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SPORTS BRIEFING

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STEPIEN ACES TURKANA HOLE CALCUTTA — Tom Stepien aced Turkana Golf Course's No. 17 with an 8 iron on April 27. Witness was John Stepien. POTTER TEAM FINISHES THIRD DOVER — East Liverpool's Brady Dawson and Garrett Cooper ended up finishing third at the Div. II sectional tennis tournament on Friday at Dover City Park. St. Clairsville's Mavrik Malin and Caiden Staub defeated the Potters 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the semifinal. Dawson and Cooper beat Cambridge's Silas Hutchinson and Quentin Stora 6-1, 6-4 in the third place match. The St. Clairsville team beat Berlin Hiland's Clay Lehman ...

GOLF RESULTS

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BRITTAIN LEAGUE at East Palestine C.C. No. 7 WINNER: none 50-50: Jeff Fruit SKINS: Mike Geodecker (No. 2), Rich Spratt (No. 4), Frank Quetot (No. 5), Bill Wilson (No. 6), Lee Wyant (No. 8) TEAM WINNER (4-man, 2-ball): Lee Wyant, Lee Beight, Tom Burford, Rich Spratt No. 2 LONGEST PUTT: Mike Geodecker No. 4 CLOSEST TO THE PIN: Tom Brittain No. 6 LONGEST PUTT: Jeff Fruit No. 8 CLOSEST TO PIN: Lee Wyant ZEP'S PIZZA & MORE AT PINKY'S at Eagle Pass STANDINGS: Tony Sluss-Logan Schaefer 53.5, Mike Palmer-Dale Kampfer 49, Gage Chestnut-Isaiah Chestnut 47.5, Galen Brandt-Rick Beadles ...

Quakers claw Cats to gain district berth

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SALEM — Leadoff hitter Olivia Lewis got the Salem softball team going early. Lewis scored a run in the first inning and 20th-seeded Salem slugged 29th-seeded Struthers, 13-1, in five innings in a Division IV sectional final Friday. Olivia Lewis went 3-for-3 with a double and scored ...

PREP TRACK AND FIELD

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EASTERN BUCKEYE CONFERENCE TRACK AND FIELD MEET FRIDAY AT SEBO STADIUM BOYS BOYS TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Minerva 131; 2. Salem 114.5; 3. West Branch 97; 4. Marlington 85.5; 5. Alliance 36; 6. Carrollton 28. 3200 RELAY: 1. Minerva (Owen Yoder, Tyson Fetty, Anderson Scott, Rowen Hoffee) 8:30.28, 2. Salem 8:43.26, 3. West Branch 8:48.71, 4. Marlington 8:53.69, 5. Carrollton 9:11.58, 6. Alliance 9:19.42 110 HURDLES: 1. Landon Coffee (West Branch) 16.01, 2. Caden Stewart (Minerva) 16.23, 3. Sevin Woods (West Branch) 17.51, 4. Killian Sweeney (Carrollton) 17.54, 5. Cam Witts (Carrollton) ...

Branch, Leetonia bow out of tournament

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CANAL FULTON — Courtney Boggs threw a one-hitter with eight strikeouts and a walk as Northwest blanked West Branch 7-0 in a Div. IV sectional contest on Thursday. Sara Schmidt had West Branch's lone hit. Ellie Tucker had eight strikeouts and two walks in six innings for West Branch. West Branch, the 16th seed, is 9-13. No. 14 seed Northwest will travel to No. 11 seed Laurel on Tuesday for a district semifinal. WB: 0-0-0-0-0-0-0 — 0-1-3 NW: 0-0-1-0-5-1-x — 7-10-1 Southington 17, Leetonia 1 SOUTHINGTON — Southington eliminated Leetonia on Thursday in a Div. VII ...

Miller powers Lions past Clippers

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COLUMBIANA — Hudson Miller went 3-for-3 with a double and three RBIs to lift Heartland Christian past Columbiana, 7-4, Thursday at Firestone Park. Miller had a two-run hit to deep center in the second inning and an RBI double in the sixth inning. Jacob Gehring had RBI singles in the ...