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Indians fall to Blue Devils

SALINEVILLE — Lisbon downed Southern, 25-22, 25-11, 26-24, in Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference play Thursday. Both teams are 5-12 overall with Lisbon 3-7 in the EOAC and Southern 3-8. The Blue Devils — who rallied from a six-point deficit in the third game — was led by Alayna ...

Bulldog star deserves a break today

EAST PALESTINE — East Palestine senior RJ May was grabbing national attention a long time before he was touchdown passes. The Bulldogs record-setting receiver’s story of taking his dad’s van as an 8-year-old and driving his 4-year-old sister to the East Palestine McDonald’s to get a ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

EOAC FOOTBALL EAST PALESTINE — Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference football leaders United and East Palestine will meet tonight. The game will most likely decide the league champion as East Palestine is 3-0 and United 2-0 in league play. Both teams are 3-0 in the EOAC with the game most likely deciding the league champion. Kickoff will be at 7 p.m. today at Reid Stadium. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. EOAC CROSS COUNTRY EAST PALESTINE — The 10th annual Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference Cross Country Meet will be held Tuesday at East ...

Last champions crowned at Deerfield

DEERFIELD — There is one more weekend of racing in Deerfield. Deerfield Speedway — known as Good's Raceway the past six years — has been sold to a Hudson fireworks company and reportedly will be used as storage. Sorgi Investments LLC — which is associated with American Fireworks Company — purchased the nearly 31-acre site recently for $536,000 from Jim and Jen Good, according to the Portage County Auditor's website. The quarter-mile clay oval track opened in 1969 for motorcycle racing. It closed in 1974 and reopened in 1986 for smaller race cars. This will be the third time ...

EOAC frontrunner faces league test

Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference favorites United come into its key league battle at East Palestine on Friday well rested after a week off. The Eagles are 4-1 overall and 2-0 in the EOAC after running clock wins of Columbiana and Lisbon. East Palestine (4-2, 3-0 EOAC) shook off an 0-2 start ...

State-ranked Ferry blocks Beaver from title

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Martins Ferry checked off the first of its goals Wednesday night when it swept past Beaver Local for the Buckeye 8 Championship inside the ECO Center by scores of 25-19, 25-21 and 25-17. With the victory, the state-ranked Purple Riders, the No. 1 seed in the South ...