Beaver Local’s Luke Rettos dribbles around St. Clairsville’s Griffin Straub in Tuesday’s OVAC Class 4A semifinal. (Morning Journal/Ron Firth)

Beaver Local 63, St. Clairsville 58, OT

CALCUTTA — In a matchup of two 6-foot-7 All-Ohioans, Beaver Local and Owen Hill came out on top of St. Clairsville and Griffin Straub, 63-58, in overtime in an OVAC Class 4A semifinal Tuesday.

Hill scored 10 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter and overtime to power the Beavers. Luke Rettos contributed 12 points and handled the point guard duties. Aiden Dray addeded nine points.

Second-seeded Beaver Local improves to 16-4 and advances to the OVAC final against top-seeded Cambridge (19-2) at 6 p.m. Saturday at the ECO Center in St. Clairsville. Cambridge defeated Beaver Local, 71-40, on Jan. 24, but that when Hill was out with a foot injury.

St. Clairsville, which defeated Beaver Local 60-52 on Dec. 27, drops to 13-6 overall.

Straub topped Red Devils with a game-high 29 points, but the Beavers shut him out in overtime.

The Beavers jumped out to a 19-8 lead as Hill scored seven points and Dray five. The Red Devils opened the game shooting 3-of-20 from the field, but got untracked when Straub hit 11 straight points as St. Clairsville closed within 25-21 at halftime.

Beaver Local led 40-31 entering the fourth quarter and 50-43 on a Hill layup with 1:53 to play in regulation.

A Straub three-pointer tied the game at 52-52 with 43 seconds to play and Hill missed a three-pointer with 1.4 seconds left to send the game into overtime.

A Matthew Anderson basket and a Luke Rettos three-pointer put the Beavers up 57-52 with 2:34 to play. Hill had a layup and a block, while Rettos and Nicolas McKenzie each hit a free throw.

St. Clairsville closed within 61-58 with 16 seconds left. Hill hit a pair of free throws to close out the scoring.

St. Clairsville won the junior varsity game, 60-27. Nathan Pusateri scored eight points for Beaver Local.

SC: 8-13-10-21- 6–58

BL: 15-10-15-12-11–63

ST. CLAIRSVILLE SCORING: Griffin Straub 12-1-29, N. Jacob 4-0-8, L. Schafer 6-3-15, K. Clifford 1-0-3, O. Muhly 1-0-2, B. Clifford 0-1-1, G. Pastor 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 24, 5-12: 58.

BEAVER LOCAL SCORING: Nicolas McKenzie 2-1-5, Aiden Dray 4-0-9, Owen Hill 11-6-28, Matthew Anderson 2-0-5, Luke Rettos 4-1-12, Tucker McElroy 1-2-4, Peyton Cowdery 0-0-0, Jett Johnson 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 24, 10-16: 53.

Three-point goals: St. Clairsville 5 (Straub 4, K. Clifford), Beaver 5 (Rettos 3, Dray, Anderson).

Oak Glen 48, United 36

HANOVERTON — Oak Glen’s Mason Kell had 11 points in a balanced attack as the Golden Bears downed United 48-36 on Tuesday.

Noah Willey and Tyler Evans added eight points each for the Golden Bears (11-8).

For United (10-9), Kota Shasteen scored 17. Only four Golden Eagles scored in the contest.

United won the jayvee game, 37-31. Ayden Bradley and Levi Lucas had 10 points each for the Eagles.

Oak Glen hosts Clay-Battelle on Friday.

United goes to East Liverpool on Friday.

OG: 11-10-15-12–48

UN: 9-10- 7-10–36

OAK GLEN SCORING: Chase Hartung 2-0-4, Mason Kell 3-3-11, Elijah Knisley 1-0-2, Will Weekley 1-2-4, Aidan Dawson 0-1-1, Noah Willey 3-2-8, Colt Hissam 1-0-2, Gavin Geisse 2-3-7, Tyler Evans 3-0-8, Brenden Ates 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 16, 11-19: 48.

