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United overpowers Waynedale

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United 14, Waynedale 3 HANOVERTON — No. 11 seed United had no trouble with No. 22 seed Waynedale as the Eagles cruised to a 14-3 win in a Div. VI sectional final Wednesday. Chloe Angelo sparked the Eagles with a home run, two singles and four RBIs. Brittany Miller had three hits and two RBIs. Madison Aegerter chipped in four singles and two RBIs. Miley Pitts and Payten Kekel had doubles. Aegerter was the winning pitcher as she had three strikeouts and two walks in five innings. The Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference champs (17-6) will travel to No. 6 seed Mineral Ridge on ...

Eagles fly off with EOAC

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United 12, Lisbon 1 LISBON — The United Eagles are playing like champions. United clinched a second straight Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference baseball title outright with a 12-1 win over Lisbon in five innings Wednesday. It is the Eagles’ third EOAC title and seventh league title overall. Three Lisbon errors on United’s first six batters gave the Eagles an early 2-0 lead and senior pitcher Kadin Schonauer took over from there. Schonauer scattered eight singles with seven strikeouts and four walks. He stranded five Lisbon runners on base in the first three innings to allow ...

PREP TRACK

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At Harrison Central Wednesday BOYS TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Beaver Local 174; 2. Harrison Central 127; 3. East Liverpool 103; 4. Union Local 82; 5. Indian Creek 18; 6. Buckeye Local 15. WINNERS 3200 RELAY: Beaver Local 9:37.53; 110 HURDLES: Landon Wheatley (Beaver Local) 15.93; 100 DASH: Zachary Redman (Beaver Local) 11.87; 800 RELAY: Beaver Local 1:35.16; 1600 RUN: Maddox Roach (East Liverpool) 4:29.24; 400 RELAY: Beaver Local 45.10; 400 DASH: Triston Cole (Harrison Central) 53.03; 300 HURDLES: Landon Wheatley (Beaver Local) 42.48; 800 RUN: Connor Bendo (Union Local) 1:59.09; 200 DASH: ...

Bulldogs keep fighting into second round

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EAST PALESTINE — East Palestine's softball team exploded for four runs in the third inning to defeat Kirtland 6-0 on Wednesday in a Div. VI sectional contest. Kennedy Andre went the distance for the 17th seeded Bulldogs with eight strikeouts and a walk. Graycee Ford had a double and single to lead the Bulldogs. Sydney Jurjavcic and Andre had two hits each. Kirtland was the 24th seed. East Palestine (9-9) will travel to No. 1 seed McDonald for a district semifinal on Monday. KI: 0-0-0-0-0-0-0 — 0-7-4 EP: 0-1-4-1-0-0-x — 6-10-4 United 14, Waynedale 3 HANOVERTON — ...

United closes out Lisbon for EOAC crown

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LISBON — The United Eagles are playing like champions. United clinched a second straight Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference baseball title outright with a 12-1 win over Lisbon in five innings Thursday. It is the Eagles' third EOAC title and seventh league title overall. Three Lisbon ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

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GRIM ADVANCES TO DISTRICT BOARDMAN — Heartland Christian junior Cooper Grim cruised into the Div. II district tournament by winning two matches on Wednesday at the Boardman sectional tennis tournament In the second round Grim beat Struthers' Zachariah Halverstadt 6-0, 6-0 and Mooney's Michael Frangos 6-0, 6-0 in the sectional semifinal. Grim, a two-time state qualifier, will meet Mooney's Maximus Marino, the fourth seed, in the semifinal on Friday. The district tournament is set for May 22-23 at Springside Athletic Club in Akron. Four singles and four doubles players from that ...