Ohioans on Bevo Francis watch

Mount Union sophomore Chance Casenhiser and John Carroll graduate student guard Luke Chicone have been named to the Top 100 Watch List for the Bevo Francis Award, given annually to the player who has the best season in small college basketball.

Casenhiser has led the Purple Raiders to the best start in program history at 16-0. He leads the team in scoring (19.4) and is second in assists (2.6).

Chicone is on the list for the third season for the Blue Streaks, who are 13-4. He leads the North Coast Athletic Conference in scoring (23.3), assists (6.4) and steals (2.8). His freshman season, he averaged 12.5 minutes off the bench for Youngstown State in 26 games.

The list will be narrowed down to 50 players on Feb. 15 and then 25 players on March 15.

The Clarence “Bevo” Francis Award is named in honor of the Wellsville High School All-Ohioan who led little Rio Grande College to national prominence from 1952-54.

Two girls games postponed

The Edison at Oak Glen and Conotton Valley at Leetonia girls basketball games were postponed Monday due to the winter weather.

Classes at all area schools are canceled today, except for Oak Glen, which is on a two-hour delay. Fans should check to see if their game is still scheduled tonight before going.

Lisbon gets 10th win

ATWATER — Jayden Smyth scored a game-high 18 points and Lylah Brown 10 as Lisbon won for the 10th time, 46-25, over Waterloo on Tuesday.

The Blue Devils outscored the Vikings 14-4 in the third quarter to break the game open.

Lisbon won for the fourth time in five games to improve to 10-7. Waterloo drops to 1-16, the lone victory against winless Akron Springfield, 33-28, on Jan. 3.

Lisbon also won the junior varsity game, 44-12, as Delaney Pickens scored 16 points and Sofia Brown 13.

L: 7-16-14-9–46

W: 4-11- 4-6–25

LISBON SCORING: Sofia Brown 0-0-0, Aubree Burris 0-0-0, Kadence Hood 0-0-0, Bridgett Newbold 1-1-3, Lylah Brown 3-4-10, Delaney Pickens 2-0-4, Maddilynn Klein 2-0-4, Aria Reckner 1-0-3, Ella Colon 0-0-0, Autumn Jacques 0-0-0, Eme Cook 1-2-4, Ellie Burkholder 0-0-0, Jayden Smyth 7-3-18. TEAM TOTALS: 17-63, 10-20; 46.

WATERLOO SCORING: Julia Boyle 0-0-0, Alexis Henry 4-1-9, Emma Murphy 0-0-0, Lexi Huffman 0-0-0, Jade Martins 1-1-3, Johanna King 1-0-2, Jolean Hampton 3-3-9, Alyson Miller 0-0-0, Miley Jones 0-0-0, Mackenzie Marsh 0-2-2, Gabby Sicliano 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 9, 7-27: 25.