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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 ...

Beavers tee off on Warriors

CARROLLTON — The Beaver Local girls golf team defeated Carrollton, 173-185, Wednesday at Carroll Hills. Mckenzie Ash led the Beavers with a 37. Brenna Jones had a 41, Mya Anderson 42 and Emilie Drushel 53.

JUNIOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL

OAK GLEN VS. LINSLY 7th Grade: Oak Glen won 25-23, 25-21 Tuesday. Oak Glen: Dillyn Six 14 points. 8th Grade: Oak Glen won 25-6, 25-12. Oak Glen: Brooke McGillian 10 points, Mariah Brown 9 points. Next: Oak Glen hosts Weir on Monday. SOUTHERN VS. WELLSVILLE Southern won 26-24, 25-3 Wednesday. Southern, Brooklyn Glosser 18 points with 12 aces, Sadie Plunkett 13 points with 7 aces. LISBON VS. COLUMBIANA 7th Grade: Columbiana won 25-16, 25-20 Wednesday. Columbiana (4-0): Sydney Cunningham 5 aces, 7 kills, Layla Rust 4 aces, 1 dig, Kinslee Roth 4 aces, Aubrey Halverstadt 3 kills. ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

CLIPPERS' FIRST GAME COLUMBIANA — The first game on the new artificial turf field at the Ward Athletic Complex behind Columbiana High School will be held Tuesday. The Columbiana girls soccer team will host Indian Creek at 5 p.m. A ribbon cutting will be held prior at 4:45 p.m. The field also hosts junior high football games. Work is beginning on the new Columbiana baseball and softball full turf fields on each end of the soccer field. FANS HAVE FEVER CHICAGO (AP) — The Indiana Fever-Chicago Sky game Sunday averaged 3.31 million viewers on NBC and Peacock to make it the ...

Lisbon gets best of Malvern

MALVERN — Lisbon's volleyball team defeated Malvern 25-23, 25-21, 22-25, 7-25, 15-11 on Wednesday. Hannah Davis led the Blue Devils (1-2) with 34 digs. Gionna Lenigar had nine kills and five blocks, Alanna Householder had 12 kills, seven digs, eight points and three aces, Addison Anderson had nine kills and eight digs and Lilly Lipply added seven kills and four digs. Bridgett Newbold finished with 25 assists and six points. Ariel Dickey Smith and Davis turned in standout performances in the passing game for Lisbon. Lisbon won the jayvee portion 25-23, 25-23. Kyker Malone led ...

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 ...