Local Sports

Class 4A athletes jockey for OVAC final spots

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — East Liverpool, Beaver Local and Oak Glen's track teams took their shot at advancing to the OVAC track and field finals on Monday at the Class 4A qualifying meet at St. Clairsville High School. The top four in running events and top five in the field events advanced to Saturday's finals also set for St. Clairsville High School. The Class 1A-3A qualifying meet is set for Wednesday at St. Clairsville. OVAC CLASS 4A AREA QUALIFIERS BOYS RUNNING EVENTS (TOP 4 ADVANCE TO SATURDAY'S FINALS) 110 HURDLES: 1. Landon Wheatley (Beaver) 16.36, 3. Logan Murray (Oak ...

Beaver Local earns top seed in district

Beaver Local's girls softball team earned the No. 1 seed in the Div. IV East District brackets on Sunday during the tournament draw. Beaver Local is 19-3 and was placed in the East 1 district bracket. No. 2 seed John Glenn, also 19-3, chose to go in Beaver Local's bracket. The two teams ...

Golden Bears swept in doubleheader

WEST UNION, W.Va. — Oak Glen's baseball team was swept in a doubleheader on Saturday against Doddridge County. In the first game, the Bears managed four hits in a 6-1 loss. Sam Jenkins had a double for Oak Glen. Noah Willey went the distance and took the loss with five strikeouts and a walk in six innings. Doddridge's Caleb Sutton and Malachi Kelley combined on a no-hitter in the 14-1 second game. Oak Glen struck out eight times. James Rohbeck took the loss with four walks and a strikeout over 1 1/3 innings. Oak Glen is 8-17 and hosts Bellaire today. OG: 0-0-0-1-0-0-0 — ...

MVHSSCA salutes standout seniors

TRACK AND FIELD

11th annual Larry Cogan Invitational At Carrollton Friday BOYS RESULTS TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Minerva (130), 2. Northwest (107), 3. Malvern (80), 4. Edison (79), 5. Fairless (56), 6. East Canton (38), 7. Louisville St. Thomas Aquinas (36), 8. Canton South (35), 9. Sandy Valley (24), 10. Carrollton (21), 11. Canton Central Catholic (18). WINNERS 3200 RELAY: East Canton 9:03.93; 110 HURDLES: Logan Allman (Northwest) 15.48; 100 DASH: Nate Green Linkous (Minerva) 11.47; 800 RELAY: Minerva (Nate Green Linkous, Timmy Kirkpatrick, Kurt Wolfe, Sam Blum) 1:36.06; 1600 RUN: Luca Novakovic ...

Voice of county track meets honored

COLUMBIANA — Andris Baltputnis arrived at Crestview’s track and field meet Thursday two hours before the first event like he usually does. This day was different than the others as the Andris Baltputnis Athletic Center was dedicated in his honor. “This will be the heartbeat of our ...