East Liverpool’s Dre’Keim Abercrombie goes hard to the basket as Harrison Central’s Bryson Kamarec defends. (Photos by Ricky Stanley)

EAST LIVERPOOL — East Liverpool shook off a terrible start to the game to overcome Harrison Central 57-44 on Tuesday in a Buckeye 8 game.

The Potters were down 16-3 after the first quarter, but Harrison only put up three in the second quarter to lead by one heading into halftime.

East Liverpool outscored Harrison 39-25 in the second half to pull away.

Dre’Keim Abercrombie came up big for the Potters with 15 of his game-high 22 points coming in the second half. Jayce Douglas added 10 points.

East Liverpool won the jayvee game 33-29 in overtime.

The Potters (5-4) host Medina Christian on Saturday.

HC: 16-3, 8-17–44

EL: 3-15-19-20–57

HARRISON CENTRAL SCORING: L. Smith 2-3-7, B. Kamarec 6-2-17, J. Quito 1-0-3, Hyre 1-0-3, C. Crothers 3-1-8, A. Dulkoski 1-4-6. TEAM TOTALS: 14, 10-17: 44.

EAST LIVERPOOL SCORING: Jayce Douglas 3-4-10, Dre Brown 2-2-6, Tyler Kirby 0-2-2, Nolan Irving 3-1-7, Dre’Keim Abercrombie 9-4-22, Ben Myers 1-0-2, Javan Dawson 2-0-6, Meshach Harris 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 21, 13-22: 57.

Three-point goals: Harrison 6 (Kamarec 3, Quito, Hyre, Crothers), East Liverpool 2 (Dawson)

United 48, Southern 36

SALINEVILLE — United’s Austin Ceresna had 15 points to help the Eagles down Southern Local 48-36 on Tuesday.

Kota Shasteen added 11 points and nine rebounds. M’Kyan Haynes had six points and nine rebounds.

For Southern, Landen Heffner had 10 points and 10 rebounds along with five steals. Mason Pitts had 14 points and five rebounds.

United moved to 6-3 overall and 4-2 in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference.

Southern (1-8 and 0-6 in the EOAC) is at East Palestine on Friday.

United hosts Wellsville on Friday.

UN: 17-7-10-14–48

SL: 13-5-9-9–36

UNITED SCORING: M’Kayn Haynes 2-2-6, Gavin Coffee 1-1-3, Adam Ceresna 4-4-15, Kadin Shonauer 0-0-0, Jason Pratt 2-0-6, Wyatt Blevins 0-0-0, Lance Rycraft 0-0-0, Matthew Hoopes 2-3-7. TEAM TOTALS: 15-51, 12-18: 48.

SOUTHERN LOCAL SCORING: Jack Pitts 0-1-1, Landen Heffner 5-0-10, Jacob McCurdy 2-4-8, Kim Charid-Guliman 0-0-0, Zac Mayfield 0-0-0, Aiden Davis 2-0-4, Mason Pitts 4-2-13, Trevor Groff 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 13-46, 7-11: 36.

Three-point goals: United 6-27 (Ceresna 3, Pratt 2, Coffee), Southern 3-16 (Pitts).

Lisbon 56, Valley 45

YOUNGSTOWN –Lisbon got back into the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference hunt by knocking off Valley Christian 56-45 on Tuesday.

The Devils (7-3 overall and 5-1 in the EOAC) are now in a three-way tie for first with Columbiana and Valley.

Valley fell to 5-3 and 5-1 in the league.

AJ Ramgeet led the Devil charge with 19 points, seven rebounds, six assists and three steals. Blaine Barnes added 18 points, seven assists and three steals. Aidan Ramgeet had 10 points and five rebounds.

Deion Miller had 15 points for Valley.

Lisbon will host Leetonia on Friday.

The Blue Devils won the jayvee portion, 37-34. Cooper Terdina had 14 points for the winners.

LI: 14-10-16-16–56

VA: 17-12-5-11–45

LISBON SCORING: Aidan Ramgeet 4-0-10, Blaine Barnes 8-0-18, Aiden Myers 0-0-0, Ashton Hinchliffe 3-0-6, Logan Sturgeon 1-1-3, AJ Ramgeet 9-1-19. TEAM TOTALS: 25, 2-4: 56.

VALLEY SCORING: King Swiggett 1-0-2, Dennis Reed 0-1-1, Jordan Tutwiler 5-2-14, Deion Miller 5-0-15, Caleb Harrison 3-2-10, Armond Duval 1-0-3. TEAM TOTALS: 15, 5-10: 45.

Three-point goals: Lisbon 4 (Aidan Ramgeet 2, Barnes 2), Valley 10 (Miller 5, Tutwiler 2, Harrison 2, Duval).

Columbiana 58,

Wellsville 50

COLUMBIANA — Columbiana made nine of 11 free throws in the fourth quarter to beat Wellsville, 58-50, Tuesday and create a logjam at the top of the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference.

The Clippers are 8-2 overall and 5-1 in the EOAC, tied for the lead with Valley Christian and Lisbon. Columbiana will play at Valley on Friday for the league lead.

Cooper Brown led the Clippers with 22 points, 12 rebounds, four assists and three blocks. Senator Johnson contributed 18 points and eight rebounds. Hunter Davanzo totaled 11 points and 13 rebounds.

Wellsville moves to 3-8 overall and 3-3 in the EOAC. The Tigers will play at United on Friday.

Austin Adkins topped the Tigers with 14 points. Darnell Roe had 13 points and Andrew Mackey 10.

Wellsville won the junior varsity game, 42-37. Cooper Frank led the Tigers with 13 points. Liam McElwain had 14 points for the Clippers.

W: 14-13-13-10–50

C: 14-13-14-17–58

WELLSVILLE SCORING: Jeron Jackson 2-2-7, Darnell Roe 5-0-13, Austin Adkins 5-2-14, Clayten Kersey 0-0-0, Andrew Mackey 5-0-10, Haydin Oliver 3-0-6, Cooper Frank 0-0-0, Eric Dowling 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 20, 4-9: 50.

COLUMBIANA SCORING: Cooper Brown 7-5-22, Senator Johnson 6-5-18, Trey Snyder 0-0-0, Avery Young 1-4-7, Hunter Davanzo 5-1-11, Zander Oliver 0-0-0, Deron Winnale 0-0-0, Liam McElwain 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 19-46, 15-27: 58.

Three-point goals: Wellsville 6 (Roe 3, Adkins 2, Jackson), Columbiana 5-16 (Brown 3, Johnson, Young).