Breaking News

Local Sports

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 ...

JUNIOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL

SOUTHERN VS. COLUMBIANA 7th grade: Columbiana won 25-19, 20-25, 25-10 Wednesday. Columbiana (11-1), Sydney Cunningham: 8 aces and 3 kills, Layla Rust 6 aces and 4 assists, Avery Eisenbraun 3 kills, Stella Snyder 2 aces and 4 assists; Southern, Lydia Tsemillies 8 points and 3 aces, Sadie Plunkett 7 points and 4 aces. 8th grade: Columbiana won 25-6, 25-15. Columbiana (9-2), Sophia Gomoll 7 aces, 3 kills, 6 assists and 11 digs, Annabelle Booth 7 aces and 3 digs, Leighton Lalama 4 kills, Maria Lehnerd 2 aces, 3 kill, 6 assists and 5 digs; Southern, Karlee Sevek 4 points and 3 ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

RAIDERS BEAT TITANS ALLIANCE — The Mount Union women's volleyball team beat Westminster (Pa.), 21-25, 25-13, 25-14, 25-12, for a fourth straight win Wednesday. Mount Union (6-2) was led by Zoe Sweigart with a career-high 19 kills and Delani Durst had a team-high 28 assists. For Westminster (5-5), Salem High School graduate Zoie Reid had four kills and one dig and Brooke Gecina had 17 digs and one assist. FOOTBALL DEGREE There are 2,687 college graduates playing college football for 288 schools at all levels this season, according to the National Football Foundation. Every ...

Pro Picks

(AP) — Jaxson Dart, Cam Skattebo and the rejuvenated New York Giants gave John Harbaugh a successful debut. A sleepy effort in Australia has the Super Bowl favorites reeling after one game. Now the Los Angeles Rams won't have Myles Garrett for a month. And, Aaron Donald's status is uncertain. Still, the Rams (0-1) are 7 1/2-point favorites against the Giants (1-0) on Monday night. Expect Sean McVay to have his team ready to rebound after ill-advised travel plans led to a dismal performance against the 49ers. Harbaugh's team made a statement against the Cowboys. It'll be a tough ...

High state rankings for Quakers, Warriors

COLUMBUS — West Branch and Salem appear to be on a collision course. The Eastern Buckeye Conference rivals received top 10 rankings in the initial 2026 Associated Press high school football poll released Tuesday. The Warriors (4-0) are eighth in Division IV and the Quakers (4-0) are 10th ...