SPORTS digest

South Range defeats Rootstown, 73-30

ROOTSTOWN

Preston Stitt scored 21 points to lead the South Range High School boys basketball team to Saturday’s 73-30 victory over Rootstown.

Brandon Youngs scored 14 points for the Raiders.

Manning receives coaching honor

Ursuline High School graduate Tom Manning has been named the FootballScoop offensive line coach of the year for his work with Toledo.

Manning, who played left tackle at Mount Union, recently was hired as Iowa State’s offensive coordinator.

For the 2015 season, the Rockets replaced five graduated starters on the line and led the Mid-American Conference in rushing with 207 yards per game. Toledo (10-2) also ranked among the top 40 nationally in passing at 253 yards per game, allowing the Rockets to stand as one of just a dozen FBS teams ranked in the top 40 both on the ground and through the air.

“Tom is truly one of the best offensive line coaches in the country,” Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell said. “He’s done a fantastic job developing the line at Toledo. Tom played for me and now coached for me, and he’s one of the great talents in college football right now.”

Columbiana names five to HOF

COLUMBIANA

Four athletes from the 1980s and one from 2000 will be in the 20th Columbiana Athletic Hall of Fame class.

Leanne Wilms Cyan (‘82), Matt Henderson (‘83), Mike Hartley (‘86), Burt Perkins (‘87) and Dan Baker (‘00) will be inducted at a banquet at Columbiana High School on Feb. 13 at 6 p.m.

Tickets are on sale at any varsity girls or boys basketball game. Tickets cost $25 per ticket, $10 for ages 6-10. Reservations must be made before Feb. 2nd. For more information, call the athletic office at 330-482-3818 or Larry Baughman at 330-482-3422.

Lawler wins split decision at UFC 195

LAS VEGAS

Only the fifth-round bell could stop Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit from punishing each other. When it finally rang, the champion and challenger stood side-by-side with their arms leaned up on the cage, wearing exhaustion and respect on their bruised, bloodied faces.

Although Lawler kept his title by a narrow margin, he can’t wait to do it all again.

Lawler defended his UFC welterweight belt with a split-decision victory over Condit at UFC 195 on Saturday night, getting the promotion’s new year off to a thrilling start.

“That’s just two competitors with a lot of heart and a lot of skill just trying to get the job done,” Lawler said.

Lawler (27-10) was awarded the decision after a 25-minute brawl that had the MGM Grand Garden Arena crowd on its collective feet in the fantastic fifth round. Condit (30-9) landed 120 more strikes and wobbled the champion multiple times, but Lawler’s power did enough damage to win three rounds on two judges’ scorecards.

A few moments after they spontaneously leaned on the cage together, taking deep breaths and basking in cheers, they ended the night with their arms mutually raised in victory. While Condit said he would consider retirement, Lawler had a better idea.

Faried doing better after neck injury

DENVER

Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried says he’s “doing much better” after being taken off the court on a stretcher with a neck injury following a loss to Golden State the night before.

Faried posted on Instagram on Sunday he’s “a little sore, but I’m the Manimal — I’m not going to (let) this keep me down & out long!”

His CT scan was normal and he’s listed as questionable for Sunday night’s against Portland.

Faried took an elbow to the back of the neck while fighting for a rebound late in overtime.

Staff/wire report