Southern 49, Caldwell 40 ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Southern Local girls basketball team is making history. The top-seeded Indians won their first Ohio Valley Athletic Conference championship by topping second-seeded Caldwell, 49-40, in a Class A final Saturday at the ECO Center. Southern ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) —New York University now stands alone atop the NCAA Division III women’s basketball record book with 82 consecutive victories. The Violets (20-0) beat Carnegie Mellon 69-58 on Sunday to break a tie with rival Washington University of St. Louis, which won 81 games in a row from 1998-2001. “Thrilled we beat Wash U for that record,” NYU coach Meg Barber said in a phone interview after the victory. “I’m a competitive person and wildly respect this league and to have any type of streak is incredible.” Barber knows first-hand about the record her team broke, ...
COLUMBIANA — The Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference trifecta celebration will have to wait until the last game for the Columbiana boys basketball team. The Clippers were aiming for a third straight EOAC title Friday night when Valley Christian visited in a key conference contest. But the ...
LEETONIA —Lisbon clawed its way back to a two-way tie for first in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference by way of a 68-50 win over Leetonia coupled with a Columbiana loss to Valley Christian on Friday. Lisbon is 13-4 and 11-2 in the EOAC. The Blue Devils can be the first to clinch a share of the title if they win at East Palestine on Saturday afternoon. Columbiana’s next league game isn’t until Feb. 18 at last-place Southern. AJ Ramgeet led the winners with 21 points. Aidan Ramgeet added 16 points. Blaine Barnes chipped in 15 points, while Logan Sturgeon had 12 points. ...
COLUMBIANA — With junior Annah Clemmer scoring at will and Columbiana’s full-court pressure, the Clippers ran away from Bellaire for a 45-22 win in an OVAC consolation game Thursday. Clemmer scored 18 of her game-high 25 points in the first half when she couldn’t be stopped. Evy Rapp ...
Canfield 42, West Branch 40, OT BELOIT — Lorieona Jannone’s two free throws with 0.6 seconds left in overtime gave Canfield a 42-40 win over West Branch on Wednesday. It was the 10th straight win for Canfield, which is 19-2 on the season. West Branch lost for the second time in five ...
