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Lions roar to top of the list

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NEW MIDDLETOWN — Five area athletes won individual events at the Springfield Division V regional track and field meet Saturday. Heartland Christian sophomore Claire Liposky, Lisbon sophomore Brooklynn Klein, Leetonia sophomore Graydon Henderson and East Palestine junior RJ May all had personal bests to win their events. Heartland Christian Senior Rebecca Geiss also won the 1600 run Saturday to go along with her 3200 district title on Thursday. Geiss added a second in the 800 run on Saturday. The top four boys and top two girls in each event advance to the Cuyahoga Heights ...

Quakers piling up district trophies

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AUSTINTOWN — The Salem girls and boys track teams found a new home at Austintown Fitch High School. The Quakers swept the Division III district track and field team titles going away at Falcon Stadium. Salem won the girls team title for the fifth straight year, while the boys claimed ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

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GRIM REPEATS AS DISTRICT CHAMP AKRON — Heartland Christian junior Cooper Grim won his second straight Divivision II district tennis singles title on Saturday at the Springside Athletic Club.  In the semifinal, Grim beat 2025 state third-place finisher Ilya Shcherbakov of Pepper Pike Orange 7-5, 6-0.  He faced another Orange player, Vivaan Moghekar, in the final and won 7-6, 6-4.  The state tennis tournament will be held May 28-29 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason.  CLIPPERS, BULLDOGS PLAY TODAY A pair of Division VI sectional baseball games postponed by rain ...

Blue Devils work a little extra

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LISBON — Freshman Mason Jones had three hits and drove in the winning run in the bottom of the 12th inning as 10th-seed Lisbon beat 12th-seeded Dalton, 3-2, in a Division VI sectional final Monday. Paxton Henthorne had a leadoff single for the Blue Devils. Pinch-runner Brady Lively went ...

ALL-EASTERN BUCKEYE CONFERENCE SPRING SPORTS

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All-Eastern Buckeye Conference Baseball FIRST TEAM Lincoln Reese (Alliance, Sr.), Bo Davis (Alliance, Sr.), DiAngelo Fisk (Alliance, Sr.), Brock Woods (Marlington, Sr.), Jayven Johnson (Carrollton, Sr.), Hunter Allison (Carrollton, Sr.), Braydon Wood (Minerva, Sr.), Braydon Van Dyne (Salem, Soph.), Jeremiah Thomas (West Branch, Sr.) SECOND TEAM Cooper Haun (Carrollton, Sr.), Isaac Husted (Carrollton, Sr.), Logan Smith (Marlington, Soph.), Xavier Woods (Marlington, Fr.), Brennan Barnes (Minerva, Jr.), Bairon Exline (Salem, Soph.), Kamren Burton (Alliance, Sr.), Brayden Swearingen ...

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LISBON WILL PLAY ON MONDAY LISBON — Lisbon and Dalton had their Div. VI sectional baseball tournament game on Friday postponed due to rain. The two teams will play at 5 p.m. Monday at Lisbon. EAST PALESTINE HAS TO WAIT UNITY — The East Palestine-Mogadore Div. VI sectional baseball tournament game scheduled for Friday was postponed due to rain. It will be made up at 5 p.m. on Tuesday at Ace of Diamonds. Due to Ace of Diamonds having planned travel team tournaments through the weekend and a Mogadore coach having to fly to Florida for a wedding, the team decided not to play ...