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Columbiana 14, Mathews 1 COLUMBIANA — Columbiana banged out 17 hits in a 14-1 rout of Mathews on Tuesday in softball action at Firestone Park. Reagan Bell had four hits and an RBI for the winners. Josie Hepler had two hits including a home run. Natalie Barrow had three doubles and three RBIs. Kyla Hogan had a single, triple and an RBI. Ella Eisenbraun had a double, single and two RBIs. Eisenbraun was also the winning pitcher as she struck out eight and walked one over four innings. Columbiana is 7-2 and is at Jackson-Milton on Thursday. M: 0-0-0-1-0— 1- 3-2 C: ...

HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD

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Pat Reese Relays at Oak Glen Tuesday BOYS Beaver Local (90), Oak Glen (42) WINNERS 3200 RELAY: Beaver Local (Nathan Pusateri, Matthew Tracy, Case Kelly, Mason Boggs) 9:19.22; 110 HURDLES: Landon Wheatley (Beaver Local) 15.95; 100 DASH: Charles Oliver (Oak Glen) 11.52; 800 RELAY: Beaver Local (Nolan Irving, Luke Rettos, Luke Warrick, Zachary Redman) 1:33.15; 1600 RUN: Mason Boggs (Beaver Local) 5:06.68; 400 RELAY: Beaver Local (Richie Wyse, Luke Rettos, Nolan Irving, Zachary Redman) 45.24; 400 DASH: Logan Murray (Oak Glen) 54.31; 300 HURDLES: Mason Kell (Oak Glen) 44.67; 800 ...

Bulldogs let lead slip away

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TORONTO — The Toronto softball team was on the ropes, but East Palestine was unable to deliver the knock out blow. The Bulldogs jumped out to an 8-0 lead in the top of the second inning, however, the Red Knights stormed back and tallied the final 10 runs of the game to rally for a 10-8 victory in six innings Tuesday evening inside Michael Simpson Park. “It was a crazy game,” Toronto coach Shannon Bahen said. “It is nice to come out on top, obviously.” After falling behind by eight runs, Toronto plated three runs in the third to pull within 8-3 before erupting for seven ...

Hughes has bigger plans

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BEAVER TOWNSHIP — The Beaver Local wrestling team qualified five for the Division II state tournament this past winter, held at Ohio State University’s Schottenstein Center on March 13-15. Four Beaver grapplers placed at the event with Jake Hughes, standing atop the podium proudly representing his school as the 157-pound state champion. As it turned out, he was the Mahoning Valley’s lone individual or state champion in any winter sport. For Hughes, who went 47-6 as a freshman — he was 45-4 this year as a sophomore, sporting a 92-10 overall mark during his two varsity ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

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Cavs open Saturday CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Cavaliers will open the NBA playoffs by hosting the Toronto Raptors at 1 p.m. Saturday. The Cavaliers (52-3) are the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference, while Toronto (46-36) is the fifth seed. The Raptors swep the season series 3-0 (by scores of 110-99, 126-113 and 112-101). But the Cavaliers have won 11 of their last 14 games and are 35-14 since Dec. 29. Saturday’s game will be televised on Prime Video. Golf benefits Indians SALINEVILLE — The annual Southern Local Golf Outing will be held at 8 a.m. May 23 at Turkana Golf ...

Lisbon tames Bulldogs

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Lisbon 16, East Palestine 6 LISBON — Lisbon overcame an early deficit to take down East Palestine 16-6 in five innings on Monday. For the Devils, Devin Kelly had a double and four RBIs, while Ashton Hinchliffe added three hits and two RBIs. Brady Carpenter had four hits and three RBIs, while turning in a winning effort on the mound with seven strikeouts, five walks and three earned runs in three innings. Mason Jones added a double. Peyton Rutledge had two hits for the Bulldogs. Kealin Simon was the losing pitcher with two walks, two strikeouts and three earned runs in 3 2/3 ...