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Devils burn Bears

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LISBON — Nine Lisbon players scored as the Blue Devils doubled up Wellsville, 49-23, in Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference play Thursday. It was the Blue Devils’ third win in four games to improve to 9-7 overall and 6-5 in the EOAC. The Tigers drop to 0-15 and 0-11 in league play. Lylah Brown led Lisbon with 12 points. Eme Cook had three three-pointers for nine points. The Blue Devils led 31-4 at halftime. Kenzie Bosco topped Wellsville with 13 points. Lisbon will host Waterloo on Monday, while Wellsville travels to Toronto on Wednesday. W: 4- 0-13- 6—23 L: 20-11- ...

Top-seeds move forward at OVAC

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WHEELING, W.Va.—The area’s top wrestlers did what they were expected to on the opening night of the 72nd annual Ron Mauck Ohio Valley Athletic Conference at WesBanco Arena. At 106, top seed Jordan Bates of East Liverpool and Kyle Ingram of East Liverpool had quick pins to advance. Oak ...

Hoosier with county roots enjoying Indiana’s run

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COLUMBIANA — There is a price to pay for success. Just ask former Crestview High School All-Ohioan and Indiana University linebacker Brad Gecina. He is flying to Miami and hoping to get inside Hard Rock Stadium as the top-ranked Indiana Hoosiers play for their first college football national championship against host Miami on Monday night. “It’s expensive to follow a successful team,” Gecina said. “We’re finding it out as Indiana fans. You never had problems getting tickets before. It’s a good problem to have.” He took his son, JJ, a member of Crestview’s ...

Beavers overcome loss of star

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CALCUTTA — Beaver Local’s boys’ basketball team proved Wednesday night there’s never a hill too tall to climb. Missing multi-talented 6-7 first team All-Ohio center Owen Hill — who is out with a foot injury — Beaver Local rallied the troops and pulled out a 51-49 win over ...

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BOYS BASKETBALL Weir vs. Oak Glen 7th Grade: Weir won 44-27 on Wednesday. Oak Glen: Cade Enochs 9, Ethan Herron 5. 8th Grade: Oak Glen won 36-29. Oak Glen: Clayton Murphy 14, Cash McMahon 7.

Potters roll with the best at Buckeye 8

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ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Barnesville boys set the tone early Tuesday in running away with the Buckeye 8 Bowling Championships team title at St. Clair Lanes. On the girls’ side, Buckeye Local battled back after an uncharacteristically low Game 2 team score while posting the top four-game total in the Baker rounds to overtake Harrison Central for the overall crown. Buckeye Local’s Olivia Takach, a senior, captured the girls’ individual championship with a 513, just two pins ahead of East Liverpool senior Lani Rudibaugh. Takach’s Game 3 total of 200 was the lone 200-or-better ...