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COLUMBIANA -- The Columbiana volleyball team is going after a fourth-straight Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference title.
The Clippers opened league play by sweeping Southern Local, 25-8, 25-16, 25-7, Tuesday.
Eva Waller and Keagan Pruitt combined for 26 points for the Clippers. Waller had 14 points, three aces, three kills, 29 assists and two digs and Pruitt 12 points, three aces, five kills and 14 digs. Ava Marks had 10 points, five kills and 14 digs; Landry Smith seven points, two aces, seven kills and two digs; and Addison Dangler two points, eight kills, three blocks and four digs.\
For the Indians, Kalayah Crute had seven kills, Katie Kellogg five kills, Kiah Sloan three kills. Addy Martin had five digs and Eliana Forbes and Delaney Beadnell each with five assists.
Columbiana is 2-0 overall and 1-0 in the EOAC. Southern is 0-2 overall and 0-1 in league play.
Columbiana also won the junior varsity match, 25-13, 25-17.
Annabelle Church had 11 kills, seven points and three aces for the Clippers. Briley Schmidt contributed 11 points, four aces, three kills, 10 assists and two digs; Adelaide Garrett four points, two aces, two kills, three assists and five digs; and Riley Fisk six kills and three digs.
Peyton Dowling had four points for the Indians.
Columbiana will play at Lisbon on Thursday.
Southern will host Wellsville for a varsity-only contest at 6 p.m. Thursday.
EAST PALESTINE 3, LISBON 1
EAST LIVERPOOL -- The East Palestine volleyball team improved to 3-1 overall with a 20-25, 25-16, 25-23, 25-14 win over Lisbon in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference opener Tuesday.
Marley Blythe had nine kills, 17 digs and eight points for the Bulldogs. Destiney Burtyk had 10 kills, 12 digs and seven points; Kennedy Andre 18 assists, six digs, seven points and five aces and Madilyn Zimmerman nine digs.
Lisbon won the junior varsity match, 25-12, 25-9.
The Bulldogs were led by Aliviana Valingo with four kills and four digs and Delaney Demster with nine digs and three points
East Palestine will play at Valley Christian on Thursday.
UNITED 3, VALLEY 0
HANOVERTON -- United swept Valley Christian, 25-9, 25-6, 25-4, in Eastern Buckeye Conference play Tuesday.
Leaders for the Eagles were Brennan Ritchie with seven kills, Rileah Phillips 19 assists and Scarlett Courtney 13 points.
United also won the junior varsity match, 25-9, 25-12. Adrianna Zane-Beadnell and Aubrey Danko each had eight points with six aces for the Eagles. Cara Baker had six points with four aces.