Windham goes to 8-man football

WINDHAM — Windham High School has opted to move to 8-man football for the 2026 season.

The Bombers, who are members of the Northeastern Athletic Conference, will be in the Northern 8 conference for football.

Windham did not have any Columbiana County area teams on its 2026 schedule in a non-league capacity in 11-man football.

Leetonia will be a member of the NAC next season. If Windham was on the Bears’ schedule for 2026 in the league, that game will have to be replaced.

Salem-Girard game moved

SALEM — The Salem-Girard boys basketball game scheduled for Dec. 2 has been postponed to Feb. 17. Junior varsity will start at 5:30 p.m. with varsity to follow. Season ticket holders can use their Dec. 2 ticket for entry into that game.

Penguins skate past Sabres

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bryan Rust and Kevin Hayes scored in the third period and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on Wednesday night to snap a two-game losing streak.

Hayes tapped in Erik Karlsson’s pass from the top of the crease with 7:26 remaining to give Pittsburgh a 3-1 lead. Jack Quinn trimmed the deficit for Buffalo with 4:18 left, and Connor Dewar had an empty-net goal for Pittsburgh in the final minute.

Mathew Dumba also scored for Pittsburgh. The Penguins have won just three of last 10 games since an 8-2-2 start.

Karlsson had an assist to tie Brad Park for the 12th-most assists by a defenseman in NHL history with 683.

Tristan Jarry stopped 29 shots for Pittsburgh. Jarry returned after missing the last seven games with a lower-body injury.

Jason Zucker also scored for Buffalo.

Tage Thompson’s six-game goal scoring streak ended for Buffalo, which is 5-6-4 in its last 15 games. The Sabres are 1-6-2 on the road. In all of their road losses, the Sabres were tied or within a goal during the third period.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 15 saves.

Buckeyes beat Mountaineers

West Virginia’s women’s basketball team had every opportunity to record its first-ever win against Ohio State on Wednesday, yet the 21st-ranked Mountaineers left The Bahamas sunburned. Elsa Lemmila scored in the paint with 24.9 seconds remaining and then teammate Ava Watson connected on two free throws with 3.8 seconds left to give Ohio State an 83-81 victory in the championship game of the Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship, inside the Baha Mar Convention Center.