MASON — Columbiana County has its first state tennis champion. Heartland Christian junior Cooper Grim won two matches on Friday at the Lindner Family Tennis Center to win the Div. II state singles championship. After a marathon 7-5, 6-7, 6-1 win over Pepper Pike Orange junior Ilya ...
STRUTHERS — Crestview was the only Columbiana County baseball team to make it to a district final this season and the Rebels had only one senior. While the future looks bright for Rebel baseball the present belonged solely to the No. 5 seed Poland Bulldogs in a 14-0 no-hit win in five ...
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Oak Glen knew it faced a daunting task if it were to repeat as West Virginia Class AA state softball champions on Friday at Little Creek Park. The Golden Bears would have had to win four straight games but that proved to be too much of a hurdle to clear as the team was eliminated by No. 1 seed Logan 10-4 in the loser's bracket final. Logan had served Oak Glen its first loss of the tournament on Thursday with a 1-0 win. Fifth-seeded Oak Glen (21-13) held a 4-2 lead over Logan in the fifth inning but the Wildcats poured on four runs in the bottom of the ...
AUSTINTOWN — Southern Local senior Maddy Jones will carry the Columbiana County banner at the Division IV state track and field meet. Jones was third in the shot put Wednesday and no county athletes got through the Austintown Division IV regional finals Friday. Jones topped ...
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Oak Glen's softball team isn't ready to go home yet. The Golden Bears, the fifth seed, staved off elimination in the Class AA tournament with a 8-0 win over No. 6 seed Independence in six innings on Thursday evening at Little Creek Park. Oak Glen, the defending Class AA state champion, will now have to win four games today if it is to repeat. The task will be difficult. The Golden Bears (19-11) will first face No. 3 Sissonville in an elimination game at 10:30 a.m. today. If Oak Glen should win that game it will face the loser of No. 1 Logan and No. 2 ...
NEW CONCORD — East Liverpool senior Kailyn Kirby did not clear a height on Thursday in the Div. III regional girls high jump final at Muskingum University. Kirby was the only East Liverpool or Beaver Local athlete competing in a final on Thursday. East Liverpool's Meshach Harris (110-meter hurdles, 300 hurdles) and Loyd Hendershot (400) advanced out of the prelims to Saturday's finals. Beaver Local's Landon Wheatley also advanced to the finals of the 300 hurdles. Beaver Local's 400, 800 and 1600 boys relay teams also qualified for Saturday's finals. BOYS PRELIMINARY ...
