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Heartland Christian hits a rough patch

YOUNGSTOWN — Heartland Christian’s season has reached a speed bump. Youngstown East rallied from an 11-point halftime deficit to send Heartland to its fourth straight loss, 61-56, Friday. Heartland — the 56 matched a season low — drops to 10-4 overall. The Lions are averaging 77.9 points in their 10 wins and 54.5 points in their four losses. The Lions had only two points in the opening 7:43 of the fourth quarter as the Golden Bears rallied. East snapped a three-game losing streak to improve to 8-6. Six-foot-2 senior Tyris Davis had a game-high 25 points for East along ...

Devils keep pace in EOAC

LISBON — Lisbon and Wellsville treated fans to one of the best high school boys basketball games you’ll find when the Blue Devils and Tigers collided in an Eastern Ohio Conference thriller at George M. Nace Jr. Gymnasium Friday night — an improbable win captured by the Blue Devils in ...

Salem struggles at home

SALEM —Alliance overwhelmed Salem with 47 points in the second half to run away with a 73-40 win on Friday in Eastern Buckeye Conference play. Alliance was led by Richard Jackson Jr.’s 19 points. The Aviators are 11-2 overall and 4-1 in the EBC. Jack Andres had 15 points and five rebounds for the Quakers (2-9, 0-6). Ty Manion added 11 points and four rebounds. Salem hosts United on Tuesday. AL: 19-7-23-24—73 SA: 5-9-11-15—40 ALLIANCE SCORING: Gashe Brisker 2-0-4, Richard Jackson Jr. 5-8-19, Taije Nicholson 3-2-10, Kamren Burton 1-4-7, Ravhan Hawkins 0-0-0, Parker ...

Five Beaver Local wrestlers reach OVAC semis

WHEELING, W.Va. — Five Beaver Local boys wrestlers advanced to the semifinals of the 72nd annual Ron Mauck Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Wrestling Tournament on Friday at WesBanco Arena. East Liverpool and Oak Glen boys also produced one semifinalist each. Beaver Local freshman Jordan Bates (19-2) scored his third pin of the tournament by taking down John Marshall’s Milo Ward in 3:30 in his 106-pound quarterfinal. The top seed will face Barnesville’s Easton Stephen (17-5) in today’s semifinal. Also in the 106-pound class, East Liverpool junior Kyle Ingram (23-3) pinned ...

Rhodes does it all for Rebs

COLUMBIANA — Crestview senior Addison Rhodes played like the reigning Sports Illustrated National High School Girls Basketball Athlete of the Week. Rhodes scored Crestview’s first 18 points in the Rebels’ 56-10 win over Newton Falls on Thursday. She collected 25 points in the first ...

Gecina has a history with Indiana Hoosiers

COLUMBIANA — There is a price to pay for success. Just ask former Crestview High School All-Ohioan and Indiana University linebacker Brad Gecina. He is flying to Miami and hoping to get inside Hard Rock Stadium as the top-ranked Indiana Hoosiers play for their first college football ...