The Leetonia Bears basketball squad (Leetonia, OH), was crushed 55-18 in Monday's league battle with the host East Palestine Bulldogs (East Palestine, OH)

With the victory, East Palestine advances its record to 1-2 on the year. The Bulldogs travel to Southern (Salineville, OH) to meet the Indians in a Eastern Ohio battle on Thursday, December 4. The Indians enter the battle with a record of 4-0. Southern won 64-33 in their recent league battle against United (Hanoverton, OH)

The Bears now own a 0-1 record. They put it on the line next when they host David Anderson for a Eastern Ohio contest on Thursday, December 4. Leetonia will battle a Blue Devils team coming off a 38-33 league win over Valley Christian (Youngstown, OH). The Blue Devils record now stands at 3-0.