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YSU in Horizon League title game INDIANAPOLIS — The Youngstown State women’s basketball team is heading to the Horizon League championship game for the first time. The second-seeded Penguins rallied past third-seeded Cleveland State for a 60-55 win in Monday’s semifinal. Sophia Gregory passed to a wide-open Danielle Cameron for a 3-pointer from the corner with 22.3 seconds left for a 57-55 lead and what turned out to be the game winner. Gregory, who was an All-Ohioan at West Branch High School, collected 11 points on 4-of-8 shooting with a team-high nine rebounds, four ...

Warriors give it their all

CANTON — The West Branch girls basketball team hung on for as long as it could. But that wasn’t enough on Saturday afternoon at Canton Memorial Fieldhouse. The Warriors couldn’t keep up with state power Shaker Heights Laurel, falling to the Gators 53-41 in a Division IV regional ...

Lions show their heart in first district championship

SMITHVILLE — The goal was to make school history. And that is exactly what the Heartland Christian Lions boys basketball team accomplished. The third-seeded Lions continued their hot shooting and ferocious defense to throttle the seventh-seeded Kidron Central Christian Comets 82-52, ...

County won’t forget Rhodes anytime soon

LISBON — Crestview senior Addison Rhodes has another trophy to add to her collection on the wall at home. “There are four rows of them,” she said. Rhodes scored 37 points with nine three-pointers in leading her away team to an 84-47 win at the Columbiana County Classic on Sunday night. “We saw her in the regular season (a 70-33 loss to the Rebels on Feb. 4),” said Salem’s Maddy Andres, the MVP for the home team. “You can’t stop her.” She said Rhodes is the best player she has played against. “She’s a good teammate, too,” Andres said. “It’s not all ...

Lisbon’s Ramgeet goes out a winner on his home floor

LISBON — The top two players in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference faced off another time. Lisbon’s AJ Ramgeet and Columbiana’s Cooper Brown collected MVP honors for their respective teams at the Columbiana County Classic on Sunday night. Ramgeet scored 29 points in leading the ...

Nezbeth finds way to state

KENSTON — In the meat-grinder that is the Kenston Div. II district tournament only one area boy finished in the top four in his respective weight class on Saturday. West Branch senior Beau Nezbeth (48-1) finished third at 150 pounds. He pinned Firelands’ D’Mari Campbell in 1:42 in the consolation final to earn his spot at the state tournament set for Friday through Sunday at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus. Nezbeth took his first loss of the season with a 2-1 defeat in the semifinals at the hands of eventual district champion Chance Schlauch of Perry. Independence Div. ...