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OAC award for Mercer ALLIANCE — Mount Union senior Sydney Mercer has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference Hitter of the Week. Mercer — a West Branch High School graduate — helped lead the Purple Raiders to an 8-4 record during their spring break trip to South Commons Softball Complex in Columbus, Georgia, including wins over No. 24 Belhaven, No. 13 Emory and No. 7 East Texas Baptist. She finished the week with a .400 batting average and a .550 slugging percentage, with four doubles, a triple and seven RBIs. Mercer also broke a pair of school records last week, becoming the ...

Hughes breaks through for Beaver

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COLUMBUS — Beaver Local sophomore Jake Hughes ended a 24-year school and Columbiana County state title drought with a 2-1 tiebreaker win over Bishop Watterson sophomore Tommy Rowlands in the Div. II 157-pound weight class on Sunday at the boys state wrestling tournament at the ...

Cowan, Brown finish second after tough finals matchups

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COLUMBUS — Rematches against the No. 1 ranked wrestlers in the state in their respective weight classes didn’t change course for two area girls wrestlers who reached the championship final on Sunday at the girls state wrestling tournament at the Schottenstein Center. United Local senior Auston Brown and East Liverpool junior Paige Cowan both had seen their finals opponents earlier in the season, but the overwhelming favorites did their job. At 125-pounds, Cowan (42-5) was pinned by Chippewa’s Kayla Moroschan in 1:59. Moroschan had a takedown at 1:37 before putting the ...

Saturday's Boys State Wrestling Results

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Jordan Bates Beaver Local Beavers 106 pounds Fr., 46-3 FIRST ROUND: Bates pin John Bollinger (Streetsboro), 2:30 QUARTERFINAL: Bates tech. fall Blake Foucht (Alter), 16-0 SEMIFINAL: Grady Moos (Elyria Catholic) dec. Bates, 10-9 CONSOLATION SEMIFINAL: vs. Brody McNabb (New Lexington) Kyle Ingram East Liverpool Potters 106 pounds Jr., 39-7 FIRST ROUND: Ingram dec. Cole Palma (Akron SVSM), 8-2 QUARTERFINAL: Zane Russell (Wapakoneta) tech. fall Ingram, 19-3 SECOND CONSOLATION: Brody Miller (Licking Valley) tech. fall Ingram, 16-1 John Burkett Beaver Local ...

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Laurel captures first state title DAYTON — The Shaker Heights Laurel girls basketball team beat a pair of state champions on the way to its first state championship. The Gators won the Division IV state title Friday by topping defending champion Bellevue, 60-58, at University of Dayton Arena, a day after beating defending Division III state champion Cincinnati Purcell Marian, 56-54, in overtime in the semifinals. Laurel junior and UNVL commit Tristan Williams made two free throws with four seconds left to give the Gators the victory after being state runners-up in 2024. Williams ...

Northeast 8 staying with seven schools

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West Branch and Salem are out of luck ... for now. The Northeast 8 announced on Friday that it will not be seeking any more members. The Warriors and Quakers were seeking a conference new home after Minerva, Carrollton and Marlington decided to leave the Eastern Buckeye Conference for the new Northeast Senate League. The Northeast 8 will remain at seven members including Struthers, Poland, South Range, Girard, Niles, Lakeview and Hubbard. “The Board of Directors of the Northeast 8 Athletic Conference met regarding its current vacancy and unanimously, after lengthy ...