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Morning Journal/Wayne Maris East Palestine’s Joclyn Fristik dribbles the ball up the floor against Wellsville.

EAST PALESTINE -- Sara Buskirk had 14 points as East Palestine dumped Wellsville 50-23 on Thursday in an Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference game.

East Palestine is 7-2, 5-1 in league play. Joclyn Fristik added 10 points for the Bulldogs.

Wellsville fell to 0-8, 0-6.

Abigail Cline had eight points for the Tigers.

East Palestine won the jayvee game, 35-8. Morgan Rutledge had 12 points for the winners.

East Palestine is at East Liverpool on Dec. 29, while Wellsville is at Oak Glen on Dec. 29.

WELLSVILLE: 1-5-11-6--23

E. PALESTINE: 21-14-8-7--50

WELLSVILLE SCORING: Abigail Cline 3-2-8, Leah Vinton 2-1-5, Dehaven Dobritz 1-0-3, Cameron Carlevale 0-1-1, Marie Cline 1-0-2, Kiki Perry 2-0-4. TEAM TOTALS: 9-4-8: 23.

EAST PALESTINE SCORING: Jade McBride 0-0-0, Paige Snyder 1-3-5, Juli Jones 0-0-0, Kenzee Johnston 2-3-7, Sara Buskirk 7-0-14, Jami Jones 0-0-0, Jocyln Fristik 4-2-10, Payton Sherry 2-2-6, Jaliyah Mixon 3-0-6, Morgan Rutledge 1-0-2. TEAM TOTALS: 20, 10-16: 50.

Three-point goals: Wellsville 1 (Dobrtiz).

Columbiana 56, United 28

HANOVERTON--The Columbiana girls basketball team continued its grip on the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference by taking down United 56-28. Thursday.

The Clippers improve to 6-3 overall and 6-0 in the EOAC. The Eagles fall to 5-4, 4-2.

Kayla Muslovski sparked the Clippers with 26 points and seven steals. Columbiana also got a double-double from Kennedy Fullum, who finished with 12 points and 14 rebounds. Tessa Liggett added 10 points and eight rebounds.

Celeste Hofmeister led the Eagles with nine points.

United won the two-quarter jv game 12-10. Savannah Burton had six points to lead the Eagles.

Both teams are off until Tuesday, January 3 when the Clippers travel to Leetonia and United hosts East Palestine.

COLUMBIANA: 23-16-13-4--56

UNITED: 7-7-4-10--28

COLUMBIANA SCORING: Tori Long 0-0-0, Karissa Tringhese 0-0-0, Kayla Muslovski 9-4-26, Tessa Liggett 3-3-10, Grace Hammond 2-0-4, Grace Witmer 0-0-0, Kennedy Fullum 6-0-12, Madison Moser 1-0-3. TEAM TOTALS: 21, 8-21: 56.

UNITED SCORING: Loren Swords 0-1-1, Morgan Hovorka 1-2-4, Madison Boyle 0-0-0, Kyleigh Daggy 2-0-5, Celeste Powers 0-3-3, Destiny Hill 2-2-6, Savannah Burton 0-0-0, Celeste Hofmeister 3-3-9, Megan Drake 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 8, 11-22: 28.

Three-point goals: Columbiana 6 (Muslovski 4, Liggett, Moser), United 1 (Daggy)

Lisbon 46, Southern 29

LISBON--The Lisbon girls basketball team pulled away from Southern in the second half to pick up a 46-29 victory in Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference action Thursday.

The Blue Devils improve to 6-3 overall and 4-2 in the EOAC. Southern falls to 1-5 in league play.

Maddie Liberati had a big night for the Blue Devils with 17 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks. Izzy Perez added 12 points.

Chloe Smith rounded things out with 10 points. Smith also had six steals.

Riley Felton led Southern with 14 points.

Lisbon won the jv game 41-21. Chloe Davis and Bryanna VanGiesen each scored eight points for Lisbon. Alexia Phillis led Southern with six points.

Lisbon is at Western Reserve next Saturday. Southern is at Heartland next Thursday.

