🌱 Who Girard softball faces first in the new OHSAA playoff brackets

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• Who Girard softball faces first in the new OHSAA playoff brackets

Today's riddle: What's black, white, and blue? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Increasing clouds, with a high of 65 and low of 53 degrees.
• Wednesday: Breezy with rain and drizzle, temps: high: 62, low: 45.
• Thursday: Breezy; an a.m. shower or two, with a high of 57 and low of 40 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• OHSAA unveils full softball playoff brackets (tribtoday.com) — Girard’s softball team enters the Division V playoffs as a No. 10 seed, set to face No. 21 West Salem Northwestern in the opening round. The full OHSAA brackets are out, showing how Girard stacks up against familiar regional powers like South Range, Champion, McDonald and others as postseason play begins this week.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Girard

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday May 12

• Sea Creature Jewelry →
  Girard Free Library, 105 E Prospect St, Girard
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday May 13

• Gaming Club
  McDonald Local Roosevelt Cafeteria
  2:30 pm
• JH Track & Field MVAC Championship
  McDonald Local McDonald Stadium, 501 W 2nd St, McDonald, OH 44437, USA
  4:30 pm
• HS- TCTC Completion Ceremony
  Niles Primary School 7 17 Credit Union Field at Eastwood, 111 Eastwood Mall Blvd, Nil
  6:30 pm
• Grades 5 & 6 Band Concert
  McDonald Local HS Auditorium
  7:00 pm

Thursday May 14

• đŠ¸Red Cross Blood DriveđŠ¸
  McDonald Local McDonald High School, 600 Iowa Ave, McDonald, OH 44437, USA
  8:00 am
• Choir Club
  McDonald Local Music Room
  2:30 pm
• MHS Art Show
  McDonald Local McDonald High School, 600 Iowa Ave, McDonald, OH 44437, USA
  3:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday May 12

• Crochet Club
  McDonald Local Music Room
  2:30 pm
• Grade 4 & 5 After School
  McDonald Local Roosevelt Cafeteria / Gym
  2:30 pm
• HS Track & Field MVAC Championship @ Springfield
  Springfield High School, 1880 Canton Rd, Akron
  4:30 pm
• Board of Education Meeting
  Youngstown City School District Choffin Career & Technical Center, 200 E Wood St, Youngstown, O
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Dollar Tree posted a job opening for Merchandise Assistant Manager in Girard. Apply here.
• Target Corporation posted a job opening for Executive Team Leader GM & Grocery (Assistant Manager General Merchandise and Grocery) - Youngstown Area in Niles. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Girard here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Niles

• Tips for young moms (wytv.com)
• OH WOW! moseys into center to celebrate (tribtoday.com)
• Second Harvest Food Bank announces Canstruction event winners (wytv.com)

Youngstown

• Youngstown-Warren region reports increases in jobs, population (mahoningmatters.com)
• Youngstown amp announces Niko Moon date (tribtoday.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A sad zebra (Thank you Mary K. for sending it in!)
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