Wellsville 68, Southern 50

SALINEVILLE — Wellsville’s boys basketball team sidestepped Southern Local 68-50 on Friday in Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference play.

Darnell Roe led the visitors with 21 points, while Austin Adkins added 16 points. Andrew Mackey chipped in 13 points.

The Tigers are 7-10 overall and 7-4 in the EOAC. Southern slipped to 2-15 and 0-11 in the conference.

The Indians got 18 points from Jacob McCurdy along with four assists and five rebounds. Landen Heffner had 13 points and four assists. Mason Pitts also had 13 points along with 12 rebounds.

Southern will be at United on Tuesday.

Wellsville is at Leetonia on Monday.

W: 20-11-14-23–68

S: 11-20 -8-11–50

WELLSVILLE SCORING: Jeron Jackson 45-0-11, Zac Banks 0-0-0, Cooper Frank 0-0-0, Haydin Oliver 2-2-4, Darnell Roe 10-0-21, Gage Vance 0-0-0, Austin Adkins 6-1-16, Clayten Kersey 1-1-3, Andrew Mackey 5-3-13. TEAM TOTALS: 29-64, 4-10: 68.

SOUTHERN SCORING: Jack Pitts 1-1-3, Landen Heffner 5-0-13, Jacob McCurdy 7-1-18, Benjamin Paxson 1-0-2, Aiden Davis 0-1-1, Mason Pitts 4-4-13, Trevor Groff 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 18-53, 6-16: 50.

Three-point goals: Wellsville 6-21 (Adkins 3, Roe, Kersey, Jackson), Southern 8-21 (Heffner 3, McCurdy 3, Pitts, Pitts).

United 62, Leetonia 43

HANOVERTON — United handled business in a 62-43 win over Leetonia on Friday in Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference play.

Gavin Coffee sparked the winners with 18 points, while Jason Pratt added 12 points.

United is 7-7 overall and 5-5 in the EOAC. The Golden Eagles host Southern on Tuesday.

Ethan Mathia had 12 points to lead the Bears (5-11, 3-7 in the EOAC). Leetonia hosts Wellsville on Monday.

United won the jayvee game 38-10. Ryan Miller had 11 points for the Eagles, while Jordan Kidder added eight points.

L: 9-12-12-10–43

U: 12-15-18-17–62

UNITED SCORING: M’Kyan Haynes 3-1-7, Gavin Coffee 6-2-18, Abram Ceresna 0-0-0, Kaydin Shonauer 2-3-7, Jason Pratt 3-4-12, Ryan Miller 1-0-2, Ayden Bradley 0-0-0, Kota Shasteen 3-0-6, Wyatt Blevins 1-0-2, Lance Rycraft 0-2-2, Matthew Hoopes 2-0-4. TEAM TOTALS: 21, 12-16: 62.

LEETONIA SCORING: Ethan Mathia 4-4-12, Jason King 3-3-8, Dylan Johns 0-0-0, Kyle Brown 1-0-2, Aiden Hunter 2-1-5, Chase Bondi 0-1-1, Dylan Brown 1-1-3. TEAM TOTALS: 11, 10-15: 43.

Three-point goals: United 6 (Coffee 4, Pratt 2), Leetonia 1 (King).

Valley Chrisian 64, East Palestine 33

YOUNGSTOWN — Valley Christian jumped out to a 13-point lead in the first quarter and pulled away from East Palestine for a 64-33 win Friday.

Jordan Tutwiler led the Eagles with 19 points, followed by Deion Miller and Marvel Hammonds with 10 apiece.

Valley imprvoes to 8-6 overall and 8-3 in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference, two games behind league-leading Columbiana.

East Palestine lost its sixth in a row to drop to 1-14 and 1-10 in the EOAC.

The Eagles led 38-15 at halftime and 57-21 after three quarters.

Drew Bycroft topped the Bulldogs with a game-high 21 points, four rebounds and steals. RJ May bad five points, five rebounds and three steals, Clark Rutledge had six rebounds, four assists and three steals, Peyton Rutledge had six rebounds and two steals.

Valley also won the junior varsity game, 35-23. Kealin Simon had seven points for the Bulldogs and Teagan Biser four.

Both teams return to league play Tuesday with East Palestine hosting Leetonia and Valley traveling to Lisbon.

