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Clippers cage Bears

LEETONIA — Columbiana’s boys basketball team wrapped up a 79-36 win over Leetonia on Friday in Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference play. For the Clippers, Senator Johnson led the way with 15 points and six rebounds. Trey Snyder added 11 points wtih 10 rebounds and Liam McElwain had 10 ...

Lions claw Salem

MINERVA — Salem shot 15 percent from the field in the first half and dug itself a hole it could never climb out of while falling to an aggressive Minerva team 62-26 in an Eastern Buckeye Conference boys basketball game in the Lions’ gym here Friday night. “We didn’t play real well and ...

Potters catch Huskies; Beavers drain Creek

CADIZ — Dre’Keim Abercrombie tallied 14 points to help the Potters topple Harrison Central 46-41 on Friday night in Buckeye 8 play. Dre Brown added eight points for the winners. The Potters move to 2-1 and will be at Buckeye Local Tuesday. The Huskies fall to 0-3. The two teams ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

32,750 watch state finals CANTON — Last weekend’s OHSAA football state finals at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium saw a 4% decline in attendance. The seven state championship games drew 32,750 fans (an average of 4,678 per game), down from 34,222 last season. The two most attended ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

All-Ohio Valley Athletic Conference football AREA SELECTIONS FIRST TEAM Beaver Local: Wade Foster, Lane Jones. Columbiana: Brayden Clancy, Danny Mangiarelli . East Liverpool: Dre’Keim Abercrombie, Owen Davis. East Palestine: Ayvre Klingensmith, Zach Schnelle. Leetonia: Dylan ...

Panthers Elite 8 bound

PITTSBURGH — Top-seeded Pitt advanced to the NCAA volleyball regional final with a 25-16, 25-23, 25-22 sweep of fourth-seeded Minnesota on Thursday night at the Petersen Events Center. Crestview High School graduate and University of Pitt freshman Abbey Emch had two kills, one ace and one ...

Rebels make the free ones

COLUMBIANA — Addison Rhodes scored 15 points and freshman Karli Perry seven in Crestview’s 31-point first quarter that put the Rebels on their way to a 67-22 win over Brookfield on Thursday. The Rebels improve to 5-0 overall and 2-0 in the Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference Gray Tier. ...

BOWLING

Quakers best Rebels SALEM — The Salem girls bowling team earned a 1,783-1,414 victory over Crestview on Monday at Hunt Club Lanes. Kylie Smith led the Quakers with a 207 high game and a 407 series. Brooklynn Herold added a 328 series, while Nora Shean contributed a 299 series. Crestview ...

JUNIOR HIGH

GIRLS BASKETBALL East Palestine at United 7th Grade: United won 26-10 Thursday. United, Jamie Miller 8 points, Rylee Bartholomew 8; East Palestine, Sophie James 3. 8th Grade: United won 38-5. United, Hailey Chuck 11 points; East Palestine, Codi Mahon 2 Heartland at ...

DIV. I ALL-OHIO FOOTBALL

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Division I football All-Ohio teams were announced Thursday by the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association. Information used for the All-Ohio teams comes from the regular-season accomplishments and does not include playoff games. The seven districts of the OPSMA determine the ...