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OUTDOOR VOLLEYBALL THIS WEEKEND GREENFORD — South Range will host "The Battle on Turf" outdoor volleyball matches slated to start at 10 a.m. on Saturday at the Rominger Athletic Complex. The slate will open with Beaver Local and Lakeview at 10 a.m. Other two-game matches include Mineral Ridge-Hubbard (11 a.m.), Girard-Jackson-Milton (noon), Struthers-McDonald (1 p.m.), Lowellville-East Palestine (2 p.m.), Howland-Columbiana (3 p.m.), Canfield-Poland (4 p.m.), Austintown-Crestview (5 p.m.), Boardman-East Liverpool (6 p.m.) and South Range-Campbell (7 p.m.). Admission is $8 for ...

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LABRAE BESTS REBELS CALCUTTA — LaBrae defeated Crestview 157-183 in a boys golf match Tuesday at Beaver Creek Meadows. Derek Duvall led Crestview with a 39. Logan Neff shot 45, Grant Snyder 49 and Landon Hildreth 50. LaBrae was led by medalist John Kinkade with a 36. Mason Lutz followed with a 39, Ethan Howard shot 40 and Thomas Fucci 42. Crestview will host Brookfield today at Beaver Creek Meadows. RHODES PLAYS OVERSEAS FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Crestview High School graduate Addison Rhodes just finished a trip to Europe with the Fairfield University women's basketball ...

Zines, Pluchinsky reign as ‘Greatest’ golfers

POLAND — At this point, it might be time to rename the Greatest Golfer title after South Range High School graduate Brandon Pluchinsky. The former Youngstown State star took home his eighth consecutive and 10th overall Greatest Golfer title during the finals of the men's open division on ...

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HOPPEL WON TWO FOR THE POTTERS CALCUTTA — Darryl Hoppel, one of East Liverpool's greatest wrestlers, died on Saturday at the age of 89. Hoppel is the only East Liverpool High School wrestler to win two state titles — the 121-pound title in 1954 and the 128-pound title in 1955. In his senior year Hoppel won 15 of 16 matches with his only blemish being a draw. Coupled with his brother Jim who won the 134-pound state title in 1955, the pair became the first set of siblings in Ohio history to win state titles in the same year. Darryl Hoppel, a member of the East Liverpool ...