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Bates, Hughes win district titles for Beaver Local

GALLIPOLIS — Beaver Local produced two champions on Saturday at the Div. II district wrestling tournament at Gallia Academy High School. Freshman Jordan Bates topped New Lexington’s Brody McNabb 9-4 in the 106-pound bout and improved to 44-2 on his way to his first state tournament berth. Sophomore Jake Hughes, ranked 16th in the country by FloWrestling, scored a 3-1 victory over West Holmes’ Louden Dixon in the 157-pound final. Dixon (40-6) had beaten Hughes (41-4) at sectionals. Beaver Local senior Bobby Buchheit reached the final at 150 pounds byt was defeated 4-3 by ...

Potter girls make trip back to state

MENTOR — United Local senior Auston Brown is headed to her fourth state tournament after action on Sunday at the girls district wrestling tournament at Mentor High School. Brown made it to the 135-pound final where she was pinned in 51 seconds by Talea Guntrum of Steubenville. Brown (41-5) is a three-time state placer for the the Eagles and was third at 125 last year. Brown is ranked No. 3 in the weight class by DubStat while Guntrum (41-0) is No. 1. East Liverpool junior Paige Cowan finished third after scoring a default win over Austintown’s Yelieishka Perez- Navedo in the ...

Ramgeet brings it one last time at Lisbon

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 ...

Nobody in county could slow Rhodes down

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 ...

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County basketball scholarships LISBON — The Columbiana County Basketball Coaches Association awarded $12,000 in scholarships to county seniors at the 39th Columbiana County Classic on Sunday night. Receiving $500 scholarships were Beaver Local’s Nicolas McKenzie, Luke Rettos and Bella McLevey; Columbiana’s Trey Snyder and Megan Moser; Crestview’s Tyler Savage and Ava Bucey; East Liverpool’s Elliottt Fitch; East Palestine’s Amara Wilson; Heartland Christian’s Isaiah Matthews and Kelleigh Shodd; Leetoni’a Ethan Mathia and Kasey Williams; Lisbon’s Ashton Hinchliffe, AJ ...

Tomsic, Schmidt reach finals

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Two Oak Glen wrestlers will go for state titles today in the final day of the West Virginia Div. II state wrestling tournament at Mountain Health Arena. Jordan Tomsic and Noah Schmidt both won two matches on Friday to advance to their respective weight class ...