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Four move up

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Four move up COLUMBUS — Four area football teams have moved up a division for the 2026 season, which was anounced by the Ohio High School Athletic Association on Thursday. Salem is the only area team in Division III, while Crestview is in Division V and East Palestine and Lisbon are in Division VI. They are among the 37 schools in Ohio that moved up a division from their 2025 assignment due to the 2026-27 school year being the start of a new two-year base enrollment cycle. South Range dropped from Division V to Division VI. A total of 708 Ohio schools will field 11-man football ...

Alliance rallies past Salem

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Alliance 4, Salem 3 ALLIANCE — Lilly White’s RBI single in the sixth inning and RBI double in the seventh inning rallied Alliance past Salem, 4-3, Thursday. White went 3-for-4 with two doubles. Addison Presutti and Tasia Hendershot each had two hits. Alaina Minear got the victory, giving up two earned runs in seven innings. She struck out six and walked two. Alliance improves to 7-8 overall and 3-3 in the Eastern Buckeye Conference. Salem drops to 2-6 and 1-4 in the EBC. Aniya Jones doubled and singled for the Quakers. Shae Burkhart and Lacie Gainor each had two ...

Devils edge Clippers

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Lisbon 6, Columbiana 5 LISBON — Ashton Hinchliffe singled home Mason Jones in the bottom of the sixth inning as Lisbon rallied past Columbiana, 6-5, Thursday to remain in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference title chase. Columbiana took a 5-4 lead in the top of the sixth before Lisbon rallied with two runs. Bryce Esarey manufactured the tying run as he was hit by a pitch, went to second on a wild pitch and to third on a passed ball before scoring on a wild pitch. HInchliffe followed with the game-winning hit. Lisbon improves to 6-7 overall and 4-1 in the EOAC. Columbiana is 7-8 and ...

41st COLUMBIANA COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACK MEET

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at Crestview High School Wednesday BOYS RESULTS TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Beaver Local (108), 2. Columbiana (103), 3. East Liverpool (79), 4. CCrestview (69), 5. East Palestine (65), 6. Salem (42), 7. Southern Local (38), 8. United (35), 9. Heartland Christian (15), 10. Lisbon (13), 10. Wellsville ...

AROUND THE HORN

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Warriors take out Potters BELOIT — The freshman doubles team of Everett Zippay and Eli Tice earned their first varsity victory in highlighting West Branch’s 4-1 win over East Liverpool in tennis action Wednesday. West Branch improves to 6-3 heading into today’s home match against Louisville. FIRST SINGLES: Cameron McCartney (WB) def. Rowan Stokes, 6-3, 6-0. SECOND SINGLES: Jeremy Augustein (WB) def. Andrew Dalton, 6-0, 6-0. THIRD SINGLES: Connor Loper (WB) def. Logan Cornell, 6-0, 6-0. FIRST DOUBLES: Brady Dawson-Garrett Cooper (EL) def. Austin Hawk-Damon Edwards, 6-4, ...

Clippers still have sights set on EOAC championship

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COLUMBIANA — Columbiana hung onto its share of the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference lead with a 10-0 win over Southern on Wednesday. Kyla Hogan and Ella Eisenbraun delivered for the Clippers with a double and single each. Natalie Barrow also had a double. Ella Eisenbraun was the winning pitcher with six strikeouts and a walk in three innings. Lidia Spahlinger had two hits for the Indians. Addy Martin took the loss with three strikeouts, three walks and nine earned runs in four innings. Columbiana is 10-3 overall and 8-0 in the EOAC. Columbiana hosts Leetonia on Monday. ...