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Local Sports

United’s sectional was a long time coming

United 60, Mogadore 55 HANOVERTON — A United boys basketball sectional title was four decades in the making. The 21st-seeded Eagles beat 23rd-seeded Mogadore, 60-55, Thursday for its first sectional championship since 1985. United improves to 12-10 and will play at third-seeded Smithville ...

Wellsville rides second-half surge

Wellsville 72, Ashtabula St. John 47 WELLSVILLE — Wellsville is making its way through the Northeastern Athletic Conference, which Leetonia will be joining in the fall. The 13th-seeded Tigers road a second-half surge past 15th-seeded Ashtabula St. John, 72-47, in a Division VII sectional ...

Heartland gets out fast

Heartland Christian 77, Lordstown 29 COLUMBIANA — Heartland Christian’s boys basketball team had a 34-point first quarter and cruised to a 77-29 win over 23rd-seeded Lordstown in a Div. VII sectional final Thursday. Collin Kalaher scored 14 points in the opening quarter as the Lions took ...

Rough day for champs

Springfield 71, Lisbon 67 LISBON — It wasn’t a good day for the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference boys basketball champions on Thursday. Both Lisbon and Columbiana saw their seasons come to an end in the Div. VI sectional opener. No. 7 seed Lisbon fell behind by 19 at the half, but ...

Salem’s Folger will be going after a state championship

CANTON — Salem senior Ryan Folger will be on the podium today at the Div. II state swimming tournament at C.T. Branin Nataroium. Folger finished fifth in the boys 100-yard butterfly preliminary (50.44) to qualify for today’s finals. He was behind Oak Harbour’s Austin Sorg (48.52), ...

End of the season for Potters, Rebels

GIRLS Carrollton 48, East Liverpool 29 MINERVA — Ninth-seeded East Liverpool hung around with top-seeded Carrollton for most of the first half of Wednesday’s Division IV district semifinal. The Potters were held to 18 points in the final three quarters and dropped a 48-29 decision to ...

EBC Girls All-Stars

All-Eastern Buckeye Conference Girls Basketball First team Kylie Ujcich (Carrollton, Sr.), Abby Knickerbocker (Salem, Jr.), Audrey Eaton (West Branch, Jr.), Madi Hoopes (West Branch, Fr.), Emma Shafer (Carrollton, Sr.), Ella Wittensoldner (Marlington, Sr.) Second team Bailee Pietz ...

EBC Boys All-Stars

All-Eastern Buckeye Conference Boys Basketball First team Cameron Evanich (Marlington, Jr.), Gavin Gregory (West Branch, Sr.), Rowen Hoffee (Minerva, Sr.), JR Jackson (Alliance, Sr.), Tayvian Johnson (Carrollton, Soph.), Jeremiah Thomas (West Branch, Sr.) Second team Marcus Brooks ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

Salem X-Tra Mile Club SALEM — The Salem X-Tra Mile Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the high school cafeteria. Good morning for Phantoms YOUNGSTOWN – The Youngstown Phantoms used two goals from Cooper Simpson, a record-setting goal from Ryan Rucinski, and 22 stops from Tobias Trejbal ...

Southern turns the corner for 24th win

SALINEVILLE — Southern Local’s girls basketball players went to each corner of the gymnasium after the 66-30 win over Columbia Station Columbia in a Div. VI district semifinal on Tuesday to make sure each and every crowd member knew they appreciated the support in a season that has not seen ...