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Grim nets third state berth

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AKRON — Heartland Christian junior Cooper Grim is headed back to the Div. II state singles tournament for a third time. Grim knocked off two of his opponents on Friday at the Div. II district tournament on Friday at the Springside Athletic Club. The district tournament qualifies four to the state tournament set for May 28-29 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason near Cincinnati. In the opener on Friday, Grim beat Gates Mills Hawken sophomore Matthew Chu 6-0, 6-0. In the quarterfinal, Grim dispatched Canton South senior Blayten Young 6-0, 6-0 to reach the quarterfinal. The ...

Rebels trying to graduate to districts

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COLUMBIANA — The Crestview baseball team couldn’t beat the rain Friday and the Rebels have to wait to beat Beachwood. The 10th-seeded Rebels took a 9-8 lead over the 17th-seeded Bison before rain suspended the Division V sectional game entering the top of the sixth inning. The game ...

County jumpers leap ahead

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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 ...

Quakers follow road to success

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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 ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

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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 ...

Heartland's Farrell throws perfect game

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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 ...