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Leetonia 61, Southern 50
LEETONIA -- Jason King had 29 points and 14 rebounds to lead Leetonia to a 61-50 win over Southern on Friday in Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference play.
Dylan Johns added 13 points for the Bears.
Jacob McCurdy had 19 points for the Indians. Mason Pitts added 13 points.
Leetonia is 5-11 and 3-7 in the EOAC.
Southern (1-14 and 0-10) is set to host Urban Scholars Saturday.
The Bears will host Wellsville on Tuesday.
SO: 4-13-13-15--50
LE: 10-17-20-14--61
SOUTHERN SCORING: Jack Pitts 2-0-5, Landen Heffner 5-0-11, Jacob McCurdy 6-4-19, Aiden Davis 1-0-2, Mason Pitts 4-0-13. TEAM TOTALS: 18, 5-14: 50.
LEETONIA SCORING: Ethan Mathia 2-0-4, Jason King 11-3-29, Dylan Johns 5-0-13, Kyle Brown 0-1-1, Aiden Hunter 2-3-7, Dylan Brown 2-4-8. TEAM TOTALS: 22, 10-17: 61.
Three-point goals: Southern 9 (Pitts 4, McCurdy 3, Heffner, Jack Pitts), Leetonia 7 (King 4, Johns 3).
Columbiana 74, East Palestine 39
COLUMBIANA -- Four Columbiana players scored in double figures as the Clippers rolled over East Palestine, 74-39, in Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference play Friday.
Senator Johnson collected a game-high 18 points, four rebounds and three assists and Hunter Davanzo had 16 points and 14 rebounds. Cooper Brown contributed 11 points, 10 rebounds, two steals and three blocks and Carter Johnson 11 points and three assists.
The Clippers improve to 13-2 overall and 9-1 in the EOAC, tied with Lisbon for the league lead. Columbiana will play at Southern on Tuesday and at Lisbon on Friday.
Columbiana scored at least 18 points in every quarter.
The Clippers jumped out to a 20-11 lead in the first quarer as Cooper Brown scored nine points and Senator Johnson five.
Drew Bycroft topped East Palestine with 14 points, five rebounds and two steals. Clark Rutledge had eight points, four assists and three steals. RJ May added four rebounds and two steals.
East Palestine drops to 1-12 and 1-9 in league play. The Bulldogs will play at Rootstown at 1 p.m. Saturday
Columbiana also won the junior varsity game, 39-19. Liam McElwain scored 10 points for the Clippers. Mason Gorby had 13 points for the Bulldogs.
EP: 11-11- 4-13--39
C: 20-18-18-18--74
EAST PALESTINE SCORING: RJ May 2-1-5, Tanner Morrow 1-0-2, Drew Bycroft 6-0-14, Peyton Rutledge 2-0-6, Clark Rutledge 3-0-8, Michael Chestnut 2-0-4, Braydon Trosky 0-0-0, Shane Newoman 0-0-0, Jaxson Robb 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 16, 1-4: 39.
COLUMBIANA SCORING: Cooper Brown 4-1-11, Senator Johnson 6-5-18, Trey Snyder 1-1-3, Avery Young 2-0-6, Hunter Davanzo 7-2-16, Liam McElwain 1-0-2, Zander Oliver 1-1-3, Deron Winnale 1-0-2, Carter Johnson 4-0-11, Jacob Parks 1-0-2, Brennan Murphy 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 28-62, 10-16: 74.
Three-point goals: East Palestine 6 (Bycroft 2, P. Rutledge 2, C. Rutledge 2), Columbiana 8-26 (C. Johnson 3, Brown 2, Young 2, S. Johnston).
Wellsville 59, Valley 53
WELLSVILLE -- Wellsville made its mark in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference by taking out Valley Christian 59-53 in overtime on Friday night.
