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SALEM EARLY BIRD
SALEM -- The 24th annual Salem Early Bird Cross Country Invitational will be held Saturday at Waterworth Memorial Park.
Eighteen high school are entered, including the boys and girls teams from host Salem, Crestview, Lisbon, South Range, Southern Local, Springfield, United, West Branch, Alliance, Howland, Lake Center Christian, Lowellville, Niles, Poland, Ravenna, Youngstown Ursuline along with the boys teams from East Liverpool and Louisville.
Entries include 176 high school boys, 130 high school girls, 124 middle school boys and 124 middle school girls, making it one of the larger meets in recent history
There will be a 500-meter run for grades K-6 at 8 a.m. Races start at 9 a.m. with the middle school boys, followed by the middle school girls at 9:45 a.m., high school boys at 10:30 a.m. and high school girls at 11:15 a.m.
Minerva swept the girls and boys titles last year, but the Lions will be at the Canton GlenOak Golden Eagle Invitational on Saturday.
CAR ENDS UP ON CC COURSE
CONNORVILLE -- A car rolled onto the course during the Ohio Valley Cross Country League meet junior high boys race on Wednesday at Buckeye Local.
A westbound vehicle was forced off State Highway 150 by an eastbound truck and traveled down an embankment onto the course. No participants, spectators nor workers were injured. The race was briefly halted while the car was directed through the grass into the Buckeye Local High School parking lot before returning to the roadway.
BEAVERS ROLL CREEK
CALCUTTA -- Beaver Local defeated Indian Creek 134-163 in a boys golf match Thursday at Beaver Meadows.
Eli Stewart and Brady McNear shared medalist honors with matching 33s. Britton Hickman and Andre Wiegand each shot 34, while Nathan Pusateri and Austin Pickering each carded a 40.
Beaver Local improved to 7-2 on the season. The Beavers will face Indian Creek and Steubenville on Monday at Steubenville Country Club.