West Branch girls fall to Beaver

CALCUTTA — Beaver Local’s girls golf team edged West Branch on a tiebreaking 178-178 win on Friday at Beaver Meadows.

For the Beavers, Brenna Jones had a 40, Mya Anderson 45, Emilie Druschel 45 and McKenzie Ash 48. Juliana Johnston’s 52 was the tiebreaker.

West Branch is 1-2 in dual matches.

Leading West Branch was Isabella Linger with a 41. Also scoring for the Warriors were Emma McLaughlin (43), Katelyn Schank (46) and Erin Albert (48). Gianna Strotz (57) was the tiebreaker for West Branch.

Beaver Local and West Branch will play on Tuesday at Westville Lake.

Warriors compete at Tannenhauf invite

ALLIANCE — West Branch finished 19th in the Tannenhauf High School Boys Invitational on Friday at Tannenhauf Golf Club.

Gavin Clay and Bennett Biggs paced the Warriors with identical rounds of 94. Lucas Dyke followed with a 96, while Mason Runk carded a 102 and Ashton Clay shot 109.

West Branch will be back on the course Tuesday for the Northeast Ohio Invitational at Good Park Golf Course in Akron with a 7:30 a.m. start time.

Meet the Warriors

BELOIT — West Branch will host its meet the team night from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Clinton Heacock Stadium. The fall sports teams, band and cheerleaders will be introduced.

Salem earns early win

SALEM — The Salem girls tennis team opened its season with a 3-2 win over Southeast on Friday at Waterworth Memorial Park.

Seniors Hadley Carlisle, Memphis Haueter and Meadow Anderson all claimed straight-set victories in singles play. Salem travels to Struthers on Monday.

FIRST SINGLES: Hadley Carlisle (S) def. Miranda Timko 6-1, 6-1

SECOND SINGLES: Memphis Haueter (S) def. Makayla Flores 6-0, 6-0

THIRD SINGLES: Meadow Anderson (S) def. Holley Reynolds 6-4, 6-0

FIRST DOUBLES: Caroline Sherry-Natalie Kemble (SE) def. Eva Minto-Haylee Foor 6-4, 6-1

SECOND DOUBLES: Isla Zinz-Alyssa Wallace (SE) def. Devin Shafer-Grace Zellers 6-3, 6-3

Wisconsin starter goes down

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin center Jake Renfro suffered what school officials described as a lower-body injury in practice, putting his status for the start of the season in question.