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BELOIT -- West Branch captured at least a share of the Eastern Buckeye Conference title with a straight sets win over Alliance on Tuesday.
West Branch is 13-4 overall and 8-1 in the EBC. The Warriors can clinch the title outright with a win at Salem on Thursday.
UNITED 3, WELLSVILLE 1
HANOVERTON -- United defeated Wellsville 24-26, 25-17, 25-19, 25-15 on Tuesday.
The Golden Eagles are 12-3 and 8-1 in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference. United will host league-leading Columbiana on Thursday.
For the Eagles, Kendall Erb had 15 points, three aces and 14 digs. Baylee Smith added 11 points, three aces and 29 digs. Lily Erb had 10 kills, 10 points and two aces. Chloe Dangelo had eight kills and three blocks.
Madie Drysdale led Wellsville with nine kills, eight assists, four digs and four blocks. Kenzie Bosco had seven kills, 11 digs and two blocks, while Aleena Owens added five kills, 14 digs and three blocks. Kaylee Kazee recorded 11 digs. Jonnah Sears had two kills, 10 assists, eight digs and three aces. Ella Betz added 11 digs and two assists.
Wellsville (6-9 and 3-6 EOAC) returns home Thursday against East Palestine.
COLUMBIANA 3, VALLEY 0
COLUMBIANA -- Columbiana’s volleyball team spiked Valley Christian 25-7, 25-4, 25-13 on Tuesday.
The Clippers are 15-0 and 10-0 in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference. The Clippers play at second-place United on Thursday.
For the Clippers, Ava Marks had three kills, nine aces, 18 points and two digs. Eva Waller had nine points, two aces, four digs and 14 assists. Addisyn Dangler had seven kills, three aces and nine points. Landry Smith had eight kills and four points. Kaydynce Hamer had three kills, three aces and five points.
Columbiana’s jayvees won 25-6, 25-7. Annabelle Church had 11 aces, four assists and 15 points. Briley Schmidt had four aces, four assists and five points. Sylvia Rapp had five aces and 13 points. Addi Waller had four aces and five points.
EAST PALESTINE 3, SOUTHERN LOCAL 0
EAST PALESTINE -- East Palestine’s volleyball team defeated Southern Local 25-11, 25-18, 25-23 to improve to 12-5 overall and 7-2 in EOAC play on Tuesday.
Destiney Burtyk led East Palestine with 17 kills, 11 points, four aces and six digs. Marley Blythe added five kills and 12 digs, while Kennedy Andre had 28 assists, eight points, three aces and seven digs. Emma Gingher recorded eight points, four aces, three kills and four digs. Cadence Vargo added four kills and four digs.
For the Indians (5-11), Delaney Beadnell had six points. Kiah Sloan added four kills and two blocks. Natalia Lopez had four kills and Eliana Forbes had six assists.
East Palestine also won the junior varsity match 26-24, 25-16 to improve to 12-3.
Alexis Ogle had 10 points, five aces and six digs. Delaney Demster added nine points, three aces and five digs, while Aliviana Valingo had five points, four aces and four digs.
For Southern, Ava Amponsah had eight points and four kills. Teagan Reed had five digs.
East Palestine plays Thursday at Wellsville. Southern hosts Lisbon on Thursday for its ‘Volley for the Cure’ night.
CRESTVIEW 3, SOUTHEAST 0
COLUMBIANA -- Crestview’s volleyball team kept its perfect Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference Gray Division record with a 25-17, 25-22, 25-17 win over Southeast on Tuesday.
The Rebels are 13-2 overall and 10-0 in the league. The Rebels own a two-game lead over second-place Garfield with four matches to play.
Bella Ciapala had 11 kills for the Rebels. Sarah Hively had five blocks and two aces. Kerrigan Miller had three aces and 12 digs. Addison Wendell had five aces. Sophia Noling had six kills and seven aces. Cam Davidson had 10 assists.
Crestview won the jayvee match 25-8, 25-11 to improve to 15-0 overall. Jewlnetta Bradley had nine aces and five kills for the winners. Makenna Ray had four kills and seven digs.
Crestview will host Ursuline today.
SOUTH RANGE 3, GIRARD 1
GIRARD -- South Range defeated Girard 24-26, 25-17, 25-13, 25-11 on Tuesday to improve to 17-0 overall and 9-0 in the Northeast 8 Conference.
Anna Toy led South Range with 23 kills, 16 digs and three aces. Natalie Burnett had 18 assists, eight digs and two aces, while Haylie Juhn added 17 digs. Addison Freedy recorded five aces and two blocks.
For Girard, Fiona Allen had 12 kills. Keely Meszaros added 10 kills and eight digs, while Chloe Plant had 13 assists and eight digs. Girard falls to 4-14.