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STORM CLOSES MILL CREEK BOARDMAN — Mill Creek MetroParks’ North and South golf courses will be out of bounds to golfers for several months as park officials and insurance adjusters assess damage caused by Sunday afternoon’s storm. Originating in the area of Tippecanoe and Shields roads in Canfield Township, an EF-1 tornado developed and was shortly joined by a macroburst. The storm devastated park-owned property south of Shield Roads and north of U.S. 224 buffered between Lockwood Boulevard and East Parkside Drive. In addition to two 18-hole championship golf courses, a 1 ...

Percy soaks it all in at Firestone

AKRON — Cameron Percy shot a 4-under 66 on Friday at rainy Firestone Country Club to take a one-stroke lead in the Kaulig Companies Championship, the fourth of the five major tournaments on the PGA Tour Champions. Percy had a 7-under 133 total. The 52-year-old Australian is winless in 50 starts on the 50-and-over senior tour. "You can't fake it around here. You've got to hit it solid," Percy said. "The par 3s are hard, everything's hard. You've got to hit it really good. You can't just slap it everywhere and shoot a 68." Play was suspended twice due to lightning for a total of ...

Pirate legend's grandson plays for YSU

Columbiana man got one shot in the majors

The first person born in Columbiana County to play for a professional Cleveland sports team did not have a career in pro sports at the front of his mind. Jesse Hall "Pete" Allen, born in 1868 in Columbiana, suited up for the Cleveland Spiders of the National League on Aug. 4, 1893 against ...

Kelly shoots out front at senior event

AKRON — Jerry Kelly put himself in familiar position Thursday at Firestone Country Club. The two-time tournament champion fired a 5-under-par 65 to take a one-shot lead after the opening round of the Kaulig Companies Championship, the third of five senior majors on the PGA Tour Champions schedule. Kelly, who won the event in 2020 and 2022 at Firestone, carded rounds of 34 and 31 on the South Course to finish one stroke ahead of Darren Clarke and Mike Weir, who each shot 66. Kelly, 59, is seeking his 14th career PGA Tour Champions victory and his first of the 2026 season. Ranked ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

CLIPPERS TO PLAY IN HOOSIER GYM COLUMBIANA — The Columbiana boys basketball team will play Springfield Local on Dec. 29 in the gym where the 1986 film 'Hoosiers' was filmed. The gym is located in Knightstown, Indiana serves as a museum to the film while actively hosting high school basketball games throughout the year. The East Palestine and Western Reserve boys basketball teams played a game in the gym in 2025. PULISIC BROKE LEG U.S. star Christian Pulisic fractured his right leg during the Americans' World Cup loss to Belgium and will be sidelined for several weeks. Pulisic ...