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Beavers miss Hill in loss to South Range

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South Range 65, Beaver Local 50 CALCUTTA — Beaver Local had a big hole in the lineup Tuesday. The Beavers, playing without injured 6-foot-7 All-Ohioan Owen Hill, dropped a 65-50 decision to South Range. The Raiders improve to 12-8 and will close out the regular season by hosting Campbell on Friday and West Branch on Saturday. The Beavers finish the regular season with a 16-6 record. Hill is still battling a foot injury that forced him to miss five games in January and his status for the sectional tournament opener next week is uncertain. Fourth-seeded Beaver Local will host ...

Oak Glen snaps Magnolia’s streak

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Oak Glen 59, Magnolia 30 MARTINSVILLE, W.Va. —Oak Glen snapped Magnolia’s three-game winning streak with a 59-30 victory in girls basketball play Tuesday. Oak Glen improves to 12-8 and will host St. Marys on Thursday. Magnolia drops to 10-9 heading into Thursday’s game at Cameron. East Palestine 45, Valley 41 EAST PALESTINE — It’s always close when East Palestine plays Valley Christian. The 23rd-seeded Bulldogs went on a 17-5 fourth-quarter run to rally past the 27th-seeded Eagles, 45-41, in a Division VI girls basketball sectional opener Tuesday. All three games ...

Salem says it will apply to Northeast 8

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SALEM — Salem athletic director Matt Freeman said the school district was caught off guard when it found out that Carrollton, Minerva and Marlington were leaving the Eastern Buckeye Conference for a new league. Like West Branch, Salem heard rumors of the league’s probable demise a week before the official announcement came on Friday. “It seems like it’s no longer about geography or size of the school,” Freeman said. Salem’s athletic department and administration had a meeting with its coaches on Sunday and the path forward will be applying to the Northeast 8. ...

Beavers make a splash

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STEUBENVILLE — Beaver Local junior Cole Long scored wins in the 100-yard backstroke in 54.20 and 200 individual medley in 2:00.84 to advance on Saturday at the Div. II sectional swim meet at Steubenville Natatorium. He also was a part of Beaver’s 200-yard freestyle relay team which won in 1:36.03 and the winning 400 freestyle relay (3:29.44). In girls action, the 200-yard freestyle relay team won in 1:51.51. Only the winner of each event automatically advanced to the district meet set for Friday at Ohio University. There will be 29 at-large qualifiers in individual events ...

Beaver Local comes up short of prize

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ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Faced with another championship game against Buckeye 8 Athletic League member Cambridge, Beaver Local could not turn the tables on Saturday as the Bobcats grabbed the OVAC Class 4A championship with a 67-56 win over the Beavers at the ECO Center. The Bobcats (20-2) were led by Garrett Carpenter’s 26 points and six rebounds. Cambridge had beaten Beaver Local 71-40 in the Buckeye 8 championship game on the same floor on Jan. 24. The Bobcats used 10 threes in the first half to build a 36-26 advantage at the break, but even though Beaver Local managed to get ...

Potters gang up on Golden Eagles

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EAST LIVERPOOL — Freshman Javan Dawson hit three three-pointers in the opening seven minutes to put East Liverpool on its way to a 52-38 win over United at the Potter Fieldhouse on Friday. Freshman Donivan Austin led the Potters with 10 points. Dawson and lone senior Elliott Fitch added ...