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Canfield’s Riccardo feels close to home in East Liverpool

EAST LIVERPOOL — Youthful East Liverpool’s boys basketball team ran into Division IV power Canfield, the hottest team in the Mahoning Valley, here Tuesday night and dropped a one-sided 79-36 decision to the Cardinals in a running clock game at Potter Fieldhouse. Red-hot Canfield (16-2) is ...

Clippers close in on title

Columbiana 68, Wellsville 63 WELLSVILLE —Senator Johnson had 16 of his 24 points in the first half as Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference-leading Columbiana surged to a 68-63 win over Wellsville on Tuesday. The Clippers are 15-3 overall and lead the EOAC by one game with a 11-1 record. Columbiana hosts Valley Christian on Friday and can clinch at least a share of the league title with a win. Cooper Brown aided the winning effort with 17 points, four assists, four rebounds and four blocks. Hunter Davanzo had nine points and 12 rebounds. Senator Johnson added 14 rebounds. The ...

BOYS BASKETBALL

Heartland 67, Cardinal Mooney 54 YOUNGSTOWN — Heartland Christian’s boys basketball team racked up a 67-54 win over Cardinal Mooney on Tuesday. The Lions moved to 14-4 and are ranked 19th in the state of Ohio in Div. VII according to the MaxPreps rankings. Heartland has won four straight following a four-game losing streak. The Lions are clinched first place in the Class 4A OVAC standings. Cardinal Mooney fell to 7-9. The Lions host Youngstown East on Friday. HC: 17-23-16-11—67 CM: 16-10-10-18—54 Oak Glen 58, Steubenville CC 50 NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — Gavin ...

State meet honors Owens

COLUMBUS — The 119th Ohio High School Athletic Association state track and field meet will be the biggest one yet. The 2026 state meet schedule was released Monday with the new five-division format, expanding from three divisions. The OHSAA Board of Directors unanimously agreed to name ...

Southern passes first OVAC test

SALINEVILLE — Having played just four opponents with records over .500 this season, Southern Local’s girls basketball team was in need of a challenge. It got just that when Shadyside pushed the Indians in a hotly contested Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Class 2A semifinal on Monday. ...

United does extra in win over Potters

United 53, East Liverpool 44, OT EAST LIVERPOOL — Maelee Smith’s last-second basket tied the game in regulation and Marin Stryffeler hit a pair of three-pointers in overtime to give United a 53-44 win over East Liverpool at the Potter Fieldhouse on Monday. Smith totaled 20 points, seven rebounds and five steals. Bella Thompson added 14 points, including key back-to-back three-pointers in the fourth quarter, aong with nine assists. Stryffeler also had 14 points and Reagan Good had six points and 13 rebounds. United improves to 12-7 overall, while East Liverpool moves to ...