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Rebels subdue EOAC champs

HANOVERTON — The Crestview baseball team may not have an All-Ohioan, but they are all Rebels. The 10th-seeded Rebels stunned ninth-seeded United, 7-3, in a Division V district semifinal Wednesday. “Team players are what wins games,” Crestview sophomore catcher Wyatt Erwin said. ...

Branch exits with Norton loss

NORTON — Norton scored six runs over the course of the first two innings and rode pitcher Caeden DeDomenic to a 6-2 win over West Branch in a Div. IV district semifinal. West Branch got one run in the first off a Grady Close RBI sacrifice fly and the second off of a passed ball in which Gavyn Webb scored in the sixth. The Warriors totaled five hits, all singles. Jeremiah Thomas took the loss as he lasted 2/3 of an inning with four walks and a strikeout. No. 19 seeded West Branch ends its campaign at 11-14. No. 3 seeded Norton (19-6) will meet No. 11 Jefferson Area on Friday ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

CROWDED FIELD AT FITCH AUSTINTOWN — Athletes from Columbiana, Crestview, United, South Range and the Southern girls will be at the Division IV regional track and field meet at Austintown Fitch’s Falcon Stadium on Wednesday and Friday. Action starts at 4:30 p.m. each day. Tickets are $12 for adults and $5 for students per day. QUAKERS, WARRIORS. HEADLINE D3 AUSTINTOWN — The Salem and West Branch boys and girls will be at the Division III regional track and field meet at Austintown Fitch’s Falcon Stadium on Thursday and Saturday. Action starts at 4:30 p.m. Thursday and 11 ...

Heartland's Grim pushes for state title

EAST PALESTINE — Heartland Christian junior Cooper Grim has a strong belief that it could all line up for him on Friday and Saturday at the Div. II state tennis singles tournament.  A district champion for the second straight time, he also knows that it's how good you are on a specific day ...

Lions roar to top of the list

NEW MIDDLETOWN — Five area athletes won individual events at the Springfield Division V regional track and field meet Saturday. Heartland Christian sophomore Claire Liposky, Lisbon sophomore Brooklynn Klein, Leetonia sophomore Graydon Henderson and East Palestine junior RJ May all had personal bests to win their events. Heartland Christian Senior Rebecca Geiss also won the 1600 run Saturday to go along with her 3200 district title on Thursday. Geiss added a second in the 800 run on Saturday. The top four boys and top two girls in each event advance to the Cuyahoga Heights ...

Quakers piling up district trophies

AUSTINTOWN — The Salem girls and boys track teams found a new home at Austintown Fitch High School. The Quakers swept the Division III district track and field team titles going away at Falcon Stadium. Salem won the girls team title for the fifth straight year, while the boys claimed ...