Warren Harding rolls; Mooney clipped
Staff report
YOUNGSTOWN
Craig McFerris scored 19 points to lead four Raiders in double figures and the Warren Harding High boys basketball team beat Chaney 102-50 on Friday.
The Raiders took control early with a 29-17 lead after one quarter. Tre Brown added 10 points, while Rashid Boston and JD Parker each had 10. Parker also had 10 assists.
For Chaney (2-15), Phillip Hudson scored 13 and Deonte Scott and Rashawn Boykin each had 10.
St. Thomas Aquinas 59,
Mooney 58
LOUISVILLE
Kyle Dureska split a pair of free throws with 1.2 seconds left to lift Aquinas (7-11), which led 30-19 at halftime.
Tyler Moeglin scored 20 points and Connor Duplin had 15 in the victory.
For Mooney (8-9), Danny Reese scored 19, Ryan Farrangher had 14 and Kevin McGuire scored 10.
Canfield 46, Niles 43
NILES
Jared Bettura scored 16 points and Canfield (7-11, 5-2 All-American Conference Red Tier) took a 31-23 halftime lead en route to the win.
For Niles (8-12, 2-6), Tyler Negro had 12 points.
Poland 74, Beaver Local 41
LISBON
Colin Reardon scored 22 points to lead the Bulldogs (13-5, 5-2 AAC Red Tier). Drew Wagner had nine points and Bill Stanton eight. For the Beavers (0-19, 0-8), Ryan Smith scored 13 points.
Howland 58, Champion 48
CHAMPION
T.J. Lanier scored 22 points and Howland outscored Champion 18-6 in the second quarter to take control.
Lex Bennett added 11 points for the Tigers (13-6).
For Champion (2-17), Matt Heiligenberg had 18 points and Ross Farmer scored 12.
Struthers 80, Lowellville 34
STRUTHERS
Jake Jacubec scored 15, Ja’Meire Brown had 14 and Struthers (18-1) outscored Lowellville 43-12 in the second half to roll to the victory.
Nate Jacubec, Adam Ryczaj and Kevin McDonald each added 10 points.
For Lowellville (11-6), Anthony Alfano scored 16.
Hubbard 70, Salem 67
SALEM
Tyler Duez had 29 points, including a three-point play with three seconds remaining to snap a 67-67 tie in the AAC White Tier game.
With Salem behind, 67-62, Salem sophomore Ryan Bush made a 3-point goal and the Quakers stole an in-bounds pass followed by Taylor Fredrickson’s layup to tie the game, 67-all, before Duez’ game-winning points.
Mike Lopuchovsky had 20 points for the Eagles.
Bush had 18 points and Anthony Shivers had 13 points for Salem. Fredrickson, a senior, had 18 of the Quakers’ 33 rebounds.
Liberty 61, Lakeview 46
LIBERTY
Luka Markulin scored eight of his nine points in the first quarter as the Leopards raced out to a 23-11 lead.
Jaylen Mann added 13 points and Preston Williams 11 for the Leopards (10-9, 3-5 AAC White).
For Lakeview (8-11, 2-5), Zach McDivitt scored 11.
LaBrae 61, Campbell 45
LEAVITTSBURG
John Richards scored 21 points and LaBrae outscored Campbell 33-18 in the second half to finish off a perfect season in the AAC Blue Tier.
Matt Szorady added 16 points and Peyton Aldridge 12 for the Vikings (18-1, 8-0).
Claxton LeBron scored 17 points for the Red Devils (9-10, 4-3), while Ty Underwood and Dwaylon Letlo each had 10.
Newton Falls 56, Girard 37
NEWTON FALLS
Cody Dillon scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half as Newton Falls (14-4, 4-3) outscored Girard 33-14 in the final 16 minutes to pull away.
Dillon also had 14 rebounds and Tyler Kernen added 14 points.
For Girard (5-14, 2-6), Matt Pagano scored 15, including 13 in the first half.
Springfield 55,
Western Reserve 35
NEW MIDDLETOWN
Brad Ferraro scored 21 points, Ronnie Rogers added 10 and Springfield (14-5) jumped out to a 28-17 halftime lead en route to the victory.
Thomas Benyo scored 12 points for Reserve (1-18).
Columbiana 48, United 40
COLUMBIANA
Luke Barker scored 25 points with six rebounds and Columbiana (5-12, 4-8 ITCL Tier One) took a 32-20 halftime lead en route to the win.
Hank Schlueter added eight rebounds and Austin Barbato had six points, six rebounds, five steals and three assists.
For United (5-13, 4-9), Jansen Sneltzer scored 12, Kyle Smallwood had 11 and Brett Albright 10.
Sebring 54, Lisbon 35
SEBRING
Senior Aaron VanKirk 16 points and senior Seamus Johnson had 11 points for Sebring which outscored Lisbon in the second quarter, 19-6.
VanKirk also had 10 of the Trojans’ 29 rebounds.
GIRLS
Canfield 74, Beaver Local 28
CANFIELD
Sabrina Mangapora scored 13 points and Brielle Burton had 12 for Canfield (14-5), which led 21-6 after one quarter.
For Beaver Local (4-16), Allie Bangor had 11 points.