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Clippers use extra effort to get back in race

HANOVERTON — Columbiana has made things interesting in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference baseball race. Facing elimination from league contention if they lost on Monday, the Clippers got an RBI double from Hunter Davanzo in the eighth inning to hand United its first league loss with a 6-5 win. Columbiana is 9-9 overall and 7-2 in the EOAC. United slipped to 12-5 overall and 9-1 in the league. Lisbon also has one league loss. The Eagles will play the Clippers at Firestone Park on Thursday. In the seventh inning, Liam McElwain walked with bases loaded and two outs to score ...

Cavs have no time to rest on laurels

Detroit’s Cade Cunningham and Cleveland’s Donovan Mitchell didn’t have much time to revel in reaching the Eastern Conference semifinals after surviving grueling first-round matchups. The Central Division rivals must quickly prepare for their series, which starts Tuesday night in Detroit. “I think we’ve already moved on (to focusing on Detroit). I will enjoy watching the games for sure as I get treatment, but waiting on Tuesday, simple as that,” Mitchell said after Sunday night’s 114-102 victory over the Toronto Raptors. Both teams feel battle-tested after being ...

AROUND THE HORN

Former college star Van Lith waived CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Sky waived point guard Hailey Van Lith after drafting her in the first round last year and signed guard Natasha Cloud on Monday. Van Lith struggled after being drafted with the No. 11 overall pick. She averaged 3.5 points in 29 games following a standout career at Louisville, LSU and TCU. Cloud has averaged 8.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists in 10 seasons with Washington, Phoenix and New York. She averaged 10.1 points and 5.1 assists for the Liberty last season. The Sky also waived second-round picks Maddy ...

Quakers record Saturday split

SALEM — Aniya Jones had a home run and four RBIs as Salem soared past Jackson-Milton 9-4 on Saturday. Morgane Blaine added three hits, while Morgan Colian had a double and an RBI. Shae Burkhart had a hit and two RBIs. Blaine got the win in the circle with five strikeouts and no walks ...

Salem fields a strong squad

AUSTINTOWN — Salem’s girls track team had a field day on Saturday at the 45th Optimist meet at Austintown Fitch Falcon Stadium. The Quakers won three of the four field events with Madolyn Gorby taking top honors in the high jump (5 feet 2 inches), Chaya Murray in the long jump (15-11) and Maddy Andres in the shot put (36-8 1/4). Peyton Colbert was second in the high jump (5-0), while Andres had a fourth place showing in the discus (108-6). Salem’s boys also did well in field events with Lucas Adams taking first in the long jump (21-3.5) and second in the high jump (6-0). ...

Rebels bring back former coach

COLUMBIANA — As the Crestview Local Schools community turns the page into a new era, the Rebels are turning to an old friend to create some excitement in the boys basketball program. On Thursday, veteran coach Herman Miller, 59, was told he will once again lead the Rebels for the first time since 2017. Miller had served as the Rebel freshman coach the last two seasons under Lou Mateo, who resigned after the season. Before that he was the junior varsity coach under Rick Gates for three seasons. Miller decided to apply for the head coaching position because he knew the program and ...