Wellsville 72, Ashtabula St. John 47 WELLSVILLE — Wellsville is making its way through the Northeastern Athletic Conference, which Leetonia will be joining in the fall. The 13th-seeded Tigers road a second-half surge past 15th-seeded Ashtabula St. John, 72-47, in a Division VII sectional ...
Heartland Christian 77, Lordstown 29 COLUMBIANA — Heartland Christian’s boys basketball team had a 34-point first quarter and cruised to a 77-29 win over 23rd-seeded Lordstown in a Div. VII sectional final Thursday. Collin Kalaher scored 14 points in the opening quarter as the Lions took a commanding 34-10 lead. Kalaher scored 25 of his game-high 27 points in the first half. Isaiah Matthews and Jack Morgan added 11 points apiece. Brody Conaway and Reagan Kalaher each had nine points. The Lions, the third seed, will host No. 14 seed Cornerstone Christian at 7 p.m. Monday in the ...
Springfield 71, Lisbon 67 LISBON — It wasn’t a good day for the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference boys basketball champions on Thursday. Both Lisbon and Columbiana saw their seasons come to an end in the Div. VI sectional opener. No. 7 seed Lisbon fell behind by 19 at the half, but climbed to within one point with 12 seconds to play against No. 16 Springfield, but the Tigers picked up a key offensive rebound off a free throw attempt in the final seconds and converted it for two to come away with a 71-67 win. Lisbon dropped its seventh straight tournament game and ended the ...
CANTON — Salem senior Ryan Folger will be on the podium today at the Div. II state swimming tournament at C.T. Branin Nataroium. Folger finished fifth in the boys 100-yard butterfly preliminary (50.44) to qualify for today’s finals. He was behind Oak Harbour’s Austin Sorg (48.52), Beachwood’s Derek Fan (48.54), University’s Paul Moody (49.17) and Hamilton Ross’s Luke Mignery (49.57). In the 100 breaststroke Folger took 19th (1:00.44). Beaver Local junior Cole Long advanced to the consolation final of the 200-yard IM by placing 10th in the preliminary (1:59.12). Long ...
OHSAA tabs McKinstry COLUMBUS — Kevin McKinstry of East Palestine was named the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s volleyball official of the year on Thursday. McKinstry will be recognized along with 20 other current officials as well as 14 OHSAA Officials Hall of Fame inductees at the Celebration of Officiating banquet set for June 20 at the Hilton Columbus/Polaris in Columbus. Boys wrestlers open sectionals Saturday The local boys wrestling sectional tournaments will be held Saturday. In Division II, Salem and West Branch will be at West Branch; Beaver Local and Edison ...
GIRLS Carrollton 48, East Liverpool 29 MINERVA — Ninth-seeded East Liverpool hung around with top-seeded Carrollton for most of the first half of Wednesday’s Division IV district semifinal. The Potters were held to 18 points in the final three quarters and dropped a 48-29 decision to ...
