WEATHERSFIELD — Mineral Ridge quickly erased an early deficit and fended off a rally to defeat Western Reserve on Friday for the second time in as many days to remain undefeated in Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference play. After falling behind, the Rams scored four runs in the bottom of the ...

BASEBALL Ravenna 13, Niles 1 (6 inn.) — The two-run contest was blown open thanks to the Ravens plating six runs in the fifth inning and five in the sixth to throttle the Red Dragons Friday. The Ravenna offense was paced by Connor Welling with a pair of RBIs, Logan Hysell added a pair of ...

BOARDMAN — A fast start helped Boardman put away Howland on Monday night, so the Spartans duplicated the feat on Thursday to complete the season sweep of the Tigers. After jumping on Howland with two early runs in the first inning, Boardman pulled away from the Tigers the rest of the way in ...

LIBERTY — While they didn’t pull out the win, the Liberty Leopards gave the community a show on Thursday while finally getting to christen their new field. Liberty rallied back from a four-run deficit and had the game-tying run on third but couldn’t quite complete the comeback in a 5-4 ...

BASEBALL Crestview 4, Columbiana 3 — A Rebels’ run in the sixth inning led to the win over the Clippers. The Crestview offense was led by a double and single from Zachary Davis. Luke Julian earned the win, allowing three hits, striking out five and walking three in six innings. Columbiana ...

BELOIT — Members of the Beloit community filed into the high school auditorium on Wednesday evening, awaiting a decision from the West Branch Area Board of Education. The BOE members entered executive session at 5:31 p.m. to discuss DeShields’ employment. And after 20 minutes, they ...