JUNIORHIGH
BOYS BASKETBALL Wheeling Central vs. Oak Glen 7th Grade: Wheeling Central won 35-29 Thursday. Oak Glen: Jack Cashdollar 9, Cade Enochs 6. 8th Grade: Wheeling Central won 51-21. Oak Glen: Clayton Murphy 7.
Top-seeds move forward at OVAC
WHEELING, W.Va.—The area’s top wrestlers did what they were expected to on the opening night of the 72nd annual Ron Mauck Ohio Valley Athletic Conference at WesBanco Arena. At 106, top seed Jordan Bates of East Liverpool and Kyle Ingram of East Liverpool had quick pins to advance. Oak ...
Devils burn Bears
LISBON — Nine Lisbon players scored as the Blue Devils doubled up Wellsville, 49-23, in Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference play Thursday. It was the Blue Devils’ third win in four games to improve to 9-7 overall and 6-5 in the EOAC. The Tigers drop to 0-15 and 0-11 in league play. Lylah Brown led Lisbon with 12 points. Eme Cook had three three-pointers for nine points. The Blue Devils led 31-4 at halftime. Kenzie Bosco topped Wellsville with 13 points. Lisbon will host Waterloo on Monday, while Wellsville travels to Toronto on Wednesday. W: 4- 0-13- 6—23 L: 20-11- ...
Beavers overcome loss of star
CALCUTTA — Beaver Local’s boys’ basketball team proved Wednesday night there’s never a hill too tall to climb. Missing multi-talented 6-7 first team All-Ohio center Owen Hill — who is out with a foot injury — Beaver Local rallied the troops and pulled out a 51-49 win over ...
JUNIORHIGH
BOYS BASKETBALL Weir vs. Oak Glen 7th Grade: Weir won 44-27 on Wednesday. Oak Glen: Cade Enochs 9, Ethan Herron 5. 8th Grade: Oak Glen won 36-29. Oak Glen: Clayton Murphy 14, Cash McMahon 7.
Hoosier with county roots enjoying Indiana’s run
COLUMBIANA — There is a price to pay for success. Just ask former Crestview High School All-Ohioan and Indiana University linebacker Brad Gecina. He is flying to Miami and hoping to get inside Hard Rock Stadium as the top-ranked Indiana Hoosiers play for their first college football national championship against host Miami on Monday night. “It’s expensive to follow a successful team,” Gecina said. “We’re finding it out as Indiana fans. You never had problems getting tickets before. It’s a good problem to have.” He took his son, JJ, a member of Crestview’s ...