UNITED SCORING: M’Kyan Haynes 0-0-0, Gavin Coffee 0-0-0, Abram Ceresna 3-0-9, Kadin Schonauer 0-0-0, Jason Pratt 2-2-8, Ryan Miller 0-0-0, Kota Shasteen 6-5-17, Wyatt Blevins 0-0-0, Lance Rycraft 1-0-2, Matthew Hoopes 0-0-0, Carter Cope 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 12, 7-15: 36.

Three-point goals: Oak Glen 5 (Kell 2, Evans 2, Willey), United 5 (Ceresna 3, Pratt 2).

East Palestine 79, Buckeye Local 75 OT

EAST PALESTINE — Kealin Simon had 21 points and six rebounds in East Palestine’s 79-75 overtime win over Buckeye Local on Tuesday.

For the Bulldogs (5-14), Clark Rutledge had 19 points, eight rebounds, nine assists and five steals. R.J. May had 19 points, three rebounds, four assists and six steals. Drew Bycroft added 16 points, four rebounds, four assists and four steals.

Buckeye Local won the jayvee game, 37-21. Tanner Morrow had seven points. Brad Bartels had six points.

East Palestine is at Weirton Madonna on Friday.

BL: 8-16-20-25-6–75

EP: 11-17-24-19-8–79

BUCKEYE LOCAL SCORING: Hayden Wilhelm 4-1-10, Kyle Kirkland 9-1-23, Rylan Walker 8-3-19, Chas Worma 2-0-4, Kamden Kinyo 2-0-5, Matt Morris 3-5-11m Xavier Eastham 1-1-3. TEAM TOTALS: 29, 11-23: 75.

EAST PALESTINE SCORING: RJ May 10-2-19, Michael Chestnut 0-0-0, Brad Bartels 1-0-2, Drew Bycroft 6-4-16, Peyton Rutledge 1-0-2, Kealin Simon 7-3-21, Clark Rutledge 8-2-19. TEAM TOTALS: 33, 11-14: 79.

Three-point goals: Buckeye 6 (Kirkland 4, Wilhelm, Kinyo), East Palestine 8 (Kealin 4, May 3, C. Rutledge).

Southern 65, Madonna 56

SALINEVILLE — Southern Local defeated Weirton Madonna 65-56 in a homecoming game on Tuesday.

Landen Heffner had 20 points, six assists and nine rebounds for the Indians Jacob McCurdy added 14 ooints, while Mason Pitts had 13 points and 11 rebounds. Jack Pitts added 12 points.

Southern is 3-17 overall. Madonna is 2-17.

Southern is at Edison on Friday.

M: 13-13-13-17–56

S: 16-10-25-14–65

MADONNA SCORING: Luke Wingett 1-1-4, Tyler Dillon 1-1-3, Vinny Chiodi 0-4-4, Jake Druga 7-5-21, Anthony DeCaria 1-0-3, Reno Fuscardo 9-3-21. TEAM TOTALS: 19-57, 14-24: 56.

SOUTHERN LOCAL SCORING: Jack Pitts 4-1-12, Landen Heffner 8-3-20, Jacob McCurdy 5-3-14, Ben Paxson 1-2-4, Aiden Davis 1-0-2, Mason Pittts 5-2-13. TEAM TOTALS: 24-65, 11-19: 65.

Three-point goals: Madonna 4-26 (Druga 2, Wingett, DeCaria), Southern Local 6-19 (J. Pitts 3, Heffner, McCurdy, M. Pitts).

Indian Creek 58, Wellsville 54

WELLSVILLE — Wellsville’s boys basketball team gave Indian Creek a run for its money in a 58-54 loss on Tuesday in OVAC consolation play.

Darnell Roe led the Tiger attack with 18 points, while Austin Adkins had 14 points, eight rebounds and four assists. Jeron Jackson had 14 points.

Nishon White had 19 points for Creek (5-14).

Wellsville fell to 9-12 and will host River on Friday.

Wellsville won the jayvee game, 45-31.

IC: 12-15-13-18–58

WE: 14-15-11-14–54

INDIAN CREEK SCORING: Bruce Mazor 4-4-12, Dalton Nickell 2-2-7, Evan McGrew 4-4-12, Sawyer Pietro 1-0-2, Caleb Lyons 0-1-1, Caden Saffele 1-0-3, Cade Haines 1-0-2, Nishon White 7-5-19. TEAM TOTALS: 20, 16-23: 58.

