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 ...
GALLIPOLIS — Beaver Local produced two champions on Saturday at the Div. II district wrestling tournament at Gallia Academy High School. Freshman Jordan Bates topped New Lexington’s Brody McNabb 9-4 in the 106-pound bout and improved to 44-2 on his way to his first state tournament berth. Sophomore Jake Hughes, ranked 16th in the country by FloWrestling, scored a 3-1 victory over West Holmes’ Louden Dixon in the 157-pound final. Dixon (40-6) had beaten Hughes (41-4) at sectionals. Beaver Local senior Bobby Buchheit reached the final at 150 pounds byt was defeated 4-3 by ...
LISBON — Crestview senior Addison Rhodes has another trophy to add to her collection on the wall at home. “There are four rows of them,” she said. Rhodes scored 37 points with nine three-pointers in leading her away team to an 84-47 win at the Columbiana County Classic on Sunday ...
LISBON — The top two players in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference faced off another time. Lisbon’s AJ Ramgeet and Columbiana’s Cooper Brown collected MVP honors for their respective teams at the Columbiana County Classic on Sunday night. Ramgeet scored 29 points in leading the away ...
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Oak Glen senior Noah Schmidt ended his high school career at the top of the podium on Saturday the West Virginia state wrestling championships at Mountain Health Arena. Schmidt conquered Shady Spring senior Joey Cowger in a 7-1 decision in the 215-pound Div. II final. Schmidt scored a point an escape point early in the second period and closed the match with two takedowns in the final seconds to pull away. No. 2 ranked Schmidt (47-6) dropped down from 285 this season because he believed the pathway to a state title was clearer. Last season at 285 he lost ...
MENTOR — United Local senior Auston Brown is headed to her fourth state tournament after action on Sunday at the girls district wrestling tournament at Mentor High School. Brown made it to the 135-pound final where she was pinned in 51 seconds by Talea Guntrum of Steubenville. Brown (41-5) is a three-time state placer for the Eagles and was third at 125 last year. Brown is ranked No. 3 in the weight class by DubStat while Guntrum (41-0) is No. 1. East Liverpool junior Paige Cowan finished third after scoring a default win over Austintown’s Yelieishka Perez- Navedo in the ...
