The boys varsity basketball team got beat 55-29. Leading the Wildcats in scoring was Brayden Moses with 12. Luke Taylor also contributed 6 and Gage Cline had 5. The Wildcats are back in action Friday at home against Toronto with the JV’s starting at 5:30. 

The Wildcats swam their home opener at Steubenville tonight scoring 4 dual meets for each, the boys and the girls teams. Winning multiple dual meets, the scores for the boys were Edison 89-Martins Ferry 50, Edison 90-Catholic Central 87, Edison 93-Big Red 66 and Indian Creek 148-Edison 72.  The girls scores were Edison 109-Catholic Central 66, Indian Creek 142-Edison 87, Martins Ferry 136-Edison 88 and Big Red 149.50-Edison

Edison 8th grade basketball defeated Harrison 30-20 at home. The Wildcats were led by Gabe Call and Isaiah Rangel with 8 each. Jaxon Wiley put up 7. Wildcats’ scoring was rounded out by Cash Meadows and Kayden Russell with 4 and 3. The 8th grade returns Thursday at home against Central for an 8th-only game, beginning at 5:30. Edison 7th

The Edison Girls Basketball team fell to the Toronto Red Knights 45-36 at Toronto Monday Night. Leading the Way for the Cats were Pressly Meadows with 10 and Pam Johnson with 7. The Cats are back in Action Thursday at home vs. East Liverpool.

A total of 210 Stanton Elementary School students were rewarded with a popcorn party for gaining high marks on their recent STAR Reading and Math assessments. Title I teachers Emily Henry and Michelle O’Karma doled out bags of popcorn while students could add their choice of candy and cereal to the mix for a really sweet treat. Pictured are Henry

Santa Claus trekked from the North Pole for a little photo session with students at StantonElementary in Hammondsville. Kids had a chance to sit for a quick pic to send home to Mom and Dad, andamong the lucky youngsters was seven-year-old Julianna Moore, a second-grader who was all smiles as sheposed with jolly old St. Nick.