Clippers cage Bears
Leetonia’s Dylan Johns drives against Columbiana’s Liam McElwain on Friday.(Morning Journal/Gary Leininger)
LEETONIA — Columbiana’s boys basketball team wrapped up a 79-36 win over Leetonia on Friday in Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference play.
For the Clippers, Senator Johnson led the way with 15 points and six rebounds. Trey Snyder added 11 points wtih 10 rebounds and Liam McElwain had 10 points. Hunter Davanzo had eight points, seven rebounds and four steals.
Columbiana is 4-0 and 2-0 in the EOAC, while Leetonia fell to 1-4 and 0-2.
Ethan Mathia and Dylan Johns had 12 points each for the Bears.
Columbiana won the jayvee game, 31-13. Zander Oliver had 13 points for Columbiana, while Aiden Hunter had nine points for the Bears.
Columbiana is scheduled to host South Range today.
Leetonia is at Southern on Tuesday.
C: 21-22-20-16–79
L: 11- 9- 8- 8–36
COLUMBIANA SCORING: Cooper Brown 4-1-9, Senator Johnson 6-1-15, Liam McElwain 4-0-10, Zander Oliver 1-0-3, Trey Snyder 3-4-11, Deron Winnale 1-0-2, Carter Johnson 4-0-9, Avery Young 3-0-9, Hunter Davanzo 3-2-8, Brennan Murphy 1-0-3. TEAM TOTALS: 30, 8-21: 79.
LEETONIA SCORING: Ethan Mathia 6-0-12, Dyland Brown 0-0-0, Jason King 3-0-7, Dylan Johns 5-1-12, Kyle Brown 0-0-0, Chase Bondi 1-0-2, Aiden Hunter 0-0-0, Gray Henderson 0-0-0, Cam Price 1-1-3, Kayden Taylor 0-0-0, Caleb Hamilton 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 16, 2-5: 36.
Three-point goals: Columbiana 11 (Young 3, S. Johnson 2, McElwain 2, Oliver, Snyder, C. Johnson), Leetonia 2 (King, Johns).
Lisbon 64, Wellsville 53
WELLSVILLE — Lisbon sidestepped Wellsville for a 64-53 win on Friday in an Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference matchup.
Lisbon is 4-1 and 2-0 in the EOAC.
AJ Ramgeet sparked the winners with 26 points and six assists. Blaine Barnes added 21 points and three assists. Logan Sturgeon chipped in 10 points and eight rebounds. Aiden Myers had 12 rebounds.
Austin Adkins had a career high 29 points for the Tigers, 1-4 and 1-1 in the EOAC.
Clayten Kersey added 13 points and nine rebounds. Jeron Jackson had nine assists and Andrew Mackey had 10 rebounds.
Wellsville won the jayvee portion, 43-34. Eric Dowling had 14 points for the Tigers. Mason Jones had eight points for Lisbon.
Wellsville is at Valley on Tuesday. Lisbon is at United on Tuesday.
L: 14-19-11-20–64
W: 14- 7-16-16–53
LISBON SCORING: Aidan Ramgeet 1-0-2, Blaine Barnes 7-0-21, Aiden Myers 1-0-2, Ashton Hinchliffe 0-0-0, Logan Sturgeon 5-0-10, Mason Jones 1-0-3, AJ Ramgeet 9-8-26, Paxton Henthorne 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 24, 8-13: 64.
WELLSVILLE SCORING: JEron Jackson 1-2-4, Cooper Frank 0-1-1, Austin Adkins 11-4-29, Clayten Kersey 5-0-13, Andrew Mackey 2-2-6, Zac Banks 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 19, 4-11: 53.
Three-point goals: Lisbon 8 (Barnes 7, Jones), Wellsville 6 (Adkins 3, Kersey 3).
United 61, East Palestine 56
HANOVERTON — United raced out to a 35-16 halftime lead and held on to beat East Palestine, 61-56, in Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference play Friday.
The Eagles improve to 2-1 overall and 1-1 in the EOAC, while the Bulldog drops to 0-2 overall and in league play.
Jason Pratt scored 12 of his game-high 21 points in the second quarter for the Eagles, who outscored the Bulldogs 23-8 in the period.
Abram Ceresna added 13 points, Lance Rycraft nine and Matthew Hoopes eight.
East Palestine used a 25-11 fourth-quarter run to close the final margin to five points.
Clark Rutledge topped the Bulldogs with 15 points, seven rebounds and three assists. Drew Bycroft added 11 points, two assists and two steals and RJ May nine points, nine rebounds, four assists and four steals. Kealin Simon contributed eight points and two assists.
United also won the junior varsity game, 50-32. Ryan Miller scored 15 points for the Eagles. Kealin Simon had nine points for the Bulldogs.
Both teams are scheduled to play today with United at Jackson-Milton and East Palestine hosting Lowellville.
EP: 8- 8-15-25–56
U: 12-23-15-11–61
EAST PALESTINE SCORING: RJ May 4-1-9, Brad Bartels 1-0-2, Drew Bycroft 4-1-11, Peyton Rutledge 2-0-5, Clark Rutledge 4-5-15, Tanner Morrow 1-0-2, Braydon Plum 1-1-4, Kealin Simon 1-5-8. TEAM TOTALS: 18, 13-25: 56.
UNITED SCORING: M’Kyan Haynes 1-2-4, Abram Ceresna 5-1-13, Jason Pratt 6-5-21, Kota Shasteen 0-0-0, Matthew Hoopes 3-2-8, Kadin Schonauer 0-0-0, Wyatt Blevins 1-1-3, Lance Rycraft 3-1-9, Gavin Coffee 1-0-3. TEAM TOTALS: 20, 12-21: 61.
Three-point goals: East Palestine 7 (Bycroft 2, C. Rutledge 2, P. Rutledge, Plum, Simon), United 9 (Pratt 4, Ceresna 2, Rycraft 2, Coffee).
Valley 56, Southern 35
SALINEVILLE — Southern Local fell behind early and couldn’t recover in a 56-35 loss to Valley Christian on Friday in Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference play.
Southern is 0-3 overall and 0-2 in the EOAC.
For the Indians, Jack Pitts had 13 points. Landen Heffner added seven points, 10 rebonds and five assists. Jacob McCurdy had eight points and eight boards. Mason Pitts had seven rebounds.
Valley is 2-0 overall and 2-0 in the EOAC.
Lisbon won the jayvee game, 18-10. Jack Pitts had four points for the Indians.
Southern hosts Leetonia on Tuesday.
VA: 13-16-16-11–56
SL: 9- 5- 7-14–35
VALLEY SCORING: King Swiggett 2-1-5, Mariano Valentino 1-0-2, Dennis Reed 1-0-3, Jordan Tutwiler 6-0-13, Deion Miller 4-0-12, Caleb Harrison 4-0-9, Nigel Currie 0-4-4, JEremiah Harrison 3-0-8. TEAM TOTALS: 21, 5-8: 56.
SOUTHERN SCORING: Jack Pitts 6-0-13, Landen Heffner 3-1-7, Jacob McCurdy 2-4-8, Ben Paxson 0-0-0, Ayden Gardner 0-0-0, Zac Mayfield 0-0-0, Aiden Davis 1-0-2, Mason Pitts 2-0-5, Trevor Groff 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 14, 5-7: 35.
Three-point goals: Valley 9 (Miller 4, Reed, Tutwiler, Mussier 2, Harrison), Southern 2 (J. Pitt, M. Pitts).

