Beaver, Oak Glen advance to OVAC finals
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CALCUTTA -- Beaver Local’s boys soccer left no doubt on Tuesday with a 9-3 win over John Marshall in an OVAC Class 5A semifinal at Pastore Field.
The Beavers (10-0-1) will meet Wheeling Park (10-0-2) at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday at St. Clairsville in the OVAC final. Park beat Steubenville 2-1 in the other semifinal.
Logan Roberts started the scoring at the 35:10 mark of the first half. Lucas Price scored at 25:04 then Cael Dunn registered Beaver Local’s third goal on an assist by Kaden Mays with 19:29 to go in the first half. J.T. Milhoan added the fourth with 14:12 to go off an assist from Roberts. Brody Nign’s long looping shot was Beaver’s fifth goal with 12:06 left in the first half. Mays had the sixth on an assist from Brandon Smith with 8:10 left in the first half. Dunn got his second and Beaver’s seventh on a long free kick with 17 seconds left in the half.
In the second half, Mays scored his second off an assist from Roberts to make it 8-2 with 35:14 left in the game. Dunn tallied his third off an assist from Smith with 25:48 to go.
OAK GLEN 3, ST. CLAIRSVILLE 1
ST. CLAIRSVILLE -- Oak Glen punched its ticket to the OVAC Class 4A boys soccer final with a 3-1 win over Union Local on Tuesday at St. Clairsville.
St. Clairsville won the early semifinal with a 6-3 win over Harrison Central.
Oak Glen (6-4) and St. Clairsville (8-4) will play at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday at Weir High.
COLUMBIANA 1, STEUBENVILLE CC 0
COLUMBIANA -- Geoffrey Malcolmson scored with a minute left in the game to lift Columbiana to a 1-0 win over Steubenville Catholic Central in an OVAC Class 1-3A semifinal at the Ward Athletic Complex.
The Clippers and Crusaders played to a 0-0 draw on Sept. 17.
Columbiana (7-3-1) will play the winner of Shenandoah and Wheeling Central Catholic at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday at Wheeling Island Stadium.