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Columbiana passes Lisbon for EOAC lead

LISBON — Rivals Columbiana and Lisbon, who were tied for first place in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference, collided in one of the best high school boys basketball games a fan can witness Friday night. In an intense showdown that had a little bit of everything, Columbiana took as much as ...

Wellsville drops Southern Local

Wellsville 68, Southern 50 SALINEVILLE — Wellsville’s boys basketball team sidestepped Southern Local 68-50 on Friday in Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference play. Darnell Roe led the visitors with 21 points, while Austin Adkins added 16 points. Andrew Mackey chipped in 13 points. The ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

Eight Beavers to EOWL semis AUSTINTOWN — Beaver Local’s wrestling team advanced eight to the semifinals of the Eastern Ohio Wrestling League tournament on Friday at Austintown Fitch. Beaver Local freshman Jordan Bates (23-2) will meet Brookfield’s Brayden Reed (1-0)in a 106-pound ...

Rhodes nets county’s all-time scoring mark

COLUMBIANA — Crestview senior Addison Rhodes had her eyes on the Columbiana County scoring record ever since Southern Local’s Ashley Shroades set it in 2024. Most thought that if NCAA Div. I Fairfield University (Conn.) basketball recruit stayed healthy that record wouldn’t be around ...

Indians grab EOAC

Southern 75, Wellsville 19 SALINEVILLE — The job is only half done for the Southern girls basketball team. The Indians captured a share of the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference title by downing Wellsville, 75-19, Thursday. Southern improves to 19-0 overall and 13-0 in the EOAC, one game ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

Landess pushes Tigers over the top CHAMPION — Madelyn Landess rolled three strikes in the 10th frame of the third and final baker game to give Wellsville a 2,138-2,112 win over Warren JFK at Champion Lanes on Thursday. The Tigers — who finished sixth in the OVAC Class 1-2A tournament on ...

Girls hoops collapse is nationwide

NEWELL, Iowa — The streets of Newell and Fonda are quiet. Rural decline has taken a toll on these northwest Iowa towns with main street storefronts shuttered and vacant houses scattered here and there. Yet the heart of these communities separated by 9 miles isn’t hard to find. It still ...

Malone heads Southern

SALINEVILLE — New Southern Local head football coach Jimmy Malone has felt the community support for years. “They stepped up four years ago when I was diagnosed with hodgkin’s lymphoma,” he said. “The community and the kids supported me. I felt like this was the time for me to step ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

EOAC title game Feb. 11 SALINEVILLE — The Columbiana at Southern Local girls basketball game to decide the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference champion has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 11. It will be a varsity-only contest beginning at 6 p.m. The game was originally scheduled for ...

AROUND THE HORN

Potters get an assist EAST LIVERPOOL — The East Liverpool bowling team got a helping hand from the Beaver Local school district on Saturday at the OVAC bowling tournament in Morgantown, West Virginia. East Liverpool was experiencing bus trouble, so Beaver Local volunteered to take the ...