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Rhodes, Kalaher top picks

CANTON — Crestview senior Addison Rhodes and Heartland Christian junior Collin Kalaher are more than district champions. Both were named players of the year in their respective divisions on the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association’s 2025-26 All-Northeast Inland District basketball teams ...

ALL-NORTHEAST INLAND DISTRICT BASKETBALL TEAMS

CANTON — The 2025-26 Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association All-Northeast Inland District basketball teams honors the top players from parts of Stark, Summit, Portage, Medina, Wayne, Trumbull, Columbiana, Mahoning and Ashland counties. The teams are selected by a media panel from the ...

Three indoor state champions

GENEVA, Ohio — Three Columbiana County boys captured state championships at the Ohio Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches Association 2026 indoor high school state track and field meet at the SPIRE Institute on Friday and Saturday. Salem senior Lucas Adams won the Division II long ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

Heartland plays tonight BARBERTON — The third time was the charm for the Heartland Chrisitian boys basketball team. The Lions captured their first district title after a third straight trip to the district finals. Fourth-seeded Heartland (21-4) opens regional play against second-seeded ...

Lions have heart of a champion

SMITHVILLE — The goal was to make school history. And that is exactly what the Heartland Christian Lions boys basketball team accomplished. The third-seeded Lions continued their hot shooting and ferocious defense to throttle the seventh-seeded Kidron Central Christian Comets 82-52, ...

Gators take a bite out of Branch

CANTON — The West Branch girls basketball team hung on for as long as it could. But that wasn’t enough on Saturday afternoon at Canton Memorial Fieldhouse. The Warriors couldn’t keep up with state power Shaker Heights Laurel, falling to the Gators 53-41 in a Division IV regional ...

Ten area boys qualify for state wrestling tournament

GALLIPOLIS — Beaver Local produced two champions on Saturday at the Div. II district wrestling tournament at Gallia Academy High School. Freshman Jordan Bates topped New Lexington’s Brody McNabb 9-4 in the 106-pound bout and improved to 44-2 on his way to his first state tournament ...

Rhodes ranks with county’s best

LISBON — Crestview senior Addison Rhodes has another trophy to add to her collection on the wall at home. “There are four rows of them,” she said. Rhodes scored 37 points with nine three-pointers in leading her away team to an 84-47 win at the Columbiana County Classic on Sunday ...

Ramgeet leaves Lisbon a winner

LISBON — The top two players in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference faced off another time. Lisbon’s AJ Ramgeet and Columbiana’s Cooper Brown collected MVP honors for their respective teams at the Columbiana County Classic on Sunday night. Ramgeet scored 29 points in leading the away ...

Schmidt takes state title at 215

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Oak Glen senior Noah Schmidt ended his high school career at the top of the podium on Saturday the West Virginia state wrestling championships at Mountain Health Arena. Schmidt conquered Shady Spring senior Joey Cowger in a 7-1 decision in the 215-pound Div. II final. ...