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Clippers gave OVAC a good shot

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 ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

BOWLING RESULTS Sportsman League at Walnut Lanes TEAM STANDINGS: Sparkle Market 35, Caliber Collision 33, Safelite 25, Sanford Plumbing 21, Historic Highlands 20, Amato Law Office 18, AK Nahas 17, Hose before Bros. 15, Walnut Lanes 14, Jayden 12. HIGH GAME: Bill Plumm 266, Jayden McDole and Rick Rudibaugh 258. HIGH SERIES: Butch Mattern and Rick Rudibaugh 665, Jayden McDole 651. YSU'S FAST START YOUNGSTOWN - From the first play, the Youngstown State football team was clicking. No. 19 Northern Iowa tried its best to put some pressure on the No. 6 Penguins. However, YSU had ...

Columbiana has East Palestine’s number

COLUMBIANA – With East Palestine and Columbiana battling for one of the last playoff spots in Division VI, Region 21, a Friday win was critical. It also provides the winner with a slim chance at a share of the EOAC league title. The Columbiana Clippers responded with a physical, ...

Guardians can’t beat Cleveland weather

CLEVELAND (AP) — Game 4 of the American League Championship Series was postponed because of rain Friday night. The Tampa Bay Rays and Cleveland Guardians will resume their series Saturday at 8 p.m. ET, with Game 5 on Sunday at Progressive Field and Game 6 in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Monday if necessary. The Guardians have a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series after Petey Halpin's two-run homer propelled them to a 3-2 victory in Game 3 on Thursday afternoon. It is the first time an ALCS game has been postponed since 2019, when the New York Yankees hosted the Houston ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

NCAA SUES DEWINE (AP) — The NCAA sued the governor of Ohio on Friday, three days after he signed an executive order giving state universities the option of allowing athletes who graduated from high school in 2022 to play a fifth year in college in defiance of the NCAA's new eligibility rule. NCAA President Charlie Baker called the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Ohio, an "extraordinary step" designed to prevent Gov. Mike DeWine from making it "impossible for all schools to compete on a level playing field." The lawsuit itself claimed DeWine, a two-term Republican former state ...

PREP FOOTBALL

WEST BRANCH 29, ALLIANCE 0 BELOIT — West Branch clinched a share of a seventh straight Eastern Buckeye Conference title with the 200th victory at Clinton Heacock Stadium on Friday night. Quarterback Grady Hirst ran for three touchdowns and Gavin Marshall scored another as West Branch blanked Alliance, 29-0. West Branch improves to 8-1 overall and 5-0 in the EBC, one game ahead of Salem with the Warriors hosting the Quakers on Friday. West Branch is now 200-93-4 at Clinton Heacock Stadium, the home of the Warriors since 1971. The Warriors are winning with defense, giving up five ...