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SPORTS BRIEFING

Call hits home run Beaver Local’s Ciara Call had a home run, triple and three RBIs in the Beavers’ 17-4 win over Crestview on Thursday. Her offensive stats were incorrect in Friday’s edition. Call has six home runs on the season. Southern golf outing CALCUTTA –A golf outing to support Southern Local football and cheerleading will be held on June 20 at Turkana Golf Course. The four-person scramble will begin with an 8 a.m. shotgun start. Cost is $300 per team which includes food from Bad Axe BBQ and prizes. To register for the event, call (740) 792-0031 or e-mail ...

Curtis on power surge

Beaver Local 17, Crestview 4 COLUMBIANA — Beaver Local sophomore Brylee Curtis is on a power surge. Curtis hit two more home runs — giving her seven in the last three days and nine on the season — and drove in five runs as the Beavers beat Crestview, 17-4, in five innings Thursday. Curtis hit two-run homers in the first and third innings and finished 3-for-3 with four runs scored. Addie Thurik went 4-for-4 with a triple and a double and scored four runs. Macie Bourne was 3-for-3 with a double and three RBIs. Ciara Call homered, tripled and drove in three runs. Carlee Crabtree ...

PREP BASEBALL

Lisbon 6, Columbiana 5 LISBON — Ashton Hinchliffe singled home Mason Jones in the bottom of the sixth inning as Lisbon rallied past Columbiana, 6-5, Thursday to remain in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference title chase. Columbiana took a 5-4 lead in the top of the sixth before Lisbon rallied with two runs. Bryce Esarey manufactured the tying run as he was hit by a pitch, went to second on a wild pitch and to third on a passed ball before scoring on a wild pitch. Hinchliffe followed with the game-winning hit. Lisbon improves to 6-7 overall and 4-1 in the EOAC. Columbiana is 7-8 and ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

Four teams up a division COLUMBUS — Four area football teams have moved up a division for the 2026 season, which was announced by the Ohio High School Athletic Association on Thursday. Salem is the only area team in Division III, while Crestview is in Division V and East Palestine and Lisbon are in Division VI. They are among the 37 schools in Ohio that moved up a division from their 2025 assignment due to the 2026-27 school year being the start of a new two-year base enrollment cycle. South Range dropped from Division V to Division VI. A total of 708 Ohio schools will field ...

COLUMBIANA COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACK

41st COLUMBIANA COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL MEET at Crestview High School Wednesday BOYS RESULTS TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Beaver Local (108), 2. Columbiana (103), 3. East Liverpool (79), 4. CCrestview (69), 5. East Palestine (65), 6. Salem (42), 7. Southern Local (38), 8. United (35), 9. Heartland ...

Beavers capture Buckeye 8

Beaver Local 7, Martins Ferry CALCUTTA — Beaver Local’s softball team took care of business in the Buckeye 8 Athletic League championship game on Wednesday as Brylee Curtis once again provided the spark in a 7-4 victory over Martins Ferry. Curtis, who tied a state record with four home runs in one game on Tuesday, once again homered for the Beavers in the win. She also added a single and two RBIs. Brenna Jones also homered for Beavers Local, while Addie Thurik and Macie Bourne had doubles. Thurik was the winning pitcher with five strikeouts and no walks. Beaver Local is ...