ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Heartland Christian is pointed into the right direction heading into the tournament.

The Lions repeated as OVAC Class A champions on Saturday with a 66-55 victory over Frontier at the ECO Center.

Just like he did last season, Heartland senior Collin Kalaher was named the MVP as he scored 23 points in the win.

Reagan Kalaher helped him out ith 13 points, while Corban Seuita added 11 points.

Heartland led by four after the first quarter and seven at the half, but Frontier (12-6) cut the lead to four heading into the fourth quarter.

Heartland is 17-4 and will be at Liberty on Friday to complete the regular season.

On Sunday, the Lions earned the No. 3 seed in the Div. VII Northeast district draw. Heartland will host No. 23 seed Lordstown on Feb. 26 in a sectional game in the Northeast 2 bracket. Should the Lions win there, they’ll host the winner of No. 10 Bristol and No. 14 Cornerstone Christian. No. 4 Western Reserve and No. 7 Kidron Central Christian are among the other top teams on the other side of the bracket.

FR: 18-13-13-11–55

HC: 22-16-10-18–66

FRONTIER SCORING: A. Powell 5-2-16, Taylor 2-3-7, Kirkpatrick 4-0-9, Bowersock 7-2-17, B. Powers 0-0-0, K. Hoff 1-2-4. TEAM TOTALS: 19, 9-13: 55.

HEARTLAND SCORING: Isaiah Matthews 2-0-5, Corban Seutia 5-1-11, Reagan Kalaher 8-3-23, Jack Morgan 1-1-3, Brody Conaway 3-3-9, Jacob Reed 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 24, 8-15: 66.

Three-point goals: Frontier 6 (Powell 4, Kirkpatrick, Bowersock), Heartland 8 (C. Kalaher 4, R. Kalaher 3, Matthews)

Cambridge 67,

Beaver Local 56

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Faced with another championship game against Buckeye 8 Athletic League member Cambridge, Beaver Local could not turn the tables on Saturday as the Bobcats grabbed the OVAC Class 4A championship with a 67-56 win over the Beavers at the ECO Center.

The Bobcats (20-2) were led by Garrett Carpenter’s 26 points and six rebounds.

Cambridge had beaten Beaver Local 71-40 in the Buckeye 8 championship game on the same floor on Jan. 24.

The Bobcats used 10 threes in the first half to build a 36-26 advantage at the break, but even though Beaver Local managed to get closer in the second half, Cambridge had too many offensive weapons to overcome.

Cam Lauer added 18 points for the Bobcats, while Mason Gregg had 17 points.

Beaver Local fell to 16-5 and will host South Range on Tuesday.

On Sunday, the Beavers earned the No. 4 seed in the Division IV East District draw and will host No. 8 seed Minerva on Feb. 27 in a sectional contest. If the Beavers should win they would get No. 5 seed Carrollton in the district semifinal. Defending Div. IV state champion Maysville is on the other side of the bracket and could be the Beavers’ district final opponent if the Beavers can win twice.

In other OVAC championship games, Toronto won the Class 2A title with a 54-48 win over Caldwell, while Steubenville took out Wheeling Park 68-58 in the Class 5A championship. Wheeling Central knocked off Monroe Central 83-55 for the Class 3A title.

Alliance 47,

West Branch 38

ALLIANCE — Alliance outscored West Branch by five in the third quarter to help the Aviators to the Eastern Buckeye Conference boys basketball title with a 47-38 win on Saturday.

Alliance led 13-9 after the first quarter and 24-21 at the half, but that lead grew to 35-27 at the end of the third quarter.

Alliance moved to 19-2 and 9-1 in the Eastern Buckeye Conference. West Branch fell to 13-7 and 8-2 in the EBC. The Warriors had beaten Alliance in the first meeting in December.

Alliance has won 11 straight games. It shared the title with Carrollton last season and has won four out of the last five EBC titles.

JR Jackson had 24 points to lead the winners.

