BERGER ACES MEMORIAL EXAM, LADY BULLDOGS START SEASON WITH VICTORY

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EAST PALESTINE, OH- The East Palestine Volleyball Team has had a year to think about the 2018 season, and how they are going to re-establish themselves in the EOAC.  On Monday night, the Lady Dogs started things out their way in the 2019 campaign, serving up a 3-0 defeat to Campbell Memorial (25-9, 25-13, 25-11).  The victory gives the Bulldogs a 1-0 record on the year.

Leading the way for the Bulldogs was Junior- Emily Berger.  Berger’s 18 points, 10 aces, 5 digs, and 3 kills did the most damage to the Lady Devil defense, which included a 13 serve streak in the third set to put the match out of reach.  For her efforts, Berger was awarded the Gorby’s Player of the Game.

Also contributing for the Lady Dogs were Olivia Figley (5 Kills,) and Morgan Cheurco who had 14 assists and 10 digs.

East Palestine will host United on Tuesday to kick-off their EOAC schedule.

 

POST GAME INTERVIEW WITH PLAYER OF THE GAME: EMILY BERGER

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Raiders Sweep Season Opener

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The South Range Volleyball team opened their 2019 campaign on Saturday with two wins at the Maplewood Tri-match. The Raiders beat both Heartland and Maplewood in 2 sets.

In their first match of the day the Raiders played Heartland Christian and narrowly escaped the first set with a 25-23 victory. Senior Anna Primavera tallied 3 kills in the set. The Raiders finished the match and took set 2 by a much more comfortable score of 25-15. South Range hit .138 in the match.

The second match of the day featured South Range taking on hosting Maplewood. The Raiders cruised to a 25-15 first set victory, and then clinched the match with a 25-18 win in set 2. The Raiders hit .167 in the match.

On the day Primavera tallied 12 kills, 4 digs, and 3 aces. Senior setter Emily Irons finished the day with 32 assists, 5 aces, and 3 digs. Reagan Irons lead the team in digs on the day with 10.

The Raiders return to action Tuesday as they host Mooney.

EOAC VOLLEYBALL SELECTIONS RELEASED

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LISBON, OH- The Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference has released its selections for the All-EOAC Teams as well as Honorable Mention:

First Team
Maddie Liberati Lisbon-Junior
Madyson Pickett East Palestine-Senior
Madee Foster East Palestine-Senior
Riley Felton Southern-Senior
Jamie Anderson Toronto-Junior
Rachel Bowen United Senior
Kikki Perry Wellsville-Senior
Regan Pierson Wellsville 

Libero
Maci Linhart Columbiana-Sophomore
Jenna McNicol Wellsville-Sophomore

Second Team

Tori Long-Columbiana Freshman 
Elyssa Jones-Leetonia Senior
Chloe Smith-Lisbon Senior
Emily Berger-East Palestine Sophomore 
Hannah Hayes-Southern Senior
Maddie Anderson-Toronto Sopomore
Haley Dees-United Sophomore
Kayleigh Daggy-United Junior
Kinley Martin-Wellsville Senior

Honorable Mention

Alyssa Tohm-Columbiana Senior
Jade McBride-East Palestine Junior
Brea Moore-Leetonia 
Corinne Freeman-Lisbon  Sophomore 
Maddie Paxson-Southern Junior
Jocelyn Merideth-Toronto
Savannah Burton-United Sophomore
Delaney Cochran-Wellsville 

LADY ROCKETS LIFTOFF AGAINST MOONEY

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BELOIT, OH-  The Cardinal Mooney Volleyball team’s season came to an end on Thursday night with a 4 set loss to Streetsboro in the West Branch sectional final (25-16 13-25 16-25 21-25)

In the first set, the Cardinals came out aggressive and efficient. Katie Hough showed right away that she’d be a force to be reckoned with rallying 5 kills in the set. Mooney only committed 2 attack errors in the set and hit .313 in the set.

The second and third sets were a completely different story as Mooney could not get any consistent offensive flow. They hit in the negative for both sets which is a big reason why they fell in those sets 13-25 and 16-25. Hough stayed strong however tallying 7 more kills in those two sets, even after briefly exiting the match with a bloody nose and switching jerseys.

In set 4 Mooney tried to get some rhythm back in their offense by letting Marissa Landers set and putting usual setter Sydney Reider in a defensive specialist position. And it worked. Mooney got their attack percentage back into the positives. They also were able to get middle blocker Megan Petty back involved who didn’t collect a kill in sets 2 or 3. She had a stretch of 3 consecutive kills and a block to put Mooney up 13-10. But Streetsboro at this point had too much momentum and was just clicking on offense. They played clean and collected through Mooney’s improved play and took set 4 21-25.

Katie Hough recorded a double-double with 16 kills and 10 digs. Sydney Reider closed out her career with a double-double with 20 assists and 11 digs. Marissa Landers also recorded a double-double with 11 assists and 10 digs. Megan Petty had 10 kills 5 blocks and 4 digs. Caitlyn Sapp had 10 digs.

BY GEORGE, SHE’S GOT IT!

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Lookout World!  First-year South Range Varsity Player Abby George is here!

George has stepped her game up to be one of the top net presence players not only for the Lady Raiders but in the entire Region.  Still, with more room to grow as a player, George is putting her name on all the minds of opposing coaches and players.

Height, speed, aggressiveness, athleticism, and high volleyball IQ is what sets this week’s South Range Player Profile apart from the rest.

Our Anthony Hartwig sits down with the latest Raider Superstar in this week’s interview: BY GEORGE, SHE’S GOT IT!

