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Oak Glen stays alive in state tournament

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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 ...

Potters, Beavers put themselves in good position

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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 ...

Salem qualifies 10 to state meet

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AUSTINTOWN — Salem junior Madolyn Gorby already wrapped up another state berth. She had to wait to see if junior teammate Peyton Colbert would join her in Columbus again. “It was nerve-wracking because she wasn’t doing that well,” Gorby said. Gorby won the regional title, while ...

Geiss, Kersey headed back to Columbus

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CUYAHOGA HEIGHTS — Heartland Christian senior Rebecca Geiss advanced to the state track meet for the fourth straight year, while Wellsville senior Clayten Kersey in making it two in a row. Both earned runner-up finishes at the Cuyahoga Heights Division V regional meet Thursday. Geiss was second in the girls 3200-meter run in a season-best time of 10 minutes, 54.77 seconds. Defending state champion Kaitlyn Carr of Smithville won in 10:38.88. Kersey was second in the long jump at 21-8 3/4. Mogadore’s Jason Garvin won at 21-11 1/2. The top five finishers in each event advance to ...

Grim moves closer to state title

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MASON — Heartland Christian's Cooper Grim is two wins away from a state title. The highly ranked junior won his first two matches on Thursday to advance to the Div. II state semifinals at the Lindner Family Tennis Center. In the first round, the East Palestine resident knocked off ...

Rebels are last county team standing

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HANOVERTON — The Crestview baseball team may not have an All-Ohioan, but they are all Rebels. The 10th-seeded Rebels stunned ninth-seeded United, 7-3, in a Division V district semifinal Wednesday. “Team players are what wins games,” Crestview sophomore catcher Wyatt Erwin said. ...