Leetonia seeks Hall of Famer

LEETONIA — The Leetonia Athletic Hall of Fame is accepting nominations for the Class of 2026. Induction of the new members will be held the weekend of Sept. 4-5, 2026.

Nomination forms are available on the school website www.leetonia.k132.oh.us and the administration office. Deadline for nominations is May 31. Nomination forms should be mailed to Leetonia Athletic Hall of Fame, 450 Walnut St,, Leetonia, OH 44431.

County meet set for today

SALEM — The 122nd Columbiana County Track and Field Meet will be held today at Sebo Stadium.

Tickets are $7 for adults and $4 for students.

Action starts at 4:30 p.m. with the boys discus and high jump, the girls shot put and long jump and the finals in the girls and boys 3200-meter relay. The rest of the running events will follow at 5:15 p.m.

The Salem boys and girls are the defending team champions.

Salem has held a lot of county meets

SALEM — Salem is hosting the Columbiana County Track and Field Boys Meet for the 45th time today.

It has been held every time in Salem at Sebo Stadium, formerly known as Reilly Stadium, since the first time in 1928.

The boys meet has been held in East Palestine 51 times, in Lisbon at the Columbiana County Fairgrounds 22 times and East Liverpool three times. It was moved to Mount Union in 1927 because the fairgrounds were flooded.

Girls meet closes in on 50th

SALEM — The 49th Columbiana County Track and Field Girls Meet will be held today.

This is the 17th time Salem has hosted the girls meet. It has been held in East Palestine 29 times.

Lisbon hosted the girls meet twice (1979, 1981) and East Liverpool once (2005).

Hiscox advances at OVAC

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — United’s Brinsley Hiscox and Taylor Simmons and Southern’s Maddy Jones posted the top marks in the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Class 1A-3A qualifying meet Wednesday.

Hiscox topped the Class 3A girls 100-meter hurdles, while Simmons tied for the top spot in the high jump.

Jones was first in the Class 1-2A girls shot put.

Area teams sent only a few athletes because the Columbiana County Track and Field Meet will be held today in Salem.

The top four in the running events and top five in the field events advance Saturday’s OVAC finals at Red Devil Stadium.

OVAC CLASS 3A AREA QUALIFIERS

BOYS

RUNNING EVENTS

(Top four advance to Saturday’s finals)

400 DASH: 2. Cole Billy (United) 52.54.

FIELD EVENTS

(Top five advance to Saturday’s finals)

DISCUS: 3. Levi Lucas (United) 126-9.

SHOT PUT: 3. Levi Lucas (United) 44-3.

GIRLS RESULTS

RUNNING EVENTS

(Top four advance to Saturday’s Finals)

100 DASH: 1. Brinsley Hiscox (United) 16.33.

800 RELAY: 4. United (Kiley Holmes, Ruby Marshall, Brinsley Hiscox, Taylor Simmons) 1:56.21.

400 DASH: 2. Taylor Simmons (United) 61.22.

1600 RELAY: 3. United (Kylie Holmes, Brinsley Hiscox, Ruby Marshall, Taylor Simmons) 4:24.91.

FIELD EVENTS

(Top five advance to Saturday’s finals)

HIGH JUMP: 1. Taylor Simmons (United) and Alexa Loy (Wheeling Central) 4-8.

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OVAC CLASS 1-2A AREA QUALIFIERS

BOYS

RUNNING EVENTS

(Top four advance to Saturday’s finals)

110 HURDLES: 2. Elijah Brown (Lisbon) 17.74.

3200 RUN: 4. Caiden Carlisle (Lisbon) 11:08.12.

FIELD EVENTS

(Top five advance to Saturday’s finals)

DISCUS: 4. Aiden Davis (Southern) 114-4.

SHOT PUT: 2. Trevor Groff (Southern) 42-4 1/2.

GIRLS RESULTS

RUNNING EVENTS

(Top four advance to Saturday’s finals)

3200 RUN: 4. Mara Miller (Southern) 13:36.97.

FIELD EVENTS

(Top five advance to Saturday’s finals)

DISCUS: 2. Maddy Jones (Southern) 110-2.

SHOT PUT: 1. Maddy Jones (Southern) 39-5.