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ST. CLAIRSVILLE -- The Columbiana volleyball’s first trip to an Ohio Valley Athletic Conference championship match didn’t go the way the Clippers wanted.
Wheeling Central captured its first OVAC title since 1991 by sweeping Columbiana, 25-15, 25-19, 25-19, in a Class 3A championship match Saturday at the ECO Center.
Wheeling Central improves to 24-4 and has lost one game in its last eight matches.
Columbiana moves to 19-3 after a 15-0 start. It was the Clippers’ fourth 3-0 loss in the last four seasons.
Topping the Clippers were Keagan Pruitt with six points, four kills and seven digs; Landry Smith eight kills; Addisyn Dangler two points, six kills, three blocks and two digs; Ava Marks three points, five kills, two blocks and eight digs; and Eva Waller two points, 23 assists and 10 digs.
Other OVAC champions crowned Saturday were University High in Class 5A, St. Clairsville in 4A and Toronto in Class 2A, Frontier in Class 1A,
In Tuesday’s semifinals, University High beat East Liverpool, St. Clairsville beat Oak Glen and Toronto beat Southern Local.