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Eighth-grade girls White team defeats Howland

The eighth-grade girls White basketball team improved to 8-4 on the season with a tough 28-26 win against the Howland Lady Tigers. Maria Torres led the Lady Spartans with 18 points. Christine Zheng added six points in the win, with Madi Larch also scoring two points and Emily Rutledge along with Emma Tokarsky adding one point a piece Rutledge also added several key rebounds in the win. Also giving the Lady Spartans key minutes in the victory were Emily Olexa, Bella Larch and Signe Renstrom.

BCB registration open

Boardman Community Baseball will conduct player registration online at www.boardmanbaseball.com on Jan. 1 through Feb. 19 for baseball (ages 4-18) and softball (ages 4-14). A $25 late registration fee will be charged for registrations received after Feb. 19, for boys and girls ages 4-14.

Playing age must be reached for boys by Aug. 31, 2017 and girls by Dec. 31, 2016. On-sight registration will be Feb. 11 from 12-3 p.m. at the Fields of Dreams, located at at 410 McClurg Road. For more information, check the BCB’s website or call 330-758-2123.

Maroon team falls to St. Christine

Boardman Glenwood Middle School eighth-grade Maroon girls lost a tough battle to St. Christine’s on Jan. 17, 36-21. Leading the Spartans was Raegan Burkey with 11 points, Katie Stamp ended with eight and Nina Scavelli added a basket.

Neighbors wants winter sports news

Winter athletics have arrived and Neighbors wants to be there every step of the way. If you’re a sports coach or the parent of an athlete, we need your help. In order to get teams and players the recognition they deserve, we want to showcase them in our pages.

We can only do that if you commit to sending us game reports and photos each week. If you send it, it will get in.

You can email us at neighbors@vindy.com. You don’t have to be a writer — just send us the information and we’ll put it all together. When emailing pictures, send them as JPEG files and as large as possible.

Provide caption information and where people are located from left to right, front row to back. The sports news we’re looking for ranges from varsity high school teams down to middle school and even elementary and recreational leagues. We look forward to hearing about your teams successes.

Send Neighbors your news

If you’re a winter sports coach or the parent of an athlete, we need your help. In order to get teams and players the recognition they deserve, we want to showcase them in our pages. You can email us at neighbors@vindy.com.

You don’t have to be a writer — just send us the information and we’ll put it all together. When emailing pictures, send them as JPEG files as large as possible. Provide caption information and where people are located from left to right, front row to back.