EAST LIVERPOOL — They’ve earned their shot against the defending state champions. The ninth-seeded East Liverpool boys basketball team, which had as much as a 19-point lead, held off a furious fourth-quarter rally by 11th-seeded Edison to clip the Wildcats 55-54 and win a Div. IV ...
Beaver Local 59, Minerva 36 CALCUTTA — Beaver Local’s boys basketball team is a different beast with senior Owen Hill in the lineup. Using Hill’s 19 points, the No. 4 seeded Beavers rolled past No. 8 Minerva 59-36 on Friday. Hill was back in the lineup after resting a foot injury ...
CANTON — Salem High School senior Ryan Folger ended his prep swimming career on the podium at the Division II state swimming meet on Friday at C.T. Branin Natatorium. Folger swam the 100-yard butterfly championship final in 50.52 seconds to take seventh. Oak Harbor senior Austin Sorg ...
INDIANAPOLIS — Penn State junior Kaleb Nastari did not get to the finals in Big Ten Indoor Championships at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Nastari, a United graduate who holds Ohio’s high school record in the half mile, finished 16th out of 27 runners in the men’s 800-meter ...
Big MAC rules state bowling COLUMBUS — The Midwest Athletic Conference ruled the Ohio Division II boys high school bowling tournament Friday. Three MAC schools reached the semifinals at H.P. Lanes with St. Henry beating Coldwater in a match that went five baker games. St. Henry had ...
NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — Oak Glen’s wrestling team didn’t see the typical success it has been used to this season but it did manage eight state tournament qualifiers and the team believes everything is in place for some good results on Thursday through Saturday at Mountain Health Arena in ...
United 60, Mogadore 55 HANOVERTON — A United boys basketball sectional title was four decades in the making. The 21st-seeded Eagles beat 23rd-seeded Mogadore, 60-55, Thursday for its first sectional championship since 1985. United improves to 12-10 and will play at third-seeded Smithville ...
Wellsville 72, Ashtabula St. John 47 WELLSVILLE — Wellsville is making its way through the Northeastern Athletic Conference, which Leetonia will be joining in the fall. The 13th-seeded Tigers road a second-half surge past 15th-seeded Ashtabula St. John, 72-47, in a Division VII sectional ...
Heartland Christian 77, Lordstown 29 COLUMBIANA — Heartland Christian’s boys basketball team had a 34-point first quarter and cruised to a 77-29 win over 23rd-seeded Lordstown in a Div. VII sectional final Thursday. Collin Kalaher scored 14 points in the opening quarter as the Lions took ...
Springfield 71, Lisbon 67 LISBON — It wasn’t a good day for the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference boys basketball champions on Thursday. Both Lisbon and Columbiana saw their seasons come to an end in the Div. VI sectional opener. No. 7 seed Lisbon fell behind by 19 at the half, but ...