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Oak Glen preps for regional

FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Oak Glen’s wrestling team will be in action today and Saturday in Class A/AA regional wrestling action at the Fairmont Fieldhouse.

The top four wrestlers in each of the 14 weight classes will qualify for the 74th annual state tournament set for April 21-22 at Mountain Health Arena in Huntington.

The Golden Bears’ tandem of Kyler O’Connor and Clayton Lamb were third at 182 and sixth at 120, respectively in 2019 at state.

Linsly bounces Bears

NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — Oak Glen’s final girls basketball regular season game went the way of Linsly as the Cadets tripped up the Bears 56-45 on Thursday.

Reece Enochs had 18 points for the Golden Bears, 7-9.

The Bears will travel to North Marion on Tuesday for a sectional contest.

LINSLY: 12-13-17-14–56

O. GLEN: 9-5-17-14–45

LINSLY SCORING: Cook 0-5-5, Heron 6-3-15, Steen 5-4-14, Grimm 6-4-16, Hicks 2-0-6. TEAM TOTALS: 19, 16-19: 56.

OAK GLEN SCORING: Lizzie Kell 1-0-3, Reece Enochs 6-4-18, Alexus Greenlief 1-0-2, Sydney Brown 0-0-0, Rory McNutt 0-0-0, Maddie McKay 3-0-6, Carson Barr 3-2-8, Sarah Brown 2-1-6, Alayna Kranis 1-0-2. TEAM TOTALS: 17, 7-12: 45.

Three-point goals: Linsly 2 (Hicks), Oak Glen 4 (Enochs 2, Kell, Brown).

East Palestine to host many locals

EAST PALESTINE — The 2021 William E. Ward/East Palestine Girls Track and Field Invitational will be held on Saturday at Reid Memorial Stadium. Field and running events will start at 10 a.m. Schools entered in the meet include East Palestine, Beaver Local, Champion, Chaney, Columbiana, Crestview, Cuyahoga Falls, Youngstown East, East Liverpool (boys), Edison, Hubbard (boys), Warren JFK, Leetonia (girls), McDonald, Mineral Ridge, Niles, Poland, Salem, Shaw, South Range, Springfield, Struthers, United, Valley Christian, Warren Harding and Wellsville. Tickets will be sold at the gate.

Rose torches tough Augusta for 65

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Seven holes into the Masters, Justin Rose was 2-over par and in no position to panic.

He knew Augusta National in April was no picnic compared with the last one in November. He figured if he could get back to around even par by the end of the day he would be fine.

Rose never expected his best score in his 59 rounds at Augusta National.

No one could have seen it coming, either.

Rose made seven birdies and an eagle during a torrid 10-hole stretch for an opening 7-under 65, giving him a four-shot lead Thursday in conditions that might only get tougher the rest of the way.

“It’s incredible,” Rose said. “It’s a good reminder that you just never know what can happen out there.”

It started with a nice hop off the mounds left of the green on the par-5 eighth that set up a 10-foot eagle. Only two of his birdie putts were outside 8 feet. He holed a 12-foot par putt on the one green he missed. Not bad for a 40-year-old from England playing for the first time in a month while resting an ailing back.

Twice a runner-up, including a playoff loss to Sergio Garcia four years ago, Rose tied a Masters record by taking at least a share of first-round lead for the fourth time.

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