EP: 11- 4- 6-12–33

VC: 24-14-19- 7–64

EAST PALESTINE SCORING: RJ May 2-1-5, Michael Chestnut 1-0-2, Drew Bycroft 9-1-21, Peyton Rutledge 1-0-2, Clark Rutledge 1-0-2, Kealin Simon 0-0-0, Tanner Morrow 0-1-1, Ashton Trosky 0-0-0, Shane Newman 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 14, 3-6: 33.

VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCORING: King Swiggett 3-3-9, Jordan Tutwiler 7-4-19, Dante Valentino 1-0-2, Deion Miller 4-2-10, Nigel Currie 3-0-9, Marvel Hammonds 4-2-10, Dennis Reed 2-0-4, E. Benson 0-0-0, G. Chism 0-1-1, Dom Posterli 0-0-0, M. Valentino 0-0-0, J. Harrison 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 24, 12-25: 64.

Three-point goals: East Palestine 2 (Bycroft 2), Valley 4 (Currie 3, Tutwiler).

Heartland 80, Urban Scholars 20

COLUMBIANA — Heartland Christian’s boys basketball team buzzed to an 80-20 win over Youngstown Urban Scholars on Friday.

Heartland (13-4) led 24-5 after the first quarter and 51-12 at half.

The Lions will return to action on Tuesday at Cardinal Mooney.

US: 5- 7- 4- 4–20

HC: 24-27-16-13–80

Liberty 50, Crestview 48

COLUMBIANA — Crestview’s boys basketball team came up short in a 50-48 loss to Liberty on Friday in a Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference Gray Division game.

Crestview had an 11-8 lead after the first quarter and was in control with a 20-18 advantage at the half, but the Leopards hung on in a hotly contested second half.

Crestview falls to 7-11 and 3-8 in the league.

Liberty is 3-14 and 3-9 in the league.

Crestview hosts Southeast on Tuesday.

LI: 8-10-17-15–50

CR: 11-9-14-14–48

Wheeling Park 61, East Liverpool 40

EAST LIVERPOOL — It continues to be a struggle for the East Liverpool boys basketball team without leading scorer Dre’Keim Abercrombie.

Playing for the fourth straight game without the junior post player, the Potters dropped their third straight game with a 61-40 loss to Wheeling Park on Friday.

East Liverpool is now 8-9 and is sitting fifth in the OVAC Class 4A standings with one week to play until brackets are set. Wheeling Park, a Class 5A team, is 5-6.

Tyler Kirby led teh Potters with 11 points, while Nolan Irving added nine points.

Josh Huffman had 21 points for the Patriots.

The Potters host Canfield on Tuesday.

WP: 19-12-17-13–61

EL: 12- 9- 8-11–40

WHEELING PARK SCORING: K. Whitmire 0-7-7, J. Bordas 3-0-8, J. Huffman 7-3-21, J. Beck-James 6-0-12, J. Williams 4-2-12, C. Stein 0-1-1. TEAM TOTALS: 20, 13-18: 61.

EAST LIVERPOOL SCORING: Jayce Douglas 1-1-3, Dre Brown 3-2-8, Tyler Kirby 4-3-11, Nolan Irving 3-2-9, Meshach Harris 1-0-2, Ben Myers 0-0-0, Donavin Austin 0-0-0, Elliott Fitch 2-1-5, Javan Dawson 0-0-0, Thoren Long 0-2-2. TEAM TOTALS: 14, 11-18: 40.

Three-point goals: Wheeling Park 8 (Huffman 4, Bordas 2, Williams 2), East Liverpool 1 (Irving).

Steubenville 75, Beaver Local 58

CALCUTTA — Four Steubenville players scored at least 14 points as Big Red topped Beaver Local, 75-58, Friday.

Santino Harvey led the way with a game-high 19 points. Tre’von Wiggins added 17 points, Jermaine Moore 16 and Cole Bowers 14.

Steubenville won its ninth in a row to improve to 14-1. Big Red will host Dover on Tuesday and East Liverpool on Friday.

Six players scored baskets in Steubenville’s 27-8 second-quarter run that was the difference.

Luke Rettos topped the Beavers with 16 points. Aiden Dray and Peyton Cowdery each added nine points and Nicolas McKenzie eight.

Beaver Local lost its second in a row to drop to 13-4. The Beavers will host Salem on Tuesday.

Steubenville also won the junior varsity game, 46-31. Jett Johnson led Beaver Local with 13 points and Cash Williams had eight.

