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Kirby leaps to third straight regional berth

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ST. CLAIRSVILLE — East Liverpool senior Kailynn Kirby leaped to a third straight regional berth Wednesday. Kirby placed fourth at the St. Clairsville Division III district track and field meet, clearing 4-foot-10. The top four finishers in each event advance to the regional meet at Muskingum University next week. She was the only local regional qualifier on Wednesday. The district meet concludes Saturday with the the remaining field events and the running finals. BOYS RESULTS (Top four to Muskingum regional) 3200 RELAY: 1. St. Clairsville 8:31.39; 3. Edison 8:49.53; 5. ...

Golden Bears in position for big medal haul

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NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — Oak Glen's track and field team has a really strong chance at bringing home some hardware on Friday and Saturday at the West Virginia state track and field meet at Laidley Field in Charleston. A lot of that strength starts in the field events. Senior Logan Murray ...

Beavers have bright future ahead

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ZOARVILLE —The Beaver Local softball team, which enjoyed many highlights this season, saw its season come to an end as the top-seeded Beavers dropped a 9-0 decision to second-seeded John Glenn in a rain-filled Division IV district championship game at Tusky Valley High School Wednesday ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

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SOUTHERN PLAYS TODAY UNITY — Heartland Christian's baseball sectional tournament game was moved two days because the Lions have graduation on Friday night. Ninth-seeded Heartland Christian (10-13) will host 19th-seeded Southern Local (5-12) at 5 p.m. today at Ace of Diamonds. Heartland beat Southern 11-1 on May 5. HILLSDALE NEXT FOR UNITED WOOSTER — United will play second-seeded Jeromesville Hillsdale in a Division VI district final at 5 p.m. today at Wooster Triway. Hillsdale advanced by beating up 21st-seeded Newton Falls, 21-1, in five innings Tuesday. Macy Mager tossed a ...

University drops Oak Glen

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — University beat Oak Glen, 13-2, in regular-season play Tuesday to sweep the season series from the Golden Bears. University improves to 23-5, while Oak Glen drops to 18-11. Winning pitcher Maddie Campbell gave up three hits in four innings and Sophia Lehosit pitched a hitless inning. Maci Hartung hit a two-run double in the fourth inning to account for Oak Glen's scoring. Mikalyn Balch and Mattie Carney added hits. Campbell topped University by going 3-for-4 with an inside-the-park home run, three RBIs and three runs. Adalyn Brown tripled, doubled and drove in ...

East Liverpool, Beaver Local ousted

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CAMBRIDGE 10, EAST LIVERPOOL 0 CAMBRIDGE — Dawson Geese and Garrett Carpenter combined on a one-hitter as fourth-seeded Cambridge blanked 14th-seeded East Liverpool, 10-0, in five innings in a Division IV sectional opener Tuesday. Geese gave up a singled to Dre Brown single leading off the second inning and struck out 10 in 4 2/3 innings. Carpenter got one out. Cambridge improves to 16-8 and will host ninth-seeded Claymont on May 27. Carpenter and Mason Gregg each had three hits, two RBIs and two runs for Cambridge. Derrick Patterson hit a double and a single. Donovan ...