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 ...
Tyler Consolidated 46, Oak Glen 41 NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — Tyler Consolidated swept the season series from Oak Glen, but it wasn’t easy. The fifth-seeded Knights rallied nine-point halftime deficit with a 16-7 fourth-quarter run for a 46-41 win over fourth-seeded Oak Glen in Class AA, ...
Glenville 60, West Branch 45 WOOSTER — Seventh-seeded West Branch pulled within four points in the third quarter, but fourth-seeded Cleveland Glenville pulled away to a 60-45 win in a Division IV district final Friday at Wooster Triway High School. Glenville (16-9) advances to play fifth-seeded Warrensville Heights (15-9) in the regional semifinals at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Canton Fieldhouse. Theo Castro led the Tarblooders with a game-high 25 points, four assists and three steals. Arvell Nelson — who threw two second-half touchdown passes for Glenville in the state ...
Div. II Gallia Academy GALLIPOLIS — Six Beaver Local wrestlers reached the semifinals of the Div. II district wrestling tournament on Friday at Gallia Academy. Jordan Bates (106 pounds), John Burkett (113), Jeryck Boyd (120), Bobby Buchheit (150), Jake Hughes (157) and Evan Ours (165) are all onto Saturday’s semifinals. For East Liverpool, Kyle Ingram (106), Wyatt McCune (132) and Xavier Lara (190) are onto the semifinals. Bates will face Ingram for a chance to go the 106 final. Burkett is slated to meet Sheridan’s Cash Owen, while Boyd has West Holmes’ Peyton Marin. ...
