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East-West All-Star Game CADIZ — East Liverpool’s LaNease Andrews and Beaver Local’s Luke Rettos will play in the District 5 Basketball Coaches Association East-West All-Star Games on Sunday at Harrison Central. Girls game will start at 2 p.m. with boys to follow at 4 p.m. Admission is $10. McKinnon to lead Madonna WEIRTON, W.Va. — Lisbon High School graduate Shawn McKinnon was named the Weirton Madonna head football coach on Tuesday. McKinnon is a former assistant coach with Wellsville and East Liverpool. Madonna is trying to rebuild its football program after not ...

DIVISIONS I-III ALL-OHIO BOYS BASKETBALL

COLUMBUS – The 2026 Divisions I, II and III boys basketball All-Ohio teams were announced Thursday by the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association. The All-Ohio teams are based on nominations from the seven districts of the OPSMA from regular-season accomplishments. DIVISION I ALL-OHIO Player of the Year: Trey Drexler, Brunswick. Coach of the Year: John Feasel, Lewis Center Olentangy. First Team Bryce Curry, West Chester Lakota West, 6-4, jr., 13.0; Amire Gill, Cincinnati Princeton, 6-3, jr., 17.9; Josh Tyson, West Chester Lakota West, 6-3. jr., 17.0; Landon Evans, Pickerington ...

Vintage Chuck Taylors baffle Potters

EAST LIVERPOOL — East Liverpool’s boys basketball team has a little mystery on its hands. A pair of worn out old Converse Chuck Taylor All-Star shoes was recently found inside a closet in the boys basketball locker room. Written on them in red marker on one side was “Potter Pete ...

Ramgeet gave Lisbon his all

LISBON — Lisbon senior AJ Ramgeet made the Blue Devils an instant winner. “We had the good group that graduated with (Trevor Siefke and Hunter Dailey) and thought we would be a rebuilding,” Lisbon coach Chris Huckshold said. “My sister decides to bring my nephews back and here we ...

Kalaher is one of a kind

COLUMBIANA — Heartland Christian junior Collin Kalaher is taking the Lions boys basketball team to new places. Kalaher, who led the Lions to a school-best 22-5 record and their first district title, is the school’s first All-Ohio first-teamer after earning Division VII honors Wednesday. “For the younger kids, it gives them some excitement and something to shoot for,” Heartland coach Josh Scott said. “Here’s someone who has been here all along like us.” Heartland’s Jonathan Bertovich was a second-team Division IV All-Ohioan as a senior in 2022. “Collin’s the ...

All-Ohio career for Beaver Local’s Hill

CALCUTTA — The Beaver Local boys basketball team had a chance to win every night 6-foot-7 senior Owen Hill was on the court. As a junior, he was the first Beaver Local boys basketball player to capture first-team All-Ohio honors and he backed it up by earning second-team Division IV All-Ohio recognition Wednesday despite being slowed late this year by a stress fracture in his foot. “He is the most decorated basketball player we’ve had come through the halls at Beaver Local,” Beavers coach Nick Miller said. “He is going to be remembered forever.” A four-year letterwinner ...