Heartland 67, Cardinal Mooney 54

YOUNGSTOWN — Heartland Christian’s boys basketball team racked up a 67-54 win over Cardinal Mooney on Tuesday.

The Lions moved to 14-4 and are ranked 19th in the state of Ohio in Div. VII according to the MaxPreps rankings. Heartland has won four straight following a four-game losing streak. The Lions are clinched first place in the Class 4A OVAC standings.

Cardinal Mooney fell to 7-9.

The Lions host Youngstown East on Friday.

HC: 17-23-16-11–67

CM: 16-10-10-18–54

Oak Glen 58, Steubenville CC 50

NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — Gavin Geisse kept Oak Glen’s OVAC tournament hopes alive with a 17-point performance in a Golden Bear 58-50 win over Steubenville Central Catholic on Tuesday.

The Bears are 10-5 and sit fifth in the OVAC Class 4A standings. The Golden Bears will have one more shot to close the gap as it hosts Beaver Local on Thursday’s cutoff date.

Elijah Knisley and Noah Willey had 11 points each for the Golden Bears.

SCC: 7-10-17-16–50

OG: 16-17-13-12–58

STEUBENVILLE CC SCORING: Micahel Fabbro 3-3-12, Rahim Mitchell 6-10-23, Robbie Cherepko 1-0-2, Kolbe Krupp 4-0-11, Aidan Hogh 1-0-2. TEAM TOTALS: ‘5, 13-14: 50.

OAK GLEN SCORING: Chase Hartung 2-0-4, Mason Kell 2-5-9, Elijah Knisley 5-0-11, Noah Willey 4-3-11, Colt Hissam 2-0-4, Gavin Geisse 8-1-17, Tyler Ecans 1-0-2, Kam Hebrock 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 24, 9-14: 58

Three-point goals: Steubenville CC 7 (Fabbro 3, Krupp 3, Mitchell), Oak Glen 1 (Knisley).

Southeast 51, Crestview 25

COLUMBIANA — Ravenna Southeast held Crestview to 16 points in the first three quarters for a key 51-25 Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference Gray Tier victory Tuesday.

The Pirates improve to 15-3 overall and 9-2 in league play, tied with Newton Falls with one game remaining. Southeast will play at Garfield on Friday looking to clinch a share of the league title.

The Rebels drop to 7-13 and 3-8 in the MVAC. They will host Brookfield on Friday.

Southeast jumped out to a 13-0 lead before Crestview got on the scoreboard with 33 seconds remaining in the first quarter.

The Pirates led 21-9 at halftime and scored the first nine points of the second half for a 30-9 lead.

The Rebels finally hit double figures with 5:11 remaining in the third quarter.

SE: 13-8-16-14–51

CR: 3-6- 7 9–25

West Branch 46, Youngstown East 38

YOUNGSTOWN — Gavin Gregory and Jeremiah Thomas combined for 37 points as West Branch topped Youngstown East, 46-38, Tuesday.

Gregory totaled 19 points and eight rebounds and Thomas collected 18 points, four rebounds and two steals.

The Warriors won for the seventh time in eight games to improve to 10-6.

Tyris Davis topped the Golden Bears with 12 points. East drops to 8-8 heading into Friday’s game at Heartland Christian.

West Branch won the junior varsity game, 32-31, as Joey Troyer scored 11 points.

The Warriors will host Salem on Friday.

WB: 10-10-11-15–46

YE: 12- 8-10- 8–38

WEST BRANCH SCORING: Jeremiah Thomas 6-3-18, Gavin Gregory 8-3-19, Grady Hirst 1-0-2, Chase Gee 0-0-0, Zach Coffee 1-0-2, Kasen Weaver 1-0-2, Brock Woost 0-0-0, Landon Coffee 1-1-3. TEAM TOTALS: 18, 7-11: 46.

YOUNGSTOWN EAST SCORING: Kor’dae Phifer 1-0-2, Tyris Davis 5-2-12, Anthony Davis 0-1-1, Alberto Maldonado 3-3-10, Jeremiah Swain 4-0-9, Draiden Oakley 0-1-1, Sincere Warnex 2-0-5. TEAM TOTALS: 15, 7-12: 38.

Three-point goals: West Branch 3 (Thomas 3), Youngstown East 3 (Moldanado, Swain, Warnex).