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Golden Bears stuck in Creek

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Saturday inside Ohio University Eastern’s ECO Center was the third championship in four years involving the Oak Glen Golden Bears and Indian Creek Redskins. Thanks to a late scoring run, all three contests have gone to Indian Creek. Indian Creek’s girls basketball team secured a fourth-straight OVAC Class 4A championship on Saturday, defeating rival Oak Glen 45-38 on the back of a clutch 11-1 scoring run to end the fourth quarter in a game where the Golden Bears had consistently clung onto a small lead before the pivotal final frame. “We were able to execute ...

Beaver Local suffers dual losses

From Staff Reports URICHSVILLE — The Beaver Local boys wrestling team dropped a pair of matches the Ohio High School Wrestling Coaches Association Division II regional duals tournament Saturday at Claymont High School. The third-seede Beavers fell to sixth-seeded Carrollton, 36-34, in the semifinals and to second-seeded Claymont, 43-34, in the consolation match. Seventh-seeded West Holmes earned a state berth by downing Carrollton, 37-30, in the championship match. West Holmes opened with a 39-38 win over Carrollton. In the other regional bracket, host and top-seeded New Lexington ...

Landess twins on way to district

WARREN — Wellsville junior twins Makayla and Madelyn Landess advanced as individuals and the Crestview boys and girls bowling teams advanced out of the Division II sectional tournament at Freeway Lanes on Sunday. Makayla Landess captured the sectional title with 572 series (187-206-179), eight pins better than Struthers senior Maddie Marshall. Madelyn Landess was 12th with a 443 seres (153-128-162). The Crestview girls were second in the team standings with 2,982 pins. The other district qualifying teams were Lakeview (3178), Hubbard (2036), Struthers (1976) and LaBrae ...

NYU gets 82nd consecutive win in Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH (AP) — New York University now stands alone atop the NCAA Division III women’s basketball record book with 82 consecutive victories. The Violets (20-0) beat Carnegie Mellon 69-58 on Sunday to break a tie with rival Washington University of St. Louis, which won 81 games in a row from 1998-2001. “Thrilled we beat Wash U for that record,” NYU coach Meg Barber said in a phone interview after the victory. “I’m a competitive person and wildly respect this league and to have any type of streak is incredible.” Barber knows first-hand about the record her team broke, ...

Devils close in on title

LEETONIA —Lisbon clawed its way back to a two-way tie for first in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference by way of a 67-50 win over Leetonia coupled with a Columbiana loss to Valley Christian on Friday. Lisbon is 13-4 and 11-2 in the EOAC. The Blue Devils were set to clinch on Saturday at East Palestine but that game was postponed due to weather. It will be made up at a later date. Columbiana’s next league game isn’t until Feb. 18 at last-place Southern. AJ Ramgeet led the winners with 21 points, six assists and nine rebounds. Aidan Ramgeet added 16 points. Blaine Barnes ...

Potters run into Big Red buzzsaw

STEUBENVILLE — Down a couple of starters, Steubenville got off to a bit of a sloppy start Friday night. Hosting a youthful East Liverpool team on senior night in the Crimson Center, Steubenville took a little bit to adjust to a different line up and a 1-3-1 defensive look from the ...