COLUMBUS — Beaver Local sophomore Jake Hughes ended a 24-year school and Columbiana County state title drought with a 2-1 tiebreaker win over Bishop Watterson sophomore Tommy Rowlands in the Div. II 157-pound weight class on Sunday at the boys state wrestling tournament at the ...
COLUMBUS — Rematches against the No. 1 ranked wrestlers in the state in their respective weight classes didn’t change course for two area girls wrestlers who reached the championship final on Sunday at the girls state wrestling tournament at the Schottenstein Center. United Local ...
Jordan Bates Beaver Local Beavers 106 pounds Fr., 46-3 FIRST ROUND: Bates pin John Bollinger (Streetsboro), 2:30 QUARTERFINAL: Bates tech. fall Blake Foucht (Alter), 16-0 SEMIFINAL: Grady Moos (Elyria Catholic) dec. Bates, 10-9 CONSOLATION SEMIFINAL: vs. Brody McNabb (New ...
BARBERTON — The Heartland Christian Lions knew the challenge of the situation they were facing. And they knew the opponent well. But unfortunately, the Hillsdale Falcons used a strong shooting performance and solid defense to dramatically sneak past the Lions, 58-57, in a Division VII ...
By MICHAEL S. BURICH Assistant Sports Editor COLUMBUS — Six area Div. II wrestlers won their opening-round matches on Friday during the first day of the state boys wrestling tournament at the Schottenstein Center. Beaver Local freshman Jordan Bates, East Liverpool junior Kyle Ingram, ...
By MICHAEL S. BURICH Assistant Sports Editor COLUMBUS — Columbiana County’s top girls contenders took care of business on Friday on the first day of the girls state wrestling tournament at the Schottenstein Center. East Liverpool junior Paige Cowan, United senior Auston Brown and ...
West Branch and Salem are out of luck ... for now. The Northeast 8 announced on Friday that it will not be seeking any more members. The Warriors and Quakers were seeking a conference new home after Minerva, Carrollton and Marlington decided to leave the Eastern Buckeye Conference for the ...
Laurel captures first state title DAYTON — The Shaker Heights Laurel girls basketball team beat a pair of state champions on the way to its first state championship. The Gators won the Division IV state title Friday by topping defending champion Bellevue, 60-58, at University of Dayton ...
By MICHAEL S. BURICH Assistant Sports Editor The road to the state tournament for area wrestlers isn’t always a smooth one. Adversity of all kinds can pop up. This season a snowstorm on Jan. 24 into Jan. 25 produced more than a foot of snow for many places in the area. That meant ...
Heartland’s next test on Friday BARBERTON — The Heartland Christian basketball team is making history as the first Columbiana County boys team to capture a district title since Columbiana in 2008. The Lions can add a regional title with one more win. Heartland (22-4) will play ...