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JUNIOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL

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LISBON VS. COLUMBIANA 7th Grade: Columbiana won 25-16, 25-20 Wednesday. Columbiana (4-0): Sydney Cunningham 5 aces, 7 kills, Layla Rust 4 aces, 1 dig, Kinslee Roth 4 aces, Aubrey Halverstadt 3 kills. Lisbon: Kyra Esarey 5 points, 1 dig, Alexa Anderson 4 points, 2 kills. 8th Grade: Columbiana won 25-15, 25-8. Columbiana (4-0): Maria Lehnerd 6 aces, 1 kill, 11 assists, 2 digs, Sophia Gomoll 6 aces, 1 kill, 6 assists, Annabelle Booth 1 ace, 4 kills, 4 digs, Annabella Young 1 ace, 2 kills, 10 digs, Leighton Lalama 1 ace, 4 kills, 3 digs. Lisbon: Kate Lobdell 4 points, 2 kills, Arianna ...

Warriors handling business vs. big schools

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HOWLAND — Pressure, pressure and more pressure. That's what the West Branch girls soccer team brought to Howland on Wednesday night when it faced the Tigers on the road. The Warriors grabbed the lead, kept possession of the ball most of the match and provided Howland with minimal scoring ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

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WEST BRANCH PREVAILS SALEM — The West Branch girls tennis team blanked Salem, 5-0, Tuesday at Waterworth Memorial Park. The Warriors improve to 2-3 overall and 2-1 in the Eastern Buckeye Conference. The Quakers drop to 1-4 and 0-1 in the EBC. West Branch will host Warren JFK on Wednesday. FIRST SINGLES: Cailyn Brink (WB) def. Eva Minto, 6-3, 6-1. SECOND SINGLES: Sydney Lane (WB) def. Grace Zellers, 6-2, 6-2. THIRD SINGLES: Addison Bloor (WB) won by forfeit. FIRST DOUBLES: Landry Simon-Lauren Sanor (WB) def. Ragan Heim-McKenzie Phillips, 6-2, 6-0. SECOND DOUBLES: Ava Cope-Sophia ...

Fast start for Columbiana

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YOUNGSTOWN — Columbiana's boys golf team finished third out of 19 teams Tuesday at the South Range Invitational at the Youngstown Country Club. The Clippers shot 337 as a team. Trenton Hall was sixth overall with an 80. Also for the Clippers, Nick Klindworth had an 84, Luke Struharik 86 and David Masters 87. Mooney — led by medalist Tyler Guerrieri's 73 — was first with a 330 and Canfield Black was second with a 334. Host South Range finished ninth with a 356. For the Raiders, Mark Aey shot an 85, Braden Meshula 88, Brennan Proya 89 and Parker Winger 94. West Branch was ...

Columbiana has a change of course

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COLUMBIANA — The Columbiana cross country team won't be having any home meets this season. Construction at the Ward Athletic Complex has closed the new course and forced the Clippers to move their three home meets. "Construction moved ahead of schedule," Columbiana cross country coach Crystal Siembida Boggs said. "It started and affected the course. It was kind of unexpected. We had to find new locations." The Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference Meet on Tuesday, Oct. 6, has been moved to East Palestine City Park. "EOAC has to have it," Siembida Boggs said. "It was East Palestine ...

Clippers get a jump on Indians

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COLUMBIANA — The Columbiana volleyball team is going after a fourth-straight Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference title. The Clippers opened league play by sweeping Southern Local, 25-8, 25-16, 25-7, Tuesday. Eva Waller and Keagan Pruitt combined for 26 points for the Clippers. Waller had 14 points, three aces, three kills, 29 assists and two digs and Pruitt 12 points, three aces, five kills and 14 digs. Ava Marks had 10 points, five kills and 14 digs; Landry Smith seven points, two aces, seven kills and two digs; and Addison Dangler two points, eight kills, three blocks and four ...