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Golden Eagles have been on a roll

ALLIANCE — The United volleyball team won for the 11th time in 13 matches by sweeping Alliance, 25-14, 25-8, 25-9, Thursday. The Eagles improve to 15-4, while the Aviators lost for the seventh time in their last eight matches to drop to 7-14. Rileah Phillips totaled 10 aces, 11 digs and 18 assists for the Eagles. Baylee Smith hand nine points, two aces and 14 digs, Brittany Miller eight points and six aces and Brenan Ritchie five kills. United will play at East Palestine on Wednesday and needs a win to clinch a share of the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference title with ...

County golf phenom has real shot at state title

AKRON — Becoming the first Beaver Local golfer to reach the state tournament is the first step for freshman Eli Stewart. "It was one of my first goals of the year to go to state and hopefully place or win," Stewart said. "I feel like I have a good shot to win." Stewart will tee off for the ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

REID LEADS GROVE CITY, Pa. — Westminster senior Zoie Reid from Salem had a career-high 23 kills and a season-high 16 digs in a 25-23, 21-25, 25-20, 19-25, 15-13 loss to Grove City on Wednesday night. Junior Brooke Gecina added a season-high 40 points and served two aces. The Titans are 11-8 overall and 3-1 in the Presidents' Athletic Conference. Grove City is 16-3 and 4-0 in the PAC. Westminster will host Saint Francis at 1 p.m. Saturday. SATURDAY KICKOFFS AKRON — There will be no more Friday night football games in the Akron City Series this season due to fights between ...

PREP SOCCER

GIRLS SPRINGFIELD 2, UNITED 1 NEW MIDDLETOWN — Springfield Local's girls soccer team snagged a 2-1 win over United on Thursday. Emma Zitkovic had two goals for the Tigers, 9-5-1. United fell to 10-4-2. Maddy Figley scored United's goal with the assist by Elli Powers. Cheyenne Chuck had 10 saves in goal. United hosts Ursuline on Monday. BOYS UNITED 0, ROOTSTOWN 0 HANOVERTON — United and Rootstown played to a 0-0 in boys soccer action Thursday. United's Alex Gundersen recorded 14 saves in goal for his fourth shutout of the season. The Eagles are 8-6-2 and the Rovers are ...

Salem has more to do before playoffs

It's getting close to the time in the season where you have to start talking about playoffs. With three weeks left to play, there are nine area teams that have a good shot at extending their seasons. Salem (7-0, 3-0 in the Eastern Buckeye Conference), of course, is the lone area unbeaten and ...

Warriors top Clippers in battle of league champs

BELOIT — It was a matchup of league champions with West Branch beating Columbiana, 25-27, 25-17, 25-20, 25-8, Wednesday. West Branch — which won the Eastern Buckeye Conference for its first league title since 2002 — has won five of its last six matches to improve to 15-5. Columbiana — which has claimed four straight Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference titles — has lost two of its last three to fall to 16-2. Landry Smith had 14 points, two aces and five kills and Keagen Pruitt nine points, two aces, four kills and 14 digs for the Clippers. Addison Dangler totaled 10 kills and ...