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Branch holds EBC lead

BELOIT — West Branch remained in first place in the Eastern Buckeye Conference by downing Alliance 58-45 on Friday.

Jaxon Henderschott led the Warriors with 14 points. West Branch is 11-3 overall and 6-1 in the league. Alliance fell to 8-5 and 4-3 in the league.

Reese Leone added 10 points for the winners. Nick Everett had 11 piints and 10 rebounds.

West Branch hosts Hubbard on Jan. 25.

ALLIANCE: 3-12-15-15–45

W. BRANCH: 11-14-17-16–58

ALLIANCE SCORING: Alexander 4-8-16, Ford 4-0-8, Talbert 1-0-3, Jackson 2-0-6, Strata 2-4-9, Oldfield 1-1-3. TEAM TOTALS: 14, 13-18: 45.

W. BRANCH SCORING: Nick Everett 4-3-11, Jaxon Hendershott 4-2-14, Reese Leone 4-1-10, Cohen Lamp 2-0-4, Nick Pidgeon 3-1-9, Dru DeShields 2-0-4, Justin Goode 2-0-6. TEAM TOTALS: 21, 7-15: 58.

Three-point goals: Alliance 5 (Jackson 2, Strata, Talbert), West Branch 9 (Hendershott 4, Pidgeon 2, Goode 2, Leone)

Jackson-Milton 37, Western Reserve 32

BERLIN CENTER –Jackson-Milton dumped Western Reserve 37-32 on Friday in Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference play.

Western Reserve is 5-9 and 2-6 in the MVAC, while Jackson-Milton is 5-10 and 2-6.

Noah Klasic had 10 points for the Devils.

Western Reserve won the jayvee game, 43-41. Austin Nabb had 14 points for Reserve.

J. MILTON: 12-7-6-18–37

W. RESERVE: 8-6-10-8–32

J. MILTON SCORING: Cole Grope 1-1-4, Aaron Romigh 1-0-2, Mason Robison 7-0-17, Frank Prozy 2-3-7, Nick McGinnis 1-2-5, A.J. Bauch 1-0-2. TEAM TOTALS: 13, 6-15: 37.

W. RESERVE SCORING: Todd Henning 1-5-7, Ryan Gordon 1-1-3, Noah Klasic 4-2-10, Preston Reed 2-2-6, Nick Martin 1-0-3, David Altiere 1-0-3. TEAM TOTALS: 10, 10-13: 32.

Three-point goals: J. Milton 5 (Robison 3, Grope, McGinnis), Western Reserve 2 (Martin, Altiere).

East Palestine 59,

Leetonia 57

EAST PALESTINE — Jonathan Bertovich had 32 points as East Palestine snatched a 59-57 victory over Leetonia on Friday in Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference play.

East Palestine is 3-8.

Leetonia got 16 points each from Jordan Baker and Ian Davis.

Leetonia won the jayvee game, 44-33.

LEETONIA: 15-13-17-12–57

PALESTINE: 14-13-14-18–59

LEETONIA SCORING: Patrick Hull 0-0-0, Luke Gregino 0-0-0, Sefton Houlette 4-2-10, Jayden Herhold 0-0-0, Dylan Lennon 3-0-7, Jordan Baker 4-4-16, Marco Ferry 3-1-7, Timmy Finch 1-0-2, Ian Davis 5-4-16. TEAM TOTALS: 19, 11-15: 56.

EAST PALESTINE SCORING: Jonathan Bertovich 11-6-32, Brandon Turcola 1-1-4, Tyler Bistarkey 1-6-9, Westin Jones 0-0-0, Zion Figley 3-0-9, Tommy Shasteen 0-0-0, Payton Elliott 2-0-5. TEAM TOTALS: 18, 13-17: 59.

Three-point goals: Leetonia 7 (Baker 4, Davis 2, Lennon), East Palestine 10 (Bertovich 4, Figley 3, Turcola, Bistarkey, Elliott).

Southern 88,

United 44

HANOVERTON — Southern Local is back in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference lead.

The Indians got 30 points from Cam Grodhaus and 20 from Brock Smalley to double up United, 88-44, Friday night.

Southern is 11-1 overall and 6-1 in the EOAC, tied with Columbiana after the Clippers lost at Wellsville on Friday. United is 0-11 and 0-6 EOAC.

The Indians jumped out to a 23-6 lead in the first quarter as Grodhaus and Smalley each scored eight points.

Bradly Sloan had six of his 15 points in the first quarter to go along with seven steals, five rebounds and four assists. Tanner Patterson added nine rebounds and two blocks, Jayce Sloan seven rebounds, seven assists, four steals, Grodhaus four assists and three steals, Smalley three steals and Sam May had two steals.

Keaton Baker topped the Eagles with 13 points. Nate Miller collected nine points and seven rebounds.

Southern also won the junior varsity game, 48-40. Brady Ketchum scored 14 points and Jason Riggs had 13 to guide Southern. Grant Knight led United with eight points.

Both teams play Tuesday as Southern hosts East Palestine and United travels to Wellsville.

SOUTHERN: 23-18-26-21–88

UNITED: 6-21- 7-10–44

SOUTHERN SCORING: Brock Smalley 8-0-20, Cam Grodhaus 13-1-30, Bradly Sloan 6-3-15, Jayce Sloan 3-0-6, Tanner Patterson 1-2-4, Josh Pratt 0-0-0, Sam May 1-0-2, James Burris 1-0-2, Brady Ketchum 0-0-0, Mark Soukup 1-0-3, Colton Soukup 0-0-0, Devin Lopez 1-1-3, Michal Mason 1-0-3. TEAM TOTALS: 36, 7-13: 88.

