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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 ...

Salem boots Minerva

SALEM — Salem's boys soccer team scored a 5-0 win over Minerva on Tuesday. The Quakers are 4-3-1, while Minerva sunk to 4-5. Salem led 4-0 at the half. Salem is set to host Carrollton next Tuesday. The Quakers are 1-2 in the Eastern Buckeye Conference. BEAVER LOCAL 8, WEIR 1 CALCUTTA — Beaver Local's boys soccer team ran past Weir High 8-1 on Tuesday at Pastore Field. Beaver Local is 8-0-1 and Weir High fell to 2-6-2. Beaver Local will be at United on Thursday. MARLINGTON 1, WEST BRANCH 0 ALLIANCE — Marlington's boys soccer team handed West Branch a 1-0 loss on ...

Columbiana runs off ninth straight

EAST PALESTINE — Columbiana remained unbeaten with a 25-12, 25-23, 25-12 sweep of East Palestine on Tuesday. The Clippers are 9-0 overall and 6-0 in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference, one game ahead of United. Ava Marks totaled 13 points, three aces, six kills and nine digs for the Clippers. Addisyn Dangler had 11 points and nine kills, Hailee Gomoll 11 points and eight digs, Keagn Pruitt seven points, nine kills and five digs, Landry Smith five points and six kills and Eva Waller three points, 28 assists and six digs. East Palestine moves to 8-4 and 4-2 in league ...