Sports

Oak Glen's girls blast Clippers

NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — Oak Glen's girls soccer team solved Columbiana with a 5-1 win on Saturday. Angelina Polly had three goals for the Bears. Kendall Krzys and Bailey Watts also scored. Krzys added two assists. Brianna Polly had one assist. Oak Glen is 5-1, while Columbiana dropped to 2-1-1. Annah Clemmer scored for the Clippers. Oak Glen is at St. Clairsville on Tuesday. Columbiana is at United on Wednesday. OAK GLEN 4, PARKERSBURG CATHOLIC 1 PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Oak Glen's boys soccer team beat Parkersburg Catholic 4-1 on Saturday. Oak Glen is 1-2 on the season. ...

High school sports bonded area after 9-11

The world stopped on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. Routines were interrupted. Work days were halted. Plans canceled. Flights grounded. The nation was absorbed in shock, fear, anger and grief. In many cases all at once. The sports world was no different. Nearly all professional and ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

GEISS WINS DEBUT BOCA RATON, Fla. — Former Heartland Christian cross country standout Rebecca Geiss is used to running out front. Geiss won her collegiate debut as the Palm Beach Atlantic freshman finished first in the Keyser Flagship Cross Country Invitational on Friday night. Geiss finished the 3.1-mile course at South County Regional Park in 18 minutes, 0.27 seconds. Freshman teammate Gianna Ritchie from Lake Center Christian in Hartville, Ohio, was second in 18:27.21. There were 93 finishers. The Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish won going away with 25 points. Nova ...

Beaver's Warrick nets second place

ALLIANCE — Beaver Local's Luke Warrick took second to lead area runners on Saturday at the Ashley White Invitational at Marlington High School. Warrick finished in 16:27.19. In girls action, West Branch's Tenley Stitle was seventh in 20:37.58. GIRLS RESULTS TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Marlington (47), 2. Crestwood (48), 3. Akron SVSM (65), 4. Field (105), 5. West Branch (128), 6. Streetsboro (147), 7. South Range (182), 8. Beaver Local (233), 9. Norton (267), 10. Austintown-Fitch (284). INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 1. Irelyn Johnson (Marlington) 18:17.34; 2. Luci Maschek (Crestwood) 18:47.76; ...

GOLDEN TORNADOES SCORE VICTORY

Wellsville gets a much-needed win

LEETONIA — Down by 1 with 15.8 seconds left and with no timeouts Wellsville's football team needed a miracle. Sophomore quarterback Zachary Banks ran from Leetonia's pressure and heaved a pass deep in the air that reached junior Jeron Jackson in the back of the end zone with 11.4 seconds left to lift the Tigers to a 35-28 win in what is sure to be one of the wildest finishes of the season. The win gave Wellsville its first win in 18 tries. It also was the first head coaching win for longtime assistant coach Shawn "Finney" Carter. "We didn't rep those plays all year," ...