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Lions roar into district

CAMBRIDGE — Minerva's girls golf team won the Div. I sectional tournament on Monday at Cambridge Country County. The Lions shot 342 as a team with Peyton Beaumariage carding a 79, Emery Sell 82, Delaney Sell 90 and Savanna Bartley 91. John Glenn (345) and Tai-Valley (394) were the other district qualifying teams. Beaver Local shot 401 as a team but had two individual district qualifiers in McKenzie Ash (90) and Brenna Jones (98). The other individual qualifier was Dover's Tori Griesen (85). The Div. I district tournament is set for Monday at Crystal Springs Golf Club in Hopewell. ...

United doesn’t want to be idle

HANOVERTON — The United football team is going to watch someone else in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference win this weekend. It looks like the Golden Eagles are going to be off this week after not finding anyone to play them in a date vacated when Leetonia left the league. "It's kind of nice to get a bye week, I guess, but I want to play football," United senior linebacker M'Kyan Haynes said. "I want to play someone." United school officials were negotiating with pair of Division VI teams that are also off — the Hannibal River Pilots (5-0) and the Madison-Plains Golden Eagles ...

Phillips helps take down Mooney

YOUNGSTOWN — United sent Youngstown Mooney to its 11th straight loss, 25-17, 25-11, 25-16, Monday. Rileah Phillips had seven aces and 10 digs for the Eagles. Male Smith had six kills and five digs and Kendall Erb five kills. United won its fifth in a row to improve to 9-2. Mooney drops to 2-11. United also won the junior varsity match, 24-26, 25-23, 25-22 Aubrey Danko collected 16 points, six aces and three kills for the Eagles. Ella Humphrey had six points, four aces and three kills and Cora Baker 11 assists, three kills and two aces. United will host Heartland Christian today.

SPORTS BRIEFING

HUTTON NAMED TOP PLAYER WESTERVILLE - Mount Union junior and Salem High School graduate Rylee Hutton has been named the Ohio Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week. Hutton scored both goals for the Purple Raiders in their 2-1 win over non-conference opponent Wooster on Saturday, this marked the second multi-goal game of her career. This is the first time in her career that she has won the award. SUBURBAN LEAGUE CANFIELD — The Suburban League Cross County Championships will be held today at the Canfield Fairgrounds. Forty-school high schools are ...

JUNIOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL

VOLLEYBALL LaBrae at Crestview 7th Grade: LaBrae won 25-19, 25-22 on Monday. Crestview: Kendall Danko 8 points, 3 aces, Vivienne Oliver 4 points, 2 aces, Blake Burton 3 points. 8th Grade: Crestview won 25-20, 25-8. Crestview: Ava Layfield 14 points, 5 aces, Jackie Rupert 9 points, 2 aces. Valley Christian at East Palestine 7th Grade: East Palestine won 25-12, 25-10 on Monday. East Palestine: Madison McMillan 8 points, 7 aces, Aria Good 8 points, 4 aces. 8th Grade: East Palestine won 25-10, 25-5. East Palestine: Emma Blakely 16 points, 6 aces, Abrianna Thompkins 9 points, 4 ...

Salem teams excel at Spartan Invitational

BOARDMAN — Salem's boys and girls teams scored top 10 finishes in Div. II on Saturday at the Boardman Spartan Invitational cross country meet. The Quaker boys were sixth with Luke Stephens leading the way by finishing 12th (16:46). The Quaker girls were eight and were led by Addison Hopple's fourth-place showing (18:59). In Div. III boys action, Beaver Local's Luke Warrick continued his strong season by taking third overall (16:34). Minerva's girls won the Div. III team title with three Lions recording top 10 finishes. In middle school action, Beaver Local 7th grader ...