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Southern shoots for perfect season

SALINEVILLE — Southern Local’s girls basketball team is set to go for an outright Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference title and the school record for wins in a season on Wednesday as the Indians host Columbiana. The Indians are 21-0 after a 49-40 win over Caldwell on Saturday in the OVAC Class 2A final at the ECO Center. It was the first OVAC championship for the school. Columbiana (17-4) can earn a share of the league title with a win. The game is set to begin at 7 p.m. and will be televised live at the WKBN Game of the Week on MyYTV. Against Caldwell on Saturday, Allyssaa ...

LaBrae shocks Rebels

LEAVITTSBURG — Led by Ella Kuszmaul’s 17 points, LaBrae won a share of its first league title in 45 years with a 64-52 win over Crestview on Monday in girls basketball action. After an even first quarter, the home team put the pedal down and had a lead of 12 at the half and 12 at the end of the third quarter. LaBrae is 19-2 and 13-1 in the Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference Gray Division. The Rebels fall to 19-2 and 13-1 in the conference. Crestview’s last loss in the league was on Jan. 5, 2023 to Garfield. The Rebels ended up going 53-2 in MVAC play with star senior ...

JUNIOR HIGH

GIRLS BASKETBALL Crestview at Southeast 8th Grade: Crestview won 49-25 on Monday. Crestview: Abby MacKay 15, Callie Harvey 14. Crestview vs. Western Reserve 7th Grade: Crestview won 32-26 on Monday. Crestview: Brooklyn Barnhart 10, Olivia Smith 9. Next: Garfield at Crestview Wednesday.

Southern girls making history

Southern 49, Caldwell 40 ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Southern Local girls basketball team is making history. The top-seeded Indians won their first Ohio Valley Athletic Conference championship by topping second-seeded Caldwell, 49-40, in a Class A final Saturday at the ECO Center. Southern ...

Landess twins, Rebels move on

WARREN — Wellsville junior twins Makayla and Madelyn Landess advanced as individuals and the Crestview boys and girls bowling teams advanced out of the Division II sectional tournament at Freeway Lanes on Sunday. Makayla Landess captured the sectional title with 572 series (187-206-179), eight pins better than Struthers senior Maddie Marshall. Madelyn Landess was 12th with a 443 seres (153-128-162). The Crestview girls were second in the team standings with 2,982 pins. The other district qualifying teams were Lakeview (3178), Hubbard (2036), Struthers (1976) and LaBrae (1903). The ...

Beavers suffer dual losses

From Staff Reports URICHSVILLE — The Beaver Local boys wrestling team dropped a pair of matches the Ohio High School Wrestling Coaches Association Division II regional duals tournament Saturday at Claymont High School. The third-seede Beavers fell to sixth-seeded Carrollton, 36-34, in the semifinals and to second-seeded Claymont, 43-34, in the consolation match. Seventh-seeded West Holmes earned a state berth by downing Carrollton, 37-30, in the championship match. West Holmes opened with a 39-38 win over Carrollton. In the other regional bracket, host and top-seeded New ...