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Oak Glen finishes second at OVAC duals

WELLSBURG, W.Va. — For the first time in more than three decades Union Local is atop the OVAC Dual Meet championship podium. Friday night inside the Brooke County Wellness Center at Brooke High School, the top-seeded Jets showed why they were the top dogs with wins over No. 3 Oak Glen (40-31) and second-seeded Indian Creek (61-17) to claim their first team title since the early 1990s. However, it was their first-ever OVAC Bill Hinegardner Class 4A Dual Meet crown. “We wrestled well. We wrestled tough,” Union Local head coach Nate Starkey said. “We matched up kind of weird ...

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Edison, Beaver Local at East Liverpool Friday at Calcutta YMCA BOYS SCORES East Liverpool 91, Edison 59 Beaver Local 96, Edison 58 Beaver Local 89, East Liverpool 56 GIRLS SCORES Edison 115, East Liverpool 29 Beaver Local 94, Edison 70 Beaver Local 105, East Liverpool 33 INDIVIDUAL WINNERS GIRLS 200 MEDLEY RELAY: Edison (Layla White, Leila Cable, Gwendolyn Stine, Gracie Dray) 2:26.46 BOYS 200 MEDLEY RELAY: East Liverpool (Aaron Nelson, Greyson Fitch, Kodie Fennell, Tyler Ruess) 1:57.24 GIRLS 200 FREE: Brenna Cunningham (B) 2:26.77 BOYS 200 FREE: Jason Birch (B) ...

Columbiana hangs on in EOAC thriller in Lisbon

LISBON — Rivals Columbiana and Lisbon, who were tied for first place in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference, collided in one of the best high school boys basketball games a fan can witness Friday night. In an intense showdown that had a little bit of everything, Columbiana took as much as a 17-point fourth-quarter lead, Lisbon incredibly stormed back to erase the deficit and take a two-point advantage (75-73) with just 1:46 left. But the visiting Clippers regrouped to fire the final salvos, outscoring the Blue Devils 6-0 in the remaining time to post an exhausting 79-75 win over ...

Beavers advance eight to semifinals

AUSTINTOWN — Beaver Local’s wrestling team advanced eight to the semifinals of the Eastern Ohio Wrestling League tournament on Friday at Austintown Fitch. Beaver Local freshman Jordan Bates (23-2) will meet Brookfield’s Brayden Reed (1-0)in a 106-pound semifinal. Beaver sophomore John Burkett (16-8) advanced to the semifinals at 120 and will meet Hubbard’s Logan Balla (30-5) in a semifinal. At 132, Beaver Local junior Leo Wilkes (20-6) will take on Louisville’s Liam Montgomery (22-6) in a semifinal. He will be joined by Beaver Local freshman Matthew Tomaino (16-8) in ...

Bears team up on Madonna

NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — Oak Glen’s boys basketball team had 11 players score at least five points in a 77-38 win over Weirton Madonna on Thursday. Elijah Knisley was the only Golden Bear to break into double figures with 11 points. Camm Dittman added nine points as did Gavin Geisse. Oak Glen is 9-4, while Madonna falls to 2-14. Oak Glen is scheduled to host Brooke today. MA: 7- 6-14-11—38 OG: 22-13-19-23—77 MADONNA SCORING: Tyler Dillion 1-0-2, Brennan Gray 3-0-9, Jake Druga 6-3-16, Anthony DeCaria 1-0-3, Reno Fuscardo 3-2-8. TEAM TOTALS: 14, 5-6: 38. OAK ...

Southern fitted for EOAC crown

SALINEVILLE — The job is only half done for the Southern girls basketball team. The Indians captured a share of the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference title by downing Wellsville, 75-19, Thursday. Southern improves to 19-0 overall and 13-0 in the EOAC, one game ahead of Columbiana. ...