LIBERTY — The first half of Tuesday’s Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference (MVAC) Grey Tier game against Southeast went well for Liberty, as the Leopards, buoyed by 10 Ramsey Hadi-Cox points, led the Pirates by four heading into the break. However, the second half proved to be little like ...

BOYS BASKETBALL Lakeview 64, Niles 55 — Isaiah Lantz scored a game-high 39 points for the Bulldogs (6-8) in the win. Cash Carey-Hardin took over the game, starting in the second quarter, as the Red Dragons (3-13) tried to put together a comeback. Carey-Hardin scored 10 of Niles’ 22 points ...

BOYS BASKETBALL Poland 64, Springfield 34 — Maddox Purins (13 points) and Carmine Tukalo (12) led Poland in scoring. Isaac Dyer led all scorers with 21 points for Springfield. LaBrae 82, Crestwood 60 — LaBrae was led by Angelo Melidona, scoring 34 points. Austin Rowe also had a big ...

WARREN — Playing for a fallen teammate, Warren G. Harding played with a renewed sense of vigor in the fourth quarter against Austintown Fitch on Friday night. Despite their best efforts, the Raiders’ inspired comeback attempt fell just short, as the Falcons held on late for a 51-45 ...

“Round one” of the Northeast 8 Conference’s boys basketball season was a battle from start to finish, and “round two” is set to be more of the same as the title chase grows more intense. Through the first half of the NE8 slate, four of its seven teams – Poland, Hubbard, South ...

NILES — Sports are full of superstitions, and sometimes that’s all it takes to get things going in the right direction. The Niles boys basketball team was on an eight-game losing streak before coach Jesse Hardin changed up his look on Friday night when the Red Dragons hosted ...