WELLSVILLE SCORING: Jeron Jackson 6-1-14, Haydin Oliver 3-0-6, Darnell Roe 7-1-18, Austin Adkins 5-3-13, Andrew Mackey 1-0-2, Cooper Frank 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 22, 5-7: 54.

Three-point goals: Indian Creek 2 (Nickell, Saffele), Wellsville 5 (Rowe 3, Jackson, Adkins).

Newton Falls 81, Salem 50

SALEM — Newton Falls got 19 points from Phil Davis in an 81-50 win over Salem on Tuesday.

Deontay Steele and Jack Andres had 14 points each for the Quakers. Andres added four rebounds and three assists. Ty Manion added eight points, three rebounds and four assists.

Salem is 4-14. Newton Falls is 13-6.

Salem is at Hubbard on Friday.

NF: 22-19-14-26–81

SA: 13-12-15-10–50

NEWTON FALLS SCORING: Phil Davis 7-5-19, Dallas Dillon 2-2-7, Dallas Dunlap 4-0-11, Chase Clonch 2-0-4, Jake Dowling 1-0-2, Mason Dillon 1-0-2, AJ Collins 0-1-1, Drayson Moore 5-3-15, Dylan Smithberger 1-0-3, Leland Vargo 4-0-11, Tyler Stinson 3-0-6. TEAM TOTALS: 30, 11-17: 81.

SALEM SCORING: Ty Manion 3-2-8, Deontay Steele 6-2-14, Jack Andres 6-2-14, Max Zacharias 1-0-3, Weston Mango 3-1-7, Zane Suarez 0-0-0, Owen Davidson 1-0-2, Braydon Fennema 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 21, 7-12: 50.

Three-point goals: Newton Falls 10 (Vargo 3, Moore 2, Smithberger, Dunlap 3, Dillon), Salem 1 (Zacharias).

West Branch 78, Dalton 47

DALTON — West Branch completed the first of its two warmups in preparation for the Eastern Buckeye Conference championship game.

The Warriors had seven players score at least seven points as they raced by Dalton, 78-47, Tuesday

Jeremiah Thomas had a game-high 17 points, eight assists and six rebounds. Kasen Weaver contributed 15 points and three assists, Zach Coffee 11 points and seven rebounds, Grady Hirst eight points and nine rebounds, Chase Gee eight points, Gavin Gregory seven points and seven rebounds and Landon Coffee seven points and three rebounds.

West Branch improves to 12-6 and will play at Girard on Friday. Then on Saturday, West Branch travels to Alliance in an EBC showdown. Both teams are 8-1 in league play with the winner capturing the title.

The Warriors led 24-7 in the first quarter and 40-19 at halftime.

Carter Hignight topped the Bulldogs with 16 points.

Dalton moves to 7-12 and will play at Hillsdale on Friday.

West Branch also won the junior varsity game, 36-25, as Grady Olinger scored 16 points.

WB: 24-16-19-19–78

D: 8-11-13-15–47

WEST BRANCH SCORING: Jeremiah Thomas 6-2-17, Gavin Gregory 2-3-7, Grady Hirst 3-2-8, Chase Gee 3-0-8, Zach Coffee 4-2-11, Kasen Weaver 5-2-15, Brock Woost 1-0-2, Landon Coffee 3-1-7, Luke Curry 1-0-3. TEAM TOTALS: 28, 12-13: 78.

DALTON SCORING: Alex Houmard 2-0-4, Carter Hignight 5-4-16, Deangelo Dalessandro 4-1-10, Cody Hofstetter 2-2-6, Reese Lecon 2-0-5, Ben Witmer 1-1-4, Caleb Baus 0-2-2, Corbin Lehman 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 16, 10-15: 47.

Three-point goals: West Branch 10 (Thomas 3, Weaver 3, Gee 2, Z. Coffee, Curry), Dalton 5 (Hignight 2, Dalessandro, Lecon, Witmer).