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Minor, Devils put up major points

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WELLSVILLE — The Lisbon Blue Devils picked up their second straight Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference win with a 41-7 victory on Friday at Wellsville. The Blue Devils (4-3, 2-2 EOAC) drew first blood on a 2-yard run by Minor with 4:26 left in the first quarter. Minor also hit Cooper Terdina on a 8-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter. Wellsville got on the board with an Ethan Morris tiptoe catch in the back on the end zone on an 11-yard pass from Zachary Banks with 3:36 left in the first half. The Devils engineered a quick strike drive and it ended with Wyatt Newbold ...

Exline scores in OT to lift Salem

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SALEM — Salem’s Bairon Exline raced six yards over left tackle to score the winning touchdown as the Quakers held off stubborn Marlington 36-29 in a wild overtime finish at Sebo Stadium Friday night. Salem held a 29-7 fourth-quarter lead but Marlington stormed back to tie the game at ...

Bulldog star hungry for a victory

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EAST PALESTINE — East Palestine senior RJ May was grabbing national attention a long time before he was touchdown passes. The Bulldogs record-setting receiver’s story of taking his dad’s van as an 8-year-old and driving his 4-year-old sister to the East Palestine McDonald’s to get a ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

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EOAC FOOTBALL EAST PALESTINE — Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference football leaders United and East Palestine will meet tonight. The game will most likely decide the league champion as East Palestine is 3-0 and United 2-0 in league play. Both teams are 3-0 in the EOAC with the game most likely deciding the league champion. Kickoff will be at 7 p.m. today at Reid Stadium. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. EOAC CROSS COUNTRY EAST PALESTINE — The 10th annual Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference Cross Country Meet will be held Tuesday at East Palestine ...

One last weekend of racing at Deerfield

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DEERFIELD — There is one more weekend of racing in Deerfield. Deerfield Speedway — known as Good's Raceway the past six years — has been sold to a Hudson fireworks company and reportedly will be used as storage. Sorgi Investments LLC — which is associated with American Fireworks Company — purchased the nearly 31-acre site recently for $536,000 from Jim and Jen Good, according to the Portage County Auditor's website. The quarter-mile clay oval track opened in 1969 for motorcycle racing. It closed in 1974 and reopened in 1986 for smaller race cars. This will be the third time ...

High school boys soccer

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CRESTVIEW 3, BADGER 1 COLUMBIANA — Carson Barber, Cy Magill and Danny Novak scored goals as the Crestview boys soccer team beat Badger, 3-1, Thursday. Barber also had an assist. Crestview improves to 13-2 and will host Brookfield on Wednesday. Badger drops to 4-8-2. LAKE CENTER 1, UNITED 0 HARTVILLE — Lake Center Christian scored the lone goal in a 1-0 win over United in boys soccer action Thursday. Lake Center — 4-1-1 in the last six matches — is 8-3-2 overall. United goes to 8-5-1 heading into Tuesday's match at Minerva. SALEM 2, SANDY VALLEY 0 SALEM — The Salem ...