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LADY BULLDOGS BOUNCE RAIDERS

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SALEM, OH- The South Range volleyball team’s season came to an end Tuesday night with a 4 set loss to East Palestine (25-17 17-25 23-25 21-25)

In the first set it appeared the Raiders had control of the match, all their servers were hitting their spots and East Palestine was getting very little offense back over. Senior Jenna Barbessi made her presence felt early tallying 5 kills in set 1, and the Raiders hit .219 in the set with 12 kills total.

In the second set however, the Bulldogs really turned up their defense. They forced the Raiders into more and more empty attacks, and that in turn lead to Raider attack errors starting to pop up. The Raiders who had just 4 attack errors in set 1 surrendered 9 of them in set 2 along with 5 service errors. The Bulldogs took set 2 17-25.

Set 3 was the most competitive one of the night. The Raiders jumped out to a strong 12-6 lead the Palestine fought back and eventually got it to a tie set at 17-17. Still tied at 22-22 the Bulldogs came up with some clutch plays to close out set 3 23-25.

The Bulldogs got a massive lead in set 4, as it seemed all the wheels had fallen off for the Raiders. Trailing 10-23 the Raiders went on a 7-0 run to make it 17-23, and then fought off another 3 match points to make it 20-24 and force a Bulldog timeout. The Raiders got another point out of the timeout but then sent a serve long to deal East Palestine’s victory 21-25.

Jenna Barbessi did everything she could to prevent this being her last game with a season high 17 kills and 4 digs. Anna Primavera added 10 kills and 5 digs and Abby George finished with 6 kills 4 blocks and 3 digs. Emily Irons had 21 assists on the night, while Drew Ferren had 13 assists and 10 digs, recording a double double. Barbessi hit .289 on the night and Primavera hit .130. Even with those numbers the Raiders only hit .078 as a team.

The Raiders close the season at 11-12 (8-6) Mary Kuhns shattered the digs in a season record that was previously 430 with 528 digs on the season. She also tied the digs in a match record with 47. Mary was named 2nd team all district. Anna Primavera tied the aces in a match record with 9, and finished with a team high 248 kills on the season.

IRONS SHARPENS IRONS

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If you’re born with the last name like Irons, you better be able to handle some heat.  For South Range Junior, Emily Irons, she is battle-tested and has continued to be the spark that starts the fire for the Lady Raiders.  Irons actually leads the team in hitting percentage, which means she has the most kills with the least errors.

A savvy veteran who makes the most of her athletic ability, but reads the defense like it’s a line from a Dr. Seuss novel.

The athletic ability is earned, and God-given.  Both Emily’s parents were exceptional athletes, her older brother is a leader on the basketball court, and her younger sister shares the volleyball court with her this year.  For Emily, she has the ability and the determination to keep raising the bar for the family name.  Oh, by the way…Emily plays a sport each and every season.

Our Anthony Hartwig sat down with Emily to discuss the year, as well as plans on and off the court.  The South Range Player Profile is: IRONS SHARPENS IRONS

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IT’S PRIME TIME!

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For most Juniors, being able to lead is still a trait that still eludes them.

For South Range Junior Anna Primavera- her leadership style is lead from within.  Dubbed “Prime Time” at YSN, Primavera has her “Team Comes First” attitude that has helped the Lady Raiders rise to some fantastic victories this year!

Our Anthony Hartwig sits down with Anna to discuss this year’s seniors, as well as how success has come so quickly for Prime Time.  Also- what’s with the chicken hat?

Find out all that and more in this week’s South Range Volleyball Player Profile: IT’S PRIME TIME!

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MESS WITH THE ‘BESS, FALL LIKE THE REST

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They say the four years in high school go by in the blink of an eye.  For South Range Senior Jenna Barbessi, she still doesn’t feel like her senior year has arrived.  In fact, she still feels like she is a freshman.

Unfortunately for her opponents, she plays like a senior!  She brings the veteran presence to the Raiders squad that helps them battle through adversity, and continue to churn out wins left and right.  Jenna steps in and continues to fill up the stat sheet across the book for the burgundy and gold.

Our Anthony Hartwig sits down with Jenna Barbessi in the South Range Volleyball Player Profile: MESS WITH THE ‘BESS, FALL LIKE THE REST.

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LADY RAIDERS SLAY DRAGONS

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CANFIELD, OH-  Raider Volleyball beat a 10-2 Niles team in 4 sets on Tuesday night (25-19 25-16 17-25 25-14)

In the first set the Raiders made a statement quick as they hit their way to 6 kills before surrendering an error. The Raiders had 14 kills in the first set and only 4 errors. That helped the Raiders take set 1 25-19.

The Raiders put another strong step forward in set 2 as Anna Primavera for the momentum rolling with 3 early kills. Abby George also started to make her presence felt in the middle. Jenna Barbessi gathered 5 kills in the set and the Raiders took it 25-16.

In the 3rd set the Raiders passing started to struggle a bit which lead to more attack errors. Almost half of the Raiders total attack errors came in set 3. Niles took advantage. They took set 3 17-25.

The Raiders refocused in the 4th set, as Abby George and Emily Irons both got a couple kills to swing the momentum back to the Raiders side. An Anna Primavera ace, along with strong serving getting Niles out of system gave the Raiders a big lead that they would never let go. The Raiders dominated set 4 25-14.

The Raiders hit .167 overall as a team. They had 9 different players record a kill. Jenna Barbessi lead the offense with 13 kills, she also had a dig. Anna Primavera with 9 kills and 7 digs. Abby George with 7 kills on the night. Drew Feren had 21 assists and 4 digs, also a kill. Emily Irons with 15 assists 7 kills and 6 digs. Mary Kuhns had 11 digs 5 aces and 2 kills.

Raiders will return to action Thursday as they travel to Lakeview who leads the NE8.