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UNITED 49, WELLSVILLE 0 HANOVERTON — United’s football team hasn’t had to take off the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference crown in four seasons. The Golden Eagles made it four straight EOAC titles with a 49-0 win over Wellsville on Friday in a game that was conceded by the Tigers after three quarters. The Golden Eagles (7-1, 5-0 EOAC) have won 23 straight games in the league dating back to 2023. Wellsville (1-8, 0-6 EOAC) is the inverse of that having lost 18 straight league games. The Golden Eagles led 35-0 after the first quarter and 42-0 at the half. The running clock was ...

Quakers turn attention to Branch, EBC

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SALEM — The stage is now set for the ultimate Week 10 showdown. Salem warmed up for one of its biggest games in many years vs. arch-rival West Branch by topping Carrollton 28-14 in an Eastern Buckeye Conference Week 9 contest at rain-swept Sebo Stadium Friday night. “We finished up the ...

Potters beat Beavers again

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EAST LIVERPOOL — The third time was a charm for the East Liverpool volleyball team. The Potters captured their second win over rival Beaver Local in three tries, 25-22, 16-25, 25-13, 17-25, 15-10, in an OVAC Class 5A consolation match Thursday. It might not be the last say on the matter this season. If No. 4 seeded Beaver Local beats No. 16 seeded Indian Creek and No. 6 seeded East Liverpool beats No. 9 seeded Steubenville in Div. IV sectionals on Wednesday, the teams will play for a fourth time on Oct. 26. The Potters improved to 13-7 this season after entering the match having ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

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EBC CROSS COUNTRY ALLIANCE — Minerva will try to remain on top at the Eastern Buckeye Conference Cross Country Meet at Marlington High School on Saturday. The Minerva girls have won eight straight league titles and the Minerva boys the last two. Action starts at 9 a.m.w with the 1,000-meter kid's fun run for grades 1-6. That will be followed by the high school girls at 9:30 a.m., high school boys at 10:15 a.m., middle school girls at 11 a.m. and middle school boys at 11:30 a.m. OBETZ HOSTS STATE OBETZ – The OHSAA state cross country meet will be held Saturday, Nov. 7, at ...

West Branch stops Canfield

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CANFIELD — Reed Martucci and Michael McCartney provided the scoring and the West Branch defense teamed up against Canfield for a 2-1 win in boys soccer action Thursday. West Branch improves to 12-3-1, while Canfield suffered its third loss in five matches to drop to 11-3-2. Canfield had given up nine goals all season through 16 matches, but West Branch took a 2-0 lead. Michael McCartney scored on a head from the left side with 16:13 left in the first half. Reed Martucci made it 2-0 on a pass from Kolin Kaley, who got a deflection off a Canfield save, with 34:48 to play in the ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

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CLIPPERS SWEEP EOAC LISBON — Columbiana swept the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference junior high volleyball titles on Wednesday. In the seventh-grade match, Columbiana beat East Palestine 25-23, 25-14 to improve to 20-12 on the season. In the eighth-grade match, Columbiana beat United 25-17, 25-12 to move to 17-4 overall. GREGORY NAMES TO CONFERENCE USA TEAM LYNCHBURG, Va. — West Branch graduate and Liberty University junior Sophia Gregory has been named to the Conference USA preseason all-conference team. Gregory, who transferred to Liberty from Youngstown State, was the ...