SMITHVILLE — The goal was to make school history. And that is exactly what the Heartland Christian Lions boys basketball team accomplished. The third-seeded Lions continued their hot shooting and ferocious defense to throttle the seventh-seeded Kidron Central Christian Comets 82-52, ...
LISBON — Crestview senior Addison Rhodes has another trophy to add to her collection on the wall at home. “There are four rows of them,” she said. Rhodes scored 37 points with nine three-pointers in leading her away team to an 84-47 win at the Columbiana County Classic on Sunday night. “We saw her in the regular season (a 70-33 loss to the Rebels on Feb. 4),” said Salem’s Maddy Andres, the MVP for the home team. “You can’t stop her.” She said Rhodes is the best player she has played against. “She’s a good teammate, too,” Andres said. “It’s not all ...
LISBON — The top two players in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference faced off another time. Lisbon’s AJ Ramgeet and Columbiana’s Cooper Brown collected MVP honors for their respective teams at the Columbiana County Classic on Sunday night. Ramgeet scored 29 points in leading the ...
KENSTON — In the meat-grinder that is the Kenston Div. II district tournament only one area boy finished in the top four in his respective weight class on Saturday. West Branch senior Beau Nezbeth (48-1) finished third at 150 pounds. He pinned Firelands’ D’Mari Campbell in 1:42 in the consolation final to earn his spot at the state tournament set for Friday through Sunday at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus. Nezbeth took his first loss of the season with a 2-1 defeat in the semifinals at the hands of eventual district champion Chance Schlauch of Perry. Independence Div. ...
WOOSTER — Seventh-seeded West Branch pulled within four points in the third quarter, but fourth-seeded Cleveland Glenville pulled away to a 60-45 win in a Division IV district final Friday at Wooster Triway High School. Glenville (16-9) advances to play fifth-seeded Warrensville Heights (15-9) in the regional semifinals at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Canton Fieldhouse. Theo Castro led the Tarblooders with a game-high 25 points, four assists and three steals. Arvell Nelson — who threw two second-half touchdown passes for Glenville in the state championship football game victory— ...
2026 ALL-EASTERN OHIO ATHLETIC CONFERENCE GIRLS BASKETBALL FIRST TEAM Katie Kellogg Southern Local (Fr.) Allyssa Shroades Southern Local (Sr.) Evy Rapp Columbiana (Sr.) Jayden Smyth Lisbon (Sr.) Maelee Smith United (So.) Jacklyn Ogle East Palestine (So.) Annah Clemmer Columbiana (Jr.) SECOND TEAM Megan Moser Columbiana (Sr.) McKenna Jones Southern Local (Sr.) Lylah Brown Lisbon (Sr.) Kalayah Crute Southern Local (Fr.) Na’ ariyah Graham Valley Christian (Jr.) Reagan Good United (So.) Bella Thompson United (Fr.) HONORABLE MENTION Columbiana: Sydney ...
