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Keagy ties Valley mark

COLUMBIANA – Nathan Keagy of Leetonia tied the course record at Valley Golf Club on Saturday.

Keagy’s round of 6-under-29 included one eagle, four birdies and four pars.

His playing partners were Pat Maharick of East Liverpool and Pat Sposato and Eric Davidson, both of Columbiana.

Winning night in Youngstown

YOUNGSTOWN – Championship Night lived up to its name as three Youngstown area boxers claimed victories outside the Covelli Centre on Saturday night:

Campbell Memorial graduate Jake Giuericeo captured his 20th professional victory by defeating Dominican Republic’s Jose Abrue by a split decision in the eighth round at 147 pounds.

Warren native Anthony “Tiger” Taylor knocked out Indiana’s Jaguan Gill in the third round at 115 pounds.

Youngstown East product Alejandro “Popo” Salinas knocked out Cincinnati’s Devonte Allen in the first round for the Ohio super featherweight title at 130 pounds.

Huff second at Columbus

COLUMBUS – Brandon Huff of East Palestine made his final laps at Columbus Motor Speedway count Saturday night.

Huff and his No. 21 Pirate Marine Boat Trailers Chevrolet finished a season-high second in the ARCA Truck Series’ 75-lap event at the one-third mile asphalt oval, which is closing at the end of the season.

Shawn Szep of Marysville topped the 11-truck field with his fifth victory in six races this season.

The ARCA?Truck Series continues this Saturday at Angola (Ind.) Motorsport Speedway.

Southern VB?open gym

SALINEVILLE – An open gym for any girls entering seventh or eighth grade at Southern Local who are interested in playing volleyball will be held from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the school gymnasium. For more information, call Bob Shansky at (330) 303-5438.

Chester paints Greenville

GREENVILLE, Pa. – Four players had at least two hits in leading the Chester Old Timers past Greenville, 8-3, in a men’s senior baseball action Sunday.

Dave Smith led the charge with a double and two singles. Brian Newlyn, Brian Six and Mark Mahaffey added two hits apiece. Bill Sattler earned the complete-game victory.

Chester (9-1) will host Boardman at 4 p.m. Sunday at East Liverpool High School in a matchup of one-loss teams.

Beaver?Local volleyball

CALCUTTA – Beaver Local volleyball will be holding open gyms this week in preparation for tryouts beginning Aug. 1. The following are dates and times:

Middle school open gyms from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. Tryouts from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Aug. 1-3.

High school open gyms from 8:15 to 11:30 a.m. at the sports complex. Tryouts beginning Aug. 1 from 8:30 to 9:50 a.m. and 6 to 8 p.m.

Players must have a physical turned in by Aug. 1 in order to participate. For more information, contact Sarah.lowe@beaverlocal.org.

Beaver Local MS?football

CALCUTTA?- Beaver Local Middle School football will hold conditioning from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday at the weight room.

Practice will start Aug. 1 from 4 to 6 p.m. Players must have a physical turned in by Aug. 1. For more information, call Mark Cashdollar at (330) 853-2280.

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Adrian hits first career hole-in-one

CALCUTTA – Karl Adrian of Hookstown, Pa. recorded his first hole-in-one Sunday on Beaver Creek Meadows.

He used a 5 wood to ace the 240-yard seventh hole.

Witnesses were Mike Moon and Gary LaSota of Hopewell, Pa., Dan Fix of Chippewa, Pa., and Carl Adrian of New Manchester, W.Va.

Another hole-in-one recorded

COLUMBIANA – Brian Coppock of East Palestine hit a hole-in-one in the Monday Night Golf League at Valley Golf Club.

Coppock used an 8-iron to ace the 140-yard second hole.

His playing partners were Fred Unger and Jason Booth of New Waterford and Dave Smith of East Palestine.

Candle throws out first pitch in Detroit

DETROIT University of Toledo head football coach Jason Candle threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Detroit Tigers game Saturday night.

Candle – a 1998 graduate of West Branch High School – is entering his first full season as the Rockets’ head coach. He was an assistant coach at Toledo for seven years before taking the reins as head coach last December. He coached the Rockets to a 32-17 victory over Temple in his debut as head coach in the Boca Raton Bowl on Dec. 22.

The Tigers lost to the Kansas City Royals, 8-4, in front of 39,594 fans at Comerica Park.

The Rockets open their football season on Sept. 2 at Arkansas State. They will play Maine in their home opener on Sept. 10, the same day Candle will be be inducted into the West Branch Hall of Fame.

Ohio State dismisses RB Bri’onte Dunn

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio State has dismissed running back Bri’onte Dunn from the football team for a violation of team rules.

Coach Urban Meyer announced Dunn’s dismissal in a statement Monday that did not specify the violation.

Dunn, a running back from Canton, had one season of eligibility remaining. He graduated in May with his degree in sports industry. He had 15 carries for 95 yards and a touchdown last season for the Buckeyes.

NFL to test computer chips in footballs in preseason

NEW YORK (AP) – The NFL will test computer chips in footballs this preseason to determine how well the balls perform, particularly in the kicking game.

Data collected from the chips also could help with officiating in the future, including goal-line and short-yardage plays.

As part of the league’s Next Gen Stats program, the competition committee will review results for potential uses of the data collected. Such information could wind up being part of Thursday night NFL telecasts this season.

Included among the data that will be collected is how far the ball travels on a particular play, and the ball’s proximity to the goal posts on a field goal or extra point. Such information can be used in determining if the distance between uprights needs to be shortened.

