108-6). Salem’s boys also did well in field events with Lucas Adams taking first in the long jump (21-3.5) and second in the high jump (6-0). ...

Miller returns to Rebels

COLUMBIANA — As the Crestview Local Schools community turns the page into a new era, the Rebels are turning to an old friend to create some excitement in the boys basketball program. On Thursday, veteran coach Herman Miller, 59, was told he will once again lead the Rebels for the first time since 2017. Miller had served as the Rebel freshman coach the last two seasons under Lou Mateo, who resigned after the season. Before that he was the junior varsity coach under Rick Gates for three seasons. Miller decided to apply for the head coaching position because he knew the program and ...

Cavaliers facing Game 7

TORONTO (AP) — RJ Barrett hit a 3-pointer with 1.2 seconds remaining in overtime and the Toronto Raptors pushed their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series to a seventh game by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 112-110 on Friday night. Evan Mobley had a chance to win it for Cleveland but his 3-pointer bounced off the front of the rim. Scottie Barnes had 25 points and 14 assists, Barrett and Ja’Kobe Walter both scored 24 points and Collin Murray-Boyles added 17 as Toronto held on after blowing an 11-point lead in the fourth quarter. Game 7 is in Cleveland at 7:30 p.m. Sunday ...