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 ...

BOYS BASKETBALL Leetonia 60, Southern 50 — Jason Kong had a 29 point, 14 rebound double-double to lead Leetonia. No other stats were provided. Bristol 76, Lordstown 56 — Seth Miller scored 20 to lead the Bristol offense. Three other Panthers were in double figures including Logan ...

NILES — At one point during Thursday’s game between Niles and Girard, the Indians trailed by 20. They couldn’t get shots to fall, and the Dragons took advantage of everything given to them. But Girard’s senior trio wasn’t going to let their team down. They rallied the troops and ...