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Two Quakers join County Hall of Fame LISBON — The fourth class of the Columbiana County Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame includes six standouts. Don Davidson (Salem, 1961); Ken Cunningham (East Liverpool, Class of 1961); Cheryl Nannah (United, 1979); Lori Montgomery (East Palestine, 1992); Jessica Deville (Leetonia, 2004); and Amy Scullion (Salem, 2010) will be recognized at approximately 6:45 p.m. Sunday during the 39th Columbiana County Classic at Lisbon High School. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students and are only available at the door. Salem hosts district ...

Crestview comes to the end of Rhodes

ELYRIA — Having just won its first district title since 2007, Crestview wasn’t about to rest on its laurels on Tuesday in a Division V regional semifinal against Doylestown Chippewa at the Elyria Catholic Coliseum. Having come back from a five-point halftime deficit to tie the game ...

West Branch blasts Rockets

West Branch 65, Streetsboro 49 BELOIT — West Branch swept two basketball tournament games from Streetsboro in less than a week. The seventh-seeded West Branch boys ran past 12th-seeded Streetsboro, 65-49, in a Division IV sectional semifinal Tuesday. On Saturday, the West Branch girls beat Streetsboro 50-40 in a district final Saturday. The West Branch boys (16-8) will play fourth-seeded Cleveland Glenville (15-9), the defending Division IV state runner-up, in a district final at 7 p.m. Friday at Wooster Triway. Glenville advanced with a 79-68 win over 27th-seeded Mogadore ...

Carrollton downs Beaver Local

STEUBENVILLE — It was a much-anticipated rematch with the reward of a district final berth to the winner. Beaver Local’s and Carrollton’s boys basketball teams hooked up in an intense, defensive-dominated four-quarter battle in their D4 district semifinal played before a large crowd in the Crimson Center Tuesday night. Fifth-seeded Carrollton took as much as a 16-point fourth-quarter lead and watched fourth-seeded Beaver Local roar back to pull within two possessions (54-50) before the Warriors hit four free throws in the final 1:20 to post a hard-earned 58-56 win over the ...

Hill, Rhodes repeat as county’s best

LISBON — Beaver Local’s Owen Hill and Crestview’s Addison Rhodes made their senior seasons their best ones yet. They repeated as Columbiana County players of the year in balloting by coaches Sunday. Hill is joined by Lisbon senior AJ Ramgeet and Heartland Christian junior Collin ...

Lions get back to district final

COLUMBIANA — The Heartland Christian Lions purposely scheduled a challenging slate this year to prepare themselves for tournament play. Entering the Lions district semifinal with Cornerstone Christian, the hope was that the Lions were well-prepared for competition like the defending Division VII state runner-up Patriots program. The Lions displayed with an exclamation point that they were up to the test with a resounding 82-42 victory over the 14th-seeded Patriots on Monday night, advancing them to a district championship game for the third straight season at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. ...