NEW MIDDLETOWN — Area long jumpers leaped their way to the regional berths Thursday. Wellsville senior Clayten Kersey won the Springfield Division V district title with a jump of 20-feet-5 3/4 on his first attempt. He had the second-best jump on his next jump of 19-10. Kersey, a state ...
AUSTINTOWN — They may have taken the district track meet out of Salem, but they can’t take away the Quakers’ winning ways. The Salem girls and boys combined for five district champions and eight more regional qualifiers at the Austintown Fitch Division III district meet Thursday. Both teams surged into the lead in the team standings with the girls totaling 57 points through four events at Falcon Stadium and the girls 45 points through five events. Girls district champions were junior Madolyn Gorby in the high jump (5-foot-0), junior Macey Troy in the shot put (36-4 1/2) and ...
ANDOVER — Southern senior Maddy Jones and United sophomore Taylor Simmons are aiming for more than a district championship. Both won events at the Pymatuning Valley Division IV district track and field meet Wednesday. Jones — who qualified for state in the shot put and discus last year and in the discus as a freshman — won the district shot put title with a toss of 37-feet-1 on her first attempt. Simmons won the high jump by clearing 5-foot-1. She made her first five attempts before missing once at 5-0. Simmons lost a jump-off for a state berth last year. She will get ...
SCHEDULE ADJUSTMENT UNITY — The Southern Local at Heartland Christian Division VII sectional tournament baseball game scheduled for Wednesday was rained out. The game will be played at 5 p.m. today at Ace of Diamonds. FLAGG MAKES ALL-ROOKIE TEAM NEW YORK (AP) — Dallas' Cooper Flagg, Charlotte's Kon Knueppel and Philadelphia's VJ Edgecombe were unanimous first-team selections for the NBA's All-Rookie team, which was unveiled Wednesday night. Also making first-team All-Rookie: San Antonio's Dylan Harper and Memphis' Cedric Coward. Harper also appeared on all 100 ballots, with ...
WOOSTER – Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference champion United got a good lesson on what it will take to win at the district level on Wednesday. The mostly underclass Golden Eagles saw their season come to an end with a 10-2 loss to No. 2 seed Jeromesville Hillsdale in a Div. VI district final ...
AMERICAN LEGION SCRAMBLE LEETONIA — The Leetonia Sons of the American Legion annual fundraiser for the S.A.L. Needy Children's Christmas Fund will be held June 6 at Valley Golf Club. Tee times for the nine-hole, four-person scramble start at 12:30 p.m. Cost is $40 per person, which includes green fees, cart, prizes, food and beverage. Call the Valley pro shop at (330) 482-9464 to schedule a tee time. LEETONIA RURITAN SCRAMBLE LEETONIA — The Leetonia Ruritan Scholarship fundraiser will be held June 13 at Valley Golf Club. Tee times for the nine-hole, four-person scramble ...
