Crestview off to fast start
COLUMBIANA — The Crestview girls opened their season by scoring 19 straight points and beating Howland, 70-39, Tuesday.
Addison Rhodes scored a game-high 34 points, including 13 points during the Rebels’ 19-0 start.
The Rebels, who lost one player to graduation from last season’s 25-1 squad, had three players in double figures. Luvrain Gaskins contributed 16 points and Ava Bucey 10.
Crestview led 44-21 at halftime and 59-38 through three quarters.
Howland won the two-quarter junior varsity game 20-8. Lainey Milhoan had four points for Crestview.
The Rebels will host Springfield on Tuesday.
H: 4-19- 7-11–39
C: 19-25-15-11–70
HOWLAND SCORING: thomas 2-2-7, Moy 3-0-7, Scrabis 1-2-5, Bell 3-0-6, Baylee Villwock 1-0-2, Rylie Villwock 1-0-3, Rishel 1-0-2, Kubancsek 1-4-7. TEAM TOTALS: 14, 8-9: 39.
CRESTVIEW SCORING: Ava Bucey 4-0-10, Addison Rhodes 13-7-34, Madeline English 0-0-0, Kerrigan Miller 1-0-2, Lainey Milhoan 0-1-1, Katie MacKay 0-0-0, Lexi Blower 1-0-2, Brianna Baker 0-0-0, Luvrain Gaskins 6-4-16, Brianna DiCross 1-0-2, Myer Miller 1-0-3. TEAM TOTALS: 27, 12-20: 70.
Three-point goals: Howland 5 (Thomas, Moy, Scrabis, R. Villwock, Kubancsek), Crestview 4 (Bucey 2, Rhodes, Miller).
Beaver Local 44, Wellsville 28
WELLSVILLE — Beaver Local captured its first win of the season with a 44-28 victory over Wellsville on Tuesday in girls basketball action.
Tori Druschel led the Beavers with 11 points, while Lora Reeder and Ally Wright had eight points each.
For Wellsville, Bella Poppelriter had 17 points and 12 rebounds, while Myleigh Jackson had six points, nine rebounds, four assists and three steals. Johnnie Tice and Kenzie Bosco had six rebounds each.
Beaver Local (1-1) will host East Liverpool on Monday. Wellsville (0-1) hosts Edison on Monday.
BL: 8- 7-18-11–44
WE: 4-15- 3- 6–28
BEAVER LOCAL SCORING: Tori Druschel 4-3-11, Bella McLevey 2-0-5, Mallory Miller 3-0-7, Lilly Wright 1-0-2, Calli Sorge 1-0-3, Lora Reeder 3-2-8, Ally Wright 3-0-8. TEAM TOTALS: 17, 5-11: 44.
WELLSVILLE SCORING: Myleigh Jackson 3-0-6, Bella Poppelriter 5-4-17, Johnnie Tice 0-0-0, Kenzie Bosco 2-0-5, Kenzie Thompson 0-0-0, Olivia Edison 0-0-0, Rorie Hager 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 10, 4-15: 28.
Three-point goals: Beaver Local 5 (A. Wright, McLevey, Miller, Sorge), Wellsville 4 (Poppelriter 3, Bosco).
East Liverpool 35, Cambridge 32
CAMBRIDGE — East Liverpool’s girls basketball team gave the Cambridge Bobcats a huge headstart on Tuesday, but the Potters found a way back.
Cambridge scored the first 18 points of the game, but East Liverpool came back to take the lead in the second half and turn in a 35-32 win.
The Potters got on the board with three seconds left in the first quarter with two free throws to make it 18-2. East Liverpool did not score its first field goal until 7:16 of the second quarter, but still managed to get back in the game into halftime down 21-16.
East Liverpool took a 27-25 lead heading into the fourth quarter and Cambridge came within one point of the Potters late, but could get no closer.
East Liverpool won the jayvee game, 31-10.
East Liverpool (1-2) will travel to Beaver Local on Monday.
EL: 2-14-11-8–35
CA: 18- 3- 4-7–32
West Branch 48, Minerva 35
MINERVA — West Branch won its Eastern Buckeye Conference opener 48-35 over Minerva on Tuesday.
The Warriors are 2-0 overall and 1-0 in the EBC.
Sammi Beatty had 18 points including four threes. Audrey Eaton added nine points, while Alli Kanagy had seven points. Mati Hawk had five points.
West Branch held a 16-8 first quarter lead and extended that lead to 23-14 at the break. Minerva cut the lead to 25-23 in the third quarter before West Branch went on a big run to lead 44-27 with four minutes to go in the game.
West Branch hosts Struthers on Monday.
West Branch won the jayvee game, 37-17. Sydney Lane had nine points.
WB: 16-7-13-12–48
MI: 8-6-11-10–35
WEST BRANCH SCORING: Ellie Tucker 1 1-2 3, Alli Kanagy 2 3-4 7, Mati Hawk 2 0-0 5, Presley Egli 0 2-4 2, Carter Shepherd 1 0-0 2, Sammi Beatty 7 0-2 18, Hallie Vie Burton 1 0-0 2 , Audrey Eaton 3 3-5 9. TEAM TOTALS: 17, 9-17: 48.
MINERVA SCORING: Lippincott 4 2-4 11, Kirkpatrick 1 3-4 5, Sanor 1 0-0 2, French 2 0-0 4, Stoltzfus 2 0-0 6, Beaumariage 0 1-2 1, Morckel 1 4-4 6. TEAM TOTALS: 11 10-14: 35.
Three-point goals: West Branch 5 (Beatty 4, Hawk), Minerva 3 (Stoltzfus 2, Lippincott).
Campbell 25, East Palestine 20
CAMPBELL — Campbell Memorial secured its first win of the season as the Red Devils beat East Palestine 25-20 on Tuesday.
East Palestine (1-1) was coming off a win over Mathews on Monday.
Campbell is 1-1.
Rayona Floyd Brown and Amira Kamal each had seven points for the winners.
Jacklyn Ogle led East Palestine with 11 points, 11 rebounds and four steals.
The Bulldogs host Toronto on Dec. 4.
EP: 3-4-7- 6–20
CA: 8-4-3-10–25
EAST PALESTINE SCORING: Jacklyn Ogle 4-2-11, Cami Kridler 0-0-0, Liv Dyke 0-0-0, Sydney Jurjavcic 0-0-0, Emma Gingher 0-0-0, Marley Blythe 0-3-3, Alivia Magness 1-2-4, Kennedy Andre 1-0-2. TEAM TOTALS: 6, 7-16: 20.
CAMBBELL TEAM TOTALS: 11, 2-5: 25.
Three-point goals: East Palestine 1 (Ogle), Campbell 1.