BOYS BASKETBALL Sectional Finals Poland 66, Girard 47 — Poland jumped out to a 15-5 first quarter lead and never let Girard get within reach. Carmine Tukalo scored 31 to lead the Bulldogs. Tukalo knocked down three 3-pointers. Nick Nittoli added a pair of threes for Poland and scored 12 ...

LORDSTOWN — Walt DeShields and the West Branch girls basketball program had earned “a couple silvers” in the district tournament the last two years, when the Warriors, despite more than 20 wins on their resume, fell in the championship game. Saturday’s Division IV, Northeast 2 district ...

ELYRIA — In the hectic aftermath of Saturday’s Division III, Northeast 4 girls district final, head coach Matt Reel tried to put into words where Canfield’s senior class stacks up in the program’s decorated history after what it had just accomplished. In passing, assistant coach Pat ...

YOUNGSTOWN — With the way the Chaney boys basketball team plays defense, there’s only one way to describe what the Cowboys put opposing teams through on a nightly basis. It’s 32 minutes of hell. Cleveland John F. Kennedy found that out the hard way on Friday night, as Chaney ran the ...

CANFIELD — Canfield and Struthers’ seasons could not have gone any differently, and their differences certainly showed Friday night. The top-seeded Cardinals, who entered the Division IV, Northeast 1, sectional final with 19 wins and three losses, bludgeoned the 3-19 Wildcats 71-25 in an ...

HUBBARD — Once Hubbard found its footing in Friday’s Division IV, Northeast 2, sectional final, the Eagles were off to the races. After going into the break with a four-point lead, Hubbard pulled away in the second half to take down Ravenna, 63-46. A fiery timeout from Eagles coach Ryan ...