Former Eagles coach Marion Campbell dies at 87

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Former Eagles coach Marion Campbell, who played on Philadelphia’s last NFL championship team in 1960, has died. He was 87.

The team announced late Sunday that Campbell died Wednesday in Plano, Texas. Campbell, a two-way player and two-time Pro Bowl pick, played for the Eagles from 1956-61. He spent his first two NFL seasons with San Francisco.

Campbell, nicknamed “Swamp Fox,” served as defensive coordinator under Dick Vermeil from 1977-82. He was head coach from 1983-85, winning 17 games. Campbell later coached the Falcons from 1987-89. He was 34-80-1 overall.

“Marion Campbell will be missed by the Eagles community, but also remembered for his spirited impact on our game,” Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie said in a statement. “Like Chuck Bednarik, he was a great two-way player during a special era in NFL history. He played with the type of toughness that our town so deeply admires.”

Ebner, Potter highlight USA rugby’s rosters

LAFAYETTE, Colo. (AP) – USA rugby announced its men’s and women’s Olympic roster Monday in a list that includes New England Patriots special teams player Nate Ebner and veteran Jillion Potter, who was diagnosed with cancer two years ago.

The 30-year-old Potter found out she had Stage III synovial sarcoma in 2014.

Ebner was kept under contract by the Patriots while training with the rugby squad at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California. He was a sixth-round pick by New England out of Ohio State in 2012.

Also making the men’s roster are captain Madison Hughes and Carlin Isles, who’s been called the “the fastest man in rugby” and briefly entertained notions of trying to make the American track team in the 100 meters.

Rugby sevens will make its Olympic debut at the Rio de Janeiro Games in August.

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Salem offering 3-on-3 basketball tournament

SALEM – The Salem Community Center is offering a 3-on-3 basketball tournament on July 23.

Registration is $80 per team. There are divisions for boys and girls from grade 3 to adult.

For more information, contact (234) 567-4720 or wonner@salemcommunitycenter.com.

Special Olympics Golf Scramble upcoming

CALCUTTA- The 22nd Columbiana County Special Olympics Golf Scramble will be held Aug. 20 at Beaver Creek Meadows.

Cost is $260 per four-person team, which includes 18 holes of golf with cart, doughnuts, lunch, dinner, beverages and prizes. The hole-in-one sponsor is Stadium GM.

Tee times starting at 8:30 a.m. For more information, call Susan Moyer at (330) 337-7962 after 4 p.m.

Children Benefit shoot coming soon

BELOIT – The second Shriners Hospitals for Children Benefit Shoot will be held July 23 at Know Township Sportsman’s Club, 4250 Westville Ave.

The club will open at 10 a.m. with the shoot beginning at 11 a.m.

For more information, call Don Bandy at (330) 501-7109 or Roger Eddington at (330) 936-3599.

Clipper Cross Country Series set for August

COLUMBIANA – The 18th annual Clipper Cross Country Series will be held in August at the Ward Athletic Complex behind Columbiana High School.

It will be held at 7 p.m. for four straight Wednesdays with the Aug. 3 and Aug. 17 races on the middle school 1.85-mile course and the Aug. 10 and Aug. 24 races on the high school 3.1-mile course.

Awards will be presented to the top six males and females in the following divisions: pre-middle school, middle school, high school, open masters and grand masters. Runners who compete in all four races will receive a T-shirt.

Cost is $5 per runner per night. Registration begins at 6 p.m. the day of the race. Proceeds will benefit the Columbiana cross country and track programs.

For more information, contact race director Donald Groubert at (330) 718-3237 or donald.groubert@columbianaschools.org or Columbiana cross country coach Crystal Siembida Boggs at (330) 482-9105.

Jared Wilson finishes opening round

SAN DIEGO – Columbiana High School junior Jared Wilson shot an 8-over-par in the opening round of the the IMG Junior World Golf Championships on Tuesday.

Wilson is tied for 127th place out of 205 golfers in the boys 15-17 age bracket at the Torrey Pines South Course. There is a six-way tie for first place at 2-under-par 70.

Wilson collected two birdies with eight bogeys and a double bogey on the day.

The field averaged 78.1 strokes.

Play continues today. The event consists of four rounds, with a cut after the third round.

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Golf scramble for Habitat

SALEM – The Beaver Creek Area Association of Realtors is holding a four-person golf scramble at Salem Hills Golf & Country Club on July 30 to benefit Habitat for Humanity in Columbiana and Mahoning counties.

Cost is $75 per person, which includes a steak fry, auction and prizes. The hole-in-one prize is a one-year car lease from gotellafriend.com. Tee times are available at 11 a.m. and 12:15 p.m.

For more information, call Janet Birch at (330) 692-3728 or Linda Courtney at (330) 424-8647.

Huff captures pole

DEGRAFF – Brandon Huff of East Palestine captured his first pole of the season during the ARCA Truck Series race on Saturday night.

Huff drove his No. 21 Pirate Marine Boat Trailers Chevrolet to a track-record lap of 13.935 seconds at Shady Bowl Speedway, a 3/10th-mile paved oval.

He started eighth in the 11-truck field for the 100-lap event with the invert and led three laps before falling out of the race after 74 laps with battery issues.

Shawn Szep of Marysville has his streak of five straight poles snapped, but went on win for the third time in four races this season.

The next race will be Saturday, July