South Range 65, Beaver Local 50

CALCUTTA — Beaver Local had a big hole in the lineup Tuesday.

The Beavers, playing without injured 6-foot-7 All-Ohioan Owen Hill, dropped a 65-50 decision to South Range.

The Raiders improve to 12-8 and will close out the regular season by hosting Campbell on Friday and West Branch on Saturday.

The Beavers finish the regular season with a 16-6 record. Hill is still battling a foot injury that forced him to miss five games in January and his status for the sectional tournament opener next week is uncertain.

Fourth-seeded Beaver Local will host eighth-seeded Minerva in Division IV sectional play at 7 p.m. Feb. 27. Beaver Local beat Minerva, 56-52, on Dec. 9 with Hill in the lineup.

Gavin Hiscox led the Raiders with 18 points, followed by Nick Toy with 17 and Tommy Titus with 15.

Matthew Anderson topped Beaver Local with 18 points. Peyton Cowdery added 11 points and Luke Rettos eight.

South Range jumped out to a 34-26 halftime lead and scored the first six points of the third quarter to go ahead 40-26.

The Beavers closed within 43-37 after three quarters, but the Raiders scored seven points in the opening 41 seconds of the fourth quarter to widen the margin to 50-37.

Beaver Local would get no closer than 11 points the rest of the way, the final time at 56-45 with 4 1/2 minutes remaining.

Beaver Local won the junior varsity game, 54-41, with Owen Moore scoring 17 points and Jett Johnson 13.

SR: 19-15- 9-22–65

BL: 18- 8-11-13–50

SOUTH RANGE SCORING: Jack Carey 3-0-7, Tommy Titus 6-1-15, Nick Toy 8-0-17, Julian Tranovich 1-0-3, Gavin Hiscox 9-0-18, James Dysert 2-1-5, Mason Naples 0-0-0, Dahaeven Cooperwood 0-0-0, Guido Miller 0-0-0, Michael Lucas 0-0-0, Drake Lowry 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 29, 2-6: 65.

BEAVER LOCAL SCORING: Nicolas McKenzie 2-0-5, Aiden Dray 0-1-1, Tucker McElroy 2-0-4, Matthew Anderson 7-3-18, Luke Rettos 4-0-8, Peyton Cowdery 4-2-11, Jett Johnson 1-1-3, Nathan Pusateri 0-0-0, Owen Moore 0-0-0, Luca Vujaklya 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 20, 7-12: 50.

Three-point goals: South Range 5 (Titus 2, Carey, Toy, Tronovich), Beaver Local 3 (McKenzie, Anderson, Cowdery).

Crestview 51, Jackson-Milton 33

COLUMBIANA — The Crestview boys captured their fifth home victory of the season by downing Jackson-Milton, 51-33, Tuesday.

The Rebels improve to 8-13 overall and will close out the regular season at LaBrae on Friday. LaBrae needs to win to capture a share of the MVAC Gray Tier title.

Jackson-Milton finishes the regular season at 4-18, including two wins against Sebring and other wins against Lordstown and Leetonia.

John Marshall 74, Oak Glen 39

GLEN DALE, W.Va. — John Marshall split the season series with Oak Glen, prevailing 74-39 in boys basketball action Tuesday.

John Marshall won for the third time in four games to improve to 9-10.

Oak Glen moves to 12-8, including a 76-59 win over John Marshall on Dec. 16.

The Golden Bears will play at Wheeling Central on Friday. The Maroon Knights are 16-0 as they are going for a third straight West Virginia Class 3A state championship.