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Southern seeks HOFers SALINEVILLE — The Salineville-Southern Local Athletic Hall of Fame is accepting nominations for the Class of 2026. Induction of new members will be held the weekend of September 11-12. Nomination forms are available on the school web site www.southern.k12.oh.us. The deadline to nominate someone is June 1. Nomination forms should be mailed to Deborah Boyd, 5893 St. Rt. 164, Leetonia, OH 44431. Kentucky sinks WVU MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Teonni Key had 19 points and 10 rebounds, Clara Strack had 18 points and 15 rebounds, and Kentucky nearly gave up a big ...

BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

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Wheeling Central repeats in West Virginia CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Wheeling Central boys basketball team repeated as the West Virginia Class AA state champion. The No. 1 Maroon Knights held No. 2 Wyoming East to 11 field goals over the final three quarters for a 55-39 win in the Class AA state championship game Saturday at Charleston Coliseum. Eli Sancomb — the two-time Gatorade West Virginia Boys Basketball Player of the Year— led Wheeling Central with 21 points and 11 rebounds. Luke Sancomb and Max Olejasz each had 10 points. The Maroon Knights have completed a 23-0 ...

Penn State wrestlers make it five in a row

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CLEVELAND (AP) — Mitchell Mesenbrink and Levi Haines each won their second individual championship Saturday to help Penn State win its fifth consecutive team title at the NCAA men’s wrestling championships. Penn State, which clinched the team title during the consolation matches earlier Saturday, finished with four national champions and a record 181.5 points, breaking its own mark of 177 set last year. The Nittany Lions have won 13 of the last 15 national championships. Attendance totaled 103,050 for the three-day tournament at Rocket Arena, including 17,845 for the championship ...

Oak Glen drops opener

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NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — Oak Glen’s softball team dropped its opener, 7-1, against University on Saturday. Kyle Robinson led the Bears with two hits. Alex Watkins had a hit and RBI. Danica Holden went the distance for Oak Glen with two strikeouts and a walk. Oak Glen is at Beaver Local on Tuesday. UN: 2-0-1-0-3-0-1—7-14-0 OG: 0-1-0-0-0-0-0—1- 4-0

Crestview seeks new league home but options are limited

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COLUMBIANA — Crestview’s athletic department has known the days of the Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference Gray Division were numbered and this week it was confirmed with the departure of the remaining Trumbull County teams from the league by the end of the next school year. The Rebels are now the only school left standing in the MVAC Gray Division and it is trying to develop a plan to secure some kind of league membership by the time the 2026-2027 school year ends. Crestview athletic director Casey Bogerd knows the district is in a tight spot but he’s hoping some ...

Salem, West Branch keep working to find new opportunity

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The aftermath of the demise of the Eastern Buckeye Conference is in motion but it might take some time for the teams left behind to figure out their next stops. The first move after Minerva, Carrollton and Marlington decided to bolt for the new Northeast Senate League for both Salem and West Branch was to apply for the Northeast 8. That did not work. The league officially said it would stay at seven teams last Friday. Salem athletic director Matt Freeman and West Branch athletic director Ryan Wolf said the school districts received no reason why the Northeast 8 turned them ...