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Wins for Geiss, Liposky

From Staff Reports HERMITAGE, Pa. — Heartland Christian senior Rebecca Geiss and sophomore Claire Liposky won events at the 26th annual City of Hermitage Invitational on Saturday. Geiss won the 1600-meter run in a personal-best time of 5:06.12 and was fourth in the 800 in 2:25.65. Liposky was first in the discus with a toss of 124-feet 2. Heartland senior Sayde Szabo was second in the 100 hurdles (17.01 seconds) and third in the 300 hurdles (38.58). Twenty-four schools competed at Hickory High School. Grove City topped the girls with 88 points. Heartland girls was eighth ...

Beavers shutting down all foes

Beaver Local 7, Bellaire 1 BELLAIRE — Sophomore pitcher Addison Thurik gave the Beaver Local softball team everything it needed Saturday. Thurik tossed a two-hitter with 11 strikeouts and no walks and went 2-for-2 at the plate with a two-run home run in a 7-1 win over Bellaire. Thurik tossed a two-hitter with 11 strikeouts and no walks in a 7-1 win over Bellaire. The Beavers improve to 17-3 and have held opponents to one run or less in nine of their last 11 victories. Mya Anderson added a solo home run in the seventh inning, giving the Beavers 23 home runs on the season. Brylee ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

Rhodes stars for North POWELL — Crestview senior Addison Rhodes was at the top of her game in the Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association’s prestigious North-South All-Star Game on Friday night. Rhodes scored 22 points in 17 minutes with six rebounds and two assists in leading the North to a 98-73 victory at Olentangy Liberty High School. She shot 8-of-12 from the field, including 6-of-9 from three points range. She will be playing this fall at NCAA Division I Fairfield (Conn.) University. Norwayne’s Ava Maibach was named the MVP after shooting 10-of-12 from the ...

The start of changes in the area

There was bit of a shake-up in divisional placement for local schools on Thursday after the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s preliminary football numbers were announced. The Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference went from a league with five Div. VII teams to now just two. Southern and ...

Beaver drops Minerva

Beaver Local 10, Minerva 7 CALCUTTA — The Beaver Local Beavers had to stop beating themselves before they could beat Minerva. Braxton Hickman’s two-run single and Jett Johnson’s RBI single highlighted a four-run fourth inning as the Beavers rallied for a 10-7 win Friday. Beaver Local ...

Bears get first victory

Leetonia 9, Sebring 6 LEETONIA — Leetonia’s softball team broke into the win column with a 9-6 victory over Sebring on Friday. Carli Simms had two hits and an RBI for the Bears, 1-15. Hayley Davis added two hits and an RBI. Laniya Dubose got the win with four strikeouts and no walks in seven innings. Leetonia is at Columbiana on Monday. S: 2-0-1-0-0-3-0—6-16-4 L: 0-1-3-3-0-2-x—9- 9-2 East Canton 10, Lisbon 5 LISBON — Lisbon’s softball team suffered a 10-5 loss to East Canton on Friday. Sofia Brown had four hits including a double with two RBIs for the Devils. ...