Jeron Jackson shined with 17 points and eight rebounds for the Tigers (6-10 overall and 6-4 in the EOAC). Austin Adkins added 15 points and four steals. Darnell Roe had 14 points, while Andrew Mackey had nine points and 11 rebounds.
Valley Christian fell to 7-6 overall and 7-3 in the EOAC.
Wellsville is set to be at Leetonia Tuesday.
Valley Christian will be at United on Tuesday.
Valley won the jayvee, 37-30. Cooper Frank had nine points for the Eagles.
VC: 12-15-9-12- 5--53
WE: 20-13-6- 9-11--59
VALLEY SCORING: Swiggett 2-2-6, Tutweiler 3-3-10, Valentino 3-0-9, Miller 4-5-15, Currie 2-0-4, Hammonds 1-3-5, Duvall 0-2-2, Reed 1-0-2. TEAM TOTALS: 16, 15-26: 53.
WELLSVILLE SCORING: Jeron Jackson 5-6-17, Haydin Oliver 2-0-4, Darnell Roe 5-1-14, Austin Adkins 5-4-15, Andrew Mackey 2-5-9, Cooper Frank 0-0-0, Clayten Kersey 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 19, 16-25: 59.
Three-point goals: Valley 6 (Valentino 3, Miller 2, Tutweiler), Wellsville 5 (Roe 3, Jackson, Adkins).
Heartland 65, Lowellville 60
COLUMBIANA -- Heartland Christian survived a second-half scare from Lowellville to pull out a 65-60 win on Friday.
The Lions led 34-27 at the half, but Lowellville snagged a 48-47 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
Collin Kalaher sparked the winners with 25 points, while Brody Conaway added 18 points.
The Lions are 12-4 and are set to host the Youngstown Urban Scholars next Friday.
Lowellville fell to 8-7.
LO: 9-18-21-12--60
HC: 16-18-13-18--65
Minerva 80, Salem 55
SALEM -- Owen Shick had 28 points to power Minerva to an 80-55 win over Salem on Friday in Eastern Buckeye Conference play.
Braydon Wood added 18 points for the Lions, 7-8 and 3-4 in the EBC.
Salem (3-10, 0-7) was led by Jack Andres' 16 points and seven rebounds. Ty Manion added 15 points, five rebounds and five assists. Weston Mango had six rebounds.
Salem hosts Carrollton on Tuesday.
M: 18-24-21-17--80
S: 16-11-14-14--55
MINERVA SCORING: Owen Shick 9-2-28, Rowen Hoffee 4-1-11, Gabe Welden 1-1-4, Tyson Fetty 2-2-7, Reid Spall 0-0-0, Skyler Lab 3-1-7, Braydon Wood 8-0-18, Wyatt Gonzalez 1-1-3. TEAM TOTALS: 28, 8-14: 80.
SALEM SCORING: Ty Manion 7-0-15, Deontay Steele 3-0-7, Jack Andres 7-2-16, Karsen Dangel 0-0-0, Max Zacharias 3-0-6, Ben Severe 0-0-0, Weston Mango 1-1-3, Cam Martin 1-0-3, Zane Suarez 0-0-0, Owen Davidson 0-3-3, Brayden Carrocce 0-0-0, Damien Mathes 0-0-0, Brayden Fennema 1-0-2. TEAM TOTALS: 23, 6-13: 55.
Three-point goals: Minerva 14 (Shick 8, Hoffee 2, Wood 2, Welden, Fetty), Salem 3 (Manion, Steele, Martin).
West Branch 45, Marlington 33
ALLIANCE -- Gavin Gregory and Grady Hirst both had double-doubles in leading West Branch past Marlington, 45-33, in Eastern Buckeye Conference play Friday.
Gregory totaled 16 points, 13 points and three steals and Hirst had 14 points, 10 rebounds and three steals. Kasen Weaver added eight points and three rebounds.
