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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 ...

Eagles fly into EOAC lead with Clippers

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HANOVERTON — Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference powers United and Columbiana put on a classic five-set volleyball marathon in the Eagles’ gym Tuesday night, and when it was over it was the Golden Eagles who walked out with a clutch 3-2 triumph. With the win, the Golden Eagles are now 13-3 overall and 9-1 in the EOAC, while Columbiana is now 15-1 overall and 10-1 in league action. “It’s the best thing ever,” said United’s Maelee Smith, who had a tremendous game with 17 kills. “I’m crying and they’re tears of joy. I’m so happy for my team. It’s just the best ...

Oak Glen spikes East Liverpool

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EAST LIVERPOOL — Oak Glen defeated East Liverpool 25-20, 25-23, 25-21 in volleyball Wednesday night at Potter Fieldhouse. Mattie Carney and Mikalyn Balch led Oak Glen with 10 kills each. Caetlyn Six added eight kills, Naomi Ayers had five and Laikynn Eckleberry four. Bryson Adams recorded 23 assists and Balch had 13. Keira Vick paced the defense with 34 digs. Balch added 16 digs, Kendall Six had 12 and Layla Skavenski nine. For East Liverpool (11-5), Cameron Conley had eight assists, Addie Jones eight kills, Hailey Board seven blocks, Kendall Martin 13 kills, Addisyn Boyle two ...

Warriors hold EBC scoreless

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SALEM — West Branch's girls soccer team wrapped up the Eastern Buckeye Conference title by blanking Salem 6-0 on Wednesday at Sebo Stadium. The Warriors moved to 14-0 overall and 5-0 in the EBC. In EBC play West Branch scored 41 goals while allowing zero. On the season, the Warriors have ...