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OVAC BASEBALL STARS The Ohio Valley Athletic Conference released its postseason baseball awards on Saturday. Players of the year are Cameron’s Landen Francis (1A), Toronto’s Drake Bouscher (2A), Wheeling Central’s Jake Brown (3A), Linsly’s Jaxson Murray (4A) and Brooke’s Andrew Murdock (5A). Cameron's Adam Angel was the coach of the year. Area mentions on the all-conference first teams include Wellsville's Cooper Frank (1A), Southern's Landen Heffner (2A), East Palestine's Brad Bartels (3A), United's Quentin Taylor (3A), Columbiana's Avery Young (3A), East Liverpool's ...

Rebels found a way to turn it around

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COLUMBIANA — A case could be made that the 2025 Crestview football team had the best regular season out of any Rebel team in school history. The team outscored its opponents 405 to 90 in going 10-0 and capturing the Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference Gray Division. Only the 2012 team ...

Mountaineers have a prayer in College World Series

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West Virginia University second-year head baseball coach Steve Sabins and his Mountaineers will make their College World Series debut this afternoon. (AP photo) OMAHA Neb. – The mammoth size of Charles Schwab Field hits you at first glance. It’s seemingly spacious enough to land a small ...

Team Ohio gets support from injured Clipper

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COLUMBIANA — Columbiana High School graduate Brayden Clancy's last athletic competition for the Clippers was on Dec. 13, 2025. It's a bittersweet memory for the Clipper football and basketball standout. "We were playing United (in basketball) at our place," Clancy said. "We were in ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

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CHESTER BEATS YOUNGSTOWN NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — The Chester Old-Timers knocked off Youngstown 10-6 on Sunday at Oak Glen High School. The 4-0 Old-Timers were led by Joe Krause who had a triple, double and two singles. Shawn Allen had a double and two singles. Mike Homer and Rob Fester had two singles each. Kevin Ferell was the winning pitcher. Chester hosts unbeaten Poland at 3 p.m. on Sunday at Oak Glen. ROHBECK TO PLAY IN OVAC GAME WELLSBURG, W.Va. — Oak Glen's James Rohbeck is the the only area representative scheduled to play in the OVAC Baseball All-Star Game ...

West Branch says no to AAC

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West Branch and Alliance's school districts issued a joint statement on Wednesday that they will not pursue membership into the All-American Conference. The school systems had been entertaining joining the AAC in the wake of several Eastern Buckeye Conference schools announcing they would ...