Southern Local and Leetonia communities rallied around Bricelynn Garrett, a Southern Local kindergarten student who is battling the brain cancer Medulloblastoma, before the teams’ game on Friday at Southern Local. Bricelynn’s parents Brittany and Zack Garrett were introduced before the game. Many in the large crowd wore ‘Bricelynn Strong’ T-shirts. A 50/50 and concession raffle were held at the game to support the family. (Photo by J.T. Higgins)

SALINEVILLE — Southern Local got 27 points, 11 rebounds, four steals and six assists from Braxton Sloan in a 68-48 rout of Leetonia on Friday.

Homecoming king Richie Sloan added 10 points. Mason Pitts had 11 points and nine boards for the 6-7 Indians who are 4-3 in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference. Landen Heffner chipped in 10 points and seven assists.

For Leetonia, Dylan Johns led the way with 20 points, while Carson Brock had 16 points. The Bears are 4-11 and 0-9 in the league.

Leetonia won the jayvee game, 23-20.

Aiden Davis had nine points for Southern.

Southern will host Lisbon on Saturday.

LE: 7-15-9-17–48

SO: 10-20-22-16–68

LEETONIA SCORING: Carson Brock 5-2-16, Cam Roller 0-0-0, Ethan Mathia 2-0-4, Dylan Brown 1-5-7, Brayden Earl 1-0-2, Jacob Weikart 0-0-0, Dylan Johns 6-5-20. TEAM TOTALS: 15, 12-13: 49.

SOUTHERN SCORING: Landen Heffner 5-0-10, Richie Sloan 4-0-10, Jacob McCurdy 1-0-3, Braxton Sloan 10-1-27, Aaron Keoppel 0-0-0, Ben Paxson 0-0-0, Timmy Potts 0-0-0, Zac Mayfield 0-0-0, Mason Pitts 5-1-11, Noah Chase 2-3-7. TEAM TOTALS: 27, 5-12: 68.

Three-point goals: Leetonia 7 (Brock 4, Johns 3), Southern 9 (B. Sloan 6, R. Sloan 2, McCurdy).

Valley 64, Wellsville 34

YOUNGSTOWN — Valley Christian maintained its lead in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference by downing Wellsville 64-34 on Friday.

Wellsville fell to 5-10 and 3-6 in the league.

Valley moved to 11-2 and 9-0 in the EOAC.

For the Tigers, Tyrell Watkins had 11 points and five steals, despite missing most of the second half after fouling out. Andrew Mackey had seven rebounds for Wellsville.

Valley won the jayvee game, 40-38. Eric Dowling scored eight for the Tigers.

Wellsville hosts Leetonia on Tuesday.

WE: 10-7-7-10–34

VC: 14-19-23-8–64

WELLSVILLE SCORING: Jeron Jackson 2-0-6, Aurelio Blasio 0-0-0, Balasz Horvath 0-0-0, Landon Ramsey 2-0-4, Gage Vance 0-0-0, Cooper Frank 0-0-0, Haydin Oliver 2-0-5, Richie Wyse 0-0-0, Tyrell Watkins 5-1-11, Austin Adkins 3-0-7, Eric Dowling 0-0-0, Andrew Mackey 0-1-1. TEAM TOTALS: 14, 2-8: 34.

VALLEY SCORING: Robinson 5-2-14, Tutwiler 4-3-12, Miles 1-0-2, Miller 8-1-18, Riley 5-6-17, Brooks 0-1-1. TEAM TOTALS: 23, 13-15: 64.

Three-point goals: Wellsville 4 (Jackson 2, Oliver, Adkins), Valley 5 (Robinson 2, Tutwiler, Miller, Riley).

GIRLS

Beaver Local 49,

Cambridge 37

CALCUTTA — Beaver Local’s girls basketball team celebrated senior night with a 49-37 win over Cambridge.

The Beavers improved to 6-11 as Calli Sorge led the way with 16 points. Ally Wright added 13 points and Tori Druschel tacked on nine more.

Beaver Local won the jayvee game, 35-12. Lilly Wright had seven points, while Emily Culp and Leah Schrieber had six points each for the Beavers, 9-6.

Beaver Local heads to Harrison Central on Monday.

CA: 11-6-9-11–37

BL: 18-9-10-12–49

CAMBRIDGE SCORING: Cami Moore 0-0-0, Brynn Eubanks 1-0-3, Khloe Seresun 0-0-0, Kadence Homes 5-0-10, Emma Krise 9-5-24, Gracen Kinnen 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 15, 5-9: 37.

BEAVER LOCAL SCORING: Ava Nocella 0-0-0, Tori Druschel 4-0-9,Bella McLevey 1-0-3, Mallory Miller 0-6-6, Calli Sorge 7-0-16, Lora Reeder 1-0-2, Ally Wright 5-1-13, Mya Anderson 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 18, 7-10: 49.

Three-point goals: Cambridge 2 (Eubanks, Krise), Beaver 6 (Sorge 2, Wright 2, Druschel, McLevey),