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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. ...

Beaver drops Minerva

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Beaver Local 10, Minerva 7 CALCUTTA — The Beaver Local Beavers had to stop beating themselves before they could beat Minerva. Braxton Hickman’s two-run single and Jett Johnson’s RBI single highlighted a four-run fourth inning as the Beavers rallied for a 10-7 win Friday. Beaver Local ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

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Call hits home run Beaver Local’s Ciara Call had a home run, triple and three RBIs in the Beavers’ 17-4 win over Crestview on Thursday. Her offensive stats were incorrect in Friday’s edition. Call has six home runs on the season. Southern golf outing CALCUTTA –A golf outing to support Southern Local football and cheerleading will be held on June 20 at Turkana Golf Course. The four-person scramble will begin with an 8 a.m. shotgun start. Cost is $300 per team which includes food from Bad Axe BBQ and prizes. To register for the event, call (740) 792-0031 or e-mail ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

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Four teams up a division COLUMBUS — Four area football teams have moved up a division for the 2026 season, which was announced by the Ohio High School Athletic Association on Thursday. Salem is the only area team in Division III, while Crestview is in Division V and East Palestine and Lisbon are in Division VI. They are among the 37 schools in Ohio that moved up a division from their 2025 assignment due to the 2026-27 school year being the start of a new two-year base enrollment cycle. South Range dropped from Division V to Division VI. A total of 708 Ohio schools will field ...

PREP BASEBALL

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Lisbon 6, Columbiana 5 LISBON — Ashton Hinchliffe singled home Mason Jones in the bottom of the sixth inning as Lisbon rallied past Columbiana, 6-5, Thursday to remain in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference title chase. Columbiana took a 5-4 lead in the top of the sixth before Lisbon rallied with two runs. Bryce Esarey manufactured the tying run as he was hit by a pitch, went to second on a wild pitch and to third on a passed ball before scoring on a wild pitch. Hinchliffe followed with the game-winning hit. Lisbon improves to 6-7 overall and 4-1 in the EOAC. Columbiana is 7-8 and ...