Leetonia 73, Southern 69

SALINEVILLE –Leetonia snapped a 23-game losing streak in Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference play Tuesday with a 73-69 win against Southern.

The Bears improve to 2-4 overall and 1-2 in the EOAC. Their last league win was a 52-47 decision over Southern on Jan. 9, 2024.

Ethan Mathia led the Bears with a game-high 26 points and Dylan Johns hit six of Leetonia’s 12 three-pointers for 23 points. Dylan Brown added 13 points and Dylan Johns eight.

The Bears outscored the Indians 17-11 in the fourth quarter to rally.

Leetonia improves to 2-4 overall and 1-2 in the EOAC. Southern drops to 0-4 and 0-3.

For the Indians, Jacob McCurdy had a team-high 19 points, seven rebounds, three assists and two blocks.

Mason Pitts had 18 points, six rebounds and four steals. Landen Heffner contributed 16 points, seven assists and two steals. Aiden Davis added nine points and eight rebounds.

Southern won the two-quarter junior varsity game, 18-15, as Ben Paxson scored five points.

Both teams play Friday with Leetonia at Wellsville and Southern at Columbiana.

L: 12-21-23-17–73

S: 19-18-21-11–69

LEETONIA SCORING: Chase Bondi 0-1-1, Ethan Mathia 11-1-26, Dylan Brown 3-5-13, Jason King 3-1-8, Dylan Johns 7-3-23, Aiden Hunter 0-0-0, Kyle Brown 1-0-2. TEAM TOTALS: 25, 11-24: 73.

SOUTHERN SCORING: Jack Pitts 2-0-6, Landen Heffner 5-6-16, Jacob McCurdy 7-3-19, Ben Paxson 1-0-2, Zac Mayfield 0-0-0, Aiden Davis 4-1-9, Mason Pitts 6-3-17. TEAM TOTALS: 25, 13-20: 69.

Three-point goals: Leetonia 12 (Johns 6, Mathia 3, D. Brown 2, King), Southern 6 (J. Pitts 2, McCurdy 2, M. Pitts 2).

United 56, Lisbon 49

HANOVERTON — Jason Pratt stunned Lisbon with 29 points as the Golden Eagles marched past the Devils 56-49 on Tuesday.

United is 4-1 and 2-1 in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference.

Lisbon fell to 4-2 and 2-1 in the league.

For Lisbon, Logan Sturgeon had 17 points, six rebounds and four steals. A.J. Ramgeet added 12 points.

United won the jayvee game, 48-41. Ryan Miller had 18 points for the winners. Cooper Terdina had 15 points for Lisbon.

Lisbon hosts East Palestine on Friday.

United is at Valley Christian on Friday.

L: 15-11-11-12–49

U: 11-11-19-15–56

LISBON SCORING: Aidan Ramgeet 2-4-8, Blaine Barnes 3-1-8, Aiden Myers 1-0-2, Ashton Hinchliffe 0-0-0, A.J. Ramgeet 4-3-12, Logan Sturgeon 8-1-17, M Jones 1-0-2. TEAM TOTALS: 19, 9-15: 49

UNITED SCORING: M’Kyan Haynes 0-3-3, Abram Ceresna 0-0-0, Kadin Schonauer 0-0-0, Jason Pratt 9-4-29, Kota Shasteen 1-0-2, Wyatt Blevins 3-6-12, Matthew Hoopes 3-0-7. TEAM TOTALS: 16, 13-22: 56.

Three-point goals: Lisbon 2 (Barnes, A.J. Ramgeet), United 8 (Pratt 7, Hoopes).

Columbiana 84, East Palestine 60

EAST PALESTINE — Columbiana’s Cooper Brown had 20 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks as the Clippers cruised past East Palestine 84-60 on Tuesday.

Hunter Davanzo added 18 points and 16 boards, while Senator Johnson had 20 points.

Columbiana is 6-0 overall and 3-0 in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference. The Clippers host Southern on Friday.

R.J. May had 22 points, four rebounds, four assists and two steals for the Bulldogs, 0-3 overall and 0-3 in the league. Kealin Simon added 14 points. Drew Bycroft added 11 points, five rebounds and four assists. Clark Rutledge had 11 points, five rebounds and two steals. East Palestine is at Lisbon on Friday.

Columbiana won the jayvee portion, 56-32. Zander Oliver had 17 points for the Clippers, followed by Brennan Murphy’s 13.

Kealin Simon had seven points for the Bulldogs.

CO: 21-21-25-17–84

EP: 16-15-10-19–60

COLUMBIANA SCORING: Cooper Brown 9-5-24, Senator Johnson 9-1-20, Liam McElwain 0-0-0, Zander Oliver 1-0-2, Trey Snyder 2-2-7, Deron Winnale 0-0-0, Carter Johnson 3-4-10, Avery Young 1-1-3, Hunter Davanzo 7-4-18, Brennan Murphy 0-0-0.TEAM TOTALS: 32-56, 17-23: 84.

EAST PALESTINE SCORING: RJ May 9-3-22, Brad Bartels 1-0-2, Tanner Morrow 0-0-0, Drew Bycroft 5-0-11, Peyton Rutledge 0-0-0, Kealin Simon 4-2-14, Braydon Plum 0-0-0, Clark Rutledge 5-0-11. TEAM TOTALS: 24, 5-11: 60.

Three-point goals: Columbiana 3 (Brown, S. Johnson, Snyder) , East Palestine 7 (Simon 4, May, Bycroft, Rutledge).

Valley 56, Wellsville 35

YOUNGSTOWN — Wellsville went on the road and fell 56-35 on Tuesday to Valley Christian in Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference play.

Wellsville is 1-5 and 1-2 in the league.

The Tigers are set to host Leetonia on Friday.

Valley is 3-0 and 3-0 in the EOAC. The Eagles host United on Friday.