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Quakers suffer another road loss in EBC play

ALLIANCE — Marlington outscored Salem 22-1 in the fourth quarter for a 71-51 Eastern Buckeye Conference win Friday. Salem took a 38-30 lead at halftime and a 50-49 lead through three quarters before the Dukes rallied. Marlington snapped a four-game losing streak to improve to 4-11 overall and 2-5 in the EBC, while Salem drops to 3-11 and 0-8 in the EBC. Cameron Evanich topped the Dukes with a game-high 20 points. Cole Jones added 19 points and Carter Frank 13. For the Quakers, Ty Manion had 19 points, nine rebounds and three assists and Deontay Steele 16 points and three ...

From Shroades to Rhodes

COLUMBIANA —Crestview senior Addison Rhodes had her eyes on the Columbiana County scoring record ever since Southern Local’s Ashley Shroades set it in 2024. Most thought that if NCAA Div. I Fairfield University basketball recruit stayed healthy that record wouldn’t be around long ...

Southern Local captures share of Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference title

SALINEVILLE — The job is only half done for the Southern girls basketball team. The Indians captured a share of the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference title by downing Wellsville, 75-19, Thursday. Southern improves to 19-0 overall and 13-0 in the EOAC, one game ahead of Columbiana. Southern will host Columbiana on Feb. 11 and needs a win to clinch sole possession of the league crown. It is the Indians’ second league title since 1990 and eighth overall. Southern started its four seniors — Allyssa Shroades, Haylee Kellogg and twins Makenna Jones and Maddy Jones. They responded ...

AROUND THE HORN

Crestview Rebels sweep McDonald SALEM — The Crestview boys and girls bowling teams swept McDonald at Hunt Club Lanes on Thursday. The Rebels won the boys match 2413-664, as Lucas Johnson had a 237 high game. Brody Brubaker had a 417 series, Peyton Mellott a 396 series, Milton Scott a 384 series and Chris Johnson a 277 series. For McDonald, Aaron Amicons had a 113 game and 207 series. Crestview also won the girls match, 1590-1278. Blasey Biser led the Rebels with a 172 game and 311 series. Also for the Rebels, Kylee Wolfe had a 240 series, Nicole Kernich a 232 series and Lyv ...

Clemmer powers Clippers

LISBON — Junior Annah Clemmer scored a career-high 26 points in leading Columbiana past Lisbon, 53-29, in Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference play Thursday. Columbiana improves to 16-2 overall and 12-1 in league play, one game behind Southern with one league game left at Southern on Feb. 11. The Clippers have won nine in a row and will be tested Saturday when they host Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference Scarlet Tier champion Western Reserve, which is 18-1 with its lone loss to perennial state power Berlin Hiland. Clemmer scored 26 of Columbiana’s first 49 points. Megan Moser ...

Even Caitlin Clark can’t save girls basketball

NEWELL, Iowa — The streets of Newell and Fonda are quiet. Rural decline has taken a toll on these northwest Iowa towns with main street storefronts shuttered and vacant houses scattered here and there. Yet the heart of these communities separated by 9 miles isn’t hard to find. It still beats at the Newell-Fonda High School gym, where many of Newell’s 850 residents, Fonda’s 600 and folks from surrounding farms dress in blue and fill it up to cheer on their beloved girls basketball team that is known across Iowa. With 21 of the school’s 71 girls in grades 9-12 playing on the ...