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Teenage girls face more ACL risks

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Sofia Tepichin was about 30 minutes into her club soccer team practice in October when she spotted a fast-approaching defender. She tapped the ball away and hopped over the defender’s outstretched foot, came down awkwardly, and heard a “pop.” She immediately fell to the ground, pain shooting through her left knee and knew it wasn’t good. It was, she said, “heartbreaking.” “And I knew personally that I tore my ACL,” Tepichin said. Tepichin joined the growing ranks of female high school athletes tearing their anterior cruciate ligament, a ...

Cavaliers suffer a power outage

DETROIT (AP) — Jalen Duren had 33 points and 16 rebounds and the Detroit Pistons outlasted the short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers 122-119 on Friday night in a game that was delayed for 18 minutes in the third quarter because of a blaring horn. During a timeout with Detroit up 65-64, a power surge caused the overhead scoreboard to malfunction, with the horn remaining on after signaling the teams to return to the floor. After 13 minutes, the scoreboard was shut down to stop the horn. The scoring crew used a manual airhorn when play resumed. Cade Cunningham had 25 points, 10 rebounds ...

BOWLING RESULTS

High Nooners League at Walnut Lanes Team Standings: The Rangers 24 1/2 -7 1/2, Smokin Guns 23-9, Guys & Dolls 19 1/2-12 1/2, The Warriors 19-13, Mike’s Lawn Mower Shop 15-17, Cut Above 14-18, Sun Shine 12-20. High Game: (men’s) Sparky Miller 202-182, Dan Vojnovich 200, Bill Ambrose 192, Mike Price 187-184; (women’s) Donna Vojnovich 179-170, Barb Chapko 173-146, Joan Wertz 168, Nancy Keenan 147. High Series: Sparky Miller 540, Mike Price 537, Doug Blazer 500. Sportsman League at Walnut Lanes Team Standings: Ten in the Pit, Safelite, and Sanford Plumbing 7 Brian’s ...

Haiti Road boil advisory

The Buckeye Water District has issued a boil advisory for Haiti Road in Salineville.

Crosby sidelined four months

Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins will have to start their playoff push without Sidney Crosby. The club placed its longtime captain on injured reserve on Wednesday. The move comes after Crosby sustained a lower-body injury during the Olympic hockey tournament at the Milan Cortina Games. The 38-year-old three-time Stanley Cup winner went down in the second period of Canada’s quarterfinal win over Czechia. The Canadians held out hope Crosby would be able to return, but he sat out a semifinal win over Finland and a loss to the United States in the gold ...

CORRECTION

To correct and clarify a recent story about the Columbiana County Budget Commission, meetings will be set at 10 a.m. on the third Tuesday of the following months, January, March, April, May, June, July, September, October, November and December, with the Ohio Revised Code setting February and August meetings on the first Monday. The next meeting will be March 17.