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United’s girls fire eight past Range

HANOVERTON — United's girls soccer team blanked South Range 8-0 on Tuesday in a Div. V district semifinal Fifth-seeded United moved to 13-4-1, while No. 15 South Range fell to 7-9-2. Elli Powers led the Eagles with three goals and one assist. Hailey Chuck had two goals and one assist and ...

Clippers spike JFK to reach title match

CORTLAND — Keagan Pruitt served 20 points with four aces as the sixth-seeded Columbiana volleyball team served up a 25-14, 16-25, 25-22, 25-12 win over eighth-seeded Warren JFK in a Division V district semifinal Tuesday at Lakeview High School. Columbiana (21-3) has won five of its last six matches and will play third-seeded Lakeview (19-5) in the district final at 5 p.m. Thursday at Canfield High School. The Clippers had a team effort as Ava Marks had 14 kills, two points and 15 digs; Landry Smith 12 kills, five points, two blocks and eight digs; Addison Dangler nine kills, eight ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

CANFIELD HOSTS PAC CANFIELD — The Presidents' Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships will be held Saturday at the Mill Creek MetroParks Farm. There are 262 college runners entered in the two races. The women's 6,000-meter race will be at 11 a.m., followed by the men's 8,000-meter reace at noon. Teams entered are Geneva, Washington & Jefferson, Bethany, St. Vincent, Franciscan, Westminster, Hiram, Allegheny, Waynesburg, Grove City, Thiel, Chatham and Saint Francis. COLTS DEALING INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Quenton Nelson made an All-Pro impact right from the start for the ...

Meek’s run ends with Blue Devils

LISBON — Lisbon's football players turned in their uniforms after school on Monday afternoon and head coach Bill Meek turned in his resignation. "I told them I would stay two years and I did it three years," Meek said. "It's a resignation, not a retirement. If something came along that I ...

Independence downs United

MINERAL RIDGE — Perennial volleyball power and 11th-seeded Independence powered past ninth-seeded United, 25-19, 25-20, 24-26, 25-17, in a Division VI district semifinal Monday at Mineral Ridge High School. Both teams are 17-7. The Blue Devils have won six in a row, while the Eagles lost three of their last five matches. The Eagles were led by Baylee Smith with 28 digs, seven points and seven aces; Maelee Smith eight kills and seven points; Chloe Angelo six kills and two blocks; and Rileah Phillips 20 assists, 14 digs and six points. Independence shared the Chagrin Valley Conference ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

DESHIELDS HONOR KENT – The Mid-American Conference named Kent State junior quarterback Dru DeShields as the MAC Co-Offensive Player of the Week on Monday. DeShields — who was an All-Ohioan at West Branch High School — had a masterclass performance in Saturday's 35–20 rivalry win over Akron to keep the Wagon Wheel. DeShields accounted for all five of the Golden Flashes' touchdowns, amassing 322 yards of total offense and committing zero turnovers. He completed 18 of 33 passes for 294 yards and four touchdowns, averaging 16.3 yards per completion with scoring strikes to Wayne ...