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Potters blank Monroe Central

EAST LIVERPOOL — East Liverpool’s boys soccer team blanked Monroe Central 5-0 on Monday at Patterson Field. East Liverpool is 6-5-1 and will play at Harrison Central today. Maddox Roach led the Potters with a goal and two assists, while Wyatt McCune had a goal and assist. Dom Johnson, ...

Roach races to fourth at OVAC

CAMBRIDGE — East Liverpool senior Maddox Roach topped area runners at the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Cross Country Championship on Saturday. Roach finished fourth out of 209 boys runners at Cambridge High School. He finished the 3.1-mile course in 16 minutes, 26.89 seconds. Roach was ...

SPORTSBRIEFING

Safety threat cancels Columbiana game COLUMBIANA — The Columbiana at Valley Christian football game scheduled for Saturday night was postponed after Valley players were involved in a confrontation involving a gun the day before. “At the beginning of our football practice (Friday), three ...

Mountaineers turn attention to rest

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — After six long, grueling weeks against some of the best teams in the Big 12, West Virginia finally gets a much-needed bye week. It couldn’t have come at a better time. The Mountaineers have lost three straight all against Big 12 teams. WVU hasn’t won a Big 12 ...

Big plays cost East Liverpool

WELLSBURG, W.Va. — Brooke scored on three big plays and stopped two extra points to beat East Liverpool, 21-20, Friday. The Bruins scored on a blocked punt, a kickoff return and a long run as they improved to 3-3 on the season. The Potters drop to 2-5. Colen recovered a blocked punt in the ...

Beaver Local makes comeback

CALCUTTA — Beaver Local, which was 12th in this week’s Division IV Region 15 computer ratings, picked up an important win in terms of its long-range playoff hopes as the Beavers posted a thrilling 28-20 comeback victory over 4-2 Youngstown East team at Pastore Field Friday night. “We ...