Jeremiah Thomas sparked the Warriors with 16 point. Landon Coffee added 13 points and seven rebounds.

West Branch shot 36 percent from the floor and committed 17 turnovers.

Gavin Gregory, West Branch’s leading scorer on the season, was limited to two points after battling foul trouble all night.

West Branch won the jayvee game, 39-36. Michael McCartney had 10 points, while Brock Woost added nine for the Warriors.

West Branch hosts Austintown Fitch on Wednesday.

WB: 9-12-6-11–38

AL: 13-11-11-12–47

WEST BRANCH SCORING: Jeremiah Thomas 5-3-16, Gavin Gregory 1-0-2, Grady Hirst 0-0-0, Zach Coffee 1-1-3, Kasen Weaver 1-2-4, Brock Woost 0-0-0, Landon Coffee 6-0-13. TEAM TOTALS: 14, 6-13: 38.

ALLIANCE SCORING: Brisker 2-1-6, JR Jackson 9-5-24, Nicholson 2-0-5, Sears 1-0-2, Woods 1-0-2, Hays 4-0-8. TEAM TOTALS: 19, 6-8: 47.

Three-point goals: West Branch 4 (Thomas 3, Coffee), Alliance 3 (Brisker, Jackson, Nicholson).

Carrollton 73, Salem 50

SALEM — Carrollton had no trouble with Salem as it scored a 73-50 victory over the Quakers on Saturday in Eastern Buckeye Conference play.

Deontay Steele led the Quakers with 18 points. Jack Andres added 16 points. Ty Manion had 10 rebounds.

Salem is 5-15 overall and finished in last place in the EBC with a 0-10 mark.

The Quakers will host Girard on Tuesday before finishing up the regular season at Lisbon on Friday.

Carrollton is 14-6 overall and 6-4 in the EBC. The Warriors finished in third place behind Alliance and West Branch.

CA: 14-16-24-19–73

SA: 9-21-8-12–50

CARROLLTON SCORING: Gero 5-0-13, T. Johnson 8-4-22, Brooks 2-7-11, Husted 2-3-8, J. Johnson 2-3-7, Havens 3-0-8, Cook 1-0-2, Rodgers 1-0-2. TEAM TOTALS: 24, 17-26: 73.

SALEM SCORING: Ty Manion 1-0-2, Deontay Steele 8-8-18, Jack Andres 6-3-16, Karsen Dangel 1-0-2, Max Zacharias 0-0-0, Weston Mango 0-0-0, Cam Martin 2-1-7, OWen Davidson 1-2-4, Braydon Fennema 0-1-1. TEAM TOTALS: 15, 15-27: 50.

Three-point goals: Carrollton 8 (Gero 3, T. Johnson 2, Havens 2, Husted), Salem 5 (Steele 2, Martin 2, Andres)

West Branch 52, Girard 11

BELOIT — Madi Hoopes had 14 points as West Branch’s girls basketball team was a 52-11 winner over Girard on Saturday.

Tallie Muniz added 13 points for the Warriors.

West Branch finished the season 19-3 and will turn its attention to the Div. IV tournament where it hosts Akron East on Thursday.

GI: 4-1-4-2–11

WB: 14-16-13-9–52

WEST BRANCH SCORING: Iris Nezbeth 0-0-0, Elli Colian 0-0-0, Alli Kanagy 0-0-0, Stella Bacconi 1-0-2 Alinee Bacconi 3-0-7, Madi Hoopes 4-5-14, Sydney Lane 1-0-3, Sammi Beatty 1-3-5, Carly Loper 0-0-0, Tallie Muniz 6-0-13, Hallie Vie Burton 1-1-3, Audrey Eaton 1-1-3, Audrey Eaton 1-0-3, Ciara Evans 0-0-0, Sofia Baconni 1-0-2. TEAM TOTALS: 19, 9-12: 52.

GIRARD TEAM TOTALS: 4, 3-10: 11.

Three-point goals: West Branch 5 (A. Bacconi, Hoopes, Lane, Muniz, Eaton)