The Warriors improve to 8-5 overall and 7-0 in the EBC, one game ahead of Alliance. West Branch will play at Alliance on Tuesday in a battle of the EBC's top teams. Alliance beat Carrollton, 65-44, Friday to drop Carrollton to 3-3 in the EBC, good for third place.
Marlington falls to 3-11 overall and 1-5 in league play. The Dukes will play at Minerva on Tuesday.
West Branch outscored the Dukes in every quarter, taking a 23-16 halftime lead.
West Branch also won the junior varsity game, 38-29, as Michael McCartney scored 11 points.
WB: 14-9-12-10--45
M: 10-6- 9- 8--33
WEST BRANCH SCORING: Jeremiah Thomas 1-1-3, Gavin Gregory 7-2-16, Grady Hirst 5-4-14, Chase Gee 1-0-3, Zach Coffee 0-0-0, Kasen Weaver 3-0-8, Brock Woost 0-0-0, Landon Coffee 0-1-1. TEAM TOTALS: 17, 8-16: 45.
MARLINGTON SCORING: Byson Jones 0-0-0, Cole Jones 2-0-6, Matt Baldwin 2-0-4, Matt Evanich 5-0-12, Carter Frank 0-0-0, Brady Denham 5-0-11. TEAM TOTALS: 14, 0-0: 33.
Three-point goals: West Branch 3 (Weaver 2, Gee), Marlington 5 (Jones 2, Eveanich 2, Denham).
Oak Glen 64, Weir 32
NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. -- The Oak Glen boys basketball team had about as good of a first half as a team could have Friday night against rival Weir High.
The Golden Bears opened a 12-4 lead after one quarter thanks to a 10-0 run, then out-scored the Red Riders 21-1 in the second quarter on the way to a 64-32 victory inside the Bears Den.
The huge second quarter pushed the lead to 33-5 at halftime and the Bears, now 8-3, were well on their way.
As much as it seemed everything went right for Oak Glen, it was the opposite for Weir High (4-8), who went over five minutes of game time without a point and did not make a basket the entire second quarter.
The Red Riders did score 27 in the second half, but the hole was already too deep.
For Oak Glen, it was a big win in the OVAC Class 4A standings as the Bears entered the week sitting in fifth place. The top four qualify for the conference tournament, with the cut off being Feb. 3.
Gavin Geisse led the way for Oak Glen with 15 points. He was one of 11 different players to score in the win.
Elijah Knisely tallied nine, while Chase Hartung netted seven and Mason Kell, Aiden Dawson and Will Weekley each netted six.
For the Red Riders, Kason Lash led the way with nine points and Teddy Glyptis netted seven.
The Golden Bears were slated to be back in action Saturday hosting Tyler Consolidated. Weir High was scheduled to travel to North Marion Saturday afternoon.
Oak Glen won the jayvee game, 51-23. Jacob Everett had points for the Golden Bears.
WE: 4- 1-10-17--32
OG: 12-21-15-16--64
WEIR SCORING: Syncere Stevenson 0-1-1, Angelo Drobraska 1-0-2, L. Haught 1-0-2, Teddy Glyptis 3-0-7, Horstman 1-0-2, Ryant Lyons 2-0-5, K. Lash 2-5-9, Cayden Braswell 0-4-4. TEAM TOTALS: 10, 10-15: 32.
OAK GLEN SCORING: Chase Hartung 2-2-7, Mason Kell 2-1-6, Elijah Knisley 4-0-9, Will Weekley 1-4-6, Aidan Dawson 2-0-6, Noah Willey 2-0-4, Colt Hissam 2-0-5, Gavin Geisse 5-5-15, Tyler Evans 0-0-0, Camm Dittman 1-0-3, Jacob Everett 1-0-2, Brenden Ates 0-0-0, Kam Hebrock 0-1-1. TEAM TOTALS: 23, 13-21: 64.
Three-point goals: Weir 2 (Glyptis, Lyons), Oak Glen 7 (Dawson 2, Hartung, Kell, Knisley, Hissam, Evans).