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Golf scramble supports Southern CALCUTTA –A golf outing to support Southern Local football and cheerleading will be held on June 20 at Turkana Golf Course. The four-person scramble will begin with an 8 a.m. shotgun start. Cost is $300 per team which includes food from Bad Axe BBQ and prizes. To register for the event, call (740) 792-0031 or e-mail garysee2@outlook.com. St. Clair FOP outing coming up CALCUTTA — St. Clair Township Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 210 will hold its Fore Cops and Kids Golf Outing on May 16 at Turkana Golf Course. Event begins with a ...

Devils edge Clippers

Lisbon 6, Columbiana 5 LISBON — Ashton Hinchliffe singled home Mason Jones in the bottom of the sixth inning as Lisbon rallied past Columbiana, 6-5, Thursday to remain in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference title chase. Columbiana took a 5-4 lead in the top of the sixth before Lisbon rallied with two runs. Bryce Esarey manufactured the tying run as he was hit by a pitch, went to second on a wild pitch and to third on a passed ball before scoring on a wild pitch. HInchliffe followed with the game-winning hit. Lisbon improves to 6-7 overall and 4-1 in the EOAC. Columbiana is 7-8 and ...

Four move up

Four move up COLUMBUS — Four area football teams have moved up a division for the 2026 season, which was anounced by the Ohio High School Athletic Association on Thursday. Salem is the only area team in Division III, while Crestview is in Division V and East Palestine and Lisbon are in Division VI. They are among the 37 schools in Ohio that moved up a division from their 2025 assignment due to the 2026-27 school year being the start of a new two-year base enrollment cycle. South Range dropped from Division V to Division VI. A total of 708 Ohio schools will field 11-man football ...

Alliance rallies past Salem

Alliance 4, Salem 3 ALLIANCE — Lilly White’s RBI single in the sixth inning and RBI double in the seventh inning rallied Alliance past Salem, 4-3, Thursday. White went 3-for-4 with two doubles. Addison Presutti and Tasia Hendershot each had two hits. Alaina Minear got the victory, giving up two earned runs in seven innings. She struck out six and walked two. Alliance improves to 7-8 overall and 3-3 in the Eastern Buckeye Conference. Salem drops to 2-6 and 1-4 in the EBC. Aniya Jones doubled and singled for the Quakers. Shae Burkhart and Lacie Gainor each had two ...

Salem stumbles in EBC tilt

SALEM — Salem managed five hits in its 12-5 loss to Carrollton on Wednesday. Blake Bezon led the Quakers with a double. Bairon Exline took the loss with six strikeouts and three walks in five innings. Salem is 1-11 overall and 0-5 in the Eastern Buckeye Conference. The Quakers are scheduled to host United in a night game on Friday. CA: 1-0-4-4-0-0-3 — 12-10-1 SA: 2-0-0-1-1-1-0 —5-5-1 Columbiana 20, Southern 0 COLUMBIANA — Ethan Lehnerd threw a no-hitter with 12 strikeouts, no walks and three hit batters in Columbiana’s 20-0 win over Southern Local on ...

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Warriors take out Potters BELOIT — The freshman doubles team of Everett Zippay and Eli Tice earned their first varsity victory in highlighting West Branch’s 4-1 win over East Liverpool in tennis action Wednesday. West Branch improves to 6-3 heading into today’s home match against Louisville. FIRST SINGLES: Cameron McCartney (WB) def. Rowan Stokes, 6-3, 6-0. SECOND SINGLES: Jeremy Augustein (WB) def. Andrew Dalton, 6-0, 6-0. THIRD SINGLES: Connor Loper (WB) def. Logan Cornell, 6-0, 6-0. FIRST DOUBLES: Brady Dawson-Garrett Cooper (EL) def. Austin Hawk-Damon Edwards, 6-4, ...