Liberty rallies to beat Girard

Newton Falls and Champion also won TAC contests.

LIBERTY — Floyd Showers scored all 12 of his points in Friday’s fourth quarter, including a key 3-pointer that gave the Liberty High basketball team the lead with 3:35 left in a 49-41 win over Girard.

Jamon Wagner added 12 points and nine rebounds for the Leopards while Isaiah Bell also scored 12 in the Trumbull Athletic Conference game. Liberty outscored Girard 17-4 in the fourth quarter.

Brett Cubellis scored 16 points to lead Girard.

Newton Falls 60, Brookfield 38

BROOKFIELD — Cameron McCleary scored 18 points to lead Newton Falls, which took a 19-3 first-quarter lead.

Marcus Fowler added 11 points for the Tigers (5-3, 2-0 TAC).

Ross Latimer scored eight points for Brookfield (2-6, 0-2) while Pat Mulligan added seven points, five rebounds, four blocks and two steals.

Champion 64, LaBrae 46

WARREN — Champion caught fire in the second half and rolled past LaBrae.

The Flashes and Vikings were deadlocked at 22 at halftime, but Champion outscored LaBrae 42-24 in the final two quarters.

Sean Sumner led the Flashes (7-1, 1-1 TAC) with 16 points while Joe Cvengros added 10. Cameron Truss had 15 points for the Vikings (1-7, 0-2).

McDonald 65, Mineral Ridge 48

MCDONALD — McDonald jumped out to a 19-4 first quarter lead and Mineral Ridge was never able to recover.

Adam Streb led the Blue Devils (8-2) with 17 points while Lance Ronghi added 16. Mineral Ridge (4-5) was paced by Cody Graham with 16 points.

South Range 56,
Western Reserve 44

NORTH LIMA — Travis Wisler scored 19 of his 25 points in the second half as South Range rallied from a 25-17 halftime deficit to upend Reserve.

Joe Mihlan added 18 points, including 13 in the second half, for the Raiders (3-8).

Nate Lude and Zach White each scored 10 points for the Blue Devils (4-6).

Springfield 47, Lowellville 42

NEW MIDDLETOWN — Nate Schuler scored 19 points and pulled down 10 rebounds as Springfield held off a late rally by Lowellville.

Todd Kibby added 14 points for the Tigers (6-3).

Jimmy Sudan led Lowellville (3-6) with 12 points while Mauro Amendola added 11.

Crestview 59, Leetonia 47

COLUMBIANA — Crestview rallied for 24 points in the final quarter and stormed past Leetonia.

Nick Oliver led the Rebels (4-6) with 15 points while Jakob Leon and Mark Einsiedel each added 10.

Josh Selway led Leetonia (3-8) with 12 points.

East Palestine 63,
Jackson-Milton 24

EAST PALESTINE — The Bulldogs never trailed against the Bluejays as they easily improved to 7-3.

Wes Best and Nick DiTello each had 10 points for East Palestine.

Jackson-Milton, now winless in 11 games, was led by Jacob Carlisle with eight points.

Marlington 65, West Branch 52

MARLINGTON — Marlington broke open a close game scoring 27 points in the final quarter to pull past West Branch.

West Branch led 39-38 after three quarters but was outscored 27-13 in the final quarter.

Vic Pappas led West Branch (6-4) with 18 points, while Alex Stull added 10.

Kennedy Catholic 83,
West Middlesex 77

WEST MIDDLESEX — Kyle Randall had 23 points, eight assists and five rebounds to lead Kennedy Catholic, which outscored Middlesex 19-13 in the fourth quarter.

Mike Ponzurick added 24 points, five rebounds and four steals for Kennedy (5-7), while Chace McKinney had 13 points.

Troy Mild had 22 points and Kyle Allen added 11 for West Middlesex.