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Area volleyball teams to hold court on turf

GREENFORD — Area volleyball teams will launch the new season in the great outdoors. South Range High School will host "The Battle on Turf" slated for Saturday, Aug. 15 at the Rominger Athletic Complex. The series of 10 pre-season matches held by the Mahoning Valley Volleyball Officials ...

Abercrombie selects James Madison

EAST LIVERPOOL — It didn’t take East Liverpool football standout Dre’Keim Abercrombie long to realize he belonged at James Madison University. Abercrombie left the campus in Harrisonburg, Virginia, on June 14 after his official visit and verbally committed to the nationally-ranked ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

BISCELLA RECORDS ACE COLUMBIANA — Karen Biscella of New Waterford recorded a hole-in-one on Valley Golf Club's 110-yard, No. 2 on Wednesday. She used a hybrid No. 5 club. Michele Davidson of Columbiana, Brenda Kekel of Columbiana and Rose Johnstone of Columbiana were her playing partners. It happened during the Wednesday Morning Ladies League. SCRAPPERS CANCEL GAME NILES — The Mahoning Valley Scrappers canceled their home game against Aberdeen on Thursday due to poor air quality from the fires in Canada. The Scrappers will host the State College Spikes today. The game is sold ...

Columbiana U15 team reaches Little League regional

COLUMBIANA — The Columbiana Softball Association is taking a step up the ladder. A team of 15-and-under all-stars won the Ohio Senior League state championship last week and is going to the Little League Central Regional in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. “This group of girls is special,” ...

Beaver, Potter land on OVAC lines

WHEELING, W.Va. – When people wonder where the beef is, they only need to look at the Offensive and Defensive Linemen on the Ohio roster for Saturday night’s 80th annual OVAC Rudy Mumley All Star Football Game. The Buckeyes have 12 players totalling 3,200 pounds – an average of 266.67 ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

VOLLEYBALL SUIT YOUNGSTOWN — After an Ohio judge granted a preliminary injunction for 24 men’s and women’s college basketball players suing the NCAA for eligibility, a local student-athlete followed suit on Tuesday, looking for similar treatment, according to WKBN. The complaint against the National Collegiate Athletic Association was filed on behalf of Abbie Householder, seeking an injunction that would allow her to play a fifth season of Division I volleyball at Youngstown State University without redshirting. WBKN said the complaint alleges Householder, among others, is ...