Beaver Local’s Ally Wright passes the ball between Indian Creek’s Kaydance Walker and Gracie Klinesmith. (Photos by Ron Firth)

CALCUTTA — Indian Creek is winning with youth and defense.

The Redskins — fielding two juniors, two sophomores and the rest freshmen — held Beaver Local to four field goals in the first half for a 59-30 win Monday.

Freshman Gracie Klinesmith scored a game-high 18 points, followed by sophomore Kaydence Walker with 16 and junior Riley Sadler with 15.

Indian Creek improves to 8-1 and has held opponents to an average of 22.3 points a game in the eight victories.

Beaver Local drops to 3-6, including a 61-20 loss at Indian Creek on Dec. 4. The Beavers are averaging 32.2 points a game.

Bella McLevey topped the Beavers with 10 points. Mallory Miller added five points from the foul line.

The Beavers took an early 4-0 lead after a pair of Miller steals. They were outscored 29-7 the rest of the half as Indian Creek led 29-11 at halftime, led by Klinesmith’s 14 points.

Indian Creek limited Beaver Local to 4-of-17 shooting in the first half and forced 14 turnovers.

Indian Creek also won the junior varsity game, 27-26, in thrilling fashion. With Indian Creek trailing 26-24 with 1.7 seconds remaining, freshman Nevaeh Miller stole a Beaver Local inbounds pass and swished a three-pointer at the buzzer for the victory. Miller finished with six points.

For the Beavers, Lilly Wright had eight points and Jansen Ours five points

Both teams play Saturday with Beaver Local at Brooke and Indian Creek hosting Dover.

IC: 14-15- 18-11–59

BL: 7- 4- 7-12–30

INDIAN CREEK SCORING: Kaydence Walker 6-4-16, Gabby Taylor 2-0-5, Gracie Wiley 1-0-3, Riley Sadler 5-5-15, Gracie Klinesmith 7-1-18, Makayla Couch 0-2-2, Evelyn Leach 0-0-0, My’Auna Brandoni 0-0-0, Nevaeh Miller 0-0-0, Chloe Flesher 0-0-0, Leigh Florczak 0-0-0, Janiyah Dodd 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 21, 12-16: 59.

BEAVER LOCAL SCORING: Gionna Congrove 0-0-0, Macie Bourne 1-0-2, Bella McLevey 4-0-10, Mallory Miller 0-5-5, Ally Wright 2-0-4, Mya Anderson 1-1-3, Mercdes McCullough 1-0-3, Jansen Ours 1-0-3. TEAM TOTALS: 10, 6-12: 30.

Three-point goals: Indian Creek 5 (Klinesmith 3, Taylor, Wiley), Beaver Local 4 (McLevey 2, McCullough, Ours).

East Liverpool 57, Harrison Central 49

CADIZ — Led by LaNease Andrews’ 34 points, East Liverpool’s girls basketball team bagged a 57-49 win over Harrison Central on Monday.

East Liverpool is 3-7 and hosts Buckeye Local on Dec. 29.

C Barker added 10 points for the Potters.

EL: 18-10-13-16–57

HC: 11-9-16-13–49

EAST LIVERPOOL SCORING: LaNease Andrews 12-8-34, A Lyle 1-0-2, C Barker 4-1-10, Arie Weyand 0-0-0, D Wise 0-0-0, A Copelandd 2-0-4, K Dobbins 0-0-0, Meadow O’Rourke 3-1-7, C Boyer 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 22, 10-20: 57.

HARRISON CENTRAL SCORING: Pelegreen 3-6-13, Smith 1-0-3, Stull 0-2-2, Powers 2-6-10, Cope 3-0-6, Conley 2-1-5, Smith 3-0-9. TEAM TOTALS: 14, 15-22: 49.

Three-point goals: East Liverpool 3 (Andrews 2, Barker), Harrison Central 6 (Smith 3, Pelegreen, Smith, Powers).

Oak Glen 55, Weir 37

NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — Oak Glen’s girls basketball team earned a 55-37 win over Weir on Monday.

Mikalynn Balch powered the Bears with 22 points, while Ella Stewart added 12 points. Keira Vick also contributed nine points for the winners.

The Golden Bears are 4-1 and host Williamstown on Dec. 29.

Weir fell to 1-6. Ryann Jeter led the Red Riders with 24 points.

WE: 6-10-7-14–37

OG: 11-12-21-11–55

Southern 77, Wellsville 14

WELLSVILLE — Southern Local jumped out to a 28-0 lead in the first quarter and rolled over Wellsville, 77-14, in Eastern Ohio Athletic Confernece play Monday.

The Indians imrpove to 12-0 overall and 7-0 in the EOAC, one game ahead of Columbiana.

Southern had a balanced effort with seven players scoring at least seven points.

Kalayah Crute and Hailey Maines scored season highs for the Indians. Crute had 12 points and 11 rebound and Maines added eight points.

Maddy Jones had a game-high 13 points, Allyssa Shroades 11 points, four assists, four steals and three rebounds, and Emma Boyle eight points, four rebounds and two assists.

Katie Kellogg had seven points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists and six assists and Haylee Kellogg seven points, five rebounds and two assists. Raelea Carosiello contributed five rebounds and three steals, Lidia Spahlinger six rebounds, Maddy Jones five rebounds and Ava Reed four steals.

Wellsville fell to 0-10 and 0-7 in the EOAC.

Wellsville hosts Shadyside on Dec. 29, while Southern entertains United on Jan. 5.

S: 28-26-11-12–77

W: 0- 7- 3- 4–14

SOUTHERN SCORING: Katie Kellogg 3-0-7, Allyssa Shroades 4-1-11, Ava Reed 0-0-0, Kalayah Crute 5-1-12, Makenna Jones 6-0-13, Sarah Hawk 0-0-0, Hailey Maines 3-1-8, Haylee Kellogg 2-2-7, Raelea Carosiello 2-0-4, Lidia Spahlinger 1-0-2, Emma Boyle 3-0-8, Maddy Jones 2-1-5. TEAM TOTALS: 31, 6-11: 77.

WELLSVILLE SCORING: June Flygare 0-0-0, Araynah Moman 0-1-1, Jaidyn Bebout 0-0-0, Brianna Martin 2-0-4, Karlyn Cataldo 1-3-6, MacKenzie Bosco 0-0-0, Rayleah Lamp 1-0-3, Naryan Neely 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 4, 4-10: 14.

Three-point goals: Southern 9 (Shroades 2, Boyle 2, K. Kellogg, Makenna Jones, Crute, Maines, H. Kellogg), Wellsville 2 (Cataldo, Lamp).