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SPORTS BRIEFING

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OVAC BASEBALL STARS The Ohio Valley Athletic Conference released its postseason baseball awards on Saturday. Players of the year are Cameron’s Landen Francis (1A), Toronto’s Drake Bouscher (2A), Wheeling Central’s Jake Brown (3A), Linsly’s Jaxson Murray (4A) and Brooke’s Andrew ...

Rebel seniors savored 10-0 run

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COLUMBIANA — A case could be made that the 2025 Crestview football team had the best regular season out of any Rebel team in school history. The team outscored its opponents 405 to 90 in going 10-0 and capturing the Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference Gray Division. Only the 2012 team ...

Outing held in memory of Kirkland

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SALEM — The Salem Athletic Boosters Club dedicated its golf outing on June to the memory of Salem's late superintendent Sean Kirkland. Kirkland ran the SABC golf outing for eight years before handing it off in 2024. To honor Kirkland, the club put a sign on the 15th tee box for all ...

West Virginia wins first College World Series game

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OMAHA, Neb. – Tyrus Hall’s blooper down the right field line in the eighth inning Friday – WVU head coach Steve Sabins admitted later – put the wheels in motion on what was about to be a historic day inside Charles Schwab Field. “Hall gets that hit down the line and I start thinking ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

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GLEASON LED OAC MINERAL RIDGE — Former Ohio Athletic Conference commissioner Tim Gleason died on Thursday at age 70. Gleason served as the commissioner from 1991 to 2021. He is known as the 'Father of the NCAA Grant Program' which was created while he was a member of the Div. III ...