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Salem girls leap to victory

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POLAND — The Salem girls scored 30 points in the two jumping events to leap over the competition at the 30th Poland Invitational on Saturday. Senior Karlie Sampson won the long jump (15-feet-10 1/4) and junior Madelyn Gorby captured the high jump (5-0) as the Salem girls repeated as team champions. Freshman Addison Hopple added a win in the 1600-meter run (5:28.39) as the Quakers topped the 20-team field with 119 points. McDonald was second with 74. Salem senior Lucas Adams topped the boys by sweeping the long jump (21-11 1/4) and high jump (6-2). Crestview junior Joshua Smith ...

Beavers shutting down all foes

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Beaver Local 7, Bellaire 1 BELLAIRE — Sophomore pitcher Addison Thurik gave the Beaver Local softball team everything it needed Saturday. Thurik tossed a two-hitter with 11 strikeouts and no walks and went 2-for-2 at the plate with a two-run home run in a 7-1 win over Bellaire. Thurik tossed a two-hitter with 11 strikeouts and no walks in a 7-1 win over Bellaire. The Beavers improve to 17-3 and have held opponents to one run or less in nine of their last 11 victories. Mya Anderson added a solo home run in the seventh inning, giving the Beavers 23 home runs on the season. Brylee ...

The start of changes in the area

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There was bit of a shake-up in divisional placement for local schools on Thursday after the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s preliminary football numbers were announced. The Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference went from a league with five Div. VII teams to now just two. Southern and ...

Beavers close in Buckeye 8

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CADIZ — It was a busy week for the Beaver Local Middle School boys track team. The Beavers won the Columbiana County Meet on Wednesday and just missed winning the Buckeye 8 Middle School Meet by 1 1/2 points on Thursday. Beaver Local won five events and placed second in the boys team standings with 109 1/2 points. Harrison Central won with 111 points. East Liverpool was fifth with 72 points. Winners for the Beavers were Bowie Kinsey in the 200-meter hurdles (28.04 seconds); Michael Luna in the 400 dash (58.18) ; Bowie Kinsey, Bentley Roe-Gonzalez, Lucas Dennis and Boone Kinsey in ...

EAST PALESTINE RELAYS

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41st East Palestine Relays at East Palestine Friday BOYS RESULTS TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Beaver Local (73), 2. Howland (71), 3. East Liverpool (58), 4. Ursuline (57), 5. Carrollton (54), 6. Campbell Memorial (52), 7. Rootstown (49), 8. East Palestine (43). BOYS RESULTS 4x100 RELAY: 1. Campbell (De’ondre Brown, Demetrius Lambert, Jalen McQueen Hall, Kenneth Addison) 44.09, 2. Beaver Local 44.90, 3. Howland 45.59, 4. East Palestine 45.64, 5. Ursuline 46.53, 6. East Liverpool 46.85, 7. Carrollton 47.72, 8. Rootstown 50.69. 4x200 RELAY: 1. Campbell (De’ondre Brown, Demetrius ...

Bears get first victory

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Leetonia 9, Sebring 6 LEETONIA — Leetonia’s softball team broke into the win column with a 9-6 victory over Sebring on Friday. Carli Simms had two hits and an RBI for the Bears, 1-15. Hayley Davis added two hits and an RBI. Laniya Dubose got the win with four strikeouts and no walks in seven innings. Leetonia is at Columbiana on Monday. S: 2-0-1-0-0-3-0—6-16-4 L: 0-1-3-3-0-2-x—9- 9-2 East Canton 10, Lisbon 5 LISBON — Lisbon’s softball team suffered a 10-5 loss to East Canton on Friday. Sofia Brown had four hits including a double with two RBIs for the Devils. ...