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Potters, Beavers begin road to state

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The road to the state cross country meet begins Saturday. Beaver Local, East Liverpool and Minerva will be at the Division III East District at Cambridge High School. The Division III girls will race at 11:45 a.m. and the boys at 12:30 p.m. The top 12 boys teams and top 24 individuals not on a qualifying team along with the top 13 girls teams and top 26 individuals not on a qualifying team advance to the Pickerington North regional. NORTHEAST DISTRICT The rest of the Columbiana County teams will be at Canton GlenOak High School on Saturday. The Salem boys are the lone area ...

Wellsville, Southern bow out of volleyball tournament

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SOUTHINGTON — Ninth-seeded Kidron Central Christian beat 17th-seeded Wellsville, 25-15, 25-14, 25-10, Thursday in a Div. VII sectional final. For Wellsville (9-14), Aleena Owens had 11 digs. Madie Drysdale added five kills, three assists and three digs. Kenzie Bosco had six kills and seven digs. Ella Betz had five digs. Jonnah Sears had seven assists and four digs. Irelyn Roberts had three digs. Kidron Central (13-10) will play seventh-seeded Southington-16th-seeded Lake Ridge Academy at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Smithville High School. EAST CANTON 3, SOUTHERN 2 DALTON — The 27th-seeded ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

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TRUMP BLASTS LEBRON PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday accused LeBron James of disrespecting the United States after the NBA star appeared to continue his warmups while the national anthem was performed before Philadelphia's season opener on Tuesday. "I said right from the beginning that he's no good, a TOTAL DISGRACE," Trump said of James in a social media post sharing the video. "LeBron James should apologize to all of those Great American Warriors and Heroes who died for the American Flag, and all that our Country stands for!" James appeared to practice a ...

Oak Glen will play for regional title

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NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — Oak Glen's girls soccer team beat Weir High 5-1 on Thursday in a West Virginia Class AA-A, Region 1 semifinal game. The Bears are 15-7 and will play at top-seed Wheeling Central on Wednesday with a trip to the state tournament on the line. Angelina Polly had two goals and an assist for the Golden Bears. Bailey Watts added three goals and an assist. Reese Witherow and Kendall Krzys had assists. Camryn Richards had two saves.

Beaver Local's Mays reaches 100 goals

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CALCUTTA — Beaver Local's Kaleb Mays entered his senior season in August with 40 career goals. A few months later, he's within striking distance of the boys' school scoring record. Mays tallied four goals to give him 102 for his career in Thursday's 8-1 rout of East Liverpool in a ...

Potters, Beavers go back and fourth

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CALCUTTA — The East Liverpool and Beaver Local volleyball teams are set for a fourth match this season. Both won Division IV sectional titles on Wednesday night to set up a district semifinal showdown at 6 p.m. Monday at Beaver Local High School. East Liverpool has beaten Beaver Local in two of the three matches to date, both wins in five games. Beaver Local won the other match in four games. The fourth-seeded Beavers (16-6) swept 16th-seeded Indian Creek for the third time this season, 25-13, 25-11, 25-16. The sixth-seeded Potters (14-7) swept ninth-seeded Steubenville, 25-17, ...