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Buckeye Trail 81, Heartland Christian 67 ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Heartland Christian suffered its second loss of the week as Buckeye Trail posted an 81-67 victory Saturday at the ECO Center. Both teams are 10-2 on the season with the Warriors winning their last seven games. Heartland will travel to 9-3 Toronto on Tuesday. Conotton Valley 58, Southern 27 BOWERSTON — Conotton Valley junior Kaden Leggett had a classic game in the Conotton Valley Classic. Leggett set a school record with nine three-pointers to highlight the Rockets’ 58-27 win over Southern Local on Saturday. He ...

GIRLS BASKETBALL

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Salem 47, Alliance 18 ALLIANCE — Maddy Andres had 17 points and seven rebounds and Karlie Sampson 13 points and six rebounds in leading Salem past Alliance, 47-18, Saturday. The Quakers improve to 9-5 overall and 3-3 in the Eastern Buckeye Conference. The Aviators drop to 4-9 and 0-6 in the EBC. Salem held Alliance to three points in each the first, second and third quarters for a 35-9 lead. Peyton Colbert had four assists. There was no junior varsity game. Salem will play at Minerva Wednesday with a two-quarter junior varsity game at 5:30 p.m., followed by the varsity ...

Dukes pass Quakers

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SALEM — Salem followed up a strong first quarter with a disastrous second quarter in a 61-45 loss to Marlington on Friday in Eastern Buckeye Conference play. The Quakers led 15-8 after the first quarter and then trailed 32-18 at half. Salem is 2-7 and 0-4 in the EBC. Marlington is 3-7 and 1-2. Deontay Steele had 16 points, five rebounds and three steals. Jack Andres added six points. Ty Manion had five points, four rebounds and four assists. Salem will host West Branch on Tuesday. MA: 8-24-12-12—61 SA: 15-3-12-15—45 MARLINGTON SCORING: Brayden Ellis 1-0-2, ...

Clippers keep EOAC lead

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YOUNGSTOWN — With the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference having a three-team log jam at the top of its standings heading into Friday night’s action, the Columbiana at Valley Christian boys’ game was sure to break the bottleneck a little bit. With the Clippers knocking off the Eagles ...

Tomlin legacy might be on the line

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PITTSBURGH — Mike Tomlin has no interest in shucking the weight of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ recent playoff failures onto the shoulders of his players heading into Monday night’s opening-round visit by Houston. “I’m certainly not going to unpack my bags on the collective’s bed, if you will,” said Tomlin, who will take a six-game postseason losing streak onto the Acrisure Stadium turf to face the streaking Texans. The Steelers (10-7) seem intent on carrying it anyway, their future Hall of Fame quarterback perhaps most of all. Aaron Rodgers, in the late stages of his ...

4JUNIOR HIGH

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GIRLS BASKETBALL Salem vs. Minerva 7th Grade: Salem won 25-22 Thursday. Salem (8-3), Harper Fadden 11, Paige Cummings 7, Kyleah Van Dyne 5. 8th Grade: Minerva won 38-24. Salem (7-4), Zacharias 9, Austin 5, Lee 6. ——— BOYS BASKETBALL Salem vs. Minerva 7th Grade: Minerva won 36-13 Thursday. Salem (1-10), Noah Rigsby 9. 8th Grade: Salem won 42-29. Salem (4-7), Colton Kasten 21, Taven Tice 12.