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GRIM REPEATS AS DISTRICT CHAMP AKRON — Heartland Christian junior Cooper Grim won his second straight Divivision II district tennis singles title on Saturday at the Springside Athletic Club.  In the semifinal, Grim beat 2025 state third-place finisher Ilya Shcherbakov of Pepper Pike Orange 7-5, 6-0.  He faced another Orange player, Vivaan Moghekar, in the final and won 7-6, 6-4.  The state tennis tournament will be held May 28-29 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason.  CLIPPERS, BULLDOGS PLAY TODAY A pair of Division VI sectional baseball games postponed by rain ...

Blue Devils work a little extra

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LISBON — Freshman Mason Jones had three hits and drove in the winning run in the bottom of the 12th inning as 10th-seed Lisbon beat 12th-seeded Dalton, 3-2, in a Division VI sectional final Monday. Paxton Henthorne had a leadoff single for the Blue Devils. Pinch-runner Brady Lively went ...

ALL-EASTERN BUCKEYE CONFERENCE SPRING SPORTS

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All-Eastern Buckeye Conference Baseball FIRST TEAM Lincoln Reese (Alliance, Sr.), Bo Davis (Alliance, Sr.), DiAngelo Fisk (Alliance, Sr.), Brock Woods (Marlington, Sr.), Jayven Johnson (Carrollton, Sr.), Hunter Allison (Carrollton, Sr.), Braydon Wood (Minerva, Sr.), Braydon Van Dyne (Salem, Soph.), Jeremiah Thomas (West Branch, Sr.) SECOND TEAM Cooper Haun (Carrollton, Sr.), Isaac Husted (Carrollton, Sr.), Logan Smith (Marlington, Soph.), Xavier Woods (Marlington, Fr.), Brennan Barnes (Minerva, Jr.), Bairon Exline (Salem, Soph.), Kamren Burton (Alliance, Sr.), Brayden Swearingen ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

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LISBON WILL PLAY ON MONDAY LISBON — Lisbon and Dalton had their Div. VI sectional baseball tournament game on Friday postponed due to rain. The two teams will play at 5 p.m. Monday at Lisbon. EAST PALESTINE HAS TO WAIT UNITY — The East Palestine-Mogadore Div. VI sectional baseball tournament game scheduled for Friday was postponed due to rain. It will be made up at 5 p.m. on Tuesday at Ace of Diamonds. Due to Ace of Diamonds having planned travel team tournaments through the weekend and a Mogadore coach having to fly to Florida for a wedding, the team decided not to play ...

United's Hiscox sets sights on state

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ANDOVER — Juniors Brinsley Hiscox of United and Phiatra Bradley of Crestview were way ahead of the field Friday. Hiscox and Bradley won their events going away at the Pymatuning Valley Division IV district track meet. Hiscox took the girls 100-meter hurdles in 15.83 seconds, winning by more than one second. She won the district title as a freshman and was second last year. Bradley won the girls long jump at 15-foot-0 1/2. She had the best four jumps in the field, all four over 14-6. The United girls also won the 1600-meter relay (4:16.69). The top four in each event advance ...

Guardian pitchers master Phillies

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kyle Manzardo hit a pinch-hit homer off Phillies closer Jhoan Duran in the ninth inning to preserve a terrific outing for starter Gavin Williams and lead the Cleveland Guardians to a 1-0 win over Philadelphia on Friday night. Cade Smith worked a scoreless ninth for his 19th save in a game that needed just 2 hours, 5 minutes. Cristopher Sánchez and Williams matched up in a classic pitchers' duel where each tossed eight shutout innings in front of 38,092 fans on a rainy night. They were the first opposing starters to each pitch at least eight scoreless innings ...