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Darryl Hoppel gets OVAC HOF nod

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WHEELING, W.Va. — The OVAC has named its Hall of Fame selection for the Class of 2026. That special group of honorees will be joined by a trio individuals in the Legends category. Legends are athletes or former coaches whose schools are currently in the OVAC but were not conference members when those individuals scripted their sparkling careers. Earning OVAC Hall of Fame Legends status this year are Fort Frye’s Becky Strahler, East Liverpool’s Darryl Hoppel and Fort Frye’s Don Strahler. The Hall of Fame honorees for the 2026 class are: Weirton Madonna’s Ross Comis and ...

Heartland Christian puts 13 runs on Lisbon

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LISBON — Jacob Goerhring had two hits and drove in four runs to highlight Heartland Christian’s 13-4 win against Lisbon at Dickey Field on Thursday. The Lions collected eight hits and 14 walks as they improved to 2-6. Lisbon evens its record to 4-4. Brennen Murray also had two hits and scored two runs for the Lions. Hudson Miller scored three runs, while Paul Bender, Jack Morgan and Abe Cook each had two runs. Three Heartland pitchers limited the Blue Devils to three singles by Brady Carpenter, Ashton Hinchliffe and Mason Jones. Logan Sturgeon scored two of Lisbon’s ...

SPORTSBRIEFING STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS

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YSU standout heads to Liberty BELOIT — West Branch High School graduate and former Youngstown State women’s basketball standout Sophia Gregory is headed to Conference USA. The reigning Horizon League Defensive Player of the Year who entered the transfer portal following her sophomore YSU season will join the Liberty University Flames. Her father, Levi Gregory, posted on Facebook on Thursday that more than 50 schools reached out to Sophia but in the end he wrote that “She wanted a place to grow spiritually and experience new travels in her basketball adventures.” Liberty ...

Oak Glen’s Carney locks in on Steubenville

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NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — After giving up an early homer, Oak Glen ace Mattie Carney locked in and dominated. The junior struck out 13 batters while walking just one in tossing a complete game in the circle for the Golden Bears in an impressive 9-2 victory over visiting Steubenville on ...

Potters salute seniors with shutout

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EAST LIVERPOOL — Rayne Faessel had a home run, double, two singles and four RBIs to lead East Liverpool to a 16-0 win over Chaney on Thursday at Patterson Field. Trinity Pearson, Tatum Fink and Addie Jones had doubles. Fink was the winning pitcher with 10 strikeouts and a walk over five ...

TRACK AND FIELD

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At Harrison Central Wednesday BOYS RESULTS East Liverpool (144.5), Barnesville (136), Harrison Central (123), Union Local (66), St. Clairsville (40), Buckeye Local (10.5) WINNERS 3200 RELAY: East Liverpool (Isaac Christian, Mason Fullerton, Brody Vulgamore, Christopher Miller) 9:26.81; 110 HURDLES: Meshach Harris (East Liverpool) 15.50; 100 DASH: Trey Toliver (Barnesville) 11.48; 800 RELAY: Harrison Central (Jacob Quito, Brady Hyre, Triston Cole, Beau Rinkes) 1:34.51; 1600 RUN: Brody Vulgamore (East Liverpool) 5:07.58; 400 RELAY: Barnesville (Trey Toliver, Leland Burtner, ...