EAST LIVERPOOL — East Liverpool’s boys basketball team has a little mystery on its hands. A pair of worn out old Converse Chuck Taylor All-Star shoes was recently found inside a closet in the boys basketball locker room. Written on them in red marker on one side was “Potter Pete ...
LISBON — Lisbon senior AJ Ramgeet made the Blue Devils an instant winner. “We had the good group that graduated with (Trevor Siefke and Hunter Dailey) and thought we would be a rebuilding,” Lisbon coach Chris Huckshold said. “My sister decides to bring my nephews back and here we ...
COLUMBIANA — Heartland Christian junior Collin Kalaher is taking the Lions boys basketball team to new places. Kalaher, who led the Lions to a school-best 22-5 record and their first district title, is the school’s first All-Ohio first-teamer after earning Division VII honors Wednesday. “For the younger kids, it gives them some excitement and something to shoot for,” Heartland coach Josh Scott said. “Here’s someone who has been here all along like us.” Heartland’s Jonathan Bertovich was a second-team Division IV All-Ohioan as a senior in 2022. “Collin’s the ...
CALCUTTA — The Beaver Local boys basketball team had a chance to win every night 6-foot-7 senior Owen Hill was on the court. As a junior, he was the first Beaver Local boys basketball player to capture first-team All-Ohio honors and he backed it up by earning second-team Division IV All-Ohio recognition Wednesday despite being slowed late this year by a stress fracture in his foot. “He is the most decorated basketball player we’ve had come through the halls at Beaver Local,” Beavers coach Nick Miller said. “He is going to be remembered forever.” A four-year letterwinner ...
COLUMBUS — The 2025-26 Ohio Prep Sports Media Association Division IV All-Ohio high school boys basketball team, as selected by a statewide media panel: Player of the Year: Gator Nichols, Zanesville Maysville. Coach of the Year: Evan Callihan, Circleville. FIRST TEAM Jace Riccardo, Canfield, 6-7, jr., 15.5; Gator Nichols, Zanesville Maysville, 6-0 sr., 23.6; Brody Denny, Germantown Valley View, 6-2, jr., 30.0; William Peagler Jr., Kettering Alter, 6-0, fr., 18.4; Keonte Smith, Dayton Northridge, 6-5, so., 18.7; Jordan Kaminsky, Heath, 6-3, sr., 25.0; Carter Myers, Caledonia ...
COLUMBUS — The 2025-26 Ohio Prep Sports Media Association Division V All-Ohio high school boys basketball team, as selected by a statewide media panel: Player of the Year: Jason Singleton, Columbus Academy. Coaches of the Year: Kyle Dack, Sullivan Black River; Drew Stevens, Ironton. FIRST TEAM Austin Rowe, Leavittsburg LaBrae, 6-4, sr., 19.8; Dylan Zeigler, Cleveland Heights Lutheran East, 6-3, so., 18.1; Drake Ahrens, Versailles, 6-3, sr., 16.1; Max Joiner, Cincinnati Summit Country Day, 6-5, so., 18.0; Jason Singleton, Columbus Academy, 6-4, sr., 21.3; Liam Goran, LaGrange ...
