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Miller races into the night

CANTON — East Liverpool senior Chris Miller is just as fast at night. After placing second at the Suburban League Cross Country Championships on Tuesday, Miller took fifth place at the Malone Night Invitational on Saturday. Miller covered the 3.1-mile course at Malone College in a season-best 16 minutes, 47.27 seconds. He was fifth out of 143 boys runners in the Blue Division. East Liverpool will be running in the Columbiana County Meet in East Palestine on Tuesday. West Branch senior Kyle Ormiston was 12th out of 197 boys runners in the Division V race (16:45.96). DIVISION ...

Oak Glen’s Cameron wins at Canfield

CANFIELD — Oak Glen senior Lacey Cameron won the third annual Youngstown State High School Cross Country Meet on Saturday. Cameron topped the 24-runner girls high school field in 21 minutes, 41 seconds on the 3.1-mile course at Mill Creek MetroParks Farm. The Golden Bears topped the girls team standings with 21 points. Oak Glen had three of the top four finishers with Amelia Kampmeyer in third and Alyson Taylor in fourth. In the boys meet, Beaver Local's Mason Boggs was third and Salem's CJ Siembida was fourth to highlight area finishers. Most of the teams did not bring their ...

Blue Devils intercept Eagles

MINERAL RIDGE — Devin Kelly, Jett Vrable, Wyatt Newbold and Elijah Brown had interceptions in leading Lisbon past Valley Christian, 28-14, Saturday night at Mineral Ridge High School. Lisbon improves to 3-3 overall and 1-2 in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference. Valley drops to 1-5 — scoring 33 points in the five losses — and 1-2 in league play. The Blue Devils were outgained 218-182 in total yards, but got the four turnovers. Aiden Davis totaled 13 tackles with 3 1/2 for losses for the Lisbon defense. Cooper Terdina added eight tackles and Dvin Kelly seven. Brown had a ...

Young Golden Bears capture classic

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The Oak Glen eighth-graders won the Neil and Esther Messenger Volleyball Classic. Oak Glen started out losing the first two sets to Tyler Consolidated, 25-16, 25-15, and went on two win the next five matches. The Golden Bears beat Liberty (25-22, 25-13), East Fairmont ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

ROACH PLACES CANFIELD — Three former Columbiana County standouts and current Youngstown State standouts earned top 10 finishes at the third annual Youngstown State Cross Country Meet on Saturday. Salem High School graduates Maggie Hopple and Megan Stafford, finished sixth (22:35.03) and eighth (22:57.62), respectively out of 85 women's 6k runners on the YSU Gorby Family Course. Wheeling Jesuit junior Alex Arnott from Oak Glen ran unattached and was 62nd (29:19.20). Youngstown State freshman Maddox Roach from East Liverpool was ninth out of 64 men's runners in 27:16.42 on the 8k ...

Beavers hurting after second straight loss

CALCUTTA — Beaver Local had a chance to wipe the bad taste out of its mouth after a narrow loss to unbeaten Salem last week, but the Brooke Bruins had something else to say. Using a bruising rushing attack led by Cole Bolen's 18 carries for 177 yards with three touchdowns coupled with ...