COLUMBIANA — Deion Miller had 22 points and Valley Christian’s defense blanked Columbiana in the second quarter on its way to a 58-37 victory in a battle for first place in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference on Saturday.

Columbiana was tagged with its first loss of the season to fall to 10-1 and 5-1 in the league. The Clippers had won 16 straight league games going back to a 50-48 loss to Lisbon on Dec. 8, 2023.

Valley Christian is 8-2 overall and 6-0 in the EOAC. The Eagles have won seven straight.

Seth Struharik had 17 points for the Clippers. Reese Roush had six rebounds.

Columbiana will host United on Tuesday.

Valley won the jayvee game, 44-27. Trey Snyder had 11 points for the Clippers.

VC: 20-14-14-8 — 58

CO: 15-0-11-11 — 37

VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCORING: Coward 2-0-4, Robinson 4-0-10, Dixon 0-0-0, Cutwiler 3-0-7, Miles 3-0-6, Miller 9-0-22, Riley 2-0-5, Brooks 1-0-2. TEAM TOTALS: 24, 0-0: 56.

COLUMBIANA SCORING: Seth Struharik 6-5-17, Cooper Brown 2-0-4, Reese Roush 1-0-2, Trey Snyder 1-0-3, Luca Cagliuso 0-0-0, Carter Johnson 2-0-6, Brayden Clancy 0-0-0, Avery Young 0-0-0, Hunter Devanzo 2-1-5. TEAM TOTALS: 14, 6-7: 37.

Three-point goals: Valley Christian 8 (Miller 4, Robinson 2, Cutwiler, Riley), Columbiana 6 (Struharik 3, Johnson 2, Snyder).

West Branch 79, Louisville 56

LOUISVILLE — Camden Lane had 26 points, but it wasn’t enough as West Branch’s boys basketball team suffered a 79-56 loss to Louisville on Saturday.

Jeremiah Thomas added 17 points for the Warriors, 4-8.

Louisville is 8-4.

Louisville won the jayvee game, 54-38. Chase Gee had eight points for the Warriors, while Grady Hirst added seven points.

West Branch heads to Beaver Local on Tuesday.

WB: 6-16-12-22- — 56

LO: 21-20-21-17 — 79

WEST BRANCH SCORING: Joey Jackson 0-0-0, Jeremiah Thomas 8-0-17, Grady Hirst 1-2-4, Cooper Anderson 1-0-2, Zach Coffee 0-0-0, Kasen Weaver 1-0-2, Caden West 0-0-0, Landon Coffee 1-0-2, Camden Lane 8-4-26, Chase Gee 1-0-3. TEAM TOTALS: 21, 6-10: 56.

LOUISVILLE TEAM TOTALS: 30, 6-6: 79.

Three-point goals: West Branch 8 (Lane 6, Thomas, Gee), Louisville 13

Lisbon 67, Urban Scholars 12

LISBON — Lisbon’s basketball team made it back to .500 on the season with a 67-12 victory over Youngstown Urban Scholars on Saturday.

Leading Lisbon’s scoring attack were A.J. Ramgeet with 16 points, Blaine Barnes with 14 points and Luke Kraft with 13 points. Alex Brown had five rebounds, while Ashton Hinchliffe had five assists.

Tim Brandon led the defense with six steals.

Lisbon (6-6) hosts Southern on Tuesday.

US: 2-7-0-3 — 12

LI: 20-26-10-11 — 67

URBAN SCHOLARS SCORING: Ben Hurt 1-0-3, Louis Henderson 2-0-4, Kam Black 2-0-5, Adam Christian 0-0-0, Cameron Kimala 0-0-0, Isaiah Arms-Adair 0-0-0, Ladelton Williams 0-0-0, Bruce Knapp 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 5, 0-2: 12.

LISBON SCORING: Aidan Ramgeet 3-0-7, Blaine Barnes 7-2-14, Luke Kraft 6-1-13, Tim Brandon 2-0-4, A.J. Ramgeet 8-0-16, Ashton Hinchliffe 0-0-0, Alex Brown 1-0-3, Aiden Myers 1-0-2, Logan Sturgeon 2-0-6, Zyler Mundy 0-0-0, Ryan Yang 0-0-0, Mason Jones 0-0-0, Nick Peruchetti 0-0-0, Paxton Henthorne 1-0-2, Isaac Kraft 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 30, 3-6: 67.

