BELOIT — The often-used phrase “defense wins championships” rang ever so true during Friday night’s Eastern Buckeye Conference title showdown between arch-rivals Salem and West Branch at Clinton Heacock Stadium — a game dominated by the Warriors, 50-0. West Branch’s ...
SALINEVILLE – The United Eagles have become a model of consistency, with four straight Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference championships and seven consecutive postseason appearances. On Friday night, they capped the regular season with a 42-6 win over the Southern Indians to clinch the ...
COLUMBIANA 27, LISBON 21 COLUMBIANA — Danny Mangiarelli's interception at the Columbiana 1-yard line sealed the Clippers' 27-21 win over Lisbon on Friday. Columbiana has won five games in a row and will be on the road for a Division VI playoff game Friday. The Clippers are 8-2 overall and 5-1 in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference, one game behind league champion United. It is the first time the Clippers won eight games in a season since 2015. Lisbon advanced to the Columbiana 30-yard line late. Grant Minor's pass was interception by Mangiarelli at the 1-yard line with 37.4 ...
LEETONIA 51, MADONNA 21 WEIRTON, W.Va. — Brayden Gainey scored three touchdowns on passes from Dylan Johns, Cam Price scored on a 47-yard interception return and Graydon Henderson had a 72-yard kickoff return for a score in Leetonia's 51-21 win over Weirton Madonna on Friday. Leetonia closes out the season with a 4-6 record. Johns completed 25 of 34 passes for 266 yards and three touchdowns and ran 5 yards for another touchdown. Johns also kicked a 30-yard field goal and six extra points. Gainey had 14 catches for 141 yards, including touchdowns of 22, 14 and 1 yard, while Dylan ...
SATURDAY FINALES The final two regular-season football games will be played Saturday night. East Palestine plays Valley Christian at Mineral Ridge High School, while Wellsville travels to Steubenville Catholic Central at Steubenville's Harding Stadium. Both games kick off at 7 p.m. LIVING A DREAM ATLANTA (AP) — With the Dream clicking in the WNBA Finals, so are the ticket turnstiles in Atlanta. Three years after barely averaging 3,000 fans for the 2023 season — and ranking near the bottom of the league in home attendance numbers since then — the Dream are the hottest ticket in ...
SALEM — Salem's Chaya Murray scored inside the box with 28 seconds left in overtime to beat 17th-seeded Burton Berkshire, 2-1, in a Division IV girls soccer sectional final at Sebo Stadium Thursday. Murray also scored in the first half to give Salem a 1-0 lead. The 10th-seeded ...
