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Warriors move on

BELOIT — The West Branch girls basketball team staged a fourth-quarter rally to defeat Howland 49-44 in a Div. II sectional final Thursday at West Branch High School.

The fourth-seeded Warriors (17-6) advance to take on top-seeded Poland in a Div. II district semifinal at 6 p.m. Monday at Austintown Fitch High School.

Fifth-seeded Howland finishes its season 17-7.

Peyton Alazaus paced the Warriors with 13 points. Carly Scarpitti came through with 12 points and 12 rebounds. Grace Heath added 10 points.

West Branch trailed 21-20 at halftime and 37-33 after the third quarter before outscoring Howland 16-7 in the final frame.

HOWLAND: 7-14-16-7–44

W. BRANCH: 11-9-13-16–49

HOWLAND SCORING: Ochman 7-0-15, Clark 3-0-6, Chambers 2-1-5, Pompelia 4-0-11, Dellimuti 2-0-5, Craigo 1-0-2. TEAM TOTALS: 19, 2-6: 44.

WEST BRANCH SCORING: Carly Scarpitti 4-4-12, Grace Heath 4-0-10, Sammie Tuel 0-0-0, Maddie Showalter 1-0-2, Anna Lippiatt 2-2-6, Peyton Alazaus 5-0-13, Jessica Bock 2-2-6. TEAM TOTALS: 18, 8-15: 49.

Three-point goals: Howland 4 (Pompelia 3, Ochman), West Branch 5 (Alazaus 3, Heath 2).

Leetonia 29, Southern 23

LEETONIA — Leetonia scored the final five points to pull out a 29-23 win over Southern Local in a Division IV girls sectional tournament opener Thursday night.

Anna Buffone led the Bears with 15 points. She scored eight, including a pair of three-pointers, during a 14-9 third-quarter run that gave the Bears a 24-21 lead.

The Indians closed the gap to 24-23 in the fourth quarter before the Bears closed out the scoring as Ari Russell and Samantha Schneider made baskets and Taran Ferry added a free throw.

Russell contributed six points, eight rebounds, six assists and five steals.

Leetonia advances to play at second-seeded and state-ranked Western Reserve at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Riley Felton led the Indians with a game-high 16 points, 10 rebounds, six blocks and fiv steals. Sam Michael contributed five assists and four rebounds, Kaya McCulleoy five rebounds and Hannah Hayes our assists.

The Indians finish at 5-18 on the season.

SOUTHERN: 4-8- 9-2–23

LEETONIA: 5-5-14-5–29

SOUTHERN SCORING: Hannah Hayes 0-1-1, Kayla McCulley 1-0-2, Aubrianna Mellott 2-0-4, Sam Michael 0-0-0, Riley Felton 7-2-16. TEAM TOTALS: 10-18, 3-10: 23.

LEETONIA SCORING: Anna Buffone 5-3-15, Kylie Tullis 0-1-1, Taran Ferry 1-1-3, Ari Russell 3-0-6, Samantha Schneider 1-0-2, Allison Francosky 1-0-2. TEAM TOTALS: 11-43, 5-8: 29.

Three-point goals: Leetonia 2 (Buffone 2).

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