Three-point goals: Urban Scholars 2 (Hurt, Black), Lisbon 4 (Sturgeon 2, Brown, Aidan Ramgeet).

Heartland 70, Steubenville CC 67

COLUMBIANA — Collin Kalaher had 18 points and Isaiah Matthews added 17 more in a Heartland Christian 70-67 win over Steubenville Catholic Central on Saturday.

Heartland is 7-4 and is at Wellsville on Saturday.

SC: 19-17-20-11–67

HC: 26-19-8-17–70

STEUBENVILLE CENTRAL SCORING: Rook 29, Mitchell 4, Pergi 5, Bradley 19, Rohhde 10.

HEARTLAND SCORING: Isaiah Matthews 17, Corbin Sevita 9, Collin Kalaher 18, Spencer Pruitt 4, Johnny Meyer 9, Jack Morgan 4, Jacob Reed 5, Josh Pennington 4.

GIRLS

Marlington 54, United 27

HANOVERTON — United’s girls basketball team suffered a 54-27 loss to Marlington on Saturday.

United is 7-7 and will host Lisbon today.

Maelee Smith had nine points, six rebounds and three steals. Reagan Good added eight points and seven rebounds. Marin Stryffeler had six points, two steals and three boards. Bailey McKenzie had four points and six rebounds.

MA: 15-14-14-11–54

UN: 4-2-7-14–27

MARLINGTON SCORING: Bailee Pietz 1-0-3, Zoe Mort 4-1-9, Allie Gill 4-0-9, Madyson Gill 1-0-3, Baylie Young 1-1-4, Ella Wittensoldner 8-6-22, Kadence Odey 2-0-4. TEAM TOTALS: 21, 8-13: 54.

UNITED SCORING: Maelee Smith 4-0-9, Kylie Holmes 0-0-0, Camryn Cody 0-0-0, Marin Stryfeller 2-0-6, Ally Lacey 0-0-0, McKenzie Cope 0-0-0, Maezie French 0-0-0, Bailey McKenzie 2-0-4, Reagan Good 4-0-8, Atlee Brinker 0-0-0, Abby Jones 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 12, 0-2: 27.

Three-point goals: Marlington 4 (Pietz, Gill, Gill, Young), United 3 (Stryfeller 2, Smith).

Toronto 48, Lisbon 32

LISBON — Toronto stopped Lisbon 48-32 on Saturday in girls basketball action.

For Lisbon, Lylah Brown had 11 points, while Bridgett Newbold had seven points.

Lisbon is 3-11 and has lost seven straight. The Devils are at United today.

West Branch 51, Cardinal Mooney 24

YOUNGSTOWN — West Branch jumped out to a 16-point lead at half and cruised to a 51-24 win over Youngstown Cardinal Mooney on Saturday.

West Branch is 11-1 and hit seven three-pointers.

Ellie Tucker had a season-high 12 points. Tallie Muniz added 13 points. Carter Shepherd, Hallie Cie Burton and Audrey Eaton had six points each.

West Branch’s jayvees moved to 12-1 with a 37-19 win.

Addison Reichenbach and Cailyn Fritz led the way with 12 points each.

West Branch is at Boardman today.

Heartland 52, Lake Center 21

HARTVILLE — Rachel Reynolds scored 20 points to lead Heartland’s girls basketball team to a 52-21 win over Lake Center Christian on Saturday.

Emma Matthews added 13 points, while Sarah Reynolds chipped in 12 points.

Heartland is 8-6 and will host Mathews on Wednesday.

HC: 18-10-15-9–52

LC: 6-4-4-7–21

HEARTLAND SCORING: Rachel Reynolds 20, Gabriella McDowell 5, Sarah Reynolds 12, Kalleigh Shodd 0, Olivia Vitalio 0, Emily McDowell 2, Emme Matthews 13, Kenzie Galiant 0.

LAKE CENTER SCORING: Tyler 2, Craig 2, Dauphin 3, Kane 5, Griffing 7, Brown 0, Greene 2.