OVAC All-Star games set

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The OVAC Soccer Senior All-Star games will be played on Nov. 16 at St. Clairsville High School.

Girls will play at 1 p.m. and the boys go at 3:30 p.m.

OVAC soccer awards will be presented at 3 p.m.

Tickets are available on the OVAC web site and at the gate.

In the boys game, Beaver Local’s Brayden Hall, Brayden Price and Talon Strickland along with East Liverpool’s Kodie Fennell and Heartland’s Mason Sharo will play for Team Ohio.

Oak Glen’s Kody George is slated to play for Team West Virginia.

In the girls game, Beaver Local’s Lainie Bock, Isabella Long, Ally Wright along with Columbiana’s Kyle Andric, Madison Janis, United’s Kiley Hetherington, Natalie Shipley and Anna Weber and East Liverpool’s Renee Wright are on Team Ohio.

Oak Glen’s Emma Everett, Macy Hartung and Cameron Michaud will play for Team West Virginia.

Columbus Academy blanked in state final

COLUMBUS — Summit Country Day was in another orbit on Friday in the Div. IV state girls soccer championship at Historic Columbus Crew Stadium.

Mia Stevens had two goals while Carolyn Federle and Aubrey Blakely added one each in a 4-0 win over Columbus Academy.

Columbus Academy was coming off a 4-0 win over Beaver Local in a state semifinal on Tuesday in Coshocton. The Vikings managed no shots on goal against Country Day. It was Summit Country Day’s third straight state title.

Morrison on All-EOAC list

East Palestine junior offensive lineman Michael Morrison was inadvertently omitted from the honorable mention list of the All-Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference football list in Friday’s edition.

Thornton scores big for Ohio State

COLUMBUS (AP) — Bruce Thornton scored a career-high 38 points to lead Ohio State to a 94-68 victory over Purdue Fort Wayne on Friday night.

Thornton made 14 of 17 shots from the floor, including 5 of 8 from 3-point range, for the Buckeyes (2-0). The senior guard added five rebounds and five assists.

John Mobley Jr. hit 5 of 9 from beyond the arc and scored 19 for Ohio State. Christoph Tilly pitched in with 15 points, six rebounds and four assists.

Mikale Stevenson led the Mastodons (0-2) with 21 points. DeAndre Craig Jr. added 18 points and Darius Duffy scored 10.

Mobley, Thornton and Tilly did all the scoring as Ohio State jumped out to a 24-7 lead in the first 7:40. Stevenson hit a 3-pointer with 2 seconds left to get Purdue Fort Wayne within 45-30 at halftime.