ST: 15-27-17-16–75

BL: 15- 8-18-17–58

STEUBENVILLE SCORING: Tre’von Wiggins 7-1-17, Santino Harvey 7-4-19, Jermaine Moore 7-0-16, Cole Bowers 5-1-14, Landon Bowers 1-0-2, Braidyn Edwards 2-0-5, Che’mier Adams 0-0-0, Josiah Rea 1-0-2, Lawrence Luke 0-0-0, Micah Burkhart 0-0-0, Noah Kokiko 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 30, 6-12: 75.

BEAVER LOCAL SCORING: Nicolas McKenzie 3-0-8, Aiden Dray 4-0-9, Tucker McElroy 2-0-4, Matt Anderson 3-3-9, Luke Rettos 8-0-16, Peyton Cowdery 4-0-9, Jett Johnson 1-0-3. TEAM TOTALS: 25, 3-5: 58.

Three-point goals: Steubenville 9 (C. Bowers 3, Wiggins 2, Moore 2, Harvey, Edwards), Beaver 5 (McKenzie 2, Dray, Cowdery, Johnson).

Marlington 71, Salem 51

ALLIANCE — Marlington outscored Salem 22-1 in the fourth quarter for a 71-51 Eastern Buckeye Conference win Friday.

Salem took a 38-30 lead at halftime and a 50-49 lead through three quarters before the Dukes rallied.

Marlington snapped a four-game losing streak to improve to 4-11 overall and 2-5 in the EBC, while Salem drops to 3-11 and 0-8 in the EBC.

Cameron Evanich topped the Dukes with a game-high 20 points. Cole Jones added 19 points and Carter Frank 13.

For the Quakers, Ty Manion had 19 points, nine rebounds and three assists and Deontay Steele 16 points and three assists. Jack Andres had four rebounds and three assists.

Salem will host Niles on Saturday, while Marlington entertains Northwest on Tuesday.

S: 19-19-12- 1–51

M: 17-13-19-22–71

SALEM SCORING: Ty Manion 7-1-18, Deontay Steele 5-4-16, Max Zaharias 0-0-0, Ben Severe 0-0-0, Weston Mango 2-1-5, Owen Davidson 2-0-5, Jack Andres 3-0-7, Karsen Dangel 0-0-0, Cam Martin 0-0-0, Zane Suarez 0-0-0, Braydon Fennema 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 19, 6-10: 51.

MARLINGTON SCORING: Bryson Jones 0-2-2, Cole Jones 5-6-19, Matt Baldwin 3-2-8, Ian Fawver 0-0-0, Cameron Evanich 7-3-20, Carter Frank 4-5-13, Brady Denham 1-2-5, Braydon Ellis 0-1-1, Mason Miller 0-0-0, Finn Hassenzahl 0-3-3, Liam Taggart 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 20, 25-35: 71.

Three-point goals: Salem 7 (Manion 3, Steele 2, Davidson, Andres), Marlington 6 (Jones 3, Evanich 3).

Carrollton 61, West Branch 49

CARROLLTON –Carrollton outscored West Branch by 11 in the third quarter to pull away for a 61-49 win on Friday in Eastern Buckeye Conference play.

Marcus Brooks had 20 points and six rebounds to lead Carrollton, 11-4 overall and 4-3 in the EBC. West Branch (8-6 overall) suffered its first loss in league play to fall to 7-1 in the EBC.

Gavin Gregoy led Branch with 24 points and six rebounds.

Carrollton won the junior varsity game, 47-31. Brock Woost had 10 points for West Branch.

West Branch is tied with Alliance for first place and is at Canton South today.

WB: 11- 8- 7-23–49

CA: 8-14-18-21–61

WEST BRANCH SCORING: Jeremiah Thomas 2-2-6, Gavin Gregory 7-8-24, Grady Hirst 0-3-3, Zach Coffee 1-0-2, Kasen Weaver 2-3-7, Joey Troyer 1-0-3, Landon Coffee 2-0-4. TEAM TOTALS: 15, 16-24: 49.

CARROLLTON SCORING: T. Johnson 6-3-18, Brooks 8-3-20, Cameron 0-1-1, J. Johnson 3-1-7, Allison 3-0-7, Carlisle 1-0-2, Rodgers 3-0-6. TEAM TOTALS: 24, 8-17: 61.

Three-point goals: West Branch 3 (Gregoy 2, Troyer), Carrollton 5 (T. Johnson 3, Brooks, Allison).

Brooke 60, Oak Glen 54

WELLSBURG, W.Va. –Brooke’s boys basketball team was a 60-54 winner over Oak Glen on Friday night.

Oak Glen fell to 9-5, while Brooke is 10-5.

Oak Glen hosts Steubenville Central on Tuesday.