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Vintage Chuck Taylors baffle Potters

EAST LIVERPOOL — East Liverpool’s boys basketball team has a little mystery on its hands. A pair of worn out old Converse Chuck Taylor All-Star shoes was recently found inside a closet in the boys basketball locker room. Written on them in red marker on one side was “Potter Pete ...

Ramgeet gave Lisbon his all

LISBON — Lisbon senior AJ Ramgeet made the Blue Devils an instant winner. “We had the good group that graduated with (Trevor Siefke and Hunter Dailey) and thought we would be a rebuilding,” Lisbon coach Chris Huckshold said. “My sister decides to bring my nephews back and here we ...

Kalaher is one of a kind

COLUMBIANA — Heartland Christian junior Collin Kalaher is taking the Lions boys basketball team to new places. Kalaher, who led the Lions to a school-best 22-5 record and their first district title, is the school’s first All-Ohio first-teamer after earning Division VII honors ...

All-Ohio career for Beaver Local’s Hill

CALCUTTA — The Beaver Local boys basketball team had a chance to win every night 6-foot-7 senior Owen Hill was on the court. As a junior, he was the first Beaver Local boys basketball player to capture first-team All-Ohio honors and he backed it up by earning second-team Division IV ...

DIVISION IV ALL-OHIO BOYS

COLUMBUS — The 2025-26 Ohio Prep Sports Media Association Division IV All-Ohio high school boys basketball team, as selected by a statewide media panel: Player of the Year: Gator Nichols, Zanesville Maysville. Coach of the Year: Evan Callihan, Circleville. FIRST TEAM Jace Riccardo, ...

DIVISION V ALL-OHIO BOYS BASKETBALL

COLUMBUS — The 2025-26 Ohio Prep Sports Media Association Division V All-Ohio high school boys basketball team, as selected by a statewide media panel: Player of the Year: Jason Singleton, Columbus Academy. Coaches of the Year: Kyle Dack, Sullivan Black River; Drew Stevens, ...

DIVISION VI ALL-OHIO BOYS

COLUMBUS — The 2025-26 Ohio Prep Sports Media Association Division VI All-Ohio high school boys basketball team, as selected by a statewide media panel: Player of the Year: Trey Sagester, New Madison Tri-Village. Coach of the Year: Caleb McClanahan, Portsmouth West. FIRST TEAM Trey ...

DIVISION VII ALL-OHIO BOYS BASKETBALL

COLUMBUS — The 2025-26 Ohio Prep Sports Media Association Division VII All-Ohio high school boys basketball team, as selected by a statewide media panel: Player of the Year: Cameron Elwer, Delphos St. John’s. Coach of the Year: Nick Ramos, Montpelier. FIRST TEAM Collin Kalaher, ...

Eighth grader lone one left

(AP) — The only perfect bracket left after the opening weekend of the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments — from more than 40 million entries across all the major contests — was produced not by some college basketball expert or betting guru but an eighth grader from suburban ...

Crestview 11, Newton Falls 6

Crestview 11, Newton Falls 6 NEWTON FALLS — Crestview rallied to score nine runs in the seventh to best Newton Falls 11-6 in softball action Wednesday. Aliva Shetler had four hits and an RBI for the winners. Gia Depace had three hits including a double with two RBIs. Rylee Cloutier had ...