South Range head baseball coach Jim Hanek is confident his 2026 team can climb back to the top of the Northeast 8 Conference (NE8) after a few years of parity in the league. For the first three seasons of the NE8’s existence, the Raiders reigned, winning 37 of their 41 conference games and ...

BASEBALL Walsingham Academy VA 9, South Range 4 - Corey Overmeyer led Walsingham with two hits and an RBI. Chandler Howlett added a double and two RBI’s. L. Cleevely had two hits and an RBI to lead South Range. J. Tranoich and G. Hiscox added two hits each for the Raiders. Niles 16, ...

STRUTHERS — Shane Newman allowed a hit to the first batter he faced. But after that, he shut down the Chaney lineup. Behind Newman’s pitching performance, the East Palestine baseball team beat Chaney 12-1 on Thursday at Bob Cene Park to win its second straight game. Newman struck out 10 ...

SOFTBALL Austintown Fitch 12, Saluga 2 — Fitch (10-0) scored 12 runs on 11 hits to stay unbeaten. Mila Hanley struck out nine in a complete game effort for the Falcons. Kylie Folkwein led the offense with a single, double and four RBI’s. Morgan Roby added three hits and an RBI and Alyssa ...

WARREN — Unless Mother Nature intervened, somebody had to earn their first win of the season when 0-2 Heartland Christian and 0-3 Warren JFK met Wednesday in Warren. Unfortunately for the Lions, they came up short again, losing 11-1 in five innings to the Eagles. “We’re very young, ...

SOFTBALL Austintown Fitch 17, East Gaston 2 — The Fitch (9-0) offense was firing on all cylinders again. Seneca Coated led the Falcons with a triple, single and four RBI’s. Morgan Roby added two hits and three RBI’s and Kaliana Ray and Annabel Mikesell had two hits and two RBI’s each. ...