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Oak Glen upsets Union Local

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MORRISTOWN — For the second year in a row, top-seeded Union Local has been knocked off at home in the OVAC Girls Basketball Class 4A semifinals, and for the second consecutive year, Oak Glen will play for the championship on Saturday. The fourth-seeded Golden Bears (10-5) never trailed in grounding the Jets (17-3) by a 65-59 count inside ‘The Hangar’ on the Union Local campus. Union Local fell to Fort Frye a season ago, while Oak Glen advanced to the title tilt where they fell to Indian Creek. “Union Local, by far, has been the best team so far, along with Indian Creek,” ...

Hughes stars at EOWL tournament

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AUSTINTOWN — Nationally ranked Jake Hughes of Beaver Local swept through his matches on Friday and Saturday to earn the most valuable wrestler award at the Eastern Ohio Wrestling League tournament at Austintown Fitch. Hughes had three quick pins and an a technical fall to win at 157 pounds for his second career EOWL crown. The sophomore improved to 29-3 on the season as he defeated Southern Local’s Rowan Wiley by pin in 1:15 in the final. Hughes is ranked 15th in the nation at 157 pounds by FloWrestling. Hughes was not the only Beaver winning titles on Saturday. Freshman ...

Oak Glen finishes second at OVAC duals

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WELLSBURG, W.Va. — For the first time in more than three decades Union Local is atop the OVAC Dual Meet championship podium. Friday night inside the Brooke County Wellness Center at Brooke High School, the top-seeded Jets showed why they were the top dogs with wins over No. 3 Oak Glen (40-31) and second-seeded Indian Creek (61-17) to claim their first team title since the early 1990s. However, it was their first-ever OVAC Bill Hinegardner Class 4A Dual Meet crown. “We wrestled well. We wrestled tough,” Union Local head coach Nate Starkey said. “We matched up kind of weird ...

Southern gets top seed in OVAC tournament

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WHEELING, W.Va. — Three area girls basketball teams have qualified for the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference girls basketball tournament. Southern Local earned the No. 1 seed and will host Shadyside on Monday in a Class 2A semifinal. Oak Glen got the No. 4 seed in Class 4A and will be at Union Local on Monday. Heartland Christian is the No. 3 seed in Class 1A and will be at No. 2 Cameron on Monday. Monday’s semifinals Class 5A No. 4 Wheeling Park at No. 1 Steubenville No. 3 University at No. 2 John Marshall Class 4A No. 4 Oak Glen at No. 1 Union Local No. 3 Indian Creek ...

Big Red controls Beaver Local

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CALCUTTA — Four Steubenville players scored at least 14 points as Big Red topped Beaver Local, 75-58, Friday. Santino Harvey led the way with a game-high 19 points. Tre’von Wiggins added 17 points, Jermaine Moore 16 and Cole Bowers 14. Steubenville won its ninth in a row to improve to ...

Beavers advance eight to semifinals

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AUSTINTOWN — Beaver Local’s wrestling team advanced eight to the semifinals of the Eastern Ohio Wrestling League tournament on Friday at Austintown Fitch. Beaver Local freshman Jordan Bates (23-2) will meet Brookfield’s Brayden Reed (1-0)in a 106-pound semifinal. Beaver sophomore John Burkett (16-8) advanced to the semifinals at 120 and will meet Hubbard’s Logan Balla (30-5) in a semifinal. At 132, Beaver Local junior Leo Wilkes (20-6) will take on Louisville’s Liam Montgomery (22-6) in a semifinal. He will be joined by Beaver Local freshman Matthew Tomaino (16-8) in ...