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East Liverpool hits rough spot

STEUBENVILLE — Down a couple of starters, Steubenville got off to a bit of a sloppy start Friday night. Hosting a youthful East Liverpool team on senior night in the Crimson Center, Steubenville took a little bit to adjust to a different line up and a 1-3-1 defensive look from the Potters and turned the ball over way more early on than veteran coach Mike Haney would have liked. Once they settled in, though, the shots started falling — and in a hurry. Big Red rattled off a 26-3 run to take control and never looked back on the way to rolling to a 73-39 victory. “It was a ...

BOWLING RESULTS

High Nooners League at Walnut Lanes TEAM STANDINGS: Smokin Guns 16-4, The Rangers 14 1/2-5 1/2, The Warriors 13-7, Guys & Dolls 11 1/2-8 1/2, Mike’s Lawn Mower Shop 9-11, Cut Above 8-12,Sun Shine 7-13. HIGH GAME: (men’s) Doug Blazer 193-189, Dave Naukam 185-171, Bill Ambrose 180, Mike Price 179; (women’s) Pam Olmstead 190, Barb Chapko 161-161, Becky Higgins 156, Nancy Keenan 152. HIGH SERIES: Doug Blazer 528.

SPORTS BRIEFING

East Palestine softball signups EAST PALESTINE — The East Palestine Girls Softball Association will hold signups on the following days at Cornerstone Insurance Agency at 40 N. Market St: 1 to 3 p.m. Feb. 8; 5 to 7 p.m. Feb. 11; 2 to 4 p.m. Feb. 21 and 1 to 3 p.m. March 1. Call Kevin McKinstry at (330) 853-2290 for more information. LaBrae rolls over Crestview WARREN — LaBrae downed the Crestview bowling teams Friday at Freeway Lanes. TheVikings won the boys match, 2256-2122, as Zek Senne had a 224 game and Nate Morris a 384 series. The Rebels were led by Peyton Mellott ...

Clemmer scores 25 in Columbiana victory

Columbiana 45, Lisbon 22 COLUMBIANA — With junior Annah Clemmer scoring at will and Columbiana’s full-court pressure, the Clippers ran away from Bellaire for a 45-22 win in an OVAC consolation game Thursday. Clemmer scored 18 of her game-high 25 points in the first half when she ...

Salem wrestling postponed

SALEM — Salem Junior/Senior High School will be closed again today because there is no heat due to an old gas line that is being replaced. Students in grades 7-12 were learning remotely Wednesday and today while workers put in a new line. Salem superintendent Sean Kirkland said a 10-inch gas line by the cafeteria that was installed when the school was built rusted through. He said the school uses natural gas for the boilers and five propane heaters were brought into the building Wednesday to keep the water pipes from freezing. The West Branch at Salem wrestling match scheduled ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

Beaver Local drops Oak Glen NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — Owen Hill had 24 points to guide Beaver Local to a 68-52 win over Oak Glen in boys basketball action Thursday. Beaver Local is 15-4 and should secure the second seed in the OVAC Class 4A tournament. The cutoff date was Thursday and pairings for next week’s games should be released today. Oak Glen is 10-6 and was clinging to the fourth spot in Class 4A before Thursday’s game. Luke Rettos added 12 points for the winners, while Matthew Anderson had 11 points. For Oak Glen, Gavin Geisse had 16 points. Beaver Local won ...