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Maysville drops East Liverpool

Maysville 78, East Liverpool 36 ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Zanesville Maysville boys basketball team is playing like a state champion again. The defending state champion and top-seeded Panthers pulled away from ninth-seeded East Liverpool, 78-36, in a Division IV district semifinal Tuesday at the ECO Center. East Liverpool kept it close in the first quarter, trailing 23-20 as freshman Jayce Douglas scored 12 points. But the Potters scored only 12 points in the final three quarters. Gator Nichols, the Ohio Division IV Player of the Year last season, leads Maysville (23-1) into the ...

Hill, Rhodes repeat as county’s best

LISBON — Beaver Local’s Owen Hill and Crestview’s Addison Rhodes made their senior seasons their best ones yet. They repeated as Columbiana County players of the year in balloting by coaches Sunday. Hill is joined by Lisbon senior AJ Ramgeet and Heartland Christian junior Collin ...

COLUMBIANA COUNTY 2025-26 ALL-STAR BASKETBALL TEAM

COLUMBIANA COUNTY 2025-26 ALL-STAR BASKETBALL TEAM BOYS FIRST TEAM Player Class School Owen Hill Sr. Beaver Local AJ Ramgeet Sr. Lisbon Collin Kalaher Jr. Heartland Dre’Keim Abercrombie Jr. East Liverpool Cooper Brown Sr. Columbiana Darnell Roe Jr. Wellsville Deontay Steele Sr. Salem Jason Pratt Sr. United BOYS SECOND TEAM Luke Rettos Sr. Beaver Local Senator Johnson Jr. Columbiana Brody Conaway Jr. Heartland Aidan Ramgeet Soph. Lisbon Austin Adkins Sr. Wellsville Ty Manion Jr. Salem Drew Bycroft Sr. East Palestine Tyler ...

Heartland returns to district final

COLUMBIANA — The Heartland Christian Lions purposely scheduled a challenging slate this year to prepare themselves for tournament play. Entering the Lions district semifinal with Cornerstone Christian, the hope was that the Lions were well-prepared for competition like the defending Division ...

Fairport Harding 79, Wellsville 48

Fairport Harding 79, Wellsville 48 FAIRPORT HARBOR — Wellsville’s boys basketball team couldn’t keep up with the zippy Skippers of Fairport Harding on Monday night in a Div. VII district semifinal. The No. 2 seed Skippers used quick ball rotations and a stellar passing display to down the Tigers 79-48. Wellsville, the 13th seed, ended its season at 10-14, while the Skippers are 21-2. The Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference went 2-8 in the tournament. The Tigers were down 21-11 after the first quarter and 41-24 at the half. Yomar Castellano led the Skippers with 24 ...

Shepas brings experience to East Palestine

EAST PALESTINE — East Palestine’s football program added an experienced head coach who once excelled at the highest levels of the high school football in Ohio on Monday. Rick Shepas, 60, was approved during Monday’s East Palestine Board of Education meeting. Shepas takes over for Michael Demster, who was not retained. Demster went 17-25 over four seasons and led the Bulldogs to an 8-4 record last season including a playoff win over Western Reserve. Shepas last coached high school football in 2004 after serving out a seven season stint at Massillon where he went 53-27 with a ...