Heartland Christian 91, Crestview 62

COLUMBIANA — Heartland Christian jumped out to a 6-0 lead after 50 seconds and the rout was on.

The Lions ran past Crestview, 91-62, Tuesday in the championship game of Heartland’s fifth annual Hoopin’ into the New Year Tournament. The Lions won the tournament for the third straight year and fourth overall.

They improved to 9-0 on the season and upped their scoring average to 76.6 points a game.

Collin Kalaher led the Lions with a game-high 28 points, raising his career total to 1,031. Isaiah Matthews totaled 20 points, Corbin Seutia 10 and Jack Morgan eight.

Crestview’s leaders were Grant Gerner with 16 points, Tyler Savage 15, Dylan Stoffer 10 and Eli Cope eight.

Kalaher opened the scoring with a layup off a pass from Conaway. Kalaher followed with a steal and layup and had another steal and an assist to Jack Morgan for a layup to give the Lions a quick 6-0 lead.

Isaiah Matthews hit a three-pointer to boost the margin to 14-2 with 3:34 to play in the first quarter.

Reagan Kalaher scored off an offensive rebounds as the Lions built their biggest lead of the first half at 46-30. Crestview closed the gap to 48-39 by halftime.

Heartland led 72-51 through three quarters and the final score was the largest margin.

Both teams return to action Saturday as Heartland hosts Lisbon and Crestview (4-5) entertains Salem.

C: 12-27-12-11–62

H: 18-30-24-19–91

CRESTVIEW SCORING: Tyler Savage 5-5-15, Eli Cope 3-0-8, Isaac Unkefer 1-0-2, Grant Gerner 5-2-16, Dylan Stoffer 5-0-10, Braydon Gilbert 1-2-4, Xavier Nelson 2-0-5, JJ Gecina 1-0-2, Brady Barnhart 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 23, 9-13: 62.

HEARTLAND CHRISTIAN SCORING: Isaiah Matthews 8-1-20, Corbn Seutia 5-0-10, Collin Kalaher 12-0-28, Jack Morgan 4-0-8, Brody Conaway 5-1-11, Reagan Kalaher 3-0-6, Easton Jones 0-0-0, Jacob Reed 2-0-4, Ryan Coy 0-0-0, Evan Stambaugh 1-0-2, Hudson Miller 1-0-2, Alex Hamilton 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 41, 2-4: 91.

Three-point goals: Crestview 7 (Gerner 4, Cope 2, Nelson), Heartland 7 (C. Kalaher 4, Matthews 3).

United 69, Pittsburgh Christian Academy 43

COLUMBIANA — United’s boys basketball team won the consolation game of the Heartland Hoopin’ into the New Year tournament with a 69-43 win over Pittsburgh Christian Acadeny on Tuesday.

United was up 23-4 after a quarter and 41-14 at the half.

United improved to 6-3 and will be at Southern Local on Jan. 6.

UN: 23-18-16-12–69

PC: 4-10-13-16–43

Lakeview 46, Columbiana 40

CORTLAND — Lakeview held Columbiana to 27 points in the final 25 1/2 minutes and rallied for a 46-40 win Tuesday.

The Bulldogs improve to 5-2, while the Clippers lost their second in a row to fall to 7-2.

Columbiana jumped out to a 13-3 lead with 1:43 to play in the first quarter, but was outscored 43-27 the rest of the way.

The Clippers had their last lead at 17-16 following a Cooper Brown offensive rebound with 3:51 remaining in the second quarter.

Lakeview went ahead 36-23 entering the fourth quarter. Columbiana closed within 47-42 on a Brown three-pointer with 1:12 left in the game, but would get no closer.

Brown hit another three-pointer with five seconds left to close out the scoring. He finished with 22 points.

Isiah Lantz led LaBrae with 19 points. Trace Goyzueta added 12 points, including six in the fourth quarter.

Lakeview also won the junior varsity game, 41-35.

Kaden Gaviit led the Bulldogs with 14 points. Jacob Parks had eight points for the Clippers.

Lakeview will play at Newton Falls on Saturday, while Columbiana hosts Wellsville on Jan. 6.

C: 13- 7- 3-19–40

L: 8-16-12-11–46

COLUMBIANA SCORING: Cooper Brown 8-3-22, Senator Johnson 2-0-5, Trey Snyder 0-0-0, Avery Young 2-0-6, Hunter Davanzo 1-2-4, Zander Oliver 1-0-3. TEAM TOTALS: 14, 5-12: 40.

LAKEVIEW SCORING: Brandon Toot 3-1-8, Isaiah Lantz 6-4-19, Trace Goyzueta 5-2-12, Luke Demsey 3-0-7, Asa Lantz 0-0-0, Matt Leonard 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 17, 7-12: 46.

Three-point goals: Columbiana 7 (Brown 3, Young 2, Johnson, Oliver), Lakeview 5 (I. Lantz 3, Toot, Demsey).

Cardinal Mooney 73, East Liverpool 49

EAST LIVERPOOL — East Liverpool’s boys basketball team lost its third game in four tries as Cardinal Mooney turned it on in the second half for a 73-49 win on Tuesday.

East Liverpool fell to 4-4 overall.

Dre Brown had 15 points for the home team. East Liverpool trailed by two at the half before the Cardinals outscored the Potters by 20 in the third quarter.

The Potters, playing the second of five straight at home, will host Harrison Central on Jan. 6.

Cardinal Mooney, who lost to Beaver Local by 17 in the season opener, is 5-3. Kingston Powell led the Cardinals with 17 of his 20 points in the first half. Dante Turner scored 14 of his 18 points in the third quarter. Cardinal Mooney hit 16 threes.

CM: 14-16-25-18–73

EL: 14-14- 5-16–49

CARDINAL MOONEY SCORING: Kingston Powell 7-0-20, Grayson Dubos 1-0-3, Dante Turner 8-0-18, Tyler Guerreri 1-1-3, Landon Keck 1-0-3, Brooks Willias 2-0-6, Jalen Carter 1-0-3, Brandon Rios 1-2-4, Ford Stacy 5-0-13. TEAM TOTALS: 27, 3-6: 73.

EAST LIVERPOOL SCORING: Jayce Douglas 1-2-4, Dre Brown 5-3-15, Tyler Kirby 4-0-8, Nolan Irving 4-0-9, Dre’Keim Abercrombie 3-1-7, Meschach Harris 0-0-0, Ben Myers 0-0-0, Donavin Austin 0-0-0, Elliott Fitch 0-0-0, Thoren Long 1-1-4, Owen Davis 0-0-0, David Stadford 0-0-0, Javan Dawson 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 19, 7-12: 49.

Three-point goals: Cardinal Mooney 16 (Powell 6, Stacy 3, Turner 2, Willis 2, Dubos, Keck, Carter), East Liverpool 4 (Brown 2, Irving, Long).