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Northeast All-Inland District Basketball teams

BOYS BASKETBALL Division I FIRST TEAM Anthony Chavers, Canton McKinley, 6-4, sr., 15.5; Kaiden Loy, Massillon Jackson, 5-11, sr., 18.3; Issa White, Canton GlenOak, 6-1, sr., 17.9; Trey Drexler, Brunswick, 6-0, sr., 26.5; Sean Barnett, Brunswick, 6-5, sr., 17.6. PLAYER OF THE YEAR—Trey Drexler, Brunswick. COACH OF THE YEAR—Joe Mackey, Brunswick. SECOND TEAM Jamar Keyes, Canton McKinley, 6-8, jr., 13.3; Chase Maurer, Massillon Jackson, 5-11, jr., 10.6; Adin Evert, Brunswick, 6-4, jr., 10.1; Garrett Myers, Medina, 6-6, sr., 13.5. HONORABLE MENTION Drew ...

Mahoning Valley to send 20 to state wrestling tournament

Twenty local wrestlers secured spots at next weekend’s OHSAA state tournament with top-four finishes at their respective district events. South Range senior Tyson Seesholtz, who finished second at state a year ago, and returning state placer Reghan Koch of Austintown Fitch both earned district titles over the weekend. Seesholtz did so in Independence in the 165-pound weight class, while Koch pinned each of her four opponents en route to the 170-pound championship in Mentor. Nearly 120 area athletes competed across six district tournaments this past weekend, with each needing to ...

High School Sports Roundup from March 7

GIRLS BASKETBALL REGIONAL FINAL DIVISION VII Seneca East 31, Maplewood 25 — Maplewood couldn’t stop a Seneca East second-half comeback. The Rockets held a 10-point lead, but it slowly evaporated as the game went on. Morgan Himes led the Rockets (23-4) with 13 points, Claire Urchek scored six, Aliah Brumit finished with four and Katie Wear scored two. Izzy Stockmaster led the Tigers with 13 points, and Alexa Snay added 10 points. BOYS BASKETBALL DISTRICT FINALS DIVISION IV Northeast 1 Canfield 56, Brookside 41 — A North Ridgeville Academic Center, the Cardinals made ...

South Range’s Seesholtz learned after last year’s state loss

Up 7-0 late in the second period of the 150-pound state final against Beachwood’s Caleb Greenwood, Tyson Seesholtz appeared to be on the verge of completing a wildly improbable rebound. A week earlier, Seesholtz and Greenwood had faced each other in the finals of the district tournament, ...

West Branch falls to Laurel in D-IV regional final

CANTON — The West Branch girls basketball team hung on for as long as it could. But that wasn’t enough on Saturday at Canton Memorial Fieldhouse. The Warriors couldn’t keep up with Laurel, falling to the Gators 53-41 in a Division IV regional final. West Branch’s offense went cold in ...

High School Sports Roundup from March 6

DISTRICT FINAL DIVISION IV Northeast 3 Glenville 60, West Branch 45 — At Triway, the Warriors offense just couldn’t keep pace with the Tarblooders. Theo Castro led Glenville with 25 points, five assists and four steals, and Arvell Nelson finished with 18 points. West Branch was led by Gavin Gregory, who had 18 points. GIRLS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE TODAY REGIONAL FINALS DIVISION IV West Branch vs. Laurel, at Canton Memorial Fieldhouse, 1 p.m. DIVISION VII Maplewood vs. Seneca East, at Massillon Perry, 7 p.m. BOYS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT ...