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Beavers produce three Buckeye 8 tournament champions

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Beaver Local’s wrestling team took second on Tuesday at the Buckeye 8 wrestling tournament. Winning for the Beavers was Jordan Bates at 106 pounds, Bobby Buchheit at 144 and Nick Marra at 190. Barnesville won four weight classes to take first with 270.5 points. Beaver Local had 220 pounts, while East Liverpool was ninth with 69 points. STANDINGS: 1. Barnesville 270.5, 2. Beaver Local 220, 3. Martins Ferry 207.5, 4. Buckeye Local 139.5, 5. Cambridge 123.5, 6. Indian Creek 104.5, 7. St. Clairsville 83, 8. Union Local 69.5, 9. East Liverpool 69, 10. Brooke 53, ...

Southern shoots for perfect season

SALINEVILLE — Southern Local’s girls basketball team is set to go for an outright Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference title and the school record for wins in a season on Wednesday as the Indians host Columbiana. The Indians are 21-0 after a 49-40 win over Caldwell on Saturday in the OVAC Class 2A final at the ECO Center. It was the first OVAC championship for the school. Columbiana (17-4) can earn a share of the league title with a win. The game is set to begin at 7 p.m. and will be televised live at the WKBN Game of the Week on MyYTV. Against Caldwell on Saturday, Allyssaa ...

Creek has Oak Glen’s number

WINTERSVILLE — About 48 hours after meeting with a trophy on the line, Oak Glen and Indian Creek were back on the court facing off again. After fending off the Golden Bears for the OVAC championship on Saturday night, the Redskins came out Monday night at home with a lot of energy and never trailed on the way to a 44-28 repeat victory in a makeup game on Coach D Court. Creek (17-4) opened the game on a 12-2 run and led by 10 at halftime, shooting 50 percent in the first half. “I was really proud of the energy we came out with,” Indian Creek head coach Steve Eft said. ...

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State champs in Columbiana COLUMBIANA — Defending Division VI state champion Woodsfield Monroe Central will play at Columbiana tonight in an OVAC Class 3A boys basketball semfinal. Monroe Central is 14-3 with losses in two of their last three games (66-60 to Wheeling Central and 63-54 to Caldwell). The Seminoles have lost six games the past two seasons, four against Wheeling Central, the defending West Virginia Class AA state champion which is unbeaten this season. Today’s junior varsity game will start at 6 p.m., followed by the varsity game at approximately 7:30 p.m. Watson ...

Three Oak Glen relays to state

WELLSBURG, W.Va. — In the first year of the new format for the swimming postseason in West Virginia, locals took to the pool inside the Brooke Wellness Center Saturday to vie for spots in the state meet. After 22 events — and a swim off to end the day — three Oak Glen relay teams ...

Southern wins first OVAC

Southern 49, Caldwell 40 ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Southern Local girls basketball team is making history. The top-seeded Indians won their first Ohio Valley Athletic Conference championship by topping second-seeded Caldwell, 49-40, in a Class A final Saturday at the ECO Center. Southern improved to 21-0, tying the school record for wins in a season. Allyssa Shrodes led the charge with 27 points, shooting 6-of-12 from three-point range. Katie Kellogg totaled 11 points, seven rebounds, seven steals and five assists. The Indians scored the first 13 points of the game before the ...