OVAC All-Star Game set

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The 48th annual Ohio Valley Athletic Conference All-Star Basketball Game will be held Sunday at the ECO Center.

The girls game will start at 1 p.m. with the boys game starting approximately 20 minutes after the completion of the girls game. There will be a three-point shootout for the girls and a slam dunk contest for the boys.

East Palestine meets on tap

EAST PALESTINE — The William E. Ward Boys and East Palestine Girls Invitational will be held Saturday.

Action at Reid Stadium will start at 10 a.m. with the boys discus and high jump and girls shot put and long jump and the preliminaries in the 100-meter dash and 100-meter hurdles.

The McDonald boys and girls will be trying to defend their team titles. Twenty-five schools are entered, including host East Palestine, Beaver Local, Columbiana, Crestview, Heartland Christian, Oak Glen, Salem, Southern Local, Springfield Local, Wellsville and Western Reserve.

Guardians fall to Braves

ATLANTA (AP) — Matt Olson gave Atlanta the lead with a long two-run homer off Slade Cecconi in a six-run sixth inning and the Braves beat the Cleveland Guardians 11-5 on Friday night in a matchup of first-place teams.

The Guardians led 2-1 before Ronald Acuña Jr. hit a tying homer off Cecconi in the sixth. Following a single by Drake Baldwin, Olson pulled the 441-foot homer off the top of the Chop House restaurant roof in right field for a 4-2 lead.

The blast was Olson’s fourth of the season.