Crestview 56, Struthers 44

STRUTHERS — Crestview got a second straight win by downing Struthers, 56-44, Saturday.

The Rebels improve to 7-10.

The Wildcats drop to 2-13, including an 0-7 mark at home.

Both teams play Tuesday as Crestview visits LaBrae and Struthers travels to Hubbard.

Rootstown 91, East Palestine 56

ROOTSTOWN — Rootstown scored at least 19 points in every quarter and pulled away from East Palestine, 91-56, Saturday.

Nigel Wright led the Rovers with 17 points, followed by Carson Hayn with 13 points, Dean Abdlrasul 12 and Landon Rodstrom 11.

Rootstown improves to 8-7 and will host Ravenna on Tuesday.

East Palestine drops to 1-13 and will host Lisbon on Tuesday.

Drew Bycroft topped the Bulldogs with a game-high 23 points, four rebounds and three steals. Kealin Simon had nine points and four rebounds; RJ May nine points, four assists and four assists; Clark Rutledge eights points, four assists and three rebounds; Peyton Rutledge seven points and five rebounds.

Rootstown also won the two-quarter junior varsity game, 19-16. Shane Newman had six points for the Bulldogs.

EP: 7-24-14-11–56

RT: 19-25-20-27–91

EAST PALESTINE SCORING: RJ May 3-3-9, Tanner Morrow 0-0-0, Drew Bycroft 9-5-23, Peyton Rutledge 2-3-7, Clark Rutledge 3-1-8, Kealin Simon 3-1-9, Shane Newman 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 20, 13-20: 56.

ROOTSTOWN SCORING: Ethan White 2-0-5, Blake Mullaly 4-1-9, Carson Hayn 6-0-13, Landon Rodstrom 4-0-11, Caleb Fillmore 1-0-2, Mason Lisi 2-2-7, Dean Abdlrasul 5-1-12, Noah Zager 1-0-3, Troy Kopac 2-1-6, Nigel Wright 8-1-17, Brogan Kidd 2-1-6, Brayden McColloch 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 36, 7-10: 91.

Three-point goals: East Palestine 3 (Simon 2, C. Rutledge), Rootstown 10 (Rodstrom 3, White, Hayn, Lisi, Abdlrasul, Zager, Kopac, Kidd).

Cambridge 71, Beaver Local 40

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — It was a banner day for Cambridge and senior guard Garrett Carpenter on Saturday.

Carpenter scored 34 points, including the 1,000th of his career, as Cambridge topped Beaver Local, 71-40, in the Buckeye 8 championship game at the ECO Center.

The Bobcats won their seventh in a row to improve to 16-2. The Beaver dropped to 13-3 after suffering their largest loss since falling 86-44 at East Liverpool on Dec. 8, 2023.

Cambridge scored the first seven points of the game and opened up a 38-21 halftime lead.

Carpenter — who came in averaging 22.9 points a game –was limited to three points in the first quarter. He totaled eight three-pointers.

The Bobcats opened the second half with a 16-0 run to make it 55-21. The Beavers were held to four points in the third quarter to fall behind 57-25.

Matt Anderson topped the Beavers with 10 points. Tucker McElroy added nine.

Beaver Local will play at Oak Glen on Tuesday, while Cambridge travels to Carrollton on Wednesday.

The Beavers will host Salem on Feb. 3.

BL: 7-14- 4-15–40

CA: 17-22-18-14–71

BEAVER LOCAL SCORING: Nicolas McKenzie 0-1-1, Aiden Dray 2-2-7, Tucker McElroy 4-1-9, Matt Anderson 4-2-10, Luke Rettos 2-1-5, Peyton Cowdery 2-0-4, Jett Johnson 1-2-4, JP McElroy 0-0-0, Nathan Pusateri 0-0-0, Owen Moore 0-0-0, Luca Vujakyla 0-0-0, C Williams 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 15, 9-19: 40.

CAMBRIDGE SCORING: Garrett Carpenter 12-2-34, Mason Gregg 3-1-7, Cam Lauer 6-2-16, Rylan Mathews 3-0-6, Austin Jenkins 3-0-6, Tre Alexander 0-0-0, AJ Lawrence 0-0-0, D. Kissinger 0-0-0, R. Harris 0-0-0, P. Hollins 0-0-0, S. Hutchinson 1-0-2. TEAM TOTALS: 28, 5-9: 71.

Three-point goals: Beaver 1 (Dray), Cambridge 10 (Carpenter 8, Lauer 2).