CANTON — Crestview senior Addison Rhodes and Heartland Christian junior Collin Kalaher are more than district champions. Both were named players of the year in their respective divisions on the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association’s 2025-26 All-Northeast Inland District basketball teams ...
CANTON — The 2025-26 Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association All-Northeast Inland District basketball teams honors the top players from parts of Stark, Summit, Portage, Medina, Wayne, Trumbull, Columbiana, Mahoning and Ashland counties. The teams are selected by a media panel from the district: BOYS DIVISION I First Team Anthony Chavers, Canton McKinley, 6-4, sr., 15.5; Kaiden Loy, Massillon Jackson, 5-11, sr., 18.3; Issa White, Canton GlenOak, 6-1, sr., 17.9; Trey Drexler, Brunswick, 6-0, sr., 26.5; Sean Barnett, Brunswick, 6-5, sr., 17.6. Player of the Year: Trey Drexler, ...
GENEVA, Ohio — Three Columbiana County boys captured state championships at the Ohio Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches Association 2026 indoor high school state track and field meet at the SPIRE Institute on Friday and Saturday. Salem senior Lucas Adams won the Division II long jump, while East Liverpool senior miler Maddox Roach and Beaver Local junior high jumper Landon Wheatley captured Division III titles. Adams — who finished ninth at the outdoor state meet in June — topped the Division II long jumpers with a personal-best leap of 22-feet-11 1/4. Columbiana ...
Heartland plays tonight BARBERTON — The third time was the charm for the Heartland Chrisitian boys basketball team. The Lions captured their first district title after a third straight trip to the district finals. Fourth-seeded Heartland (21-4) opens regional play against second-seeded Fairport Harding (22-2) at 6 p.m. today at Barberton High School. Tickets are $12 for adults and $5 for students. Heartland beat Fairport Harding, 69-66, in a district semifinal last season before losing to Jeromesville Hillsdale, 73-54. In today’s nightcap, fifth-seeded Jeromesville ...
SMITHVILLE — The goal was to make school history. And that is exactly what the Heartland Christian Lions boys basketball team accomplished. The third-seeded Lions continued their hot shooting and ferocious defense to throttle the seventh-seeded Kidron Central Christian Comets 82-52, ...
CANTON — The West Branch girls basketball team hung on for as long as it could. But that wasn’t enough on Saturday afternoon at Canton Memorial Fieldhouse. The Warriors couldn’t keep up with state power Shaker Heights Laurel, falling to the Gators 53-41 in a Division IV regional ...
