High school girls soccer

Beaver 3, Brooke 1

CALCUTTA –Three Beaver Local players scored goals as the Beavers beat Brooke, 3-1, in girls soccer action Thursday.

Leah Stewart had one goal and one assist, while Jansen Ours and Peyton Dunn each had a goal. Riley Springer contributed an assist. Tatum Duncan made five saves in goal.

The Beavers improve to 6-1 and will play at East Liverpool on Monday.

Oak Glen 1, Weir 1

NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — Oak Glen and Weir played to a 1-1 draw in girls soccer action Thursday.

The Golden Bears are 1-4-2 on the season and will play at Indian Creek on Tuesday.

Junior high volleyball

Oak Glen vs. Edison

7th Grade: Oak Glen won 25-8, 25-14 Wednesday. Oak Glen, Presley Chaffin 13 points. Kinley Moore 6 points, Danica Eckleberry 5 points.

8th Grade: Oak Glen won 25-10, 25-14. Oak Glen, Bristol Eckleberry 10 points, Laikynn Eckleberry 8 points and 6 kills, Kaia Parish 7 kills, Theresa Robinson 5 kills, Reed Adams 31 sets.

Next: Oak Glen hosts Linsly Monday.

Lisbon vs. United

8th Grade: United won 25-17, 32-30 Wednesday. Lisbon, Kenley Kampfer 8 points and 1 ace, Harkey Spencer 5 points.

7th Grade: United won 25-10, 25-21. Lisbon, Kenley Kampfer 9 points, Chloe Haines 3 points.

East Palestine Rotary Invitational

EAST PALESTINE — The 2025 East Palestine Rotary Cross Country Invitational will be held Saturday at East Palestine City Park.

There will be an elementary 2,000-meter run fun at 9:15 a.m., followed by the middle school girls at 10 a.m., middle school boys at 10:30 a.m., high school girls at 11:15 a.m. and high school boys at noon.

Schools entered are host East Palestine, Lisbon, United, Springfield Local, Oak Glen (W.Va.), Richmond Edison, Niles, Steubenville Catholic Central, Warren JFK and Youngstown Mooney along with Austintown Middle School, Boardman Glenwood Middle School and Kinsman Badger Middle School,

Ursuline football game called off

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown Ursuline has canceled its football game against Farrell (Pa.) scheduled for tonight. It will not be rescheduled.

The Ursuline school was included in a federal lawsuit filed this week claiming incidents of hazing on a football field trip over the summer.

It is not known what will happen to the rest of Ursuline’s season.

Philadelphia Eagles celebrate another win

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles’ 24-20 victory over the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL season opener was delayed 65 minutes because of lightning in the area around Lincoln Financial Field late in the third quarter Thursday night.

Behind two touchdown runs from Super Bowl MVP Jalen Hurts, the Super Bowl champion Eagles led 24-20 with 4:44 left in the third quarter when the game was delayed. Play resumed at 11:30 p.m. and ended at 12:18 a.m.

The Eagles had the ball following a fumble recovery just before the delay.

The Eagles posted on the scoreboard that a severe warning had been issued by the National Weather Service that could produce severe conditions, including lightning and strong wind. The Eagles urged fans to leave the open seating areas and seek shelter in the concourse. The teams went to their locker rooms.

The Eagles unveiled their 2024 championship banner before the game. Then the real fireworks began, when defensive tackle Jalen Carter was ejected for spitting on Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott.

Skenes helps Pirates hold off Dodgers

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes pitched six scoreless innings and earned his 10th win of the season as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 on Thursday night to complete a three-game series sweep.

Skenes (10-9) allowed two hits, struck out eight, and walked one. The right-hander finally got his record above .500 for the first time this season and lowered his ERA to a major league-best 1.98.

Skenes, last season’s NL Rookie of the Year who was 4-8 this season for the last-place Pirates, has won six of his last seven decisions.

The Dodgers were held to five hits and had their division lead cut to two games over idle San Diego.

Mookie Betts broke up the Pirates’ shutout bid with a leadoff home run in the ninth inning, and RBI singles by Pedro Pages and Miguel Rojas cut the deficit to 5-3. However, Colin Holderman struck out Ben Rortvedt to end it for his first save of the season.