Beaver Local's Owen Hill shoots over Salem's Owen Davidson and Ty Manion (1) on Tuesday. (Morning Journal/Ron Firth)

Beaver Local 77, Salem 56

CALCUTTA — Beaver Local’s 6-foot-7 Owen Hill was raring to go after missing the last five games due to injury.

Hill scored a career-high 31 points in his usual dominating fashion as the Beavers rolled over Salem, 77-56, Tuesday.

The Beavers improve to 14-4 on the season — including a 11-2 mark with Hill in the lineup.

Beaver Local was 3-2 with Hill sidelined with a small fracture in his foot, but the West Liberty University recruit helps the Beavers play at a different level.

Hill scored 24 points in the second and third quarters when the Beavers outscored the Quakers 47-25.

Deontay Steele topped Salem with 16 points. Ty Manion had 11 pointsa nd five rebounds.

Steele and Manion hit three-pointers to give the Quakers an early 6-1 lead, but Salem shot 3-of-14 from the field.

After the score was 8-8, it didn’t take long for Beaver Local to take control. Hill scored 10 points in a span of 2:18 — including a three-pointer and a conventional three-point play — to boost the Beavers’ lead to 28-14. Peyton Cowdery followed with another three-point play for a 31-16 lead with 3:16 left in the second quarter.

The Beavers led 37-25 at halftime and 57-33 through three quarters.

Salem (4-12) scored 23 of its 56 points in the fourth quarter.

Salem won the junior varsity game, 61-43.

The Quakers had a team effort with Damion Mathes scoring 14 points, Cam Martin 13, Colton Hall 11 and Tarion Thornton 10. The Beavers were led by Owen Moore with 18 points and Jett Johnson 11.

Beaver Local will play at Oak Glen on Thursday, while Salem travels to rival West Branch on Friday.

SA: 8-17- 8-23–56

BL: 10-27-20-20–77

SALEM SCORING: Ty Manion 5-0-11, Deontay Steele 6-3-16, Jack Andres 2-1-6, Weston Mango 2-0-4, Owen Davidson 1-0-2, Ben Severe 1-0-2, Max Zacharias 1-0-2, Braydon Fennema 0-0-0, Karsen Dangel 1-1-3, Damion Mathes 0-0-0, Cam Martin 2-0-5, Zane Suarez 1-0-2, Braydon Carrrocce 1-0-3, Colton Hall 1-0-3. TEAM TOTALS: 23, 5-16: 56.

BEAVER LOCAL SCORING: Nicolas McKenzie 1-0-2, Tucker McElroy 2-0-4, Owen Hill 10-8-31, Luke Rettos 5-2-13, Matthew Anderson 4-1-11, Peyton Cowdery 4-1-10, Aidan Dray 1-0-2, Jett Johnson 0-0-0, JP McElroy 0-0-0, Sidney Braslawsce 0-0-0, Nathan Pusateri 0-0-0, Owen Moore 1-0-2, Luca Vujaklya 0-0-0, Cash Williams 1-0-2. TEAM TOTALS: 29, 12-23: 77.

Three-point goals: Salem 6 (Manion, Steele, Andres, Martin, Carrocce, Hall), Beaver 7 (Hill 3, Anderson 2, Rettos, Cowdery).