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SPORTS BRIEFING

SALEM EARLY BIRD SALEM — The 24th annual Salem Early Bird Cross Country Invitational will be held Saturday at Waterworth Memorial Park. Eighteen high school are entered, including the boys and girls teams from host Salem, Crestview, Lisbon, South Range, Southern Local, Springfield, United, West Branch, Alliance, Howland, Lake Center Christian, Lowellville, Niles, Poland, Ravenna, Youngstown Ursuline along with the boys teams from East Liverpool and Louisville. Entries include 176 high school boys, 130 high school girls, 124 middle school boys and 124 middle school girls, making it ...

JUNIOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL

Beaver Local vs. Indian Creek 7th Grade: Beaver Local won 25-13, 25-22 Thursday. Beaver Local: Scarlett Erwin 8 points, Peyton Johnson 7 points, Adriana Wiley 6 points. 8th Grade: Beaver Local won 25-21, 25-15 Thursday. Beaver Local: Reese Miller 9 points, Olivia Bissel 6 points. Harrison at East Liverpool 7th Grade: Harrison won 25-13, 25-12 Thursday. East Liverpool: Synica Foster 3 aces, 1 dig, Chandler Talbott 2 aces. 8th Grade: Harrison won 25-10, 25-19. East Liverpool: Zarie Foster 2 kills, 2 digs, Taylor Ingram 3 assists. Next: East Liverpool hosts Buckeye Local Monday ...

YSU takes control in opener

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State scored on its first five possessions and rolled past Mercyhurst 43-10 Thursday night at Stambaugh Stadium in the season opener for both teams. The Penguins piled up 484 yards of offense, including 252 rushing, while limiting the Lakers to 241 yards. After allowing 63 yards on Mercyhurst's opening drive, YSU's defense surrendered just 178 yards over the final 55 minutes and recorded two interceptions. Reigning Walter Payton Award winner Beau Brungard led the Penguins on both sides of the offense, completing 20 of 29 passes for 232 yards and three ...

Steelers close preseason with a loss

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Ian Wheeler scored on a 2-yard run with 1:06 left, Steve Buechele completed an off-balance pass to Dante Pettis for a 2-point conversion and the Buffalo Bills beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 28-27 in the preseason finale for each team Thursday night. The Steelers' last chance to pull ahead ended with Drew Allar's pass sailing behind tight end Lake McRee on fourth-and-7 with 44 seconds remaining. It was a disappointing finish for Allar in an outing the rookie was attempting to separate himself from Will Howard in the competition for the Steelers' third-string ...

Fresh start for Hancock County rivals

NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — The men set to lead their teams into the annual battle for the Carl Hamill Trophy tonight may be new in their roles, but are far from new to the rivalry. Weir High’s Chris Hill and Oak Glen’s Derrick Stickles are set to make their debuts as the head coaches of ...

County’s big schools on a collision course

The three largest schools in Columbiana County kicked off the season on Friday with victories. That's the first time Salem, East Liverpool and Beaver Local all won their openers since 2019. Beaver Local showed off its speed and what coach Mike McKenzie calls his strongest team since he arrived at Beaver Local in 2017 with a 35-14 win over Crestview. The Beavers will travel just over the stateline to take on Western Beaver on Friday in the first meeting between those schools since 1995. Beaver Local has not played a Pennsylvania team since that meeting. This season, the Western ...