UNITED SCORING: Parker Berdine 2-0-5, Keaton Baker 3-6-13, Nevin Hahlen 2-0-6, Nate Miller 4-1-9, Steffen Jarrett 0-0-0, Cody Mitchell 3-1-7, Ward Kiko 1-0-2, Brent Knight 1-0-2, Cody Cope 0-0-0, Kaleb Nasteri 0-0-0, Brandon Keshock 0-0-0, Cooper 0-0-0, Trenton Mango 0-0-0, Mckenzie 0-0-0, Jack Mercer 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 16, 8-12: 44.

Three-point goals: Southern 9 (Smalley 4, Grodhaus 3, Mason, M. Soukup), United 4 (Hahlen 2, Berdine, Baker).

South Range 52, Jefferson Area 49

JEFFERSON — A 15-2 third-quarter run pushed South Range over Jefferson Area, 52-49, in Northeast 8 action Friday night.

The Raiders trailed 34-22 at halftime before taking a 37-36 lead heading into the final period.

South Range improves to 8-4.

Chris Brooks led the Raiders with a game-high 21 points, including five in the pivotal third quarter.

South Range will host Mahoning Valley Conference power Waterloo on Tuesday.

S. RANGE: 8-14-15-15–52

JEFFERSON: 14-20-2-13–49

SOUTH RANGE SCORING: Chris Brooks 7-7-21, Dante Digaetano 2-0-4, Nate Brown 1-2-5, Jake Gehring 1-2-4, Kris Scandy 2-0-6, Brandon Mikos 1-2-5, Justin Marrie 1-0-2, Matt Lucas 0-0-0, Eli Taylor 2-0-5. TEAM TOTALS: 17, 13-16: 52.

JEFFERSON AREA SCORING: John Castrilla 5-0-12, Kody Cunningham 3-1-9, Garrett Thompson 0-0-0, Bobby Ray 3-3-11, Grant Hitchcock 6-2-17, Colin Priestap 0-0-0, Anthony DeVivo 0-0-0, Brock Bean 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 17, 6-11: 49.

Three-point goals: South Range 5 (Scandy 2, Brown, Mikos, Taylor), Jefferson Area 9 (Hitchcock 3, Castrilla 2, Cunningham 2, Ray 2).

Mineral Ridge 58, Sebring 57

SEBRING — The Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference hasn’t been kind to Sebring since the Trojans received a second-place state ranking.

The Trojans — ranked 11th in Division IV for the moment — dropped their fourth straight, 58-57, to Mineral Ridge on Friday.

Mineral Ridge improves to 7-5 overall and 5-4 in the MVAC. Sebring drops to 9-4 and 4-4 MVAC.

Austin Governor scored a game-high 17 points for the Rams. Miles Culp added 14 points and Maurice Clark 10.

The Trojans were led by Gabe Lanzer with 16 points and Jake Hunter with 15.

Sebring will host Leetonia on Tuesday.

M. RIDGE: 7-19-22-10–58

SEBRING: 20-14- 8-15–57

MINERAL RIDGE SCORING: Austin Governor 7-2-17, Miles Culp 5-0-14, Anthony Ragazzine 1-3-6, Jalen Royal-Eiland 2-1-5, Koby Zupko 1-3-6, Maurice Clark 4-0-10. TEAM TOTALS: 20, 9-14: 58.

SEBRING SCORING: Jake Hunter 7-1-15, Connor Shepherd 3-1-7, Dylan Johnson 3-0-7, Gabe Lanzer 6-1-16, Carson Rouse 3-1-7, Frankie Lozoya 2-0-5. TEAM TOTALS: 24, 4- 7: 57.

Three-point goals: Mineral Ridge 9 (Culp 4, Clark 2, Zupko, Ragazzine, Governor), Sebring (Lanzer 3, Lozoya, Johnson).

LaBrae 56, Crestview 33

LEAVITTSBURG — Tre’von Drake scored a game-high 19 points in leading LaBreae past Crestview, 56-33, Friday night.

LaBrae improves to 9-3 overall and 5-1 in the All-American Conference. Crestview moves to 4-9 and 2-4 AAC.

The Vikings led 20-15 at halftime and outscored the Rebels 36-18 in the second half.

Jack Yerkey paced the Rebels with 10 points. Drake Golden had seven points and nine rebounds and Kirkland Miller added six rebounds.

LaBrae also won the junior varsity game, 36-22. Cade Hancox and Nick Novak six points.

Crestview will play at Liberty on Tuesday.

CRESTVIEW: 4-11- 8-10–33

LABRAE: 13- 7-19-17–56

CRESTVIEW SCORING: Kirkland Miller 2-0-4, Jack Yerkey 3-2-10, Drake Golden 2-3-7, Tony Perorazio 1-0-2, Anthony Cusick 2-0-4, Brandon Yanssens 1-2-4, Connor Hughes 1-0-2, Nick Novak 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 12, 7-8: 33.

LABRAE SCORING: Connor Meyer 3-0-7, Devin Carter 3-0-7, Landon Kiser 1-1-3, Tre’von Drake 8-1-19, Justin Rutherford 4-2-10, Aidan Stephens 3-0-8, Caleb Simmons 1-0-2, Aiden Kiser 0-0-0, Jordan McCartney 0-0-0, Matt Biery 0-0-0, Leon Miranda 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 23, 4-12: 56.

Three-point goals: Crestview 2 (Yerkey 2), LaBrae 6 (Stephens, Drake 2, Meyer, Carter).

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