East Liverpool’s LaNease Andrews drives baseline around Carrollton’s Ryleigh Hanenkrat in district action at Minerva High School on Wednesday. (Morning Journal/Jimmy Joe Savage)

GIRLS

Carrollton 48, East Liverpool 29

MINERVA — Ninth-seeded East Liverpool hung around with top-seeded Carrollton for most of the first half of Wednesday’s Division IV district semifinal.

The Potters were held to 18 points in the final three quarters and dropped a 48-29 decision to the Warriors at Minerva High School.

Carrollton improves to 16-8, including a pair of three-point losses to West Branch. West Branch and Carrollton finished one-two in the Eastern Buckeye Conference.

Carrollton outscored East Liverpool 26-11 in the middle two quarters to pull away.

East Liverpool lost seven of its last eight to finish the season with a 7-17 record.

Carrollton advances to play fourth-seeded Millersburg West Holmes for the district championship at 1 p.m. Saturday at Dover High School. West Holmes topped fifth-seeded McConnelsville Morgan, 45-41, Wednesday.

EL: 11- 7- 4-7–29

CA: 17-12-14-5–48

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BOYS

Mentor Lake Catholic 65, Crestview 30

MENTOR — The Mentor Lake Catholic boys basketball team is ending 2026 better than the Cougars started it.

The 25th-seeded Cougars won for the second time this year with a 65-30 beating of 26th-seeded Crestview in a Division V sectional opener Wednesday night.

Lake Catholic is 6-16 overall and 2-12 in 2026. The Cougars will play at sixth-seeded Fairview Park (15-7) in the sectional final at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Crestview lost five of its last six games to finish the season with an 8-15 record.

The Rebels held an early 3-2 lead, but trailed by as many as 40 points in the fourth quarter.

Crestview fell behind by eight points at 17-9 early in the second quarter, but fell behind 38-12 by halftime.

Lake Catholic’s lead was 60-23 through three quarters and got as high as 40 points at 65-25 before the Rebels scored the final five points.

CR: 7-5- 11-7–30

LC: 15-23-22-5–65