Entries by Anthony Hartwig

CARDINALS COMPLETE SEASON SWEEP IN THE BATTLE OF 224

POLAND OH- The rivalry between Poland and Canfield is hard to match. No matter the sport, you know when the Cardinals and Bulldogs square off that is going to be a contested game.  Thursday night in Poland was no different as a battle between 2 of the top 3 YSN power ranked teams met up. […]

HOOK HITS ANOTHER MILESTONE

ANDOVER, OHIO- The Brookfield Lady Warriors made a little road trip to take on the Pymatuning Valley Lady Lakers. The Warriors went to work went to work right away Cailey Wellman and Sophia Hook were the leading ladies for the Warriors tonight. Hook dropped 28 points, including 5 three pointers, and Wellman finished the night […]

QUAKERS FIND A WAY TO GET THE EDGE

SALEM, OH- The Heartland Christian Lions traveled to take on the Salem Quakers, in what was a close matchup all the way to the end. Drew Gault and Jake Walker led the Lions in scoring as Gault had 12 points and Walker finished the night with 10 points. Salem was led by Lance Bailey, who […]

MASSUCCI AND HER TIGERS TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS

HOWLAND CENTER, OH – The Howland Tigers got the right rhythm into play in their final regular season contest against Lakeview. They needed to show the community what kind of team they would become. The Tigers would jump out to a big lead and never looked back as they downed the Bulldogs at home 62-32. […]

BROOKFIELD CREATES A LOG JAM ATOP MVAC

LORDSTOWN, OHIO- The Brookfield Warriors and the Newton Falls Tigers met in Lordstown to take on each other with big league implications on the line. In what was another close game at the finish, Brookfield cause a huge log jam at the top of the league with a 53-50 win.   The Warriors were led […]

POTTERS VAULT INTO OVAC TITLE GAME

EAST LIVERPOOL OHIO – The East Liverpool boys basketball team got a big, 53-38 victory over in-conference rival Indian Creek Tuesday night. Preston Kerr headlined the scoring department for the Potters scoring 19 points, helped out by teammates Cohen Pease who had 11 points and Jake Smith who had 10 points. Those three Potters were […]

GREGORY GOES OFF IN WARRIORS WIN

AUSTINTOWN OH- In what was the final game of the basketball regular season, The Austintown-Fitch Falcons hosted The West Branch Warriors on Wednesday night for girls basketball night on the network. Both teams went into Wednesday with a 10-11 record and looking for a little momentum to take into the tournament. Game #22 swung heavily […]

ROWING THROUGH ROUGH WATERS

POLAND OH- Adversity is a part of everyone’s journey. We can’t avoid it, or control when it happens. That’s just a lesson that people learn in life.  Of course, not too many athletes have to deal with as much as Poland Senior Brooke Rowe has in her short four year high school career. One knee […]

WHEN IN DOUBT, KIBLER CAN

HANOVERTON OH- If you go back to 2009, United might just have more league titles than any other team in girls basketball in the area in that span of time. The program has been headed up by outstanding leaders that know how to get the best out of the people around them. The latest of […]

CARDIERO KEEPS IT COOL

GIRARD OH- The NE8 has been wild in boys basketball this season.  The chaos is real. We’ve seen teams near the bottom of the standings beat the teams near the top. Every game ever night seems to be decided by one possession.  With all the chaos, the teams that consistently succeed are the ones with […]