SOUTHERN: 7-7-11-4--29

LISBON: 18-5-19-14--46

SOUTHERN SCORING: Hannah Hayes 3-0-8, Aubrianna Mellott 1-1-3, Sam Michael 1-0-2, Lindsay Ingledue 1-0-2, Riley Felton 6-2-14. TEAM TOTALS: 12, 3-13: 29

LISBON SCORING: Izzy Perez 5-2-12, Cadee Johnson 1-0-2, Chloe Smith 4-0-10, Maddie Liberati 7-3-17, Corinne Freeman 2-0-4, Justyce Vrable 0-1-1. TEAM TOTALS: 19, 6-18: 46.

Three-point goals: Southern 2 (Hayes 2), Lisbon 2 (Smith 2).

McDonald 43, Western Reserve 27

BERLIN CENTER --Dani Vuletich had 16 points but it wasn't enough as McDonald handed Western Reserve its first loss 43-27 on Thursday in a Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference game.

Western Reserve won the jayvee game, 33-24. Emma Heater had 10 points for Western Reserve.

MCDONALD: 13-15-8-7-- 43

W. RESERVE: 7-8-8-4--27

MCDONALD SCORING: Oliva Perry 2-5-9, Molly Howard 4-0-8, Maddy Howard 0-3-3, Taylor Tuchek 2-2-7, Sophia Constantino 3-2-8, Brooke Lewsi 2-1-6, Lucy Wolford 1-0-2. TEAM TOTALS: 14, 13-23: 43.

W. RESERVE SCORING: Maddy Owen 0-2-2, Kennedy Miller 1-3-5, Oliva Pater 1-0-2, Dani Vuletich 4-8-16, Alyssa Serensky 1-0-2. TEAM TOTALS: 7, 13-22: 27.

Three-point goals: McDonald 2 (Tuchek, Lewis).

Niles 56, South Range 37

NILES --South Range was tripped up once again as the Raiders fell to Niles 56-37 on Thursday in Northeast 8 play.

Bree Kohler had 10 points for the Raiders.

South Range hosts Salem on Dec. 28 as part of the South Rage Holiday Classic.

Springfield 56, Lowellville 37

NEW MIDDLETOWN--The Springfield girls basketball team took down Lowellville 56-37 Thursday.

Kylee Kosek led the Tigers with 16 points. Ellie Centofanti added 14 points.

Springfield hosts Campbell next Friday.

LOWELLVILLE: 6-13-10-8--37

SPRINGFIELD: 26-9-19-2--56

LOWELLVILLE SCORING: Marah Bellis 2-0-4, Sam Moore 3-8-14, Maliyah Hednch 1-0-3, Julianna Lellio 4-3-11, Emmalee McGarry 1-0-2, Christi Donatelli 1-1-3, Ryanne Esenwein 0-0-0, Gianna Williams 0-0-0, Cadence Marsh 0-0-0, Kayla Rouns 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 12, 12-24: 37.

SPRINGFIELD SCORING: Marlie Applegarth 4-0-8, Makenzy Capouellez 2-0-5, Ellie Centofanti 6-0-14, Kaila LaMorticella 0-0-0, Kylee Kosek 6-0-16, Abby Joseph 2-0-4, Ruby Withers 0-0-0, Macy Centofanti 2-0-4, Mariah Johnson 1-1-3, Rebecca Catlos 0-0-0, Gianna Santangelo 0-0-0, Nicole D'Angelo 1-0-2. TEAM TOTALS: 24, 1-4: 56.

Three-point goals: Lowellville 1 (Hednch), Springfield 7 (Kosek 4, Centofanti 2, Capouellez)

Waterloo 40, Sebring 21

WATERLOO--The Sebring girls basketball team fell to Waterloo 40-21 Thursday.

Aebi D'Ostroph led the Trojans with eight points. Kylei Jays added seven points, while Devyn Reggi had six points.

Sebring is back in action next Thursday when the Trojans host Campbell.

SEBRING: 1-4-5-11--21

WATERLOO: 9-9-10-12--40

SEBRING SCORING: Kylei Jays 3-0-7, Aebi D'Ostroph 3-2-8, Devyn Reggi 1-3-6. TEAM TOTALS: 7, 5-6: 21.

WATERLOO SCORING: Sweitzer 1-2-4, Kackner 5-1-11, Carpenter 2-0-4, Hood 4-0-9, Waldeck 5-2-12. TEAM TOTALS: 17, 5-5: 40.

Three-point goals: Sebring 2 (Jays, Reggi), Waterloo 1 (Hood).

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