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Salem rallies back but falls to Alliance

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Alliance 12, Salem 11 SALEM — Salem rallied from a six-run deficit in the fifth inning to force extra innings before falling to Alliance, 12-11, in eight innings Wednesday. Alliance improves to 5-2 overall and 2-0 in the Eastern Buckeye Conference, while the Quakers drop to 1-4 and 0-2. Salem has scored 36 runs over its last four games. Bo Davis beat out a grounder for Alliance in the top of the eighth inning and eventually scored the winning run on Lincoln Reese’s single up the middle. In the bottom the eighth, Bairon Exline got to second base with two outs and Ben Kuboff ...

Just the start for Quakers

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Salem 19, Warren Harding 6 WARREN — The top of the lineup for the Salem Quakers did what they are supposed to do. Emilee Lewis and Mikayla Sneltzer each scored three runs to put the Quakers on their way to a 19-6 win over Warren Harding in five innings Wednesday. Morgan Colian hit a double and drove in three runs. Aniya Jones and Lacie Gainor each had two hits Morgane Blaine and Shae Burkhart collected doubles. Colian got the victory, giving up one hit in one inning. The Quakers (1-1) are scheduled to host Minerva today. S: 1-4-6-8-0—19-13-1 H: 0-0-5-1-0— 6- 8-3 West ...

Eagles in control in EOAC

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HANOVERTON — The United baseball team is a tough out. The Eagles resumed a suspended game against East Palestine and scored six runs right off the bat in handing the Bulldogs a 16-0 loss in five innings Tuesday. United improves to 4-1 overall and 3-0 in the Eastern Ohio Athletic ...

Lisbon loses in 10

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EAST LIVERPOOL — Meadow O’Rourke’s RBI single scored Addie Jones in the 10th inning to lead East Liverpool to an 8-7 win over Lisbon on Tuesday at Patterson Field. Lisbon was up 5-0 in the fifth inning before the Potters took the lead with six runs in the bottom of the sixth. Jones led the winners with three hits and an RBI. Trinity Pearson had a single and double. Johonna Vantilburg, O’Rourke, Kylee Evans and Alanna McGonigal had two hits each. Rayne Faessel went all 10 innings with eight strikeouts and four walks for the Potters. She threw 174 pitches. For Lisbon, ...

Eagles on a mission

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LISBON — United totaled 31 hits, while freshman Madison Aegerter and sophomore Peyton Kekel held Lisbon to two earned runs in the Eagles’ 11-1, 21-4 sweep in a pair of five-inning games Monday. United improves to 4-2 overall and 3-0 in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference, tied for first ...

Quakers take Ursuline deep into the night

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SALEM — Ursuline and Salem played a marathon game that ended under the lights with the Irish coming out on top 15-11 on Monday. Bairon Exline had two home runs and three RBIs for the Quakers. Braydon Van Dyne added three hits including a home run and an RBI. Ben Kuboff had a hit and three RBIs. Jaxson Douglas was the losing pitcher as he game up five runs in the first inning with four walks and two strikeouts. Ursuline had 15 hits including a home run from Rowan Urbach. The game finished at around 9:30 p.m. Salem (1-2) is at Alliance today. UR: 5-0-5-0-2-3-0 — ...