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Bears king for a day; Three share EOAC lead

Leetonia 56, East Palestine 50 LEETONIA — Leetonia was king for a day. Junior Jason King scored a career-high 17 points and Dylan Johns had 17 more in leading Leetonia past East Palestine, 56-50, in Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference play Tuesday. Leetonia improves to 3-8 overall and 2-4 ...

Beaver drains Creek

WINTERSVILLE — It was an emotional night for the Indian Creek boys basketball team as the team played its first home game since longtime head coach Joe Dunlevy suffered a medical issue during his team’s home game against Claymont Dec. 27. Indian Creek returned to Coach D Court Tuesday ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

Wellsville scores a win EAST LIVERPOOL — Wellsville’s bowling team rolled to a 2,228-1,780 win over Lordstown on Tuesday at Walnut Lanes. Wellsville is 10-1 and will host Heartland today. The Lions provided the Tigers with their only loss on the season. For Wellsville, Madelyn ...

Southern working on a perfect season

SALINEVILLE — Technically Southern Local’s girls basketball team had been idle since Dec. 22, but the Indians never stopped working over the holiday. Using the aggressive defense and clutch threes it used to dominate the 2025 part of the season, the Indians were once again lethal in ...

Brown guides Devils

Lisbon 49, Valley Christian YOUNGSTOWN — Lylah Brown scored 18 points and Lisbon jumped out to an 11-1 lead in a 49-33 win over Valley Christian on Monday. The Blue Devils improve to 7-6 overall and 4-4 in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference. The Eagles drop to 4-5 and 3-5 in league ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

Wellsville teams up for victory EAST LIVERPOOL — The Wellsville bowlers had a well-rounded team effort in downing Warren JFK, 2025-1671, Monday at Walnut Lanes. Madelyn Landess had a 189 game and 372 series and Makayla Landess a 185 game and 368 series to lead the Tigers. Cameron Taylor ...

Rhodes closes in on county record

GIRARD — Crestview Local senior Addison Rhodes has done it all for the Rebels in her career and now she’s the school’s all-time leading scorer after a 43-point day against Girard in a 72-65 win on Saturday night. Rhodes now has 2,013 career points which surpassed Chelsea Bowker’s ...

Quakers stay busy in victory over Crestview

COLUMBIANA — Salem’s boys basketball team bounced Crestview 48-44 on Saturday. Owen Davidson paced Salem with 13 points and six rebounds. Ty Manion added 10 points, three rebounds and three assists. Deontay Steele had 10 points, eight rebounds and three assists. Salem is 2-6 and hosts ...

Garrett crowned NFL sack king

CINCINNATI — The night before Myles Garrett got his 23rd sack to break the NFL single-season record, he had a nightmare that he fell short of the mark. Garrett instead made his sweetest dreams come true. The All-Pro Cleveland Browns pass rusher took down Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow ...