Beaver Local’s Nicolas McKenzie dribbles against St. Clairsville’s Kaden Clifford on Tuesday in an OVAC Class 4A semifinal.

CALCUTTA — In a matchup of two 6-foot-7 All-Ohioans, Beaver Local and Owen Hill came out on top of St. Clairsville and Griffin Straub, 63-58, in overtime in an OVAC Class 4A semifinal Tuesday.

Hill scored 10 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter and overtime to power the Beavers. Luke Rettos contributed 12 points and handled the point guard duties. Aiden Dray addeded nine points.

Second-seeded Beaver Local improves to 16-4 and advances to the OVAC final against top-seeded Cambridge (19-2) at 6 p.m. Saturday at the ECO Center in St. Clairsville. Cambridge defeated Beaver Local, 71-40, on Jan. 24, but that when Hill was out with a foot injury.

St. Clairsville, which defeated Beaver Local 60-52 on Dec. 27, drops to 13-6 overall.

Straub topped Red Devils with a game-high 29 points, but the Beavers shut him out in overtime.

The Beavers jumped out to a 19-8 lead as Hill scored seven points and Dray five. The Red Devils opened the game shooting 3-of-20 from the field, but got untracked when Straub hit 11 straight points as St. Clairsville closed within 25-21 at halftime.

Beaver Local led 40-31 entering the fourth quarter and 50-43 on a Hill layup with 1:53 to play in regulation.

A Straub three-pointer tied the game at 52-52 with 43 seconds to play and Hill missed a three-pointer with 1.4 seconds left to send the game into overtime.

A Matthew Anderson basket and a Luke Rettos three-pointer put the Beavers up 57-52 with 2:34 to play. Hill had a layup and a block, while Rettos and Nicolas McKenzie each hit a free throw.

St. Clairsville closed within 61-58 with 16 seconds left. Hill hit a pair of free throws to close out the scoring.

St. Clairsville won the junior varsity game, 60-27. Nathan Pusateri scored eight points for Beaver Local.

SC: 8-13-10-21- 6–58

BL: 15-10-15-12-11–63

ST. CLAIRSVILLE SCORING: Griffin Straub 12-1-29, N. Jacob 4-0-8, L. Schafer 6-3-15, K. Clifford 1-0-3, O. Muhly 1-0-2, B. Clifford 0-1-1, G. Pastor 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 24, 5-12: 58.

BEAVER LOCAL SCORING: Nicolas McKenzie 2-1-5, Aiden Dray 4-0-9, Owen Hill 11-6-28, Matthew Anderson 2-0-5, Luke Rettos 4-1-12, Tucker McElroy 1-2-4, Peyton Cowdery 0-0-0, Jett Johnson 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 24, 10-16: 53.

Three-point goals: St. Clairsville 5 (Straub 4, K. Clifford), Beaver 5 (Rettos 3, Dray, Anderson).

Indian Creek 58, Wellsville 54

WELLSVILLE — Wellsville’s boys basketball team gave Indian Creek a run for its money in a 58-54 loss on Tuesday in OVAC consolation play.

Darnell Roe led the Tiger attack with 18 points, while Austin Adkins had 14 points, eight rebounds and four assists. Jeron Jackson had 14 points.

Nishon White had 19 points for Creek (5-14).

Wellsville fell to 9-12 and will host River on Friday.

Wellsville won the jayvee game, 45-31.

IC: 12-15-13-18–58

WE: 14-15-11-14–54

INDIAN CREEK SCORING: Bruce Mazor 4-4-12, Dalton Nickell 2-2-7, Evan McGrew 4-4-12, Sawyer Pietro 1-0-2, Caleb Lyons 0-1-1, Caden Saffele 1-0-3, Cade Haines 1-0-2, Nishon White 7-5-19. TEAM TOTALS: 20, 16-23: 58.

WELLSVILLE SCORING: Jeron Jackson 6-1-14, Haydin Oliver 3-0-6, Darnell Roe 7-1-18, Austin Adkins 5-3-13, Andrew Mackey 1-0-2, Cooper Frank 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 22, 5-7: 54.

Three-point goals: Indian Creek 2 (Nickell, Saffele), Wellsville 5 (Rowe 3, Jackson, Adkins)

Oak Glen 48, United 36

HANOVERTON — Oak Glen’s Mason Kell had 11 points in a balanced attack as the Golden Bears downed United 48-36 on Tuesday.

Noah Willey and Tyler Evans added eight points each for the Golden Bears (11-8).

For United (10-9), Kota Shasteen scored 17. Only four Golden Eagles scored in the contest.

United won the jayvee game, 37-31. Ayden Bradley and Levi Lucas had 10 points each for the Eagles.

Oak Glen hosts Clay-Battelle on Friday.

United goes to East Liverpool on Friday.

OG: 11-10-15-12–48

UN: 9-10-7-10–36

OAK GLEN SCORING: Chase Hartung 2-0-4, Mason Kell 3-3-11, Elijah Knisley 1-0-2, Will Weekley 1-2-4, Aidan Dawson 0-1-1, Noah Willey 3-2-8, Colt Hissam 1-0-2, Gavin Geisse 2-3-7, Tyler Evans 3-0-8, Brenden Ates 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 16, 11-19: 48.

UNITED SCORING: M’Kyan Haynes 0-0-0, Gavin Coffee 0-0-0, Abram Ceresna 3-0-9, Kadin Schonauer 0-0-0, Jason Pratt 2-2-8, Ryan Miller 0-0-0, Kota Shasteen 6-5-17, Wyatt Blevins 0-0-0, Lance Rycraft 1-0-2, Matthew Hoopes 0-0-0, Carter Cope 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 12, 7-15: 36.

Three-point goals: Oak Glen 5 (Kell 2, Evans 2, Willey), United 5 (Ceresna 3, Pratt 2)

Southern 65,

Madonna 56

SALINEVILLE — Southern Local defeated Weirton Madonna 65-56 in a homecoming game on Tuesday.

Landen Heffner had 20 points, six assists and nine rebounds for the Indians Jacob McCurdy added 14 ooints, while Mason Pitts had 13 points and 11 rebounds. Jack Pitts added 12 points.

Southern is 3-17 overall. Madonna is 2-17.

Southern is at Edison on Friday.

MA: 13-13-13-17–56

SO: 16-10-25-14–65

MADONNA SCORING: Luke Wingett 1-1-4, Tyler Dillon 1-1-3, Vinny Chiodi 0-4-4, Jake Druga 7-5-21, Anthony DeCaria 1-0-3, Reno Fuscardo 9-3-21. TEAM TOTALS: 19-57, 14-24: 56.

SOUTHERN LOCAL SCORING: Jack Pitts 4-1-12, Landen Heffner 8-3-20, Jacob McCurdy 5-3-14, Ben Paxson 1-2-4, Aiden Davis 1-0-2, Mason Pittts 5-2-13. TEAM TOTALS: 24-65, 11-19: 65.

Three-point goals: Madonna 4-26 (Druga 2, Wingett, DeCaria), Southern Local 6-19 (J. Pitts 3, Heffner, McCurdy, M. Pitts)

GIRLS

Leetonia 36,

Wellsville 19

LEETONIA — Leetonia’s girls basketball team defeated Wellsville 36-19 on Tuesday.

Leetonia is 2-19 overall and 2-12 in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference.

Wellsville is 0-21 and 0-14.

Wellsville hosts Shadyside today.

Leetonia opens tournament play at Western Reserve on Feb. 20.