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SPORTS BRIEFING

OVAC BASEBALL STARS The Ohio Valley Athletic Conference released its postseason baseball awards on Saturday. Players of the year are Cameron’s Landen Francis (1A), Toronto’s Drake Bouscher (2A), Wheeling Central’s Jake Brown (3A), Linsly’s Jaxson Murray (4A) and Brooke’s Andrew Murdock (5A). Cameron's Adam Angel was the coach of the year. Area mentions on the all-conference first teams include Wellsville's Cooper Frank (1A), Southern's Landen Heffner (2A), East Palestine's Brad Bartels (3A), United's Quentin Taylor (3A), Columbiana's Avery Young (3A), East Liverpool's ...

Penn-Ohio clash set for Thursday

Crestview seniors set the standard

COLUMBIANA — A case could be made that the 2025 Crestview football team had the best regular season out of any Rebel team in school history. The team outscored its opponents 405 to 90 in going 10-0 and capturing the Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference Gray Division. Only the 2012 team ...

Salem booster club raises $15K

SALEM — The Salem Athletic Boosters Club dedicated its golf outing on June to the memory of Salem's late superintendent Sean Kirkland. Kirkland ran the SABC golf outing for eight years before handing it off in 2024. To honor Kirkland, the club put a sign on the 15th tee box for all ...

ELKS SOCCER SHOOT WINNERS

The Salem Elks Lodge No. 305 held its annual Soccer Shoot on May 17 at the Salem Community Center. Winners include Konnor Hazel (2nd, U8), Gio Salvino (3rd, U8), Alessa Ayers (1st, U10), Gabriella Sebastino (2nd, U10), Troy Hendricks (1st, U10), Alejandro Sebastino (2nd, U10), Isaiah Sebastian ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

GLEASON LED OAC MINERAL RIDGE — Former Ohio Athletic Conference commissioner Tim Gleason died on Thursday at age 70. Gleason served as the commissioner from 1991 to 2021. He is known as the 'Father of the NCAA Grant Program' which was created while he was a member of the Div. III Commissioners Association. In 1992 he organized the first ever college football game to be played in Germany between Heidelberg and Otterbein. He was currently a Mineral Ridge school board member and also served as an announcer at Mineral Ridge basketball, volleyball and wrestling events. DAVIDSON ...