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Local Sports

BASEBALL TOURNAMENTS

St. Thomas 2, Southern 0 SALINEVILLE — St. Thomas Aquinas eliminated Southern Local 2-0 in Div. VI sectional baseball play on Friday. Mason Pitts and Brody Brown had two hits each for No. 25 seed Southern, 2-17. Brown took the loss with seven strikeouts and no walks in seven innings. ...

OVAC SOFTBALL AWARDS

2025 OVAC POSTSEASON AWARDS ALL-STAR GAME ROSTERS (to be played June 2 at I-470 Complex in Wheeling) OHIO ALL-STARS: Madelynn Tyson (Barnesville), Megan Henrich (Beaver Local), Rylie Porter (Bellaire), Vanessa Mullen (Bridgeport), Caitlynn Pleska (Columbiana), Braxton Neilson (Conotton ...

Wellsville leaps into action at Springfield district

NEW MIDDLETOWN — Area athletes did their best to compete with Mother Nature on Wednesday at the Div. III district track and field meet at Springfield Local High School. In the end it was dead heat as about three quarters of the meet was completed before evening storms postponed the rest of ...

SPORTSBRIEFING STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS

Pacers shock Knicks in overtime NEW YORK (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton tied the game with a long jumper that bounced high off the back of the rim and in as time expired in regulation, then the Indiana Pacers went on to finish off their stunning rally by beating the New York Knicks 138-135 on ...

BEARS STATE BOUND

NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — For the third time in four years, the Oak Glen softball team is headed to the state tournament. Coming into Tuesday with a chance to sweep the Class AA, Region 1 Championship Series, the Golden Bears plated six runs with two outs in the bottom of the second ...

Kirbys make impact for Potters

MILLERSBURG — The Kirby siblings are jumping all over the place. East Liverpool freshman Tyler Kirby won the boys long jump and junior Kailynn Kirby was fourth in the girls high jump on the first day of the West Holmes Division II district track and field meet Tuesday. Tyler Kirby had a ...