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Wheeling Nailers dropped as Penguins’ affiliate

The Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday announced they would end their nearly three-decade affiliation with the Wheeling Nailers. The move comes after the team was sold to the Hoffmann Family of Companies of Florida, the current owners of the ECHL’s Florida Everblades. “We are thankful to the Pittsburgh Penguins for all of the hard work they did in helping the Wheeling Nailers put a consistent winner on the ice for the past three decades,” said Brian Komorowski, president/governor of the Wheeling Nailers. “We would like to individually thank Kyle Dubas, Jason Spezza, Amanda Kessel, ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

BISCELLA RECORDS ACE COLUMBIANA — Karen Biscella of New Waterford recorded a hole-in-one on Valley Golf Club's 110-yard, No. 2 on Wednesday. She used a hybrid No. 5 club. Michele Davidson of Columbiana, Brenda Kekel of Columbiana and Rose Johnstone of Columbiana were her playing partners. It happened during the Wednesday Morning Ladies League. SCRAPPERS CANCEL GAME NILES — The Mahoning Valley Scrappers canceled their home game against Aberdeen on Thursday due to poor air quality from the fires in Canada. The Scrappers will host the State College Spikes today. The game is ...

OVAC All-Stars pack some punch

WHEELING, W.Va. — Ohio has some explosiveness in its backfield for Saturday night's Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Rudy Mumley All-Star Football Game. The linebackers are top shelf, as well. Buckeyes' head coach Brett McLean has selected two top-notch quarterbacks, a pair of hard-running ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

VOLLEYBALL SUIT YOUNGSTOWN — After an Ohio judge granted a preliminary injunction for 24 men’s and women’s college basketball players suing the NCAA for eligibility, a local student-athlete followed suit on Tuesday, looking for similar treatment, according to WKBN. The complaint against the National Collegiate Athletic Association was filed on behalf of Abbie Householder, seeking an injunction that would allow her to play a fifth season of Division I volleyball at Youngstown State University without redshirting. WBKN said the complaint alleges Householder, among others, is ...

County’s soccer roots start in East Liverpool

As the book closes on the second World Cup tournament held in the United States over the next few days it gives the nation a moment to reflect on how the sport has come along even if that history is sometimes not clear or never discussed at all. Here in Columbiana County the sport we know as soccer emerged in 1895 with the birth of the first known organized soccer club called the Rovers Association Football Club in East Liverpool. Pottery workers with links to Great Britain, where soccer's rules were established, drove this trend. The club elected its officers on Nov. 18, 1895 although ...

Beaver Local pair a part of OVAC skill group

WHEELING, W.Va. – The Ohio All Stars revealed their Defensive Backs and Wide Receivers for Saturday’s 80th annual OVAC Rudy Mumley Football Game at Wheeling Island Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7:15 p.m. A brief capsule of each player follows: TUCKER McELROY (Beaver Local) – This 6-2, ...