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Area golfers come up short of state

ALLIANCE — Western Reserve senior Joey Thomas will be teeing off at the state golf tournament. Thomas tied for second at the Division III boys district tournament Monday At Tannenhauf Golf Club. He shot an 18-hole score of 79 to tie Smithville senior Owen Ward and Lake Center ...

Flores leads Spartans past Potters

EAST LIVERPOOOL — Boardman won its 14th match in a row with a 25-12, 26-24, 25-15 win over East Liverpool on Monday. The Potters dropped to 11-6, while Boardman is 14-3. For the Potters, Cameron Conley had 15 assists. Addie Jones added six kills. Hailey Board hand two aces, two kills and ...

Eagles best Rebels for 10th win

COLUMBIANA — United's girls soccer team posted a 5-2 win over Crestview on Monday. Shelby Wellman and Chloe Houck scored for the Rebels. Mazi Hoon and Sydni Khiel had assists. Clarice Harroff had 12 saves. United is 10-3-2 and is at Springfield on Thursday. Crestview is 6-6-1 and hosts Brookfield on Wednesday. COLUMBIANA 3, URSULINE 0 COLUMBIANA — Columbiana's girls soccer team was a 3-0 winner over Ursuline on Monday. Annah Clemmer had two goals for the winners. Josie Hepler added the other. Columbiana is 8-3-2 and hosts Lakeview on Saturday. SALEM 1, ROOTSTOWN ...

Crusaders march past Southern Local

STEUBENVILLE — Last week, Steubenville Catholic Central head coach Greg Bahen said he saw Matty Jones making strides and getting closer to the potential the Crusaders coaching has seen from the junior signal caller. Saturday night, it's safe to say Jones lived up to that potential. The ...

Penguins earn win against ranked opponent

With the offense sputtering uncharacteristically, No. 8 Youngstown State had to dig deep on the road on Saturday. The Penguins leaned on their defense and created enough separation in the second half to grind out a 28-16 victory over No. 21 Southern Illinois for their first road win of the season at Saluki Stadium in Carbondale, Ill. It's also the second straight ranked win for YSU (4-2, 2-1 MVFC), making it the first time the Penguins have strung together back-to-back ranked wins since 2016. "It was a grinder," head coach Doug Phillips said in a phone interview after the game. ...