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Steubenville gets job done against Oak Glen

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STEUBENVILLE — It certainly wasn't easy, but the Big Red girls soccer team found a way to get the job done against Oak Glen. The game was scoreless for nearly 70 minutes before Big Red delivered a pair of goals less than five minutes apart before holding on and defeating the Golden Bears, 2-1, Tuesday night on Reno Saccoccia Field. "Our game plan was to drive and shoot," Big Red (7-6-2) coach Annie Cutri said. "I don't know. I don't know why we didn't shoot shoot. The soccer gods were not on our side tonight.  "The girls did not give up. They were resilient. Oak Glen clogged ...

EOAC cross country belongs to Clippers

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EAST PALESTINE — Now that the Columbiana cross country teams are on top of the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference, they won't be leaving soon. The Columbiana girls captured their third straight league title and the boys their second straight during the EOAC Meet Tuesday at East Palestine City Park. Columbiana Jace Zelonish and Sidney Schlueter are the individual winners. Zelonish won the boys race, covering the 3.1-mile course in 19 minutes, 00.79 seconds. Schlueter captured the girls race in 22:25.31. Columbiana won both team titles by nine points over United. The Columbiana ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

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SALEM FOURTH COLUMBUS — Salem, which has survived two overtime games in the past three weeks, is on the way up in the latest Associated Press high school football state. The Quakers (7-0) climbed six spots to a season-high fourth in the Division III poll. The Quakers let a 29-7 lead with less than four minutes left in regulation get away and beat Marlington, 36-29, in overtime Friday. Salem travels to Howland this Friday. Also in Division III, Youngstown Ursuline (5-2) is sixth, Cleveland Glenville (5-2) is sixth and Steubenville (5-2) is ninth. Ursuline beat Steubenville, ...

Oak Glen volleyball goes the distance

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NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — Oak Glen's volleyball team scored a 21-25, 25-17, 21-25, 25-16, 16-14 over Linsly on Tuesday. Mattie Carney led the Golden Bears (21-8) with 14 kills. Naomi Ayers added 12 kills, while Mikalyn Balch and Audrina May had 11 kills each. Laikynn Eckleberry finished with six kills and three blocks, and Kendall Six added four kills. Balch recorded 30 assists and Bryson Adams had 25. Keira Vick paced the defense with 17 digs. Kendall Six added 13 digs, while Ellie Smith and Layla Skavenski had eight each. Kylie Robinson chipped in five digs. Oak Glen also won ...

JUNIOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL

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STEUBENVILLE AT BEAVER LOCAL 7th Grade: Steubenville won 25-23, 25-6. 8th Grade: Beaver Local won 25-19, 25-22. Beaver, Olivia Bissell 11 points, Kendall Walgate 10 points, McKenna Grey 7 points. LINSLY AT OAK GLEN 7th Grade: Wheeling Linsley won 16-25, 25-14, 16-25. Oak Glen, Layne Eckleberry 13 points, Alexis Rodman 6 points, Macie Murray 6 points, Catalea Ramgeet 12 kills. 8th Grade: Oak Glen won 25-11, 25-9. Oak Glen, Kolvyn Gibson 11 points, Reed Adams 9 points, Kinley Moore 8 points, Presley Chaffin 6 kills. Next: Oak Glen will host Steubenville Central Thursday.

Quakers score sweep of Beavers

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CALCUTTA — Chaya Murray got behind the defense and scored the winning goal in the second half off an Ava Lee assist as Salem beat Beaver Local, 1-0, in girls soccer action Tuesday. Layla Hewitt made four saves in goal for the shutout. Salem improves to 10-5-1, while Beaver Local was shut out for the second straight match to drop to 10-4. The Quakers will travel to Newton Falls at 10 a.m. Saturday. The Beavers are scheduled to host Wheeling Linsly next Tuesday. SALEM 3, BEAVER 1 CALCUTTA — It was a sweep for the Salem soccer teams on Tuesday against Beaver Local. Following ...