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Salem’s Hopple strides to 3200 victory at GlenOak

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CANTON — Addison Hopple raced to a win in the 3200-meter run to lead Salem’s girls track team on Saturday at the Canton GlenOak Second Sole Eagle Elite meet. Hopple finished in 11:42.94. Peyton Colbert earned a second-place finish in the high jump as she cleared 5 feet. Chaya Murray also turned in a strong time in the 100 as she was third in 12.85. The Quaker 1600 relay team of Laura Hovorka, Abby Knickerbocker, Karlie Sampson and Murray was second in 4:11.89. Salem’s girls finished tied for sixth with 51 points. Twinsburg won the meet with 72.2 points. For the ...

Davidson records pick in YSU Red and White Game

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YOUNGSTOWN — With a ton of returners offensively and a new defensive coordinator overseeing things on the other side of the ball, Youngstown State concluded spring practice with the annual Red-White Game on Saturday at Stambaugh Stadium. Despite missing several key starters who missed the spring after undergoing surgery in the winter, the White team (defense) overcame three touchdowns by the Red team (offense) to secure the 29-23 victory. Salem High School graduate Ross Davidson contributed to the win with an interception against YSU true freshman quarterback Shane Cole in the ...

West Branch slides past Golden Eagles

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BELOIT — Drake Stryffeler had an inside-the-park home run to help lead West Branch to a 5-3 win over United on Saturday. Chase Gee got the win for the Warriors as he struck out two and walked two over 5 1/3 innings. Carson Wike had a double, single and an RBI for the winners, while ...

Branch falls to St. V

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BELOIT — Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary was too much for West Branch as the Irish clocked a 10-1 win on Saturday. Ellie Tucker had a triple and two singles for the Warriors. Maylin Hartzell took the loss for the Warriors with a strikeout and six walks in three innings. West Branch (4-6) hosts Salem on Tuesday. SV: 3-0-3-0-1-3-0 — 10-10-1 WB: 1-0-0-0-0-0-1 — 1-8-2

AROUND THE HORN

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Nastari, Plant race in Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia — The top two half-milers in Ohio high school history met up at the Virginia Challenge on Friday night. The two former state champions — Penn State junior Kaleb Nastari from United and Virginia Tech senior Nick Plant from Canfield — raced to high finishes at the Virginia Challenge. Plant was sixth out of 42 runners in a time of 1:46.54, while Nastari was 13th in 1:47.32. Georgetown junior Tinoda Matsatsa won in 1:45.12. He is a sub 4-minute miler. The next three runners were from Penn State. Niko Schultz was second ...

Quakers score EBC win

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SALEM — After five of the first six Salem batters got out, the Quakers scored runs in five straight innings to beat Alliance, 10-4, Friday at Southeast School. Hadley Carlisle went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs and Morgane Blaine doubled twice and scored two runs for the ...