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Canfield nips West Branch in last inning

Canfield 4, West Branch 3 CANFIELD — Ryan Weibling was hit by a pitch with bases loaded in the seventh and Canfield sneaked out a 4-3 win over West Branch on Tuesday. Jeremiah Thomas had two of West Branch’s three hits. Carson Wike was the losing pitcher with a walk and no strikeouts in an inning of work. West Branch is 6-12 and is at Ursuline today. WB: 1-0-0-0-2-0-0 — 3-3-1 CA: 0-0-1-2-0-0-1 — 4-9-0 East Liverpool 3, Lisbon 1 EAST LIVERPOOL — East Liverpool had just two hits but it was enough to subdue Lisbon, 3-1 on Tuesday in baseball action. Donovan ...

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Libb, Mount Union at nationals HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS, Fla. — Mount Union’s men’s golf team was tied for 32nd following a weather shortened first round at the NCAA Division II Championship at Mission Resort and Club on Tuesday afternoon. The Purple Raiders were at +13 before play was suspended due to severe weather, Claremont Mudd-Scripps leads the event at -4. Freshman Jase Libb, a West Branch High School graduate, was +8 through 12 holes for Mount Union. Sophomore Vincent Borros and freshman Austin Mariani both played 10 holes before play was suspended, shooting a +4 and +3 ...

BERLIN CENTER — The Western Reserve Board of Education approved the Blue Devils’ move to the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference for the 2027-28 school year at its meeting on Monday. The vote was 5-0. The Devils will replace Leetonia who will exit the EOAC at the end of this school year for ...

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Branch breaks Heartland BELOIT — West Branch’s tennis team beat Heartland 3-2 in its regular season finale on Monday. West Branch is 9-7 and will be in action on Wednesday at the sectional-district tournament at Boardman and Poland high schools. West Branch 3, Heartland Christian 2 FIRST SINGLES: Cooper Grim (HC) def. Austin Hawk 6-0, 6-0 SECOND SINGLES: Jacob Vandecapele (HC) def. Damon Edwards 6-2, 6-3 THIRD SINGLES: Cameron McCartney (WB) def. Brody Conaway 6-1, 6-3 FIRST DOUBLES: Jeremy Augustine/Blake Robbins (WB) def. Keagan Pruitt/Maylee Naebo 6-1, 6-2 SECOND ...

Devils set up key game

COLUMBIANA — Lisbon swept the season series from Columbiana by exploding for 11 runs in the sixth inning to top Columbiana 15-4 on Monday in Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference baseball action. Ashton Hinchcliffe led the charge with four hits and four RBIs. Mason Jones had three hits. Bryce Esarey added a single, double and four RBIs. Brady Carpenter had two hits and two RBIs. Mason Jones got the win by pitching a scoreless inning of relief. Logan Sturgeon went five innings with seven strikeouts and seven walks before that. Avery Young had two hits for the Clippers who led 3-1 ...

United comes back on Poland

POLAND — United rallied for three runs in the last two innings to defeat Poland 4-3 on Monday. Madison Aegerter and Payten Kekel had two hits and two RBIs each for the Eagles. Aegerter was the winning pitcher with three strikeouts and two walks in seven innings. United is 16-6 and hosts Waynedale in a tournament game on Wednesday. UN: 0-1-0-0-0-1-2 — 4-5-1 PO: 2-2-0-1-0-0-0 — 3-7-5 West Branch 5, Hubbard 1 HUBBARD — Ellie Tucker had four hits including a triple with an RBI as West Branch downed Hubbard 5-1 on Monday. Carly Loper added two hits. Maylin Hartzell had a ...