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County track meet today SALEM — The 122nd Columbiana County Track and Field Meet will be held today at Sebo Stadium. Tickets are $7 for adults and $4 for students. 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. Salem’s a frequent host SALEM — Salem is hosting the Columbiana County Track and Field Boys Meet for the 45th time today. It has been held every ...

COLLEGE ROUNDUP

Mount Union hosts OAC softball ALLIANCE — The Ohio Athletic Conference Softball Tournament will be held today through Sunday at Mount Union’s 23rd Street Softball Field. The top-seeded Purple Raiders are 29-5 overall and 15-1 in the OAC, the lone loss to Baldwin Wallace on April 8. Area players on the Mount Union roster are senior utility player Sydney Mercer from West Branch, senior shortstop Lydia Brunner from Minerva, sophomore utility player Allison Jones from Western Reserve, sophomore oufielder Lindsay Jones from Western Reserve and junior pitcher Haleigh McCalla from ...

GOLF RESULTS

Monday Night Men’s League at Valley G.C. Low Gross: (individual) Joe Lovell 37; (team) Shawn Louk & Todd Snyder 82. Low Net: (individual) Ean Elliott 29; (team) Ean Elliott & Jarett Knight 69, Joe Lovell & Joe Demello 69. Wednesday Night Men’s Beaver League at Valley G.C. Low Gross: Rod Kibler 42, Dan Heck 42. Low Net: Rod Kibler 36. Thirsty Night Men’s League at Valley G.C. Low Gross: Nate Garwood 35, Pat Kiliany 35. Low Net: Ron Stratton 29. Sunday Morning League at Valley G.C. Hole Winners: Closest to pin No. 2, Jake Holloway; Closest to pin No. 4, ...

Quakers have a leg up

SALEM — The 122nd Columbiana County Track and Field Meet will feature some of the top athletes in the state, but the Salem Quakers are favored to rule the day again. The Salem boys have won 15 of the last 16 team titles, while the Salem girls have eight straight county titles. “We’re ...

Vikings pound Rebels

LaBrae 14, Crestview 5 LEAVITTSBURG — Shelby Bragg went 4-for-4 with a first-inning home run and a triple in leading LaBrae past Crestview, 14-5, in five innings Tuesday. Bragg also drove in three runs and scored three more. Riley Rowe homered in the fifth inning and scored three runs. Mariah Jones doubled, singled twice and scored three runs. LaBrae moves to 15-6, while Crestview drops to 9-10. Makayla McKee led the Rebels by going 3-for-3 with two RBIs. Alivia Shetler had two hits and scored there runs and Gia Depace doubled and drove in two runs. Crestview will host ...

Beavers down Eagles

Beaver Local 12, United 2 CALCUTTA — Paxton Grimes tossed a two-hitter and shut down United, 12-2, in six innings Tuesday. Beaver Local improves to 13-9 and will host St. Clairsville today. United drops to 12-6 and will play at Columbiana today with the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference title on the line. The Beavers scored eight runs in the bottom of the sixth inning for the victory. Aiden Dray went 3-for-3 with a double and two RBIs and Tysen Hammonds was 3-for-4 with two runs scored for the Beavers. Peyton Martin had two hits, three RBIs and two runs. Jett Johnson doubled, ...