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BEAVER FALLS, Pa. East Liverpool went over the border to start its boys basketball season and the Potters were in control with a 63-44 victory over Pittsburgh Obama Academy at Geneva College.

Preston Kerr paced the experienced Potter roster with 19 points. Preston Dawson added 10 points.

East Liverpool trailed 13-12 after the first quarter but outscored the Eagles 25-4 in the second quarter to grasp the advantage.

Obama Academy was 7-13 last season.

East Liverpool will continue its Pennsylvania swing to start the season with a game against Western Beaver on Sunday at the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School in Midland.

EL: 12-25-8-1863

OA: 13-4-14-1344

EAST LIVERPOOL SCORING: Cohen Pease 3-0-8, Nate Birch 1-0-3, Quintin Conrad 3-0-6, Preston Kerr 8-1-19, Malachi Reed 0-0-0, Marquise Glenn 1-2-4, Blake Adkins 1-0-2, Preston Dawson 4-2-10, DShawn Kirby 3-1-7, Jake Smith 2-0-4. TEAM TOTALS: 21, 6-9: 63.

OBAMA SCORING: T. Perkins 6-6-18. K. Harris 6-0-14, N. Jackson 2-2-6, S. Long 2-0-4. M. Glass-Jones 1-0-2. TEAM TOTALS: 17, 8-14: 44.

Three-point goals: East Liverpool 5 (Kerr, Pease 2, Birch), Obama 2 (Harris).

Lisbon 48,

Western Reserve 30

LISBON Lisbon used a dominant first quarter to put Western Reserve on its heels in a 48-30 win in the second game of the Lisbon Tip-Off Tournament on Friday.

Lisbon will play Heartland Christian in the championship game at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Lisbon High School. Western Reserve and Salem will meet in the consolation game at 6 p.m.

Lisbon outscored Western Reserve 15-3 in the first quarter to set the tone.

Trevor Siefke had 20 points, five assists and three steals for the winners. Hunter Dailey added 13 points, six rebounds and two blocks. Tate Wallen had seven boards and four blocks. Austin Dailey chipped in three steals.

Connor Cochran sparked Reserve with 12 points.

W: 3-14-6-730

LI: 15-10-13-1048

W. RESERVE SCORING: Dominic Riccardi 0-3-3, Luke Henning 1-0-3, Andrew Hendricks 0-2-2, Josh Klasic 2-2-6, Connor Cochran 4-0-12, Hunter Stacy 1-2-4. TEAM TOTALS: 8, 9-10: 30.

LISBON SCORING: Trevor Siefke 8-3-20, Hunter Dailey 5-2-13, Tate Wallen 3-0-6, Austin Dailey 2-0-6, Luke Kraft 0-0-0, Alec Schreffler 0-0-0, Alex Brown 0-0-0, Timmy Brandon 0-0-0, Blaine Barnes 0-0-0, Logan Sturgeon 0-0-0, Zylar Mundy 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 19, 5-8: 48.

Three-point goals: W. Reserve 5 (Cochran 4, Henning), Lisbon 5 (A. Dailey 2, Siefke, H. Dailey, Schreffler).

Southern 67, Leetonia 65

SALINEVILLE Southern walked a fine line at the end of the game to avoid an upset in a 67-65 win over Leetonia on Friday in the opening game for both teams.

Southern led 21-17 after one but a back-and-forth second quarter had the teams tied at 33 at the half. Southern found some momentum in the third quarter to jump out to a 53-44 lead heading into the fourth quarter.

Leetonia returns to action today at Jackson-Milton.

Southern is at Columbiana on Tuesday.

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