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United wears first league crown in 11 years

EAST PALESTINE — United's volleyball team had all day to think about its potential league-clinching match against East Palestine on Wednesday. The Golden Eagles were off school due to water problems and had to put a disappointing performance against Columbiana in the OVAC semifinals ...

JUNIOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL

EOAC TOURNAMENT COLUMBIANA VS. SOUTHERN 7th Grade: Columbiana won 25-15, 25-7 in the semifinals Tuesday. Columbiana, Hadley Dangler 4 aces and 2 digs, Layla Rust 2 aces and 5 assists, Stella Snyder 2 assists and 2 digs, Sydney Cunningham 5 aces, 5 kills and 2 digs. 8th Grade: Columbiana won 25-9, 25-6 in the semifinals. Columbiana, Leighton Lalama 2 aces, 3 kills and 2 digs, Maria Lenherd 4 aces, 4 assists and 4 digs, Reagan Kevern 5 aces and 6 digs, Sophia Gomoll 7 aces, 2 kill and 2 digs. UNITED VS. EAST PALESTINE 7th Grade. EP won 26-17, 28-26 in the second round Tuesday. United, ...

Stewart among elite junior golfers

LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. — The United States National Development Program announced Tuesday that all 50 states have joined the USNDP State Junior Team Program, establishing a nationwide player-development pathway for elite junior golfers well ahead of schedule. The milestone comes three years ...

Columbiana girls blank Crestview

COLUMBIANA — Columbiana topped Crestview 3-0 in girls soccer action. Annah Clemmer, Josie Hepler and Callahan Ward each scored for Columbiana. Columbiana is 10-3-2, while Crestview is 7-7. Columbiana is at Springfield today. Crestview hosts Waterloo Thursday. LINSLY 5, BEAVER 2 CALCUTTA — Beaver Local's girls soccer team dropped a 5-2 decision to Linsly on Tuesday. Beaver Local falls to 10-5, while Linsly is 12-5-1. Peyton Dunn had two goals for the Beavers, while Leah Stewart had an assist. Tatum Duncan had six saves in goal. Beaver Local is at Alliance ...

Beaver Local takes consolation

CALCUTTA — Beaver Local came into Tuesday's OVAC Class 5A semifinal as the top seed but it knew No. 4 seed John Marshall would present a challenge since the Beavers were one of the smaller schools in the conference's top division. The Monarchs overcame a rough start to pull off a ...

Clippers lone survivor in OVAC

COLUMBIANA — After splitting a pair of five-game matches during Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference play, it took Columbiana four games to beat United in an OVAC Class 3A semifinal Tuesday. The Clippers rallied for a 20-25, 25-15, 25-21, 25-15 victory and are the area's only volleyball team to advance to the OVAC final. Columbiana will play Wheeling Central at 1 p.m. Saturday at the ECO Center in St. Clairsville. Topping the Clippers (19-2) were Landry Smith with 14 kills, nine points and two aces; Ava Marks 13 kills, four points, two aces, two blocks and four digs; Addisyn Dangler ...