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Super Bowl heads to Nashville

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The NFL is taking the 2030 Super Bowl to Nashville and the Tennessee Titans' new Nissan Stadium after team owners voted Tuesday to hold the league's championship game in the Music City for the first time. Once the Titans broke ground on the $2.1 billion enclosed stadium, a Super Bowl being played in Nashville appeared to be only a matter of time. Commissioner Roger Goodell said in November that Nashville lacked only the stage after setting a new standard for the league with record attendance at the 2019 draft. "That for us changed the future of the draft, ...

Southeast caught in Warriors' Webb

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WEST BRANCH 9, SOUTHEAST 5 BELOIT — West Branch rallied from a 4-0 deficit in the third inning to beat Ravenna Southeast, 9-5, Tuesday. Gavyn Webb had three hits and scored two runs for the Warriors. Grayden Grimm collected a double, a single and three RBIs. Carter Thrasher also doubled. Carson Wike got the victory in relief, allowing one run in four innings. He gave up three hits and struck out three. West Branch improves to 11-13, while Southeast drops to 16-6. SE: 3-0-1-1-0-0-0—5- 8-4 WB: 0-0-3-2-0-4-x—9-10-0 COLUMBIANA 20, LEETONIA 1 LEETONIA — Avery Young and ...

Young Quakers worth their weight

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HILLIARD — The Salem weight events are not only shining at the high school level, but also in junior high. Salem eighth-grader Annaleigh Jones-Harris was fifth in the discus and eighth-grader Audrey Beck was seventh in the shot put at the OHSAA 7th and 8th Grade State Track and Field Meet on Saturday. Minerva eighth-grader Vivian Watts was fourth in both events — the shot put (40-feet-9 1/2) and discus (102-8) — at Hilliard Darby High School. Jones-Harris was fifth in the discus (99-5). In the shot put, Beck was seventh (36-3 1/2) and Salem eighth-grader Gracee Owen was 11th ...

Quakers stuck in Lakeview

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From Staff Reports CORTLAND — MacKenzie Stowe hit a grand slam and Isabella Isenberg struck out 10 as second-seeded Lakeview blanked 20th-seeded Salem, 11-0, in five innings in a Division IV district semifinal Monday. Hadley Carlisle and Lacie Gainor had both of Salem's hits. The Quakers finish at 8-14 with their first district appearance since 1997. Lakeview improves to 21-5 with the five losses coming by a combined eight runs. Lakeview will play the 11th-seeded Shaker Heights Laurel-14th-seeded Canal Fulton Northwest winner at 5 p.m. Thursday at Lakeview High School.

Blue Devils strike down Heartland

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LISBON — Lisbon's baseball team solved Heartland Christian with a 9-1 win on Monday. Ashton Hinchliffe had two hits and an RBI for the Blue Devils, while Logan Sturgeon had two hits and two RBIs. Aiden Myers had a double and three RBIs, while Mason Jones had a double and two RBIs. Brady Carpenter got the win with 10 strikeouts and two walks in five innings. Jack Morgan and Jacob Goehring had doubles for Heartland. Christian Hamilton was the losing pitcher with three walks and a strikeout in 2 2/3 innings. Lisbon (14-10) hosts Dalton in a tournament game on Friday. ...

Lisbon enjoyed the ride

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ASHTABULA — The Lisbon softball team fell behind by three in the first inning, but the Blue Devils stayed in it until the end in a 5-1 loss to Ashtabula St. John on Monday in a Div. VII district semifinal. The Heralds' Isabelle Holler kept the Blue Devils on their toes the entire game as ...