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Struharik scores 37 for Clippers

COLUMBIANA — Senior Seth Struharik and the Columbiana Clippers finished off a great weekend Saturday. Struharik scored 37 points and had three assists as the Clippers rocketed past Lowellville, 76-64. It came the day after Struharik scored 22 points — including the game winner from ...

Wellsville’s Landess, Southern’s Dickson advance to districts

STRUTHERS — Wellsville senior Tyler Landess and Southern senior Hunter Dickson advanced out of the Division II sectional bowling tournament Saturday at Holiday Lanes. Landess finished 13th in the boys standings with a 614 series (184-214-216). Dickson was 10th in the girls standings with ...

Beavers top Buckeye 8

RAYLAND — Beaver Local’s wrestling team ran away with the Buckeye 8 Athletic League Wrestling Championship title on Saturday. Beaver Local’s Jake Hughes (157) and Evan Ours (165) were the only weight class winners for the Beavers, but Beaver Local had four runner-ups in the field. ...

Aldrich, Long get firsts

STEUBENVILLE — Two area swimmers won events on Saturday at the Div. II sectional meet at Steubenville High School. Only the event winner earned an automatic berth into the district meet set for Friday at the Ohio University Aquatic Center. Each individual event has 29 at-large district ...

Eagles nick Chiefs

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Yo Philly: Jalen Hurts and Nick Sirianni are world champions. A ferocious Philadelphia Eagles defense tormented and frustrated Patrick Mahomes while Hurts made all the plays the offense needed. So much for the Kansas City Chiefs’ quest for a Super Bowl ...

Struharik’s shot give Columbiana title shot

YOUNGSTOWN — No feeling in the world tops hitting a game-winning three-pointer from mid court. On Friday night, Columbiana senior guard Seth Struharik experienced that thrill in the Clippers’ 55-52 victory over the Valley Christian Eagles in a key Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference game. ...

West Branch slams Salem

SALEM — Jeremiah Thomas had 15 points and seven assists to lead West Branch to a 51-35 win over rival Salem on Friday night. West Branch moved to 9-11 overall and 3-6 in the Eastern Buckeye Conference. Salem fell to 6-14 and 1-8 in the EBC. Warrior forward Gavin Gregory added 11 points ...

Steubenville sweeps Potters

EAST LIVERPOOL — It was truly a tale of two halves when long-time rivals East Liverpool and Steubenville met in a boys basketball rematch before a large crowd at Potter Fieldhouse Friday night. For much of the first half, the taller Potters were able to control the tempo and led by as many ...

BOYS BASKETBALL

Crestview 66, LaBrae 62 COLUMBIANA — Crestview pulled off the stunner of the season in the Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference Gray Tier. The Rebels handed LaBrae its first league loss with a shocking 66-62 victory Friday. LaBrae had its nine-game winning streak snapped to fall to 14-5 ...

GIRLS

GIRLS Heartland 49, Weirton Madonna 37 COLUMBIANA — Sophomore Sarah Reynolds collected 27 points to power the Heartland Christian girls past Weirton Madonna, 49-37, in an OVAC consolation game Friday. Reynolds scored 10 points in the Lions’ 17-8 fourth-quarter run that gave them the ...