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Warriors best Alliance BELOIT — West Branch’s boys tennis team opened Eastern Buckeye Conference play with a 5-0 sweep of Alliance on Tuesday. West Branch improved to 2-0 overall and 1-0 in the EBC. FIRST SINGLES: Austin Hawk (WB) def. Sander Kern 6-4, 6-3 SECOND SINGLES: Jeremy Augustine (WB) def. Ty Nagle 6-2, 7-6 (8-6) THIRD SINGLES: Connor Loper (WB) def. Jordi Gonzalez-Summers 6-4, 6-4 FIRST DOUBLES: Damon Edwards-Blake Robbins (WB) def. Josiah Fogarascher-Jackson Braisted 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 SECOND DOUBLES: Cameron McCartney-Mason Cosma (WB) def. Grady Duchon-Zach Jurna ...

AROUND THE HORN

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Cope meet coming up SALEM — The 33rd annual F.E. Cope Invitational will be held Thursday at Sebo Stadium. Action starts at 4:30 p.m. with the field events. The running events get under way at 5:15 p.m. Sixteen schools are entered, including host Salem, Akron Coventry, Alliance, Austintown Fitch, Beaver Local, Boardman, Canfield, Girard, Howland, Lakeview, Lowellville, McDonald, South Range, United, Wadsworth and Western Reserve. The Salem girls have won five of the last six team titles, while Howland will try to defend its boys title. The meet is held in honor of the late ...

TRACK AND FIELD

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At East Palestine Tuesday BOYS RESULTS TEAM STANDINGS: East Palestine (99), Lisbon (49), Leetonia (47), Southern (18). WINNERS 3200 RELAY: East Palestine (Michael Chestnut, Colton Early, Kaleb Holly, Teagan Biser) 10:16.4; 110 HURDLES: Tanner Morrow (East Palestine) 17.29; 100 DASH: Clark Rutledge (East Palestine) 12.04; 800 RELAY: East Palestine (Drew Bycroft, Tanner Morrow, Braydon Plum, Landyn Cope) 1:38.70; 1600 RUN: Caiden Carlisle (Lisbon) 5:22.92; 400 RELAY: East Palestine (Tanner Morrow, Clark Rutledge, Drew Bycroft, Anthony Ottavani) 47.46; 400 DASH: Braydon Plum (East ...

Clippers sneak by Devils

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COLUMBIANA — Columbiana’s first game of the season was worth waiting for. Freshman pitcher Ella Eisenbraun made her debut, striking out 14 in a 3-2 win over Lisbon at Firestone Park on a windy Tuesday. She had strikeouts for Lisbon’s first eight outs. Eisenbraun gave up a pair of ...

Eagles pour it on

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HANOVERTON — Ethan Newburn had two hits and two RBIs to lead United to an 8-2 win over Malvern on Tuesday. Jason Pratt added two hits. Quentin Taylor had a double and two RBIs. Wyatt Swanson had a double as well. Nick Lutes was the winning pitcher with 10 strikeouts and two walks over six innings. United (2-1) hosts East Palestine today. MA: 0-0-0-0-2-0—2-4-2 UN: 0-0-0-0-8-0—8-9-2 Crestview 5, Brookfield 4 BROOKFIELD — Caleb Booth, Eli Cope and Isaac Unkefer all had doubles in Crestview’s 5-4 win over Brookfield on Tuesday. Kyle Booth was the winning ...

PREP TENNIS

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West Branch 5, Howland 0 WARREN — The West Branch boys tennis team, which is replacing four starters, opened the season Monday with a 5-0 win over Howland. The Warriors will host Alliance today. West Branch 5, Howland 0 FIRST SINGLES: Austin Hawk (WB) def. Cayden Akoghue, 6-2, 6-2. SECOND SINGLES: Damon Edwards (WB) def. Cooper Biery, 2-6, 6-3, 10-6. THIRD SINGLES: Blake Robbins (WB) def. Justin Keating, 5-7, 7-6 (7-5), 11-9. FIRST DOUBLES: Jeremy Augustein-Connor Loper (WB) def. Anthony Hakimiam-Luka Camelli, 6-1, 6-0. SECOND DOUBLES: Cameron McCartney-Mason Cosma (WB) ...