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Falcons show Eagles what it takes at the top

WOOSTER – Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference champion United got a good lesson on what it will take to win at the district level on Wednesday. The mostly underclass Golden Eagles saw their season come to an end with a 10-2 loss to No. 2 seed Jeromesville Hillsdale in a Div. VI district final ...

Jones, Simmons start on path to state

ANDOVER — Southern senior Maddy Jones and United sophomore Taylor Simmons are aiming for more than a district championship. Both won events at the Pymatuning Valley Division IV district track and field meet Wednesday. Jones — who qualified for state in the shot put and discus last year and in the discus as a freshman — won the district shot put title with a toss of 37-feet-1 on her first attempt. Simmons won the high jump by clearing 5-foot-1. She made her first five attempts before missing once at 5-0. Simmons lost a jump-off for a state berth last year. She will get ...

Potter leaps way back into regional

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — East Liverpool senior Kailynn Kirby leaped to a third straight regional berth Wednesday. Kirby placed fourth at the St. Clairsville Division III district track and field meet, clearing 4-foot-10. The top four finishers in each event advance to the regional meet at Muskingum University next week. She was the only local regional qualifier on Wednesday. The district meet concludes Saturday with the the remaining field events and the running finals. BOYS RESULTS (Top four to Muskingum regional) 3200 RELAY: 1. St. Clairsville 8:31.39; 3. Edison 8:49.53; 5. ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

OAK GLEN FACES ELIMINATION NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — It's do or die for the Oak Glen baseball team. The Golden Bears will play a Class AA, Region 1 elimination game at 5 p.m. today at Williamstown. The Bears (12-20) and Yellow Jackets faced off in the tournament opener on Monday with the Bears coming away with a 5-3 win. Oak Glen lost 10-0 to Doddridge County on Tuesday in a winner's bracket game. The winner of Williamstown and Oak Glen will have to beat Doddridge twice to advance to the state tournament. SCHEDULE ADJUSTMENT UNITY — The Southern Local at Heartland ...

Something new for district track

There are changes across the board leading up to the 119th Ohio High School Athletic Association state track and field meet. The 2026 state meet will feature a five-division format, expanding from three divisions. It will be held June 4-7 at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium on the campus of Ohio ...

Quakers throw weight around at state

HILLIARD — The Salem weight events are not only shining at the high school level, but also in junior high. Salem eighth-grader Annaleigh Jones-Harris was fifth in the discus and eighth-grader Audrey Beck was seventh in the shot put at the OHSAA 7th and 8th Grade State Track and Field Meet ...