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Grimes, Beavers shut down United

From Staff Reports CALCUTTA — Paxton Grimes tossed a two-hitter and shut down United, 12-2, in six innings Tuesday. Beaver Local improves to 13-9 and will host St. Clairsville today. United drops to 12-6 and will play at Columbiana today with the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference title on the line. The Beavers scored eight runs in the bottom of the sixth inning for the victory. Aiden Dray went 3-for-3 with a double and two RBIs and Tysen Hammonds was 3-for-4 with two runs scored for the Beavers. Peyton Martin had two hits, three RBIs and two runs. Jett Johnson doubled, singled and ...

Beavers win big against Potters

From Staff Reports CALCUTTA — Ally Wright went 3-for-4 with two doubles and four runs and Ciara Call tossed a three-hitter with 12 strikeouts in Beaver Local’s 12-1 win over East Liverpool in six innings Tuesday. The Beavers have won eight straight to improve to 21-3 on the season. They will play at Minerva today. Gianna Congrove and Addie Thurik each had two hits and two runs and Calleigh Eels had two hits and two RBIs. Thurik and Call hit doubles. Tatum Fink took the loss, giving up four earned runs in 5 1/3 innings. She struck out six and walked three. East Liverpool ...

No time left for Cavaliers to celebrate

Detroit's Cade Cunningham and Cleveland's Donovan Mitchell didn't have much time to revel in reaching the Eastern Conference semifinals after surviving grueling first-round matchups. The Central Division rivals must quickly prepare for their series, which starts Tuesday night in ...

Potters salute seniors

Oak Glen routs Bellaire

NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — Oak Glen's baseball team took out Bellaire 15-0 in three innings on Monday. Christian Chappell had a single, double, triple and five RBIs for the Bears. Josh Maher added a single and double with two RBIs. James Rohbeck was the winning pitcher with eight strikeouts over 11 batters. Oak Glen is 9-17 and will host Williamstown on Wednesday. BE: 0-0-0 — 0-2-7 OG: 10-5-x — 15-9-0 Martins Ferry 8, Beaver Local 1 CALCUTTA — Martins Ferry marched to a 8-1 win over Beaver Local on Monday in baseball action. Reid Schwerha had two of Beaver Local's six ...

Oak Glen comes to play against Madonna

WEIRTON, Va. - This time Danica Holden supplied the pitching for the Oak Glen softball team while the team's regular battery took care of the hitting against Hancock County rival Madonna. Holden went the distance striking out 11, and the Golden Bears outhit the Blue Dons by six en route to a 5-0 victory Monday evening down at Starvaggi Park. Holden limited Madonna to just four hits on her way to picking up the win. "Dani threw really well," Oak Glen (15-9) head coach Sherrie Garner said. "She had 11 strikeouts, and we made the plays behind her. She pitched well. I am proud of ...