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MORNING JOURNAL 2025-26 ALL-AREA BOYS BASKETBALL

MORNING JOURNAL 2025-26 ALL-AREA BOYS BASKETBALL FIRST TEAM Player Ht. Class School Owen Hill 6-7 Sr. Beaver Local Collin Kalaher 5-11 Jr. Heartland AJ Ramgeet 6-1 Sr. Lisbon Cooper Brown 6-4 Sr. Columbiana Jeremiah Thomas 5-10 Sr. West Branch Gavin ...

Rebels apply to leagues

COLUMBIANA — Crestview’s athletic department has known the days of the Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference Gray Division were numbered and this week it was confirmed with the departure of the remaining Trumbull County teams from the league by the end of the next school year. The Rebels ...

Next stop for Warriors, Quakers

The aftermath of the demise of the Eastern Buckeye Conference is in motion but it might take some time for the teams left behind to figure out their next stops. The first move after Minerva, Carrollton and Marlington decided to bolt for the new Northeast Senate League for both Salem and West ...

Steubenville ends up in the red

DAYTON — The dream came one shot short. After trailing by 10 points in the second half, Steubenville Big Red came all the way back to lead Friday’s Division III state championship game in the final minute. Trotwood-Madison, though, took the lead on a late bucket from Darius Dennis on a ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

Hiland tops Kirtland DAYTON — Berlin Hiland held Kirtland scoreless for an 11-minute span midway through the game on the way to the Hawks’ 65-43 win in a Division VI state semifinal Friday at Wright State University’s Nutter Center. Hiland has won 20 games in a row to improve to 25-3 ...

Journey ends for RedHawks

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ja’Kobi Gillespie confessed, yes, he was trying to reach 30 points when he attacked the lane late in Tennessee’s March Madness rout, only for somebody to smack his arm. Gillespie’s wayward shot attempt turned into a lob and a basket for a teammate in a game where ...

Johnson repeats as Ohio Mr. Basketball

GARFIELD HEIGHTS — Garfield Heights senior Marcus Johnson now has bragging rights in the family. A year after becoming Ohio’s Mr. Basketball like his father and coach, Sonny Johnson, he is now a two-time winner of the award. The Ohio Prep Sports Media Association (OPSMA) announced ...

Steubenville playing tonight for first state championship

From Staff Reports DAYTON — The Steubenville boys basketball team is a game away from its first state title. Big Red held Akron Hoban to three points in the final 3:45 and advanced to the Division III state championship game with a 60-58 win Thursday night at University of Dayton ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

West Branch throws flag BELOIT — West Branch’s flag football team will hold its first games on Sunday at Rayen Stadium in Youngstown. The Warriors will play Rootstown at 1 p.m. and Newton Falls at 3 p.m. West Branch will play 10 games on the season — all on the road — over five ...

Penn State looks for more in Cleveland

CLEVELAND (AP) — Penn State is out to claim an elusive fifth straight NCAA Division I men’s wrestling title this weekend. The Nittany Lions have won four straight championships three times under coach Cael Sanderson, including the current run. He said the pressure to win a 13th title ...