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West Branch 43, South Range 39 GREENFORD — West Branch held South Range to five points in the fourth quarter and rallied for a 43-39 victory Saturday. The Warriors trailed 34-31 after three quarters. West Branch finished the regular season at 14-8 after a 2-5 start. The Warriors were 5-3 in games decided by five points or less. Jeremiah Thomas totaled 13 points and Grady Hirst 12 points and six rebounds for the Warriors. Gavin Gregory had 10 points and seven rebounds and Zach Coffee five rebounds and three steals. Sophomores Nick Toy and Tommy Titus combined for 36 of South ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

Wellsville, Crestview shy of state LORAIN — Wellsville junior twins Madelyn and Makayla Landess came up just short of Division II state tournament berths at the district bowling tournament Saturday at Rebman Recreation. Madelyn Landess finished in 11th place with a 526 series (144-166-216), which was 24 pins shy of a state berth. Makayla Landess, the Warren sectional champion, was 16th with a 514 series (146-186-192). The tournament qualified four teams and four individuals not on a qualifying team to the state tournament set for Friday and Saturday at H.P. Lanes in Columbus. ...

Salem teams up on Lisbon

Salem 67, Lisbon 65 LISBON — Jack Andres, Ty Manion and Deontay Steele combined for 59 points in leading Salem past Lisbon, 67-65, Friday at Nace Gymnasium. Andres scored 24 points, followed by Manion with 18 and Steele with 17. It was the first time in a year the Quakers won two games ...

LaBrae beats Crestview

LEAVITTSBURG — Back on Dec. 5, the Crestview boys basketball team opened the season with a tough loss to LaBrae. While a lot of time has passed since then, the Rebels wrapped up the regular season in similar fashion on Friday night, falling to the Vikings 71-40 as LaBrae clinched at least a share of its fourth straight Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference Gray Tier championship. “It means a lot, that’s what we set out at the beginning of the season to do, add a year to the banner and leave a legacy,” Vikings coach Chad Kiser said. “For this group of seniors, it was a chance ...

Long, Folger to state

From Staff Reports ATHENS — Beaver Local junior Cole Long is headed back to the Div. II state swimming mee for a third time. Long finished second in the 200-yard individual medley in 1:58.68 to earn an automatic state berth on Friday at the Div. II district meet at Ohio University. Long also will likely go in the 100 backstroke via an at-large bid as he finished fourth there in 53.61. The top three boys individual finishers in each event qualified for the state meet set for Thursday and Friday at C.T. Branin Natatorium. Beaver Local boys’ 400 freestyle relay (fifth in ...

Bowlers fall short

LORAIN — No area bowlers advanced out of the Division II district tournament Friday at Rebman Lanes, but several girls will get a shot at it Saturday. Crestview senior Brody Brubaker topped area boys by tying for 17th place with a 601 series, which was 38 pins shy of a state berth. He had games of 216-196-189. United senior Josh Hawkins was 28th with a 575 series (214-205-156). He was 67th at the state tournament as a sophomore. The top four teams and top four individuals not on a qualifiying team advance to the Division II state tournament Feb. 27 at H.P. Lanes in ...