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Local Sports

West Branch breaks Gilmour

CANTON — West Branch’s girls basketball team combined a smothering defensive performance with a consistent offensive attack to punch its ticket to the Elite 8 following a 45-32 Division IV regional semifinal triumph over Gilmour Academy at the Canton Memorial Fieldhouse Wednesday ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

County Hall of Famers LISBON — The fourth class of the Columbiana County Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame includes six standouts. Ken Cunningham (East Liverpool, Class of 1961); Don Davidson (Salem, 1961); Cheryl Nannah (United, 1979); Lori Montgomery (East Palestine, 1992); Jessica Deville ...

2025-26 ALL-EAST DISTRICT BASKETBALL

CAMBRIDGE — The 2025-26 Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association All-East District basketball teams as selected by a media panel from the district: BOYS DIVISION III First Team Santino Haney, Steubenville, 5-11 junior, 22.8; Cole Bowers, Steubenville, 6-1, senior, 14.6; Rob Copple, Dover, ...

End of Rhodes for Rebels

ELYRIA — Having just won its first district title since 2007, Crestview wasn’t about to rest on its laurels on Tuesday in a Division V regional semifinal against Doylestown Chippewa at the Elyria Catholic Coliseum. Having come back from a five-point halftime deficit to tie the game ...

Beaver Local enjoyed the ride

STEUBENVILLE — It was a much-anticipated rematch with the reward of a district final berth to the winner. Beaver Local’s and Carrollton’s boys basketball teams hooked up in an intense, defensive-dominated four-quarter battle in their D4 district semifinal played before a large crowd in ...

Maysville drops East Liverpool

Maysville 78, East Liverpool 36 ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Zanesville Maysville boys basketball team is playing like a state champion again. The defending state champion and top-seeded Panthers pulled away from ninth-seeded East Liverpool, 78-36, in a Division IV district semifinal Tuesday at ...

Hill, Rhodes repeat as county’s best

LISBON — Beaver Local’s Owen Hill and Crestview’s Addison Rhodes made their senior seasons their best ones yet. They repeated as Columbiana County players of the year in balloting by coaches Sunday. Hill is joined by Lisbon senior AJ Ramgeet and Heartland Christian junior Collin ...

COLUMBIANA COUNTY 2025-26 ALL-STAR BASKETBALL TEAM

COLUMBIANA COUNTY 2025-26 ALL-STAR BASKETBALL TEAM BOYS FIRST TEAM Player Class School Owen Hill Sr. Beaver Local AJ Ramgeet Sr. Lisbon Collin Kalaher Jr. Heartland Dre’Keim Abercrombie Jr. East Liverpool Cooper Brown Sr. Columbiana Darnell Roe Jr. Wellsville Deontay ...

Heartland returns to district final

COLUMBIANA — The Heartland Christian Lions purposely scheduled a challenging slate this year to prepare themselves for tournament play. Entering the Lions district semifinal with Cornerstone Christian, the hope was that the Lions were well-prepared for competition like the defending Division ...

Fairport Harding 79, Wellsville 48

Fairport Harding 79, Wellsville 48 FAIRPORT HARBOR — Wellsville’s boys basketball team couldn’t keep up with the zippy Skippers of Fairport Harding on Monday night in a Div. VII district semifinal. The No. 2 seed Skippers used quick ball rotations and a stellar passing display to down ...