Two Heartland winners

HERMITAGE, Pa. — Heartland Christian senior Rebecca Geiss and sophomore Claire Liposky won events at the 26th annual City of Hermitage Invitational on Saturday.

Geiss won the 1600-meter run in a personal-best time of 5:06.12 and was fourth in the 800 in 2:25.65.

Liposky was first in the discus with a toss of 124-feet 2.

Heartland senior Sayde Szabo was second in the 100 hurdles (17.01 seconds) and third in the 300 hurdles (38.58).

Twenty-four schools competed at Hickory High School.

Grove City topped the girls with 88 points. Heartland girls was eighth with 39.

Brookville Area won the boys meet with 149 points. The Heartland boys were 17th with seven.

Quakers next on list

BELLAIRE — Sophomore pitcher Addison Thurik gave the Beaver Local softball team everything it needed Saturday.

Thurik tossed a two-hitter with 11 strikeouts and no walks and went 2-for-2 at the plate with a two-run home run in a 7-1 win over Bellaire.

Thurik tossed a two-hitter with 11 strikeouts and no walks in a 7-1 win over Bellaire.

The Beavers improve to 17-3 and have held opponents to one run or less in nine of their last 11 victories.

Mya Anderson added a solo home run in the seventh inning, giving the Beavers 23 home runs on the season.

Brylee Curtis collected two hits. Ciara Call tripled and Ally Wright and Macie Bourne each doubled.

Jaela Phillips got both of Bellaire’s hits, including a triple. Bellaire drops to 9-14.

Beaver Local will host Salem today before opening OVAC Tournament play Tuesday.

BVL: 0-2-1-1-0-2-1–7-9-0

BLR: 0-1-0-0-0-0-0–1-2-2

Lisbon evens mark

MALVERN — Mason Jones went 3-for-4 with two runs and Bryce Esarey doubled, singled and scored twice in Lisbon’s 5-3 win over Malvern in baseball action Saturday.

Devin Kelly also drove in two runs

Lisbon evens its record at 7-7, while Malvern drops to 5-9.

Esarey got the victory, allowing three earned runs on six hits in five innings. He struck out 10 and walked three.

Logan Sturgeon pitched two scoreless innings for the save. He gave up one hit with three strikeouts and one walk.

The Blue Devils scored twice in each of the first two innings to take a 4-0 lead.

Dakota Barger paced Malvern with three hits and two RBIs. Darnell Jackson added a double.

Lisbon will play at Southern today.

L: 2-2-0-0-1-0-0–5-8-1

M: 0-0-1-0-2-0-0–3-7-3

A North sweep

MASSILLON — Youngstown Mooney’s Ike Lake hauled in the game-tying touchdown pass at the Ohio High School Football Coaches Association North-South Game on Saturday.

The Division IV-VII ended in a 14-14 tie in overtime as the South blocked an 18-yard field goal attempt on the final play at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium.

Lake scored on a touchdown catch from Cleveland Glenville’s Arvell Nelson early in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 14-14. Kirtland’s Jake LaVerde threw a 58-yard touchdown pass to Columbus Grove’s Trevon Baxter for the North’s first score late in the second quarter.

Salem’s Cletis Monroy, West Branch’s Jeremiah Thomas and Zach Coffee and Minerva’s Sean Scott were on the North team.

In the Division I-III game, the North also won 24-3.

Rhodes at top of game

POWELL — Crestview senior Addison Rhodes was at the top of her game in the Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association’s prestigious North-South All-Star Game on Friday night.

Rhodes scored 22 points in 17 minutes with six rebounds and two assists in leading the North to a 98-73 victory at Olentangy Liberty High School.

She shot 8-of-12 from the field, including 6-of-9 from three points range. She will be playing this fall at NCAA Division I Fairfield (Conn.) University.

Norwayne’s Ava Maibach was named the MVP after shooting 10-of-12 from the field for a game-high 23 points, eight rebounds and three assists. She will play volleyball at NCAA Division II Cedarville University.

Boys MVP a Dayton recruit

POWELL — Margaretta senior Julian Washington had a game-high 27 points and 12 rebounds in leading the North to a 122-111 win over the South on Friday night at Olentangy Liberty High School.

Washington, the game’s MVP who will play at the University of Dayton, shot 12-of-17 from the field.

Alliance’s JR Jackson added three points, two rebounds and one assist and LaBrae’s Austin Rowe had three rebounds and one assist.

For the South, Maysville’s Gator Nichols, who is heading to NCAA Division II Ohio Dominican, collected 12 points, six rebounds and three assists.