Salem’s Karlie Sampson dribbles around West Branch’s Madi Hoopes.

SALEM — West Branch girls basketball team closed out a perfect run in the Eastern Buckeye Conference with a 46-34 win over Salem on Saturday afternoon.

The Warriors are 16-2 overall and 10-0 in the league. West Branch is ranked 12th in the state in Div. IV by the MaxPreps rankings.

Salem fell to 10-9 and 4-6 in the conference.

Madi Hoopes led the winners with 17 points.

Peyton Colbert led a balanced Salem attack with six points. Karlie Sampson had seven rebounds. Abby Knickerbocker added five points and 10 boards.

Salem will be at Crestview on Wednesday.

West Branch hosts Canfield on Wednesday. It will be broadcast as WKBN’s Game of the Week.

WB: 14-10-11-11–46

SA: 5-14-1-14–34

WEST BRANCH SCORING: Iris Nezbeth 0-4-4, Elli Colian 2-0-5, Alinee Bacon 0-0-0, Madi Hoopes 5-5-17, Sydney Lane 0-0-0, Sammi Beatty 2-0-5, Carly Loper 0-0-0, Tallie Muniz 3-2-8, Hallie Vie Burton 0-0-0, Audrey Eaton 0-7-7, Ciara Evans 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 12, 18-28: 46.

SALEM SCORING: Noa Martin 1-0-2, Karlie Sampson 0-5-5, Gary Rohm 1-0-3, Shaae Burkhart 1-0-3, Ava Lee 0-3-3, Peyton Colbert 2-1-6, Abby Knickerbocker 2-1-5, Ryann Vross 1-0-3, Maddy Andres 0-1-1, Emilee Lewis 0-1-1. TEAM TOTALS: 9, 11-18: 34.

Three-point goals: West Branch 4 (Hoopes 2, Bacconi, Beatty), Salem 5 (Martin, Rohm, Burkhart, Colbert, Vross).

Western Reserve 48, Columbiana 35

COLUMBIANA — In a battle of two of the best small school girls basketball teams in the area, Western Reserve was able to come out on top with a 48-35 win over Columbiana on Saturday.

Quincy Miller guided the 19-1 Devils with 19 points, while Kylee Ramsey had 16 points. Western Reserve is ranked seventh in the state of Ohio in Div. VII by the MaxPreps RPI.

Annah Clemmer had 13 points for the Clippers who fell to 16-3.

Columbiana will be at Wheeling Central for an OVAC consolation game today.

WR: 8-14-13-13–48

CO: 5-5-15-10–35

WESTERN RESERVE SCORING: Harper Darney 1-0-2, Kylee Ramsey 6-4-16, Gianna Leone 0-0-0, Kylah Busch 1-3-5, Quincy Miller 7-0-19, Choleigh Endlsey 3-0-6. TEAM TOTALS: 18, 7-11: 48.

COLUMBIANA SCORING: Evy Rapp 2-1-5, Megan Moser 2-0-6, Annah Clemmer 4-2-13, Sydney Spaite 2-0-5, Tori Waselich 2-0-4, Lexi Davis 1-0-2. Josie Hepler 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 13, 3-9: 35.

Three-point goals: Western Reserve 5 (Miller), Columbiana 6 (Clemmer 3, Moser 2, Spaite)

BOYS

Salem 64, Niles 56

SALEM –Salem’s boys basketball team closed out senior night with a 64-56 win over Niles on Saturday.

Deontay Steele led the Quakers with 25 points, five rebounds and three assists. Ty Manion added 19 points, eight rebounds and three assists.

Salem is 4-11 and will be at Beaver Local on Tuesday.

NI: 15-8-19-14–56

SA: 18-15-16-15–64

NILES SCORING: Alex Doyle 8-4-23, Joey Lehman 0-3-3, Cash Carey-Hardin 5-1-14, Mason Burns 0-2-2, Takees Fambro 1-0-3, Trey Davis 3-2-8, John Barrell 1-1-3. TEAM TOTALS: 18, 13-20: 56.

SALEM SCORING: Ty Manion 8-1-19, Deontay Steele 10-4-25, Jack Andres 3-0-6, Karsen Dangel 2-0-6, Max Zacharias 1-0-2, Ben Severe 0-0-0, Weston Mango 1-2-4, Cam Martin 0-0-0, Owen Davidson 0-0-0, Braydon Fennema 1-0-2. TEAM TOTALS: 26, 7-10: 64.

Three-point goals: Niles 7 (Doyle 3, Carey-Hardin 3, Fambro), Salem 5 (Manion 2, Dangel 2, Steele)

Western Reserve 55, Columbiana 40

COLUMBIANA — Columbiana’s boys basketball team suffered a 55-40 setback to Western Reserve on Saturday night.

The Clippers were outscored 14-3 in the first quarter and could not recover.

Cooper Brown posted 14 points to lead the Clippers, 14-3.

Connor Cochran led the Blue Devils (12-5) with 18 points.

Columbiana is at Wellsville on Tuesday.

WR: 14-13-16-12–55

CO: 3-18-6-13–40

WESTERN RESERVE SCORING: D. Krut 0-0-0, A. Romine 4-0-11, N. Paris 1-1-3, P. Hartzell 1-2-4, J. Klasic 7-0-15, C. Cochran 8-0-18, J. Young 2-0-4. TEAM TOTALS: 23, 3-6: 55.

COLUMBIANA SCORING: Cooper Brown 6-0-14, Senator Johnson 0-3-3, Liam McElwain 1-0-3, Zander Oliver 0-0-0, Trey Snyder 0-0-0, Carter Johnson 2-0-6, Avery Young 1-0-3, Hunter Davanzo 3-1-7, Jacob Parks 2-0-4. TEAM TOTALS: 15, 4-12: 40.

Three-point goals: Western Reserve 6 (Romine 3, Classic, Cochran 2), Columbiana 6 (Brown 2, C. Johnson 2, McElwain, Young)

West Branch 40,

Canton South 36

CANTON — West Branch’s boys basketball team overcame a six-point deficit in the first quarter to down Canton South 40-36 on Saturday.

Gavin Gregory led the charge with 22 points and 13 boards for the winners. Jeremiah Thomas added 16 points and three assists.

West Branch won the jayve game, 48-33. Joey Troyer had 12 points for the winners.

West Branch will be at Youngstown East on Tuesday.

WB: 8-10-14-8–40

CS: 14-7-10-5–36

WEST BRANCH SCORING: Jeremiah Thomas 6-0-16, Gavin Gregory 9-4-22, Grady Hirst 0-0-0, Zach Coffee 0-0-0, Kasen Weaver 1-0-2, Brock Woost 0-0-0, Landon Coffee 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 16, 4-7: 40.

CANTON SOUTH SCORING: AJ Menison 2-0-4, B. Terrell 4-0-9, S. Miller 2-0-5, Laney 2-3-9, J Gatlin 1-0-3, N. Stewart 3-0-6. TEAM TOTALS: 14, 3-4: 36.

Three-point goals: West Branch 4 (Thomas), Canton South 5 (Laney 2, Terrell, Miller, Gatlin)