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Quakers stay perfect in EBC

MINERVA — Salem's girls soccer team kept its unbeaten mark in the Eastern Buckeye Conference alive with a 3-1 win over Minerva on Thursday. The Quakers are 6-4 and 3-0 in the Eastern Buckeye Conference. The only league games left for the Quakers are a trip to Carrollton on Wednesday and a home game against West Branch on Sept. 30. Minerva is 3-6 and 0-2. BEAVER 5, UNITED 1 HANOVERTON — Beaver Local's boys soccer team cruised to a 5-1 win over United on Thursday. The Beavers are 9-0-1, while the Eagles fell to 5-3-1. Beaver Local will play in the OVAC Class 5A ...

JUNIOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL

COLUMBIANA AT SALEM 7th Grade: Columbiana won 25-16, 25-16 on Thursday. Columbiana: Avery Eisenbraun 5 aces, 3 digs, Sydney Cunningham 5 aces, 3 kills, 1 dig, Layla Rust 2 aces, 4 kills, 2 assists, 3 digs, Stella Snyder 1 kill, 1 dig. 8th Grade: Salem won 25-23, 25-17. Columbiana: Annabelle Booth 3 kills, 15 digs, Annabella Young 1 ace, 6 kills, 13 digs, Maria Lehnerd 2 aces, 5 kills, 5 assists, 4 digs, Sophia Gomoll 2 aces, 5 kills, 8 assists, 8 digs. Next: Columbiana hosts Lisbon on Monday. UNITED AT CRESTVIEW 7th Grade: Crestview won 25-16, 25-18. United: Peyton Borovitcky 7 ...

Quakers are ready for more

A lot of eyes are going to be on the Salem at Beaver Local game on Friday night. The two are the last Columbiana County teams that are undefeated this season. Beaver Local (4-0) is going for its sixth 5-0 record to start the season since 1956 and has won six straight games going back to ...

Clippers tee off at OVAC

WHEELING, W.Va. — Columbiana was the runner-up in the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Girls Golf Championships on Wednesday. The Clippers shot a 393 to finish behind Fort Frye's 350 in Class 1A-3A at the Crispin Golf Course at Oglebay Park. Fort Frye's Realeigh Warden and Khoen Courson ...

Colian nets five goals for Warriors

BELOIT — West Branch sophomore Elli Colian tied a school record with five goals in an 8-0 win over Marlington on Wednesday. West Branch improves to 9-0 overall and 2-0 in the Eastern Buckeye Conference. They will play at Ursuline on Monday. Caiden Schroeder contributed one goal and one assist. Alinee Bacconi and Cambrie Nezbeth also scored goals. Ellie Tucker had three assists and Iris Nezbeth one assists. Audrey Eaton and Nanna Burchardt each made one save in the Warriors' seventh shutout of the season. West Branch also won the junior varsity match, 5-0. Carleigh Sanor had ...

West Branch drops Salem

BELOIT — West Branch collected its ninth straight victory by holding off Salem, 25-22, 25-21, 32-34, 29-27, in Eastern Buckeye Conference play Tuesday. The Warriors are 10-3 overall and 5-0 in the EBC, one game ahead of Salem and two ahead of Marlington. They will host Marlington today. Salem lost its second in a row to move to 9-3 overall and 4-1 in the EBC. Abby Knickerbocker led the Quakers with 36 kills and six blocks. West Branch had 111 points in the four games compared to 104 for Salem. The Quakers will play at Minerva today. CRESTVIEW 3, MOONEY 0 COLUMBIANA — Bella ...