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Eagles don’t allow any hits in doubleheader sweep

WELLSVILLE — United is closing in on the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference title. The Eagles remain unbeaten in the league after 15-0 and 13-0 wins over Wellsville in on Monday. In the first game, Quentin Taylor had two hits and three RBIs, as did Cavan Jackson. Jason Pratt chipped in two hits as well. Carter Simmons was the winning pitcher as he threw a no-hitter with eight strikeouts and two walks. Austin Watkins took the loss with six walks, eight earned runs and two strikeouts in an inning. United had five hits in the second game but was aided by nine Wellsville ...

Salem girls repeat at Poland Invite

From Staff Reports POLAND — The Salem girls scored 30 points in the two jumping events to leap over the competition at the 30th Poland Invitational on Saturday. Senior Karlie Sampson won the long jump (15-feet-10 1/4) and junior Madelyn Gorby captured the high jump (5-0) as the Salem girls repeated as team champions. Freshman Addison Hopple added a win in the 1600-meter run (5:28.39) as the Quakers topped the 20-team field with 119 points. McDonald was second with 74. Salem senior Lucas Adams topped the boys by sweeping the long jump (21-11 1/4) and high jump (6-2). Crestview ...

AROUND THE HORN

Two Heartland winners HERMITAGE, Pa. — Heartland Christian senior Rebecca Geiss and sophomore Claire Liposky won events at the 26th annual City of Hermitage Invitational on Saturday. Geiss won the 1600-meter run in a personal-best time of 5:06.12 and was fourth in the 800 in 2:25.65. Liposky was first in the discus with a toss of 124-feet 2. Heartland senior Sayde Szabo was second in the 100 hurdles (17.01 seconds) and third in the 300 hurdles (38.58). Twenty-four schools competed at Hickory High School. Grove City topped the girls with 88 points. Heartland girls was eighth ...

Season of change for area schools

There was bit of a shake-up in divisional placement for local schools on Thursday after the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s preliminary football numbers were announced. The Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference went from a league with five Div. VII teams to now just two. Southern and ...

Golden Eagles tame Quakers under the lights

SALEM — Nick Lutes had two doubles and three RBIs as United downed Salem 5-3 under the lights on Friday. Wyatt Swanson added two singles, a double and an RBI. Jason Pratt had two hits. Kadin Schonauer was the winning pitcher with five strikeouts and five walks in seven innings. For Salem, Brady Hendricks had two doubles and a single. Bairon Exline had a single and triple. Braydon Van Dyne took the loss with eight strikeouts and four walks in six innings. United (10-4) is at Lisbon on Saturday afternoon for a key Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference contest. Salem is 1-13 and ...

Leetonia picks up first win of the season

LEETONIA — Leetonia’s softball team broke into the win column with a 9-6 victory over Sebring on Friday. Carli Simms had two hits and an RBI for the Bears, 1-15. Hayley Davis added two hits and an RBI. Laniya Dubose got the win with four strikeouts and no walks in seven innings. Leetonia is at Columbiana on Monday. SE: 2-0-1-0-0-3-0 — 6-16-4 LE: 0-1-3-3-0-2-x — 9-9-2 Lakeview 11, West Branch 1 BELOIT — Mackenzie Stowe hit a home run with four RBIs to lead Lakeview past West Branch 11-1 on Friday. Zoey Carreon had a triple and RBI for the Warriors, while ...