Salem’s Weston Mango splits Lisbon defenders Paxton Henthorne (left) and Aiden Myers on Friday. (Morning Journal/Gary Leininger)

Salem 67, Lisbon 65

LISBON — Jack Andres, Ty Manion and Deontay Steele combined for 59 points in leading Salem past Lisbon, 67-65, Friday at Nace Gymnasium.

Andres scored 24 points, followed by Manion with 18 and Steele with 17.

It was the first time in a year the Quakers won two games in a row.

Salem ends the regular season at 7-15, including three wins in their last four games.

Lisbon suffered its third loss in 12 games to move to 15-6. Five of the losses came by eight points or less.

Salem trailed 57-48 through three quarters and outscored Lisbon 19-8 in the fourth quarter with Andres scoring eight points.

AJ Ramgeet scored a game-high 35 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. for the Blue Devils. Aidan Ramgeet contributed 21 points. Blaine Barnes had seven points and Ashton Hinchliffe pulled down 10 rebounds.

Salem also won the junior varsity game, 58-53, as Colton Hall scored 15 points. Lisbon got 15 points from

Isaac Kraft.

S: 23-18-16- 8–67

L: 12-21-15-19–65

SALEM SCORING: Ty Manion 9-0-18, Deontay Steele 5-5-17, Jack Andres 8-7-24, Max Zacharias 0-0-0, Weston Mango 2-0-4, Cam Martin 1-1-3, Owen Davidson 0-1-1. TEAM TOTALS: 25, 14-24: 67.

LISBON SCORING: Blaine Barnes 2-2-7, Aiden Myers 1-0-2, Ashton Hinchliffe 0-0-0, AJ Ramgeet 12-10-35, Paxton Henthorne 0-0-0, Aidan Ramgeet 9-1-21, Logan Sturgeon 0-0-0, Mason Jones 0-0-0, Cooper Terdina 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 24-78, 13-26: 65.

Three-point goals: Salem 3 (Steele 2, Andres), Lisbon 4-14 (Aidan Ramgeet 2, AJ Ramgeet, Barnes).

Heartland 68, Liberty 58

LIBERTY — Heartland Christian won its eighth straight game by downing Liberty, 68-58, Friday.

Collin Kalaher and Jacob Reed led the Lions with 16 and 15 points, respectively. Brody Conaway 11 points.

The Lions finish the regular season at 18-4.

The Leopards drop to 3-19.

Wheeling Central 84, Oak Glen 41

WHEELING, W.Va. — Wheeling Central is on a mission.

The Maroon Knights, the two-time defending West Virginia Class AA state champions, won again with a 84-41 decision over Oak Glen on Friday.

Wheeling Central improves to 17-0 on the season and will play at Logan, W.Va., on Saturday.

Oak Glen drops to 12-9 heading into Friday’s game at Robert C. Byrd.

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GIRLS

Western Reserve 68, Leetonia 24

BERLIN CENTER — Top-seeded Western Reserve took care of business and 21st-seeded Leetonia, 68-24, in a Division VII girls basketball sectional final Friday.

Quincy Miller had five three-pointers in the first quarter.

Miller scored 23 of her 26 points in the first half.

Giana Leone added 15 points and Kylee Ramsey 13.

The Blue Devils improve to 21-2, which includes losses at Berlin Hiland and Mineral Ridge.

Western Reserve has 29 wins in its last 33 games overall and has at least 16 wins in four straight seasons.

The Blue Devils will host the winner of Saturday’s game between 15th-seeded Bristol and 17th-seeded Rittman in a district semifinal at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Leetonia finishes the season at 2-20, both victories against winless Wellsville. The Bears have won three of their last 46 games.