“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 ...

WEATHERSFIELD — On Thursday, the Mineral Ridge boys basketball team honored the teachers in the school district. Each player and cheerleader selected a teacher to celebrate in between the JV and varsity games against Campbell at Mineral Ridge High School. And the educators got to watch the ...

BOYS BASKETBALL Liberty 43, Champion 41 — Trailing 22-8 at halftime, Ramsey Hadi-Cox caught fire for Liberty, scoring a game high 31 points. The Leopards then outscored Champion 15-7 in the fourth quarter to finally take the lead. Braylen Braham led Champion with 11 points and Mark Nolan ...