Sports

Heartland lands regional champion

Local Sports June 1, 2026

CUYAHOGA HEIGHTS — Heartland Christian sophomore Claire Liposky and East Palestine junior Braydon Plum made history at the Cuyahoga Heights Division V regional track and field meet Saturday. Liposky won the discus with a toss of 141-feet-6 on her first attempt — the best by a Columbiana county girl since 2019. She added a 136-8 on her third attempt. Plum was second in the boys 400-meter dash in a school-record 49.74 seconds. He broke the 75-year-old record of 50.4 seconds set by Earl Herrington in the 400-yard dash in 1951. The top five finishers in each event advance to the ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

Local Sports June 1, 2026

CHESTER WALKS OFF WITH WIN GREENVILLE — Howard Williams hit a walk-off single in the 10th inning to give the Chester Old-timers a 4-3 win over Greenville, Pa., at Thiel College on Sunday. Eric Sampson and Steve Bell had three hits for Chester. Kasey Arnott and Doug Comm had two hits apiece. Dave Smith picked up the win in relief of Kevin Ferell. Chester improves to 3-0 and will play Youngstown at 3 p.m. June 7 at Oak Glen. BIG PAYDAY AT MANSFIELD MANSFIELD — The 26 drivers at Mansfield Speedway's 40-lap Blaster 57 Special preliminary race got a surprise announcement sitting on ...

Northeast 8 welcomes Quakers

Local Sports May 30, 2026

SALEM — The Salem Quakers have found a new league. “We’re happy to be in the Northeast 8,” Salem athletic director Matt Freeman said. The official announcement came Friday afternoon. Salem will join the Northeast 8 Athletic Conference in the fall of 2027 in every sport in grades 7-12 but football. “Salem is a strong fit geographically, competitively, and culturally for our conference,” Northeast 8 commissioner Rob Conklin said. “This move strengthens the Northeast 8 and provides outstanding opportunities for our student-athletes and school communities.” Salem ...

Season over for county's last baseball team

Local Sports May 30, 2026

STRUTHERS — Crestview was the only Columbiana County baseball team to make it to a district final this season and the Rebels had only one senior. While the future looks bright for Rebel baseball the present belonged solely to the No. 5 seed Poland Bulldogs in a 14-0 no-hit win in five innings on Friday in a Div. V district final at Cene Park. "They won in all aspects of the game," Crestview coach Todd Kibby said. "All credit goes to them. They were prepared and they earned it." Crestview starter Kyle Booth lasted nine batters and only recorded one out as Poland had seven runs ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

Local Sports May 30, 2026

GUARDIANS GET TO RED SOX EARLY CLEVELAND (AP) — Angel Martínez had an RBI single during Cleveland's four-run first and made a key defensive play in the second inning as the Guardians held on for a 4-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night. Cleveland's Chase DeLauter and Kyle Manzardo broke out of slumps with two hits apiece. Caleb Durbin had an RBI double in the fifth inning for the Red Sox. They have dropped six of seven. Colin Holderman (3-0), the second of six Guardians' pitchers, got the win with 1 1/3 innings of hitless ball. Starter Slade Cecconi allowed three ...

Local Sports May 30, 2026

AUSTINTOWN — Southern Local senior Maddy Jones will carry the Columbiana County banner at the Division IV state track and field meet. Jones was third in the shot put Wednesday and no county athletes got through the Austintown Division IV regional finals Friday. Jones topped the first ...