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AROUND THE HORN

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A Crestview sweep WARREN — The Crestview bowling teams captured a pair of twins Wednesday against Brookfield at Champion Lanes. The Crestview boys won 2384-1986. Peyton Mellott led the Rebels with a 212 game and 414 series. Brody Brubaker added a 371 series, Lucas Johnson a 352 series and Chris Johnson a 275 series. Jacob Hodge paced Brookfield with a 213 games for a 426 series. Crestview girls also won, 1691-1503. Lyv Barnett had a 176 game and Kylee Wolfe a 283 series for the Rebels. Blasey Biser followed with a 267 series, Catie Best a 233 series and Nikki Kernich a 203 series. ...

Quakers come up short

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CALCUTTA — Beaver Local’s 6-foot-7 Owen Hill was raring to go after missing the last five games due to injury. Hill scored a career-high 31 points in his usual dominating fashion as the Beavers rolled over Salem, 77-56, Tuesday. The Beavers improve to 14-4 on the season — including a ...

AROUND THE HORN

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X-Tra Milers to meet SALEM — The Salem X-Tra Mile Club will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday in the high school cafeteria. Fitch unveils $12-million facility AUSTINTOWN — Austintown Fitch unveiled its new $12-million, 42,000-square foot indoor training facility to the public on Monday. Austintown broke ground on the project in 2023. A weight room, meeting space and indoor track will follow in the next phase which will cost $7 million and expand the training space to 72,000-square feet. That phase will be completed in two to three years. Harden heads to Cavaliers James ...

Olympics coming to Ohio

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COLUMBUS — Ohio’s first shot at hosting Olympic competition will come with the 2028 Los Angeles Games. The Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games announced on Tuesday that Columbus will host soccer matches for the Summer Games. Select men’s and women’s group stage games will be held at Lower.com Field, the home of the Columbus Crew. The stadium opened in 2021 and seats more than 20,000. The five other cities chosen to host group stage soccer games are New York, Nashville, St. Louis, San Diego and San Jose. The Rose Bowl in Pasadena ...

Eagles outlast Potters

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EAST LIVERPOOL — Maelee Smith’s last-second basket tied the game in regulation and Marin Stryffeler hit a pair of three-pointers in overtime to give United a 53-44 win over East Liverpool at the Potter Fieldhouse on Monday. Smith totaled 20 points, seven rebounds and five steals. Bella Thompson added 14 points, including key back-to-back three-pointers in the fourth quarter, aong with nine assists. Stryffeler also had 14 points and Reagan Good had six points and 13 rebounds. United improves to 12-7 overall, while East Liverpool moves to 6-13. LaNease Andrews paced the Potters ...

State meet renamed

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COLUMBUS —The 119th Ohio High School Athletic Association state track and field meet will be the biggest one yet. The 2026 state meet schedule was released Monday with the new five-division format, expanding from three divisions. The OHSAA Board of Directors unanimously agreed to name ...