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AAC, MAC in mix

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Salem and West Branch have plans in motion for their next league landing spots. The two schools have applied for positions in the Mahoning Valley-based All-American Conference and the Medina, Portage and Summit county-based Metro Athletic Conference. The AAC league affiliation would be for all sports but football, while the MAC would encompass all sports. The Quakers and Warriors have been scrambling to get something done after the collapse of the Eastern Buckeye Conference was made known in March when Carrollton, Minerva and Marlington decided to leave for the new Northeast ...

PREP ROUNDUP

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Beaver Local 4, St. Clairsville 3 ST. CLAIRSVILLLE — Braxton Hickman’s RBI double with one out in the seventh led Beaver Local to a 4-3 win over St. Clairsville in the Buckeye 8 fifth-place baseball game Wednesday. Aiden Dray added two hits for the winners. AJ Bowser was the winning pitcher with a walk and two strikeouts in three innings. Beaver Local is 14-9 and is at Weir on Tuesday. SC: 0-0-1-0-1-1-0—3-6-0 BL: 1-0-0-1-1-0-1—4-8-2 Austintown Fitch10, Columbiana 0 AUSTINTOWN — Columbiana managed just two hits in a 10-0 loss to Austintown Fitch in baseball action ...

COLLEGE ROUNDUP

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Mount Union hosts OAC softball ALLIANCE — The Ohio Athletic Conference Softball Tournament will be held today through Sunday at Mount Union’s 23rd Street Softball Field. The top-seeded Purple Raiders are 29-5 overall and 15-1 in the OAC, the lone loss to Baldwin Wallace on April 8. Area players on the Mount Union roster are senior utility player Sydney Mercer from West Branch, senior shortstop Lydia Brunner from Minerva, sophomore utility player Allison Jones from Western Reserve, sophomore oufielder Lindsay Jones from Western Reserve and junior pitcher Haleigh McCalla from ...

Hiscox, Simmons, Jones post top qualifying marks

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ST. CLAIRSVILLE — United’s Brinsley Hiscox and Taylor Simmons and Southern’s Maddy Jones posted the top marks in the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Class 1A-3A qualifying meet Wednesday. Hiscox topped the Class 3A girls 100-meter hurdles, while Simmons tied for the top spot in the high jump. Jones was first in the Class 1-2A girls shot put. Area teams sent only a few athletes because the Columbiana County Track and Field Meet will be held today in Salem. The top four in the running events and top five in the field events advance Saturday’s OVAC finals at Red Devil Stadium. ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

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County track meet today SALEM — The 122nd Columbiana County Track and Field Meet will be held today at Sebo Stadium. Tickets are $7 for adults and $4 for students. Action starts at 4:30 p.m. with the boys discus and high jump, the girls shot put and long jump and the finals in the girls and boys 3200-meter relay. The rest of the running events will follow at 5:15 p.m. The Salem boys and girls are the defending team champions. Salem’s a frequent host SALEM — Salem is hosting the Columbiana County Track and Field Boys Meet for the 45th time today. It has been held every ...

Quakers have a leg up

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SALEM — The 122nd Columbiana County Track and Field Meet will feature some of the top athletes in the state, but the Salem Quakers are favored to rule the day again. The Salem boys have won 15 of the last 16 team titles, while the Salem girls have eight straight county titles. “We’re ...