SALEM OH- After a hard fought 80 minutes of soccer, by both United and Salem, Salem comes out on top with a score of 1-0. Salems defense played very well, holding off United’s attack the whole game. Colin Reisen had 6 saves in goal. Lance Bailey scored the lone goal for Salem.
Salem moves to 1-0-0 on the season. They will be back in action on Tuesday when they travel to Niles.
*Contributed By Matt Freeman at salemathletics.org
YOUNGSTOWN, OH- The Cardinals travelled to Ursuline for their first match of the season at Youngstown State University. The Cardinals put on a scoring clinic to outlast Ursuline 5-1.
Canfield’s Maci Toporcer was all over the pitch, contributing 2 goals and 2 assists. The Cardinals also got contributions from the Wahib sisters, as Hanna had 2 goals and Lena had one.
Ursuline’s lone goal came off the foot of Marisa Fiorini. Ursuline’s goalkeeper had a lot of action in the net on Saturday afternoon, saving 8 goal opportunities. Canfield’s goalkeeper Lolo Padgett had 2 saves in the net.
Canfield is now 1-0 to kick off the fall season, while Ursuline is even at 1-1.
*Contributed By YSN’s Richie Juliano
SALEM OH- Salem Girls Soccer opened their season at Sebo Stadium with a 5-0 win over the United Eagles. Goals by Rylee Hutton (hat trick), Abbie Davidson and Captain Mikaylynn Murphy and assists from Hutton, Davidson and CeCe Perez paced the Lady Quakers attack. The defense played strong as a unit lead by Kaylee Carlisle in goal with their first shutout of the young season.
The Lady Quakers are back in action on Monday August 22nd when the JV take on Hubbard at 5 pm while the varsity play Springfield Local at 7 pm.
*Contributed By Matt Freeman at salemathletics.org
AUSTINTOWN OH-
Senior Nick Tibolla opened up the scoring for the Falcons sneaking a well-placed shot past the opposing goalkeeper for a 1-0 lead that Fitch took into halftime.
Cathedral Latin capitalized on an equalizer on a multi-shot sequence in the second half that saw Ftich turn away ptential goals before the Lions found the back of the net.
A Lion foul in the penalty area late in the game awarded the Falcons with a penalty kick. Senior Josiah Berni took the penalty kick and was intially denied by the Lion goalkeeper, but followed up the deflected rebound and scored to give the Falcons a 2-1 advantage that they held onto for the final margin of victory.
The Falcons will be back at Greenwood Chevrolet Falcon Stadium on Tuesday, August 23 when they host Canton Glenoak at 7:15 PM in their next match.
*Contributed By Russel Houser at austintownathletics.org
CAMPBELL OH- Dom Olenick was the definition of dominant on Tuesday night as he led the way for Campbell in a season opening 6-2 victory. Olenick scored all 6 of the Red Devils goals.
Campbell will return to action Thursday as they host Liberty. East Palestine returns to action on Tuesday as they travel to Heartland Christian.
CANFIELD OH- Springfield visited South Range Tuesday night to open their season. The Tigers got a second half goal from Brionna Holt who put in a cross from freshman Maddie Page who recorded the assist. The Raiders tied the game late on a goal from Devin Sauerwein. Caitlin Cappelli had 5 saves for Springfield and Hannah Ball recorded 10 for the Raiders.
The Tigers travel to Salem on Monday night. South Range will be in action on the same night on the road against Boardman.
*Contributed By Justin Kosek at springfieldlocalathletics.org
SALEM OH- Salem Boys & Girls Soccer will host its annual Youth Night on Saturday August 18th when the Quakers host the United Eagles in a varsity soccer double header at Sebo Stadium. The girls play at 5:00 pm and the boys play at 7:00 pm.
*Contributed By Matt Freeman at salemathletics.org
HOWLAND OH- Last season it was Crestview boys soccer who put an area team in the state tournament. The Rebels wanted to test their status out of the jump in 2022 as they took on state power house Howland. It was the Tigers that flexed their muscles in this battle as they trounced Crestview 8-0.
Jet Hua scored in the opening minute for the Tigers to set the tone for what would prove to be a powerful offensive attack that overwhelmed Crestview.
Howland will return to the pitch on Tuesday as they host Poland at 7:00.
YOUNGSTOWN OH- The Ursuline girls soccer team got the year off on the right foot on Friday by earning an impressive 2-0 win over Perry.
Goals for the Irish were scored by Olivia Puhalla and Lilly Scott. Ursuline will return to action on Saturday August 20th as they host Canfield.
POLAND OH- Poland boys soccer rides high into another season hoping for a ton of success. They found plenty of it in their first game of the season against Ursuline. Poland earned a shutout of the Irish 3-0.
Poland’s three goals were tallied by three different players. Andrew Slaven, Matt Matiste, and Noah Huda. Assists were secured by Derek Thomas, and Aiden Davis. Michael Daley had a great day with 7 saves in the goal.
Poland will hit the road next on August 16th to meet up with Howland.