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JUNIOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL

SOUTHERN VS. LEETONIA Southern won 25-19, 25-14 Tuesday. Southern, Sadie Plunkett 6 points and 5 aces, Brooklyn Glosser 6 points and 5 aces. OAK GLEN VS. BEAVER 7th Grade: Oak Glen won 25-17, 25-13 Tuesday. Oak Glen, Dillyn Six 21 points and 6 kills. 8th Grade: Oak Glen won 25-15, 26-24. Oak Glen, Brooke McGillian 6 points and 6kills, Reed Adams 5 points, Mariah Brown 5 points, Alayna Wagoner 7 kills, Kolvyn Gibson 6 kills respectively Next: Oak Glen at Indian Creek Thursday.

Potters ranked 16th in first poll

COLUMBUS — West Branch and Salem appear to be on a collision course. The Eastern Buckeye Conference rivals received top 10 rankings in the initial 2026 Associated Press high school football poll released Tuesday. The Warriors (4-0) are eighth in Division IV and the Quakers (4-0) are 10th in Division III. The teams will meet in the regular-season finale, but have a long way to go before then. Salem travels to unbeaten and unranked Beaver Local (4-0) on Friday in another Columbiana County showdown. Salem features a run-oriented attack that is averaging 35.8 points a game this ...

Ludwig helps Brungard to big day

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State quarterback Beau Brungard always does something amazing. Brungard has been named The Stats Perform FCS National Offensive Player of The Week and the Missouri Valley Football Conference Offensive Player of the Week after a record-setting 70-13 win over Duquesne ...

Beaver spikes Creek

CALCUTTA — Beaver Local's volleyball team defeated Indian Creek 25-12, 25-10, 25-13 on Monday. Addie Thurik led the Beavers (7-2) with 15 kills, 13 assists and six digs. Olivia Opalenik had nine kills, four digs and two blocks. Lily Schrieber added eight kills, four aces, nine assists and nine digs. Taylor Pease had 14 digs, while Leah Schrieber had two kills, four aces and 10 digs. McKinnley Ferry finished with 12 assists, six digs and two aces. The Beaver reserves also defeated Indian Creek 25-13, 25-12. Makayla Jungfleisch had seven aces and four digs. Sophia Pease had five kills ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

SUBURBAN LEAGUE CANFIELD — Columbiana will host a Suburban League cross country meet today at the Youngstown State University course across from the Canfield Fairgrounds. Parking is free at the fairgrounds. VIP parking is available for $10 at the Mill Creek MetroParks lot. The meet was moved to Canfield due to construction behind Columbiana High School. Sixteen schools will compete, including host Columbiana, Beaver Local, Crestview, East Liverpool, East Palestine, Heartland Christian, Leetonia and United beginning at 4:45 p.m. STATE RANKED COLUMBUS — South Range and ...

JUNIOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL

UNITED AT LISBON 7th Grade: United won 23-25, 25-17, 28-26. United, Talvi Gunderson 12 points; Lisbon, Alexa Anderson 13 points and 8 aces, Elise Tenzek 6 points and 2 aces, Milania Hiple 6 points. 8th Grade: United won 25-23, 25-11. United, Jamie Miller 11 points; Lisbon, Kate Lobdell 7 points, Aubree Pancurak 4 points. SOUTHERN VS. HEARTLAND 7th Grade: Heartland won 25-23, 20-25, 25-20 Monday. Southern, Sadie Plunkett 15 points, 8 aces and 2 kills, Eva Weston 7 points and 4 aces. 8th Grade: Heartland won 25-13, 25-18. Southern, Karlee Sevek 3 points and 2 aces, Serenity ...