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Springfield’s season comes to end with playoff loss to Grand Valley

ORWELL — Springfield was on the doorstep of a tournament upset on Thursday, but the Mustangs continued their program-best season, fending off the Tigers, 44-34. The 16th-seeded Tigers limited the Mustangs to one point in the third quarter to hold a 28-25 advantage going into the final ...

Campbell’s upset slips away in 4th vs. United

HANOVERTON — The Campbell girls basketball team gave United everything it could handle on Thursday night at United High School. However, the more experienced and 17th-seeded Eagles used a fourth-quarter run to beat the 28th-seeded Red Devils 50-33 in a Division VI, Northeast 4 sectional ...

Lakeview hounds, pulls away from Firelands

CORTLAND — In a clash of similar styles, Lakeview’s brand of tough, physical basketball proved superior in the opening round of the postseason on Thursday night. After a tight first half, the 14th-seeded Bulldogs put together a dominant second half, as they pulled away to down No. 15 seed ...

Slow start dooms Fitch in loss to Warren Harding

WARREN — After 27 and 28-point losses in its last two games, Austintown Fitch certainly could have used a competitive, positive finish to the regular season Wednesday. And the Falcons got it, albeit with a major caveat. On the road against All-American Athletic Conference (AAC) rival Warren ...

High School Sports Roundup from Feb. 18

BOYS BASKETBALL Austintown Fitch 46, West Branch 42 — Fitch trailed 33-31 entering the fourth quarter, but Brady Evans and AJ Diaz accounted for eight of the Falcons’ 15 points in the final frame to lead the visitors to a comeback victory. Diaz and Evans combined for eight points in the fourth, with both Falcons making a three. Fitch’s EJ Giles led all scorers with 17 points. Evans had 11 points, Junie Higgs added 10 and Diaz registered three. Kasen Weaver led the Warriors with 11 points, and Jeremiah Thomas and Gavin Gregory each scored nine. Columbiana 81, Southern 51 — The ...

Poland tops Hubbard in OT for third straight league title

HUBBARD — Poland and Hubbard had to wait four weeks to play each other for the second time this season, and with the Northeast 8 Conference (NE8) title at stake, they each had to wait an extra four minutes Tuesday to decide which team would emerge champions. Fortunately for the visiting ...