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2016 SUMMER OLYMPICS Results from the final day’s events in Rio

VOLLEYBALL Brazil defeats Italy for gold medal RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil’s volleyball team won


Team USA easily wins medal race

Americans won 121 medals


SPRINGFIELD TIGERS

Springfield doesn’t have too many questions to answer in 2016, but they’re big ones.


NEWTON FALLS TIGERS

This season, the Tigers will dress just five seniors and six juniors.


URSULINE IRISH

Under Larry Kempe, the Irish have made four consecutive playoff appearances.


WESTERN RESERVE BLUE DEVILS

Prior to Andy Hake’s arrival at Western Reserve in 2009, the Blue Devils had made just two playoff appearances.


SALEM QUAKERS

Although the Quakers lost key players to graduation, they also bring back many talented athletes who gained confidence through success a year ago.


LOWELLVILLE ROCKETS

Doug Velasquez brings an old school philosophy with him to the Rockets’ program.


Brandon Pluchinsky has lead entering the finals

While Brandon Pluchinsky continues his “sub-par” play in the Pete Mollica Men’s Open Division, Joan Ash has slowly and methodically asserted herself in the Ladies 9+ Division of the seventh annual Farmers National Bank Greatest Golfer of the Valley tournament.


Felix, Farah and U.S. underdogs dominate track’s last night

Allyson Felix and LaShawn Merritt are two savvy track stars who’ve been around long enough to know that not everything always goes to plan.


Hosick shines leading second-team offense

It was the second-string offense that stole the show.


SPORTS digest || Spikes keep Scrappers at bay with early lead

The Mahoning Valley Scrappers scored eight runs on 16 hits, but it wasn’t enough as they lost to the State College Spikes, 13-8, Saturday night.


Six Notre Dame players face charges

Notre Dame cornerback Devin Butler was jailed Saturday after a police officer said the player punched and slammed him to the ground.


UNITED GOLDEN EAGLES

The Inter Tri-County League will be no more after the 2016-17 school year season. The United High School football team would like to say goodbye with a bang. That means the Golden Eagles must improve dramatically over last year.


LABRAE VIKINGS

By MIKE McLAIN sports@vindy.com LEAVITTSBURG To understand the challenge facing LaBrae