Horizon just out of reach for Penguin women

March 11, 2026

INDIANAPOLIS — In Monday’s Horizon League semifinal against Cleveland State, a big fourth quarter propelled the Youngstown State women’s basketball team to victory. However, the Penguins couldn’t replicate that feat in Tuesday’s championship game against Green Bay. After trailing at halftime, the Phoenix flipped the script on the Penguins and controlled the second half to pull away late, handing YSU a devastating 57-49 defeat and capturing their third straight Horizon League tournament championship, as well as the league’s NCAA tournament autobid at Corteva Coliseum in ...

Rhodes, Kalaher top picks

March 10, 2026

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 ...

ALL-NORTHEAST INLAND DISTRICT BASKETBALL TEAMS

March 10, 2026

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, ...

Three indoor state champions

March 10, 2026

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 ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

March 10, 2026

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 ...

Lions have heart of a champion

March 9, 2026

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, ...