COLUMBIANA HOF

COLUMBIANA – The Columbiana Athletic Hall of Fame is inducting eight into its 30th class this fall.

Inducted into the 2026 class will be Matt Douglas (athlete, class of 2011), Greg Fitzsimmons (athlete, class of 2001), Josh Hertel (athlete, class of 2008), Kyle Shaffer (athlete, class of 2011), Jared Work (athlete, class of 2000), Brian Yoor (athlete, class of 1987), Patricia Tingle (meritorious service, class of 1955) and Kenny Wilson (meritorious service, class of 1978).

The induction dinner will be at 6 p.m. Sept. 19 at Columbiana High School.

Reservations can be through Sept. 1 by contacting Bonnie Wilkinson at 330-506-3588. Dinner prices  are $25 for adults, $15 for children ages 6-12 and under 6 years old are free. All attending the dinner must have made a reservation. No walk-ins will be accepted. 

Inductees will be introduced at halftime of the Columbiana-Woodmore football game on Sept. 18.

GUARDIANS PULL EVEN

CHICAGO (AP) — Khalil Watson singled in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning for his third RBI of the day, and the Cleveland Guardians survived a ninth-inning collapse to beat the Chicago White Sox 4-3 on Wednesday.

In a game delayed by rain at the start for 2 hours, 40 minutes, Watson singled to left off Grant Taylor (2-1) to score automatic runner Petey Halpin from third and help Cleveland tie Chicago for the AL Central lead.

Braden Montgomery and Randal Grichuk homered off majors saves leader Cade Smith with two outs in the ninth to tie it for Chicago. Smith had two of his three blown saves this season in this series.

Shawn Armstrong (2-1) got the final out of the ninth and pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the 10th.

Guardians starter Tanner Bibee threw six shutout innings, scattering three hits to extend his streak of scoreless innings against the White Sox to 15.

Watson, who hit his first career home run Tuesday night, opened the scoring in the sixth with a two-run, bases-loaded single off Erick Fedde.

White Sox catcher Kyle Teel had his first hit of the season in his second game since returning from a hamstring injury suffered playing for Italy in the World Baseball Classic, and scored on Montgomery’s sacrifice fly in the seventh.

Joe Rock walked Guardians catcher Patrick Bailey with the bases loaded in the top of the eighth, scoring Halpin.

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Both teams are off Thursday. The Guardians were set to start LHP Joey Cantillo (6-3, 4.05 ERA) at home against Seattle on Friday. The White Sox have yet to announce a starter for their home game Friday against Kansas City.

INDY WINNER MOVING

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis 500 winner Felix Rosenqvist will part with Meyer Shank Racing at the end of the IndyCar season.

The 34-year-old Swedish driver has been with the team for the past three seasons, but Rosenqvist scored his biggest win in May, when he drove the No. 60 car past David Malukas at the finish line to win the Indy 500 by the closest margin in history.

Rosenqvist earned a record $4.34 million along with a celebratory drink of milk for the victory.

Rosenqvist moved to IndyCar in 2019 with Chip Ganassi Racing, then left two years later for Arrow McLaren, where he spent three seasons. Where he goes next is unclear, but his Indy 500 victory coupled with the fact that Rosenqvist is currently sixth in the series standings following a strong eighth-place finish last weekend at Road America has made him a hot commodity.

The IndyCar series continues July 5 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The season ends Sept. 6 at Laguna Seca in California.