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Both Columbiana teams reach districts

SALEM — The Columbiana boys and United senior Cole Crawford are playing into October. The Clippers placed second out of 13 teams at the Division III sectional golf tournament Thursday at Salem Hills Golf & Country Club. Columbiana shot a 343 to finish one stroke behind sectional ...

OVAC soccer full of area teams

The area will be well-represented in OVAC soccer championship finals across the region on Saturday. Beaver Local's boys and girls soccer teams, Oak Glen's boys, Columbiana's boys and United's girls will all compete for titles in their respective classifications. Beaver Local's boys come into their Class 5A final at 10-0-1 and will take on Wheeling Park (10-0-2) at 12:30 p.m. at St. Clairsville High School. Kaden Mays leads the top-seeded Beaver Local offense that has scored 77 goals this season with 32 goals and 10 assists. Wheeling Park was a 2-0 winner over Steubenville in last ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

RAIDERS STREAMING ALLIANCE - The University of Mount Union's home game against Baldwin Wallace scheduled on Saturday, Nov. 7, will be the first Division III football game ever streamed on Amazon Prime. Kickoff has been moved to 4 p.m. The game will be streamed on the FloSports Channel on Amazon Prime (also live on FloCollege). GUARDIANS CLINCH BOSTON (AP) — Angel Martínez homered and Joey Cantillo threw five one-hit innings in a bulk relief role as the Cleveland Guardians clinched a playoff spot for the third straight year with a 1-0 win over the Boston Red Sox on Thursday ...

Salem off to a thrilling start

The Salem football team has been 5-0 two other times in coach Ron Johnson's tenure and 11 times over the history of its program. After a thrilling 33-27 victory over previously-unbeaten Beaver Local on Friday, the Quakers, ranked eighth in the state by the Associated Press, might be thinking ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

HUTTON STARS ALLIANCE - Mount Union junior and former Salem High School standout Rylee Hutton is giving Purple Raiders women's soccer team a kick start. Hutton scored the lone goal in the 19th minute in a 1-0 win over Albion (Mich.) at Kehres Stadium on Wednesday night. Hutton also scored both of Mount Union's goals in a 2-1 win at Wooster on Saturday. The Purple Raiders (3-3) will travel to Oberlin at 1 p.m. Saturday. KLUSCH HONORED GROVE CITY, Pa. — Grove City College senior middle blocker Kendra Klusch from Alliance, Ohio, was named the Presidents' Athletic Conference ...