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EBC champ Marlington handles Salem

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Marlington 19, Salem 4 SALEM — Marlington showed why it is the Eastern Buckeye Conference champion. Chelsea Miller drove in seven runs and scored five in leading the Dukes past Salem, 19-4, in five innings Tuesday. Miller went 4-for-5 with two home runs and a triple. Aaliyah Williams tripled, singled and scored three runs, Justine Doringo tripled and doubled and Payton Peterson added four runs. Doringo was the winning pitcher, giving two earned runs in five innings with nine strikeouts and three walks. Marlington improves to 14-5 overall and 8-1 in the EBC. West Branch, ...

Quakers rally by West Branch

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Salem 5, West Branch 2 SALEM — Salem scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and rallied past West Branch, 5-2, Tuesday. Cameron Martin and Braydon Van Dyne doubled and Bairon Exline and Jack Andres singled to highlight the Quakers’ sixth-inning rally. Salem improves to 2-15, while West Branch falls to 5-11. Both teams are 1-8 in the Eastern Buckeye Conference. Jaxon Douglas got the win, giving up one hit in 2/3 of an inning. Ben Kuboff started and went 5 2/3 innings and Braydon Van Dyne went the final 2/3 of an inning. They combined for 10 strikeouts. Exline scored ...

Quakers are leaders of the pack

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SALEM — The 122nd Columbiana County Track and Field Meet will feature some of the top athletes in the state, but the Salem Quakers are favored to rule the day again. The Salem boys have won 15 of the last 16 team titles, while the Salem girls have eight straight county titles. “We’re ...

Eagles break through

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COLUMBIANA — The United softball team ended a long streak and is hoping to start one of its own. Freshman Madison Aegerter tossed a three-hitter as United beat Columbiana, 9-2, Monday to end the Clippers’ 56-game Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference winning streak and clinch the Eagles’ ...

Cavs have no time to rest on laurels

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Detroit’s Cade Cunningham and Cleveland’s Donovan Mitchell didn’t have much time to revel in reaching the Eastern Conference semifinals after surviving grueling first-round matchups. The Central Division rivals must quickly prepare for their series, which starts Tuesday night in Detroit. “I think we’ve already moved on (to focusing on Detroit). I will enjoy watching the games for sure as I get treatment, but waiting on Tuesday, simple as that,” Mitchell said after Sunday night’s 114-102 victory over the Toronto Raptors. Both teams feel battle-tested after being ...

Clippers use extra effort to get back in race

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HANOVERTON — Columbiana has made things interesting in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference baseball race. Facing elimination from league contention if they lost on Monday, the Clippers got an RBI double from Hunter Davanzo in the eighth inning to hand United its first league loss with a 6-5 win. Columbiana is 9-9 overall and 7-2 in the EOAC. United slipped to 12-5 overall and 9-1 in the league. Lisbon also has one league loss. The Eagles will play the Clippers at Firestone Park on Thursday. In the seventh inning, Liam McElwain walked with bases loaded and two outs to score ...