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Blue Devils, Ramgeet were waiting for this

LISBON — Lisbon’s boys basketball team successfully checked off the revenge box in impressive fashion Friday night. A 56-49 loss to United back on December 16 didn’t sit well with the co-league leading Blue Devils, who circled Friday’s rematch with the Golden Eagles on their Eastern ...

Leetonia’s King crowns Southern

Leetonia 61, Southern 50 LEETONIA — Jason King had 29 points and 14 rebounds to lead Leetonia to a 61-50 win over Southern on Friday in Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference play. Dylan Johns added 13 points for the Bears. Jacob McCurdy had 19 points for the Indians. Mason Pitts added 13 points. Leetonia is 5-11 and 3-7 in the EOAC. Southern (1-14 and 0-10) is set to host Urban Scholars Saturday. The Bears will host Wellsville on Tuesday. SO: 4-13-13-15—50 LE: 10-17-20-14—61 SOUTHERN SCORING: Jack Pitts 2-0-5, Landen Heffner 5-0-11, Jacob McCurdy 6-4-19, Aiden Davis ...

Rhodes scores 45 in Crestview win

Crestview 83, Garfield 37 COLUMBIANA — Addison Rhodes had 45 points and seven rebounds in an 83-37 win over Garfield in girls basketball action Friday. Ava Bucey added 12 points and six rebounds. Brianna Baker had six points, four steals and three assists. Karli Perry had 10 points. Crestview is 16-1 overall and 12-0 in the Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference Gray Division. The Rebels can earn the outright league title with a win at LaBrae on Monday, weather permitting. Crestview won the jayvee game, 26-3. Lainey Milhoan had eight points for the Rebels. GF: 11-10- ...

Gregory to Cincy

BELOIT — West Branch senior Gavin Gregory took a long winding road to finally land his college choice, but it’s now official. The All-Ohioan announced on Thursday via X that he has committed to the University of Cincinnati to continue his academic and football careers. Gregory, a 6-foot, 7-inch, 240-pound tight end, originally committed to the University of Toledo to play under coach Jason Candle but Candle left to take the head coaching job at UConn. Gregory reopened his recruitment after that and at one point had an offer from University of North Carolina and Bill Belichick ...

Clippers, Indians in EOAC hunt

Columbiana 47, East Palestine 11 COLUMBIANA — It didn’t take long for Columbiana to set up the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference title game. The Clippers went on an early 21-0 run on the way to a 47-11 win over East Palestine on Thursday. Columbiana improves to 15-2 overall and 11-1 in ...

Crestview holds off Garfield’s fourth-quarter rally

Crestview 46, Garfield 44 COLUMBIANA — The Crestview boys almost let one get away Thursday. Carter Love and Caleb Gaydos hit free throws in the final six seconds after the Rebels squandered an 11-point lead to pull out a 46-44 win over Garrettsville Garfield in Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference Gray Tier action. The Rebels improve to 6-10 overall and 3-7 in the MVAC, while Garfield drops to 5-9 and 3-7 in league play. Garfield beat Crestview 79-71 on Dec. 23. The time the Rebels let a 42-31 lead with two minutes to play slip away as Garfield rallied to tie the score at ...