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JUNIOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL

LISBON VS. WELLSVILLE Lisbon won 25-19, 25-8 Monday. Lisbon, Arianna Leathley 11 points and 4 aces, Chloe Haines 9 points and 7 aces, Aubree Keys 7 points and 2 aces. SOUTHERN VS. VALLEY 7th grade: Southern won 25-2, 25-6. Southern: Sadie Plunkett 26 points, 21 aces, Eva Weston 8 points, 5 aces. 8th grade: Southern won 25-15, 25-6. Southern: Karlee Sevek 25 points, 13 aces, Addison Desellem 5 points, 4 aces. UNITED AT EAST PALESTINE 7th grade: East Palestine won 25-13, 25-20. United: Kaitlynn Hoopes 9 points, Eve Kiko 6 points. 8th grade: United won 25-21, 22-25, 25-17. ...

OAK GLEN SENIORS HONORED

Spartans hammer East Liverpool

EAST LIVERPOOOL — Boardman won its 14th match in a row with a 25-12, 26-24, 25-15 win over East Liverpool on Monday. The Potters dropped to 11-6, while Boardman is 14-3. For the Potters, Cameron Conley had 15 assists. Addie Jones added six kills. Hailey Board hand two aces, two kills and ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

OHSAA MOVES SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS COLUMBUS — The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced on Monday that the state soccer championships will return to the current home of the Columbus Crew — ScottsMiracle-Gro Field. The 20,139 seat stadium in the Arena District near downtown Columbus opened in 2021 and hosted the OHSAA soccer state championships in 2021 and 2022 before the finals moved back to Historic Crew Stadium in 2023, 2024 and 2025. The OHSAA soccer finals were at Historic Crew Stadium from 1999-2020. The move is due to turf maintenance at Historic Crew Stadium. ...

Niles gives Beavers a good measuring stick

NILES — The Niles girls soccer team is expected to make a run at a Div. IV state championship this season and the Beaver Local Beavers got an example first hand how dominating the Red Dragons can be in a 4-0 loss on Saturday at Bo Rein Stadium. Niles is 11-0 having outscored opponents ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

KENT COMES CLOSE KENT (AP) — Matt Vezza had a touchdown run, Will Hryszko made two field goals and Ohio won its Mid-American Conference opener with a 13-10 victory over Kent State on Saturday. Hryszko connected on a 40-yard field goal in the first quarter, and Vezza scored from 35 yards late in the second as Ohio (3-2, 1-0) took a 10-3 lead into the break. Mason King's 1-yard touchdown run capped Kent State's eight-play, 51-yard drive that tied it 10-all. Hryszko's 44-yard field goal ended the scoring with 15 seconds left in the third quarter. West Branch graduate Dru DeShields ...