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SPORTS BRIEFING

Watch your lunch money ALLIANCE — A highlight by Mount Union freshman quarterback Mikey Maloney was featured on ESPN’s Get Up! on Tuesday morning. Maloney received one of former NFL lineman Jeff Saturday’s three pancakes from the weekend. As the lead blocker, Maloney threw a pancake ...

Kinsey at top of class

HUNTSMAN, Utah — The trip was worth it for Collin Kinsey of Lisbon. Kinsey brought home three medals from the 2025 World Track and Field Senior Games, which includes over 2,000 athletes ages 50-and-over from Oct. 6-8. A 1994 graduate of Wellsville High School and former Kent State ...

Minerva girls 12th in first state bid since ’14

AKRON — Canfield finished 10th and Minerva 12th at the 33rd Ohio Division I girls golf state tournament that concluded Monday. Canfield, reaching the state tournament for the first time in 12 years, had a two-day total of 683 (338-345) at Firestone Country Club’s Fazio Course, formerly ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

Big win for Warriors BELOIT — Sixth-seeded West Branch blanked 33rd-seeded Woodridge, 8-0, in a Division VI boys soccer sectional opener Monday. West Branch (12-4) will host 22nd-seeded Orrville (6-7-2) in the sectional final at 7 p.m. Saturday. Browns play for pride CLEVELAND — The ...

Beavers avenge loss to Union Local

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Beaver Local’s volleyball team is all set to make a postseason run after a 26-24, 23-25, 17-25, 25-22, 15-10 win over Union Local on Saturday in the OVAC Class 4A championship at the ECO Center. The win marked Beaver Local’s seventh OVAC title and first since 2021. ...

Lions rule EBC again

ALLIANCE — The Minerva cross country teams swept Eastern Buckeye Conference cross country titles on Saturday at Marlington High School. Two-time defending girls state champion Minerva won its eighth straight league title. The Lions are ranked No. 2 in the state in Div. III, while ...

CROSS COUNTRY

Buckeye 8 Championships Saturday at Buckeye Local BOYS TEAM SCORING: 1. Bellaire 64; 2. St. Clairsville 73; 3. Martins Ferry 84; 4. Beaver Local 88; 5. East Liverpool 124; 6. Brooke 174; 7. Indian Creek 191; 8. Barnesville 204; 9. Union Local 204; 10. Cambridge 234; 11. Buckeye Local ...

Columbiana girls triump at Clipper Invitational

COLUMBIANA — Columbiana’s girls cross country came in first on Saturday at the Clipper Invitational at the Ward Athletic Complex. Kaitlin Benner led the winning effort with a first-place finish in 20:57. Cathedral Prep won the boys team title with Burgettstown’s Max Maltony winning ...

Devils, Clippers, Dogs post EOAC victories

SALINEVILLE — Lisbon scored 49 points in the first half — highlighted by Wyatt Newbold’s 70-yard punt return and Devin Kelly’s 45-yard punt return — for a 56-7 win over Southern Local on Friday. The Blue Devils won their third in a row to improve to 5-3 overall and 3-2 in the ...

United wins battle of Eagles

HANOVERTON — Led by its outstanding rushing attack, United posted its fifth running clock win and fourth straight in a 49-13 Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference romp over visiting Valley Christian Friday night. “We’re playing pretty good right now,” said United coach DJ Ogilvie. “Our ...