COLUMBUS — Beaver Local senior Savannah Nign was a winner long before becoming a state champion. Nign — who was paralyzed in a car accident at age 6 — became Columbiana County’s first wheelchair state track champion at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium on Saturday. “It’s been a great ...
COLUMBUS — Heartland Christian junior Rebecca Geiss has raced to a state championship and two state runners-up finishes. Her best race ever may have come Saturday. Despite missing most of the season with a stress fracture in her foot, Geiss placed fifth in the Division III girls 3200-meter ...
COLUMBUS — It was the end of the Maggie era at Salem High School. Salem seniors Maggie Hall and Maggie Hopple, four-year state qualifiers in track and cross country, wrapped up their high school careers with one race together Saturday at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. Hall claimed her ...
COLUMBUS — Sophomore Landon Wheatley became the second Beaver Local high jumper to score at the state track and field meet. He’s going to have to reach high to surpass the school record set by state champion Pat Woods. “Hopefully I get 7 foot by my senior year and I get to meet ...
COLUMBUS — East Liverpool junior Maddox Roach was already thinking about next year after a seventh-place finish at the Division II state track meet Saturday. “Everyone who beat me was a senior,” he said. “It gives me more fuel to come back next year and win it all.” Roach came in ...
COLUMBUS — East Liverpool senior Julius Jones’ run at a state title came to a crashing end Saturday. Jones and St. Clairsville senior Brady Blacker were clipped by another runner and suffered hard falls at the Division II 800-meter state finals at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. “It’s ...