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SCHEDULE ADJUSTMENT UNITY — The Southern Local at Heartland Christian Division VII sectional tournament baseball game scheduled for Wednesday was rained out. The game will be played at 5 p.m. today at Ace of Diamonds. FLAGG MAKES ALL-ROOKIE TEAM NEW YORK (AP) — Dallas' Cooper Flagg, Charlotte's Kon Knueppel and Philadelphia's VJ Edgecombe were unanimous first-team selections for the NBA's All-Rookie team, which was unveiled Wednesday night. Also making first-team All-Rookie: San Antonio's Dylan Harper and Memphis' Cedric Coward. Harper also appeared on all 100 ballots, with ...

Young Quakers worth their weight

HILLIARD — The Salem weight events are not only shining at the high school level, but also in junior high. Salem eighth-grader Annaleigh Jones-Harris was fifth in the discus and eighth-grader Audrey Beck was seventh in the shot put at the OHSAA 7th and 8th Grade State Track and Field Meet on Saturday. Minerva eighth-grader Vivian Watts was fourth in both events — the shot put (40-feet-9 1/2) and discus (102-8) — at Hilliard Darby High School. Jones-Harris was fifth in the discus (99-5). In the shot put, Beck was seventh (36-3 1/2) and Salem eighth-grader Gracee Owen was 11th ...

Southeast caught in Warriors’ Webb

WEST BRANCH 9, SOUTHEAST 5 BELOIT — West Branch rallied from a 4-0 deficit in the third inning to beat Ravenna Southeast, 9-5, Tuesday. Gavyn Webb had three hits and scored two runs for the Warriors. Grayden Grimm collected a double, a single and three RBIs. Carter Thrasher also doubled. Carson Wike got the victory in relief, allowing one run in four innings. He gave up three hits and struck out three. West Branch improves to 11-13, while Southeast drops to 16-6. SE: 3-0-1-1-0-0-0—5- 8-4 WB: 0-0-3-2-0-4-x—9-10-0 COLUMBIANA 20, LEETONIA 1 LEETONIA — Avery Young and ...

Quakers stuck in Lakeview

From Staff Reports CORTLAND — MacKenzie Stowe hit a grand slam and Isabella Isenberg struck out 10 as second-seeded Lakeview blanked 20th-seeded Salem, 11-0, in five innings in a Division IV district semifinal Monday. Hadley Carlisle and Lacie Gainor had both of Salem's hits. The Quakers finish at 8-14 with their first district appearance since 1997. Lakeview improves to 21-5 with the five losses coming by a combined eight runs. Lakeview will play the 11th-seeded Shaker Heights Laurel-14th-seeded Canal Fulton Northwest winner at 5 p.m. Thursday at Lakeview High School.

SPORTS BRIEFING

AMERICAN LEGION SCRAMBLE LEETONIA — The Leetonia Sons of the American Legion annual fundraiser for the S.A.L. Needy Children's Christmas Fund will be held June 6 at Valley Golf Club. Tee times for the nine-hole, four-person scramble start at 12:30 p.m. Cost is $40 per person, which includes green fees, cart, prizes, food and beverage. Call the Valley pro shop at (330) 482-9464 to schedule a tee time. LEETONIA RURITAN SCRAMBLE LEETONIA — The Leetonia Ruritan Scholarship fundraiser will be held June 13 at Valley Golf Club. Tee times for the nine-hole, four-person scramble ...

Super Bowl heads to Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The NFL is taking the 2030 Super Bowl to Nashville and the Tennessee Titans' new Nissan Stadium after team owners voted Tuesday to hold the league's championship game in the Music City for the first time. Once the Titans broke ground on the $2.1 billion enclosed stadium, a Super Bowl being played in Nashville appeared to be only a matter of time. Commissioner Roger Goodell said in November that Nashville lacked only the stage after setting a new standard for the league with record attendance at the 2019 draft. "That for us changed the future of the draft, ...