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Bears keep Carter in their heart

NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — It was an emotional win for one of its own. The Oak Glen football team, saddened by the tragic death of one of its players — junior Carter Pesacreta in an off-road vehicle accident last Friday — channeled all of its efforts to honor their teammate in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Liverpool will learn from loss

STEUBENVILLE — The extra wait for the home opener proved to be worth it for the Steubenville Big Red boys soccer team. Playing for just the second time this season and on their home turf for the first time, Steubenville got off to a good start against visiting East Liverpool and rolled to a 6-0 victory over the Potters at Harding Stadium. “It’s good to win the home opener,” Big Red head coach Greg Bowers said. “We couldn’t find anyone to play in Friday Night Futbol and started a week later, had to go to Dover to start and play one of the better teams we’ll see all ...

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 ...