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High School Sports

West Branch falls to Laurel in D-IV regional final

CANTON — The West Branch girls basketball team hung on for as long as it could. But that wasn’t enough on Saturday at Canton Memorial Fieldhouse. The Warriors couldn’t keep up with Laurel, falling to the Gators 53-41 in a Division IV regional final. West Branch’s offense went cold in ...

High School Sports Roundup from March 6

DISTRICT FINAL DIVISION IV Northeast 3 Glenville 60, West Branch 45 — At Triway, the Warriors offense just couldn’t keep pace with the Tarblooders. Theo Castro led Glenville with 25 points, five assists and four steals, and Arvell Nelson finished with 18 points. West Branch was led by ...

Chaney captures district crown by beating Nordonia

WARREN — Junior guard Austin Brown has been around the Chaney boys basketball program for most of his life. His father, Aundra, is an assistant coach and Brown served as a waterboy for the Cowboys when the athletics returned to the school in 2019. This year, Brown has been Chaney’s ...

Lions pounce on Kidron CC to win first district championship

SMITHVILLE – The goal was to make school history. And that is exactly what the Heartland Christian Lions boys’ basketball team accomplished. The third-seeded Lions continued their hot shooting and ferocious defense to throttle the seventh-seeded Kidron Central Christian Comets 82-52, ...

Ursuline falls to Hawken for second straight year

WARREN — The Ursuline boys basketball team’s postseason fate was determined by a familiar foe on Saturday. The Fighting Irish had their season derailed for the second year in a row by Gates Mills Hawken, as Ursuline fell to the Hawks 72-59 in the Division III, Northeast 2, district final ...

McDonald can’t complete comeback vs. Hillsdale

WEATHERSFIELD — McDonald, after going down 22 points in the third quarter of Saturday’s Division VII, Northeast 1, district final, needed everything to go right in the fourth to complete its improbable comeback. A lot did go right for the Blue Devils, but just not everything, and, as a ...