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SPORTSBRIEFING STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS

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Correction Beaver Local’s Ciara Call had a home run, triple and three RBIs in the Beavers’ 17-4 win over Crestview on Thursday. Her offensive stats were incorrect in Friday’s edition. Call has six home runs on the season. Support Southern football CALCUTTA –A golf outing to support Southern Local football and cheerleading will be held on June 20 at Turkana Golf Course. The four-person scramble will begin with an 8 a.m. shotgun start. Cost is $300 per team which includes food from Bad Axe BBQ and prizes. To register for the event, call (740) 792-0031 or e-mail ...

Season of change for area schools

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There was bit of a shake-up in divisional placement for local schools on Thursday after the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s preliminary football numbers were announced. The Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference went from a league with five Div. VII teams to now just two. Southern ...

Beaver Local batters Minerva

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CALCUTTA — The Beaver Local Beavers had to stop beating themselves before they could beat Minerva. Braxton Hickman’s two-run single and Jett Johnson’s RBI single highlighted a four-run fourth inning as the Beavers rallied for a 10-7 win Friday. Beaver Local has won five in a row ...

EAST PALESTINE RELAYS

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Friday at East Palestine BOYS TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Beaver Local 73; 2. Howland 71; 3. East Liverpool 58; 4. Ursuline 57; 5. Carrollton 54; 6. Camp. Memorial 52; 7. Rootstown 49; 8. East Palestine 43. BOYS RESULTS 4x100 RELAY: 1. Camp. Memorial (De’ondre Brown, Demetrius Lambert, Jalen McQueen Hall, Kenneth Addison) 44.09, 2. Beaver Local 44.90, 3. Howland 45.59, 4. East Palestine 45.64, 5. Ursuline 46.53, 6. East Liverpool 46.85, 7. Carrollton 47.72, 8. Rootstown 50.69 4x200 RELAY: 1. Camp. Memorial (De’ondre Brown, Demetrius Lambert, Jalen McQueen Hall, Kenneth Addison) ...

SPORTSBRIEFING

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Four teams move up a division COLUMBUS — Four area football teams have moved up a division for the 2026 season, which was announced by the Ohio High School Athletic Association on Thursday. Salem is the only area team in Division III, while Crestview is in Division V and East Palestine and Lisbon are in Division VI. They are among the 37 schools in Ohio that moved up a division from their 2025 assignment due to the 2026-27 school year being the start of a new two-year base enrollment cycle. South Range dropped from Division V to Division VI. A total of 708 Ohio schools will field ...

Holden lifts Bears to split

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Oak Glen at John Marshall GLEN DALE, W.Va. — Danica Holden went the distance and drove in three runs to give Oak Glen a 6-4 win over John Marshall and a split in Thursday’s doubleheader. John Marshall won the opener, 8-3. In the nightcap, Holden struck out eight and walked two. She helped herself by doubling and singled. Nevaeh Heath went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs. Brayley Lash, Matti Carney and Brystol Holden each had two hits. In the opener, K. White had three hits, including a double, and three RBIs to lead John Marshall. Danica Holden had two hits and two RBIs and ...