NEW MIDDLETOWN — Area long jumpers leaped their way to the regional berths Thursday. Wellsville senior Clayten Kersey won the Springfield Division V district title with a jump of 20-feet-5 3/4 on his first attempt. He had the second-best jump on his next jump of 19-10. Kersey, a state ...
AUSTINTOWN — They may have taken the district track meet out of Salem, but they can’t take away the Quakers’ winning ways. The Salem girls and boys combined for five district champions and eight more regional qualifiers at the Austintown Fitch Division III district meet Thursday. Both teams surged into the lead in the team standings with the girls totaling 57 points through four events at Falcon Stadium and the boys 45 points through five events. Girls district champions were junior Madolyn Gorby in the high jump (5-foot-0), junior Macey Troy in the shot put (36-4 1/2) and ...
REBELS TO START EARLY COLUMBIANA — In an effort to beat the rain, the Beachwood at Crestview sectional baseball tournament game set for today will start at 3:30 p.m. It was originally set for 5 p.m. None of the other area teams scheduled to play today have adjusted their schedules. Rainy weather is expected to start Friday afternoon and extend into Sunday. KNICKS TWO UP ON CAVS NEW YORK (AP) — Josh Hart scored a playoff career-high 26 points, Jalen Brunson had 19 points and 14 assists, and the New York Knicks moved halfway to their first NBA Finals appearance since 1999 by ...
UNITY — Heartland's Evan Farrell threw a perfect game as the Lions knocked off Southern Local 13-0 in a Div. VII sectional baseball tournament game on Thursday at Ace of Diamonds. Farrell threw 51 pitches with 40 for strikes. He struck out six and walked none. Jacob Goehring had a strong day at the plate with a double and triple with an RBI. Paul Bender had a single, double and an RBI. Farrell had two RBIs. Jack Morgan had two hits as well. Mason Pitts took the loss for Heartland as he walked four over two innings. Ninth-seeded Heartland (11-13) will host 13th seed Bristol at ...
OAK GLEN FACES ELIMINATION NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — It's do or die for the Oak Glen baseball team. The Golden Bears will play a Class AA, Region 1 elimination game at 5 p.m. today at Williamstown. The Bears (12-20) and Yellow Jackets faced off in the tournament opener on Monday with the Bears coming away with a 5-3 win. Oak Glen lost 10-0 to Doddridge County on Tuesday in a winner's bracket game. The winner of Williamstown and Oak Glen will have to beat Doddridge twice to advance to the state tournament. SCHEDULE ADJUSTMENT UNITY — The Southern Local at Heartland ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — East Liverpool senior Kailynn Kirby leaped to a third straight regional berth Wednesday. Kirby placed fourth at the St. Clairsville Division III district track and field meet, clearing 4-foot-10. The top four finishers in each event advance to the regional meet at Muskingum University next week. She was the only local regional qualifier on Wednesday. The district meet concludes Saturday with the the remaining field events and the running finals. BOYS RESULTS (Top four to Muskingum regional) 3200 RELAY: 1. St. Clairsville 8:31.39; 3. Edison 8:49.53; 5. ...
