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Rhodes stars for North POWELL — Crestview senior Addison Rhodes was at the top of her game in the Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association’s prestigious North-South All-Star Game on Friday night. Rhodes scored 22 points in 17 minutes with six rebounds and two assists in leading the North to a 98-73 victory at Olentangy Liberty High School. She shot 8-of-12 from the field, including 6-of-9 from three points range. She will be playing this fall at NCAA Division I Fairfield (Conn.) University. Norwayne’s Ava Maibach was named the MVP after shooting 10-of-12 from the ...

The start of changes in the area

There was bit of a shake-up in divisional placement for local schools on Thursday after the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s preliminary football numbers were announced. The Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference went from a league with five Div. VII teams to now just two. Southern and ...

Beaver drops Minerva

Beaver Local 10, Minerva 7 CALCUTTA — The Beaver Local Beavers had to stop beating themselves before they could beat Minerva. Braxton Hickman’s two-run single and Jett Johnson’s RBI single highlighted a four-run fourth inning as the Beavers rallied for a 10-7 win Friday. Beaver Local ...

Bears get first victory

Leetonia 9, Sebring 6 LEETONIA — Leetonia’s softball team broke into the win column with a 9-6 victory over Sebring on Friday. Carli Simms had two hits and an RBI for the Bears, 1-15. Hayley Davis added two hits and an RBI. Laniya Dubose got the win with four strikeouts and no walks in seven innings. Leetonia is at Columbiana on Monday. S: 2-0-1-0-0-3-0—6-16-4 L: 0-1-3-3-0-2-x—9- 9-2 East Canton 10, Lisbon 5 LISBON — Lisbon’s softball team suffered a 10-5 loss to East Canton on Friday. Sofia Brown had four hits including a double with two RBIs for the Devils. ...

EAST PALESTINE RELAYS

41st East Palestine Relays at East Palestine Friday BOYS RESULTS TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Beaver Local (73), 2. Howland (71), 3. East Liverpool (58), 4. Ursuline (57), 5. Carrollton (54), 6. Campbell Memorial (52), 7. Rootstown (49), 8. East Palestine (43). BOYS RESULTS 4x100 RELAY: 1. Campbell (De’ondre Brown, Demetrius Lambert, Jalen McQueen Hall, Kenneth Addison) 44.09, 2. Beaver Local 44.90, 3. Howland 45.59, 4. East Palestine 45.64, 5. Ursuline 46.53, 6. East Liverpool 46.85, 7. Carrollton 47.72, 8. Rootstown 50.69. 4x200 RELAY: 1. Campbell (De’ondre Brown, Demetrius ...

Beavers close in Buckeye 8

CADIZ — It was a busy week for the Beaver Local Middle School boys track team. The Beavers won the Columbiana County Meet on Wednesday and just missed winning the Buckeye 8 Middle School Meet by 1 1/2 points on Thursday. Beaver Local won five events and placed second in the boys team standings with 109 1/2 points. Harrison Central won with 111 points. East Liverpool was fifth with 72 points. Winners for the Beavers were Bowie Kinsey in the 200-meter hurdles (28.04 seconds); Michael Luna in the 400 dash (58.18) ; Bowie Kinsey, Bentley Roe-Gonzalez, Lucas Dennis and Boone Kinsey in ...