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SPORTS BRIEFING

A Crestview sweep WARREN — The Crestview bowling teams captured a pair of twins Wednesday against Brookfield at Champion Lanes. The Crestview boys won 2384-1986. Peyton Mellott led the Rebels with a 212 game and 414 series. Brody Brubaker added a 371 series, Lucas Johnson a 352 series and ...

Hill returns in a big way for Beaver Local

Beaver Local 77, Salem 56 CALCUTTA — Beaver Local’s 6-foot-7 Owen Hill was raring to go after missing the last five games due to injury. Hill scored a career-high 31 points in his usual dominating fashion as the Beavers rolled over Salem, 77-56, Tuesday. The Beavers improve to 14-4 on ...

Canfield’s Riccardo feels close to home in East Liverpool

EAST LIVERPOOL — Youthful East Liverpool’s boys basketball team ran into Division IV power Canfield, the hottest team in the Mahoning Valley, here Tuesday night and dropped a one-sided 79-36 decision to the Cardinals in a running clock game at Potter Fieldhouse. Red-hot Canfield (16-2) is ...

Clippers close in on title

Columbiana 68, Wellsville 63 WELLSVILLE —Senator Johnson had 16 of his 24 points in the first half as Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference-leading Columbiana surged to a 68-63 win over Wellsville on Tuesday. The Clippers are 15-3 overall and lead the EOAC by one game with a 11-1 record. ...

BOYS BASKETBALL

Heartland 67, Cardinal Mooney 54 YOUNGSTOWN — Heartland Christian’s boys basketball team racked up a 67-54 win over Cardinal Mooney on Tuesday. The Lions moved to 14-4 and are ranked 19th in the state of Ohio in Div. VII according to the MaxPreps rankings. Heartland has won four ...

State meet honors Owens

COLUMBUS — The 119th Ohio High School Athletic Association state track and field meet will be the biggest one yet. The 2026 state meet schedule was released Monday with the new five-division format, expanding from three divisions. The OHSAA Board of Directors unanimously agreed to name ...

Southern passes first OVAC test

SALINEVILLE — Having played just four opponents with records over .500 this season, Southern Local’s girls basketball team was in need of a challenge. It got just that when Shadyside pushed the Indians in a hotly contested Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Class 2A semifinal on Monday. ...

United does extra in win over Potters

United 53, East Liverpool 44, OT EAST LIVERPOOL — Maelee Smith’s last-second basket tied the game in regulation and Marin Stryffeler hit a pair of three-pointers in overtime to give United a 53-44 win over East Liverpool at the Potter Fieldhouse on Monday. Smith totaled 20 points, seven ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

Roe scores 28 in Wellsville victory LEETONIA — Junior Darnell Roe had a career-high 28 points and eight rebounds in leading Wellsville past Leetonia, 73-46, in Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference play Monday. Roe scored 10 points during a 22-9 third-quarter run that allowed the Tigers to ...

Hughes has big weekend at EOWL

AUSTINTOWN — Nationally ranked Jake Hughes of Beaver Local swept through his matches on Friday and Saturday to earn the most valuable wrestler award at the Eastern Ohio Wrestling League tournament at Austintown Fitch. Hughes had three quick pins and an a technical fall to win at 157 ...