Eagles, Beavers tie

CALCUTTA — United Local’s boys soccer team played to a 1-1 draw with Beaver Local on Thursday.

Josh Hawkins had the Eagles’ goal in the first half. Danny Readshaw had the assist.

Aiden Gundersen had four saves for the Eagles, 5-6-2.

Beaver Local fell to 9-4-1.

Beaver Local hosts Sandy Valley on Saturday.

United is at Crestview on Saturday.

Warriors blank Ursuline

YOUNGSTOWN — West Branch’s boys soccer team blanked Ursuline 4-0 on Thursday at Youngstown State University.

West Branch is 11-3 and will be at Dover on Wednesday.

Minerva qualifies for state

LANCASTER — Minerva’s girls golf team won the Div. I district title with a 378 team score on Thursday at Lancaster Golf Club.

For the Lions, Emery Sell had an 85, while Peyton Beaumariage added an 89. Delaney Sell had a 97, while Mady Bartley and Hannah Kirkpatrick had 107s.

Minerva was the only district team to qualify for the Div. I state tournament held on Oct. 12 and 13 at the Firestone Country Club.

Where Legends are made

CORTLAND — There will be 11 races at the Legends Cross Country Meet on Saturday on the fast Trumbull County Fairgrounds course.

Area schools entered are Canfield, East Palestine, Heartland Christian, Minerva, Salem, South Range, West Branch and Western Reserve.

Saturday’s schedule includes middle school boys and girls open race at 9:30 a.m., middle school girls teams at 10 a.m.,middle school boys teams at 10:30 a.m., small division high school girls open race at 11 a.m., small division high school girls teams at 11:30 a.m., small division high school boys teams at noon, grades 3-and-under half mile at 12:45 p.m., grades 4-6 mile at 12:45 p.m., large division high school girls teams at 1 p.m., large division high school girls teams at 1:30 p.m. and large division high school boys and girls open at 2 p.m.

There will be a $5 parking fee per vehicle.

OVAC runners set for meet

CAMBRIDGE — The Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Cross Country Championship will be held Saturday at Cambridge High School.

Among the schools entered are Beaver Local, Columbiana, East Liverpool, Edison, Oak Glen, Southern Local and Toronto.

Saturday’s race schedule is 10 a.m. for varsity girls, 10:45 a.m. for varsity boys, 11:45 a.m. for combined boys and girls reserves, 12:45 p.m. for junior high boys and 1:10 p.m. for junior high boys.

Tickets at the gate are $8 for adults and $6 for students. They are $2 less if purchased in advance at ovac.org.

Cheer on the Eagles and Bulldogs

HANOVERTON — Gates for the East Palestine at United football game tonight will open at 5:30 p.m.

Homecoming ceremonies will start at 6:30 p.m. and the game will kick off at 7 p.m.

Both teams are 3-0 in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference and state ranked.

The game will be televised live on MyYTV.

Big award for JFK grad

ATHENS, Ohio – Ohio University linebacker and former Warren JFK All-Ohioan Cam Hollobaugh was named the Mid-American Conference Defensive Player of the Week in the Bobcats’ 35-20 win over Bowling Green on Saturday.

Hollobaugh kicked off Ohio’s conference opener, scoring on the first drive of the game with a 71-yard interception return. In the second half, Hollobaugh’s forced fumble marked the defense’s first of the season. He recorded eight tackles, including three solos, with one tackle for loss, one sack and two quarterback hurries.

Hollobaugh, a graduate student, played the previous four seasons at Walsh University in North Canton.

The Bobcats (3-2 ) and will play at Ball State at noon Saturday.

Yankees advance past Red Sox

NEW YORK (AP) — Rookie right-hander Cam Schlittler struck out 12 as he shut down Boston with 100 mph heat, and the New York Yankees took advantage of a pair misplays in a four-run fourth inning to beat the Red Sox 4-0 on Thursday night for a 2-1 AL Wild Card Series win and a Division Series matchup against Toronto.

New York became the first team to lose the opener and advance from the expanded first round, which began in 2022. The Yankees start the best-of-five Division Series on Saturday at the AL East champion Blue Jays.

A 24-year-old right-hander who debuted July 9, Schlitter grew up a Red Sox fan in Walpole, Massachusetts, but said he wanted to play for the Yankees. He had pitched against the Red Sox only once before — as a freshman at Northeastern in a 2020 spring training exhibition game.

He outpitched Connelly Early, a 23-year-old left-hander who debuted on Sept. 9 and became Boston’s youngest postseason starting pitcher since 21-year-old Babe Ruth in 1916.