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West Branch captures 19th win; tournament next

BELOIT — Madi Hoopes had 14 points as West Branch’s girls basketball team was a 52-11 winner over Girard on Saturday. Tallie Muniz added 13 points for the Warriors. West Branch finished the season 19-3 and will turn its attention to the Div. IV tournament where it hosts Akron East on Thursday. GI: 4-1-4-2—11 WB: 14-16-13-9—52 WEST BRANCH SCORING: Iris Nezbeth 0-0-0, Elli Colian 0-0-0, Alli Kanagy 0-0-0, Stella Bacconi 1-0-2 Alinee Bacconi 3-0-7, Madi Hoopes 4-5-14, Sydney Lane 1-0-3, Sammi Beatty 1-3-5, Carly Loper 0-0-0, Tallie Muniz 6-0-13, Hallie Vie Burton 1-1-3, ...

Salem mixes it up at Buck Bailey

WELLSVILLE — Beaver Local brought its big guns to the Wellsville Buck Bailey Invitational and came away with a first place finish including seven individual titles. The Beavers scored 251 points to Minerva’s 225 to win the tournament. Jordan Bates (106 pounds), Jeryck Boyd (113), Leo Wilkes (132), Matthew Tomaino (144), Bobby Buchheit (150), Jake Hughes (165) and Robert Marra (215) all took home titles for the Beavers. Salem’s Will Harmon (157), Columbiana’s Jensen Nordquist (190) and Leetonia’s Dylan Bennett (285) all placed second. TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Beaver 251, 2. ...

Aviators navigate to top of standings

ALLIANCE — Alliance outscored West Branch by five in the third quarter to help the Aviators to the Eastern Buckeye Conference boys basketball title with a 47-38 win on Saturday. Alliance led 13-9 after the first quarter and 24-21 at the half, but that lead grew to 35-27 at the end of the third quarter. Alliance moved to 19-2 and 9-1 in the Eastern Buckeye Conference. West Branch fell to 13-7 and 8-2 in the EBC. The Warriors had beaten Alliance in the first meeting in December. Alliance has won 11 straight games. It shared the title with Carrollton last season and has won four ...

West Branch, Salem to start search for new league

The Eastern Buckeye Conference likely suffered a fatal blow on Friday as three members announced their departure. EBC members Minerva, Marlington and Carrollton announced as part of a joint statement that they will join Claymont, Fairless, Sandy Valley, Tuscarawas Valley and Tuslaw in the formation of a new league. The plan is for the league to be ready by the 2028-29 school year but the EBC could dissolve before then as remaining members West Branch, Salem and Alliance look for new league options. The future for the remaining three teams are uncertain, although West Branch has ...

Golden Eagles compete at Potter Fieldhouse

EAST LIVERPOOL — Freshman Javan Dawson hit three three-pointers in the opening seven minutes to put East Liverpool on its way to a 52-38 win over United at the Potter Fieldhouse on Friday. Freshman Donivan Austin led the Potters with 10 points. Dawson and lone senior Elliott Fitch added ...

‘Quad God’ comes up short of podium

MILAN — Ilia Malinin wound his way through the tunnels beneath the Milano Ice Skating Arena on Friday night, trying in vain to explain — or even just understand — exactly went wrong in an Olympic free skate that could only be described as a disaster. Out in the arena, Mikhail Shaidorov was taking a victory lap wearing the gold medal everyone expected the American to win. And playing over the loudspeakers: Coldplay’s song “Viva La Vida,” and the lyrics that begin, “I used to rule the world ...” In one of the biggest upsets in figure skating history, Malinin fell ...