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Indians hold off pesky Tigers

Wellsville’s Camryn Jackson dribbles down the court.

WELLSVILLE — Southern Local needed an 11-4 run in the fourth quarter to pull away from Wellsville, 47-36, Monday.

Anna Sevek led the Indians with a game-high 22 points. Riley Felton contributed 14 points.

For the Tigers, Menina Jackson had 16 points and 12 rebounds. Cameron Carlevale added eight points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals. Hunter Weekley dished out three assists.

Southern improves to 5-1 and 2-1 in league play, while Wellsville drops to 3-4 and 1-2.

In the junior varsity game, Wellsville gave up just two points in the second half for a 31-14 win. Dehaven Dobritz led the way with nine points.

Both teams play Thursday as Southern hosts United and Wellsville travels to unbeaten Columbiana.

SOUTHERN: 13-6-17-11–47

WELLSVILLE: 10-8-14- 4–36

SOUTHERN SCORING: Anna Sevek 9-3-22, Stella Ruby Karcher 2-3-7, Hannah Hayes 1-0-2, Sam Michael 1-0-2, Riley Felton 7-0-14, Lindsey Hall 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 20, 6-12: 47.

WELLSVILLE SCORING: Hunter Weekley 2-0-4, Camryn Jackson 1-1-4, Carmeron Carlevale 3-1-8, Cambria Murphy 1-0-2, Menina Jackson 7-2-16, Marie Cline 1-0-2, Aleia Hawk 0-0-0, A. Cline 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 15, 4-8: 36.

Three-point goals: Southern 1 (Sevek), Wellsville 2 (C. Jackson, Carlevale).

United 53, Leetonia 43

HANOVERTON — Loren Swords and Celeste Hofmeister each scored 17 points in leading United past Leetnonia, 53-43, Monday.

United improves to 3-2 overall and 2-1 in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference.

Cameron Pierson added seven points and 10 rebounds in the winning effort.

Leading 25-24 at halftime, United outscored Leetonia 14-8 in the third quarter and 14-11 in the fourth quarter.

Kayla Jackson paced the Bears with 17 points, 10 rebounds and three steals. Ari Russell scored 10 points and Sydney Mesmer seven. Sabrina Schneider had six assists.

United also won the junior varsity game, 43-18, as Celeste Powers scored 17 points in two quarters of action. Taran Ferry had six points for the Bears.

Both teams play Thursday as United visits Southern Local and Leetonia hosts East Palestine.

LEETONIA: 13-11- 8-11–43

UNITED: 13-12-14-14–53

LEETONIA SCORING: Anna Buffone 2-0-5, Sydney Mesmer 3-1-7, Kayla Jackson 7-3-17, Kylie Tullis 1-1-3, Sabrina Schneider 0-1-1, Ari Russell 3-4-10. TEAM TOTALS: 16-55, 10-15: 43.

UNITED SCORING: Cameron Pierson 3-1-7, Loren Swords 8-1-17, Molly Briceland 1-0-2, Celeste Powers 1-0-2, Destiny Hill 1-0-2, Hannah Mix 2-0-4, Celeste Hofmeister 8-0-17, Courtney Cooper 1-0-2. TEAM TOTALS: 25-56, 2-3: 53.

Three-point goals: Leetonia 1 (Buffone), United 1 (Hofmeister).

East Palestine 72, Toronto 36

EAST PALESTINE–The East Palestine girls basketball team blew out Toronto 72-36 in Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference action Monday.

Four different Bulldogs reached double figures in scoring led by Brysten Trosky with 16 points and Alisha Dean with 15 points.

Kenzee Johnston added 13 points, while Sara Buskirk had 10 points.

East Palestine won the jayvee game 46-13.

Jocyln Fristik led the Bulldogs with 16 points.

TORONTO: 3-7-13-13–36

E. PALESTINE: 18-15-21-18–72

TORONTO SCORING: Johnson 2-2-6, McDonald 4-5-15, Anderson 1-0-2, Swearingen 1-0-3, Yaroz 1-1-3, Fogle 1-2-5, Kinsey 0-2-2. TEAM TOTALS: 11, 12-23: 36.

EAST PALESTINE SCORING: Alisha Dean 4-4-15, Kenzee Johnston 6-0-13, Sara Buskirk 3-3-10, Brysten Trosky 7-1-16, Becca Culler 0-0-0, Marlaina Frye 4-1-9, Jaliyah Mixon 2-1-5, Jenn Rhodes 2-0-4. TEAM TOTALS: 28, 10-15: 72.

Three-point goals: Toronto 4 (McDonald 2, Swearingen, Fogle), East Palestine 6 (Dean 3, Johnston, Buskirk, Trosky)

Oak Glen 48, Edison 44

RICHMOND–The Oak Glen girls basketball team slipped past Edison 48-44 Monday.

Reece Enochs powered the Golden Bears with 14 points, while Alexa Andrews had 10 points.

Edsion (1-4) is at East Liverpool Thursday.

EDISON: 14-11-13-6–44

OAK GLEN: 7-18-12-11–48

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