Quakers reschedule game

SALEM — The Carrollton at Salem boys basketball makeup game will be played Saturday afternoon at Cabas Gymnasium.

The junior varsity will start at noon with varsity to follow at 1:30 p.m.

McKinley gets 2,000th win

CANTON — The Canton McKinley boys basketball program became the first in Ohio to reach 2,000 wins.

The Bulldogs beat North Canton Hoover, 64-59, at the Canton Fieldhouse on Tuesday.

Canton McKinley, the Federal League champion, is 17-3 on the season with losses to Akron Hoban, Alliance and Cleveland St. Ignatius. The Bulldogs boys basketball team has a record of 2,000-687-2 (a 74.4 winning percentage) in 126 seasons. According to unofficial OHSAA records, no other team in the state has reached 1,800 victories.

Remembering Dale Earnhardt

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — “We’ve Lost Dale Earnardt: 25 Years Later,” a new documentary of the 2001 Daytona 500 race that changed NASCAR, will premier on FS1 at 10 p.m. today.

On the final lap of NASCAR’s biggest race, Dale Earnhardt was killed in a crash that stunned the sport. The documentary explores the day NASCAR lost one of its most iconic drivers and its aftermath, not just through competition, but through the emotional, cultural and human impace felt by those inside and beyond the racetrack.

It will be aired after the Daytona Duels.

Heartland wins TMC title

CANFIELD — The Heartland boys and Youngstown Ursuline girls were team champions at the Trumbull Mahoning Columbiana bowling tournament Friday at Amron Lanes.

The Heartland boys won with 3,257 pins and the Ursuline girls had 2,333.

Wellsville finished third in the boys standings with 2,814.

Leaders for Wellsville were Cameron Taylor with a 179 game and three-game series of 521, Madelyn Landess with a 179 game and 502 series and Makayla Landess with a 180 game and 499 series.

Lisbon outlasts Heartland

LISBON — Lisbon’s girls basketball team scored a 49-42 win over Heartland in overtime on Wednesday.

Lisbon is 13-9, while Heartland is 9-11.

Jayden Smyth had 19 points, 10 rebounds and six steals in the win. Dylan Brown added 11 points and 15 rebounds.

Sarah Reynolds led Heartland with 23 points.

Lisbon beat Campbell in jayvee action, 53-8. Gracyn Owens had 15 points for the Devils.

Lisbon hosts Elyria Open Door Christian on Feb. 21 in tournament play.

Heartland hosts Malvern on Friday.

HC: 7-10-9-16-0–42

LI: 9-7-15-11-7–49

Pirates will always love McCutchen

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington said Tuesday the team “will never shut the door” on potentially finding a role for Andrew McCutchen, a longtime cornerstone of the franchise.

The Pirates on Monday reached an agreement with veteran slugger Marcell Ozuna on a one-year contract worth $12 million, subject to Ozuna passing a physical. The deal would make it more unlikely McCutchen, who is unsigned, would be needed on the Pirates’ roster. Ozuna would assume the designated hitter role, which was McCutchen’s primary spot in 2025.

The 39-year-old McCutchen is a five-time All-Star and the 2013 NL MVP. He has played 12 of his 17 seasons in the majors with the Pirates.

Cherington said he believes McCutchen “will always be a Pirate.”

“I think most people feel that way. I certainly speak for the organization and that’s how we feel,” Cherington said.

Even though it appears more unlikely there will be a spot for McCutchen on the roster following the agreement with Ozuna, Cherington said “forever is a long time” and he would not rule out an agreement with McCutchen, who hit .239 with 13 homers last season.

“I think this is a moment in time,” Cherington said. “And I think there’s a long time ahead of us. … I don’t think you ever — the Pirates will never shut the door, completely shut the door, on Andrew McCutchen. That’s just how we feel about him. That’s not going to happen.”

Even so, Cherington said the start of spring training in Florida means the Pirates are “focused on the players that are here, focused on how do we get ready for the 2026 season? … You know longer term, you know we don’t need to make any declaration about the longer term. Just focus on today right now.”

Pirates manager Don Kelly said McCutchen “is always going to be a Pirate in everyone’s heart” and said, as a former teammate, “you respect him and everything that he means to the team and the city.”

Cherington said he hopes to protect the team’s relationship with McCutchen.

“No matter what, Andrew’s a Pirate and certainly our desire will be to continue to have a really strong relationship with him into the future, whatever that looks like.”

Cherington said his priority has been to make personnel decisions that put the team “in the best position to win more games in 2026.”

“I feel confident that every decision we’ve made has been about what we believe is best for the team,” he said. “Sometimes when you are making those decisions, they’re going to be hard. You know, some of those decisions are hard. And I think that, again, that’s the nature of these things. Tremendous respect for Andrew. And certainly our desire would be to have a strong relationship with him going forward.”