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Potters earn sixth win of the season

STEUBENVILLE — Addie Jones had two doubles, a single and two RBIs to lead East Liverpool to an 11-0 win over Steubenville Central Catholic on Saturday. Tatum Fink added two hits and an RBI. Johonna Vantilburg and Trinity Pearson had doubles. Fink struck out 15 and walked none in the circle. East Liverpool is 6-12 and hosts Edison today. EL: 3-6-0-2-0 — 11-10-1 SC: 0-0-0-0-0 — 0-4-0 Weir 11, Oak Glen 4 NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — Oak Glen squandered a 4-2 lead in the second inning to fall to an 11-4 defeat to rival Weir on Saturday. Kynslee Landess had a home run for ...

Hopple races to 3200 win at GlenOak

CANTON — Addison Hopple raced to a win in the 3200-meter run to lead Salem’s girls track team on Saturday at the Canton GlenOak Second Sole Eagle Elite meet. Hopple finished in 11:42.94. Peyton Colbert earned a second-place finish in the high jump as she cleared 5 feet. Chaya Murray also turned in a strong time in the 100 as she was third in 12.85. The Quaker 1600 relay team of Laura Hovorka, Abby Knickerbocker, Karlie Sampson and Murray was second in 4:11.89. Salem’s girls finished tied for sixth with 51 points. Twinsburg won the meet with 72.2 points. For the ...

Rebels win a thriller

Crestview 2, Columbiana 1 NILES — Crestview and Columbiana hooked up for a thrilling rivalry battle on Friday night under the lights at Eastwood Field. Of course, it went extras. Crestview staged a dramatic comeback to steal a 2-1 win in the ninth inning on the new artificial turf at the stadium. Grant Snyder’s sacrifice fly with no outs and bases loaded scored Isaac Unkefer to secure the win for the Rebels. With two outs in seventh inning and Columbiana up 1-0, Crestview’s Wyatt Ervin hit a long fly ball over Columbiana’s Hunter Davanzo’s head for an inside-the-park ...

Quakers get better as they go along

Salem 10, Alliance 4 SALEM — After five of the first six Salem batters got out, the Quakers scored runs in five straight innings to beat Alliance, 10-4, Friday at Southeast School. Hadley Carlisle went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs and Morgane Blaine doubled twice and scored two ...

Hoppel wrestling legacy lives on

WHEELING, W.Va. — The OVAC has named its Hall of Fame selection for the Class of 2026. That special group of honorees will be joined by a trio individuals in the Legends category. Legends are athletes or former coaches whose schools are currently in the OVAC but were not conference members when those individuals scripted their sparkling careers. Earning OVAC Hall of Fame Legends status this year are Fort Frye’s Becky Strahler, East Liverpool’s Darryl Hoppel and Fort Frye’s Don Strahler. The Hall of Fame honorees for the 2026 class are: Weirton Madonna’s Ross Comis and ...

HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD

Lew Speece Invitational At Western Reserve Friday BOYS RESULTS TEAM STANDINGS: 1. United (115), 2. Western Reserve (105), 3. Columbiana (94), 4. Gilmour Academy (62), 5. St. Thomas Aquinas (60), 6. Warren JFK (41) . WINNERS 3200 RELAY: Columbiana (Peyton Boggs, Eric Hepner, Jayce Zelonish, Senator Johnson) 9:13.95; 110 HURDLES: Jacob Ramsey (Western Reserve) 17.98; 100 DASH: Nathan Lennon (Gilmour Academy) 10.90; 800 RELAY: Warren JFK (Dominic Salero-McCoy, Jordan McEachern, Christian Dixie, Giovanni Williams) 1:33.69; 1600 RUN: Brady Baclawski (Western Reserve) 4:52.58; 400 ...