Potters fall

EAST LIVERPOOL — Steubenville Central Catholic defeated East Liverpool 4-1 in boys tennis action on Wednesday.

East Liverpool (8-4) will host Salem today.

Steubenville Catholic Central 4, East Liverpool 1

FIRST SINGLES: Luke Kanzelberger (SCC) def. Brady Dawson (EL) 6-1, 6-0

SECOND SINGLES: Noah Irvin (SCC) def. Jacob Gibas (EL) 6-0, 6-3

THIRD SINGLES: Jack Leonard (SCC) def. Jose Garcia (EL) 6-2, 6-0

FIRST DOUBLES: Trey Nizer-Nicholas Aldrich (EL) def. Nate Irvin-Chris Herman 6-4, 6-3

SECOND DOUBLES: Caleb Bier-Giorgio Asci (SCC) def. Gabby Donaldson-Johnna Wood (EL) 6-0, 6-0

Catfish tournaments coming up

CHESTER, W.Va. — The Ohio River Catfish Tournaments start at 7 p.m. Saturday.

Entry fee $10 per fisherman. Sign up at Chaney’s Sunoco. Measuring for length will be at Chester City Marina from 6:30-7 a.m. Sunday.

Concealed carry class on tap

CHESTER, W.Va. — A concealed carry class will be May 18 at the Chester-Newell Sportsmen Club. Cost is $75. Register by calling James Atkinson at (757) 288-4772.

Kinsey named official of the year

COLUMBUS – Zack Kinsey of East Liverpool has been named the 2024-25 Girls Soccer Official of the Year by the Ohio High School Athletic Association.

He will be among the 21 individuals honored as the OHSAA Official of the Year in their respective sport during the OHSAA’s annual Celebration of Officiating banquet next month.

Bill Welch of Salem will be among the 42 officials who will be recognized for 50 years of service.

Fourteen individuals will be enshrined in the Ohio High School Athletic Association Officials Hall of Fame. A pair of Poland residents will be inducted, including James Fox in cross country and track and field and Kenneth Mills in football, volleyball, basketball and baseball.

The banquet is set for June 21 at the Renaissance Columbus Westerville-Polaris in Westerville.

YSU hosts Horizon League championships

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State University will host the Horizon League Outdoor Track and Field Championships from Friday through Sunday.

Action gets started Friday at Farmers National Bank Field with the decathlon and men’s and women’s discus at noon, followed by the heptathlon at 12:30 p.m., men’s and women’s javelin at 4 p.m. and the running events at 7:20 p.m.

Saturday’s schedule gets started at 9 a.m. with the running preliminaries beginning at 4 p.m.

Sunday’s running finals get going at noon.

Tickets are only available online. Day passes are $13.25 for adults and $8.25 for ages 3-12 and 62-and-up. Weekend passes are $23.25 for adults and $13.25 for children and senior citizens.

Guardians take series

WASHINGTON (AP) — Carlos Santana kick-started an eight-run sixth inning with a bases-clearing double, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Nationals 8-6 on Wednesday to win two of three at Washington in a 24-hour span.

The Guardians sent 13 men to the plate in the sixth against Michael Soroka (0-2) and relievers Jorge Lopez and Andrew Chafin. The first seven reached, and all of them scored. Leadoff man Steven Kwan scored twice in Cleveland’s biggest inning of the season.

Before the sixth, the Guardians had just two hits and eight strikeouts against Soroka, who made his second start for the Nationals after straining his right biceps in his March 31 debut.

But Cleveland rediscovered the relentless offense that produced nine runs in each game while splitting a doubleheader a day earlier. After a rainout Monday, the first game of Tuesday’s twinbill began at 3:35 p.m. and Wednesday’s regularly scheduled matinee concluded at 3:03 p.m.

Gabriel Arias had four hits for Cleveland, which has won seven of nine. Joey Cantillo (1-0) worked a scoreless fifth, and Emmanuel Clase pitched the ninth for his eighth save.

Curry out with hamstring issue

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Golden State Warriors are planning to play without Stephen Curry for at least the next three games of their second-round series against Minnesota, after an MRI exam on Wednesday confirmed a mild strain of the star guard’s left hamstring.

The Warriors said Curry would be sidelined at least a week after the injury Tuesday night forced him out early in second quarter of Game 1, which they went on to win 99-88. He had 13 points in 13 minutes to help Golden State build a comfortable lead and take home-court advantage away from the Timberwolves.