BEAVER TOWNSHIP — South Range rallied its community to ‘pack the gym’ for Friday night’s boys basketball home game vs. Boardman to support athletic director Donee Feren during his battle with cancer, and Raider Nation did not disappoint. In front of a near-capacity audience, many of ...

BOYS BASKETBALL Southeast 67, Newton Falls 61 — Cohen Richardson knocked down four 3-pointers en route to a 25 point night for Southeast. Bradley Dillon added 16 points with four 3’s and Joe Sharish added 15 points for the Pirates. Phil Davis led the way for Newton Falls with 20 points and ...

NORTH JACKSON — All season long, first-year Jackson-Milton coach Dan Turner has been wanting his girls to earn a “signature win” against one of the league’s top teams. After losing by 27 points in the first meeting with Mineral Ridge, the Blue Jays got that signature win on Thursday, ...

YOUNGSTOWN — An extra period was needed on Thursday when the East Palestine girls basketball team visited Valley Christian. And with only an additional five minutes to play, every possession mattered. The Bulldogs got a key offensive rebound from Violet Glavan and a layup by way of Amara ...

GIRLS BASKETBALL Champion 36, Brookfield 32 — Kennedy McKee scored 12 points to lead Champion. Mackenzie Braham added nine points for the Flashes, and Brilea Woods scored eight. Lily Horsman knocked down four 3-pointers, scoring 12 for Brookfield. Maplewood 65, Badger 22 — Lauran Krieg ...

HOWLAND — Gabe Stark has wrestled almost all of his life, most of which in his hometown of Howland, where his father also wrestled. When he got done wrestling at Cleveland State, though, he wasn’t especially eager to jump back into the sport as a coach. But Tigers assistant coach Greg ...