GIRLS BASKETBALL

¯ STOW-MUNROE FALLS 53, CANFIELD 33: STOW — The Cardinal girls’ season ended Tuesday in a loss to Stow.

The Bulldogs pulled away in the second quarter outscoring Canfield 18-2. The Cardinals outscored Stow 13-1 in the fourth quarter, but the Bulldog lead was too big.

Marissa Ieraci led the Cardinals with seven points and Gianna DeLucia scored six.

Canfield finishes the season with a record of 13-8.

BOYS BASKETBALL

¯ STRUTHERS 72, NILES 35: STUTHERS — The host Wildcats rolled early, posting a 23-8 lead after one quarter and leading 53-18 by halftime as Trey Metzka netted 19 points. Ronnie Leonard added 12 points and Aidan Slocum added nine for Struthers (22-0) in the Division II first-round game against the Red Dragons.

Doug Foster tallied 19 points to spark Niles (1-14).

¯ CHANEY 83, WEST GEAUGA 45: YOUNGSTOWN — The host Cowboys outscored the Wolverines 53-30 in the middle quarters of the Division II first-round sectional contest.

Sharrod Taylor scored 22 points and Josiah Gonzalez contributed 17 for Chaney (9-6). Quincy Jones chipped in with eight points.

¯ CANFIELD 65, RAVENNA 46: CANFIELD — Canfield put together a big quarter to pull away from the Ravens in a Division I sectional first-round matchup.

Three players scored in double figures the Cardinals (12-9), who were clinging to a 47-42 lead entering the fourth quarter before an 18-4 run to finish the game. Ryan Petro and Jake Grdic each scored 11 for Canfield, and Trey Dye added 10.

¯ SOUTH RANGE 59, CONNEAUT 24: BEAVER TOWNSHIP — The host Raiders ran away with their first-round Division III sectional contest against the Spartans.

South Range (11-10) got 14 points from Brandon Mikos, 10 from Eli Taylor and nine from Mike Patrone and clinched at least a .500 record this season. The Raiders led 18-3, 27-12 and 49-21 at the quarter stoppages.

¯ VALLEY CHRISTIAN 71, MAPLEWOOD 28: YOUNGSTOWN — Valley Christian started the game on a 21-2 run and cruised past the Rockets in a Division IV sectional first-round game.

The Eagles made 11 3-pointers in the game, six in the first half. Sekou Stanley led all scorers with 18 points. He was one of four VIctory Christian players to score in double figures, with Joey Battista (12), Brandon Paige (11) and Zavion Howard (10) also making key contributions offensively.

Connor Steffens paced Maplewood with nine points.

¯ MINERAL RIDGE 66, COLUMBIANA 50: MINERAL RIDGE — Balanced scoring carried the host Rams past the Clippers.

Jalen Eiland-Royal scored 15 points and Devon Winford and Austin Governor added 12 points apiece for Mineral Ridge (10-12). Jake Sylak, Zach James and Triston Weiss all added eight points.

Nick Millions scored 17 to pace Columbiana (4-19), which trailed 6-8 after one quarter and 35-24 at halftime.

¯ NEWTON FALLS 63, EAST PALESTINE 21: NEWTON FALLS — The Bulldogs never got on track this season and fell to 0-13 with a 63-21 loss to the host Tigers in the first round of the Division III sectional tournament.

Joey Kline scored 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Newton Falls (14-5), which clinched the outright MVAC-Gray title Tuesday night as Liberty downed LaBrae in a regular-season contest.

Jordan Dowling added nine points and Josh Honeycutt anf Caleb Howard both chipped in eight. Honeycutt also had three assists, as did Ian King.

Dom Wycoff scored 11 points for the Bulldogs, who trailed 13-0 after one quarter and 41-6 at halftime.

¯ LIBERTY 60, LaBRAE 48: The Leopards scored the first nine points of the fourth quarter to extend a 42-38 lead to 51-38 as they upended the Vikings to knock them out of a first-place tie with Newton Falls in the MVAC-Gray Tier standings.

Both teams have makeup games with Champion remaining, but those may not be rescheduled.

James Davis scored 19 points to lead Liberty (9-8, 7-4 MVAC). Jameer Weaver added 12 points and D’Andre Venters scored 10. Rashad Chambers had seven points and 13 rebounds.

The Vikings (9-5, 7-3 MVAC) were led by Devin Carter’s 10 points.