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East Liverpool in final state poll

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West Branch is the area's highest ranked football team because the Warriors proved it on the field. West Branch, coming off a 50-0 win against rival Salem, tied for 10th in Division IV of the final Associated Press high school football state poll released Wednesday. The Warriors (9-1) are winning with defense. Their first-team defense has allowed four touchdowns all season — three in a loss to Canfield and one to New Philadelphia. Senior quarterback and YSU recruit Grady Hirst directs a West Branch offense that is averaging 35.6 points and 391 total yards a game. Hirst has thrown ...

Potters field another playoff team

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For the fifth time in school history, East Liverpool will host a playoff game when Columbus Marion-Franklin makes the drive to Patterson Field on Friday. The 11th seeded Red Devils finished the season 6-4, while the Potters earned the sixth seed with an 8-2 record, East Liverpool's best ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

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BOWLING RESULTS Sportsman League at Walnut Lanes TEAM STANDINGS: Sparkle Market 40, Caliber Collision 33, Safelite 29, Sanford Plumbing and AK Nahas 24, Amato Law Office 23, Historic Highlands 22, Hose before Bros and Jayden 17, Walnut Lanes 16. HIGH GAME: Jay Davis 289, Tyler Landes 258, Trey Pancake 250. HIGH SERIES: Jay Davis 692, Charles Henderson 666, Curtis Webb 664. SPLIT SQUAD SALEM — The Salem girls cross country team is expected to be at full strength Saturday as the Quakers seek their sixth straight state berth. Salem athletic director Matt Freeman said the ...

Beavers give everything they've got

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CADIZ — Down 4-0 late in the match, top-seeded Beaver Local fought back but dropped a tough 4-2 decision to second-seeded Tri-Valley in a Division III district championship girls soccer match at Harrison Central’s Wagner Field on Wednesday night. “I asked them to leave everything on ...

Beavers trapped by Black Bears

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ZOARVILLE — The Beaver Local Beavers gave it their best shot Wednesday. The fourth-seeded Beavers lost to top-seeded River View, 19-25, 29-17, 25-13, 25-16, in a Division IV district championship volleyball match at Tuscarawas Valley High School. It was the second straight year the Black Bears beat the Beavers in four games in the district final. “I couldn’t be prouder of the growth this team has shown," Beaver Local coach Sarah Lowe said. "Starting the season with just three returning letter winners and a young lineup, these girls battled their way to a district runner-up ...

Big Red player runs into official

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STEUBENVILLE — The Ohio High School Athletic Association is looking into an incident that occurred late in the Steubenville-New Philadelphia boys soccer match on Tuesday night. With less than six minutes to go in the game, a Steubenville player contacted an official who was displaying a penalty card at another player following a collision near the goal. Video of the incident circulated on social media on Wednesday. The Steubenville player appeared to run at and slam into the official. The referee was sent to the ground. The referee continued to officiate the final minutes of the ...