Brown has strong showing

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Lisbon eighth-grader Elijah Brown was the only local winner at the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Middle School Championships on Thursday.

Brown won the boys long jump with a leap of 18-feet-11 on his last attempt at Red Devil Stadium. He had the top three jumps in the competition, including 18-9 1/4 and 18-7 1/4.

Brown also won the long jump at the Columbiana County Middle School Track and Field meet with a leap of 18-5 on April 23.

County meet coming up

EAST PALESTINE– The 121st Columbiana County Track and Field Meet will be held Tuesday at Reid Stadium.

The field events will start at 4:30 p.m. with the boys discus and high jump, girls shot put and long jump, and the 3200-meter relay finals. The rest of the running events will begin at 5:30 p.m. with the high hurdles.

The Salem boys and girls are the defending team champions. The Salem girls have won seven straight years.

The meet has been held every year since 1904, except for 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.