HEARTLAND WINS IN FIVE ON SPECIAL NIGHT IN MALVERN

MALVERN OH- Heartland Christian made a trip to Malvern on Thursday night to participate in a special night. It was the Hornet’s volley for a cute night, and both teams were decked out in pink to bring light to breast cancer awareness.  On the court Heartland win an instant classic in 5 sets, but everyone knows the results of the night go way past the numbers on the scoreboard. Plenty of money was raised for a great cause, and two teams showed that when you come together, there’s nothing you can’t accomplish. The set scores for the game were 25-22 25-18 23-25 15-25 15-9.

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INDIANS END CONFERENCE SCHEDULE STRONG

STRUTHERS OH- Girard came in to Thursday still having a shot at a share of the NE8 championship. They needed to take care of business against Struthers, and then hope South Range would upset Lakeview. Girard did their part as they swept away Struthers. (25-14 25-15 25-9)

Lauren Pallone led the Indians offense by earning 15 kills on the night.  Bree Latell chipped in 10 kills to keep herself in double digits.  Ali Durkin had a great night setting as she finished with 31.  Bailey Walters led Girard’s defense with 16 digs.

 

Girard has their home finale coming up on Saturday as they welcome in undefeated Crestview. Struthers will host Mathews on Tuesday in a non conference test.

WARRIORS TAKE TOUGH LOSS ON THE ROAD IN MASSILLON

MASSILLON OH- The West Branch volleyball team dropped three sets at Massillon on Thursday 22-25, 16-25, and 20-25.  The girls are now 15-5 on the year with one game left in the regular season.

Leading the Warriors was Hannah Rush with six points, four aces, and 16 assists.  Claire Brunner added nine kills and four blocks while Ragan Greeneisen had 14 digs.

The Warriors will head to Boardman on Saturday to take on the Spartans at 11:30 AM.

*Contributed By Ryan Wolf at wbathletics.org

CAMPBELL TAKES A SWEEP OVER THE TIGERS

CAMPBELL OH- The Red Devils added another win inside the MVAC to their belt on Thursday night as they welcomed in Newton Falls. They weren’t the kindest of hosts, as they made quick work of the Tigers in three sets. (25-21 25-16 25-18)

Kendall Brunn was as impressive as ever leading the offense with 16 kills and a match hitting percentage of .467.  Angeliz Diaz was also able to contribute a solid 9 kills.  Carla Ramirez Ortiz set up the offense well finishing with 26 assists.  Diaz, and Cyra Cross both led the Devils with 12 digs each.  Ramirez Ortiz locked in a double double with 10 digs.

 

Campbell finished their MVAC skate at 6-8 in the conference. They’ll travel to Badger on Monday for a non conference test.

CARDS CELEBRATE SENIOR NIGHT WITH AN AAC VICTORY

CANFIELD, OH- The Canfield volleyball program celebrated the eight seniors for the Cardinals before last nights match against Howland. Canfield took that excitement to the floor and beat Howland in a very close match, 3-1. For the Cardinals, the seniors led the way as Abby Muckleroy dominated in the middle with 14 kills and 4 blocks. Muckleroy had some great sets by senior Riley Kinkade who had a total of 21 assists on the night. Defensively, senior Libero Parker Wilkins dug out 22 balls to lead the way.

The Cardinals won the match in 4 sets and improved to 13-7 on the season. The Cardinals have one more match on the road at Boardman next Tuesday. As for Howland, they drop to 15-6, and will host Austintown-Fitch next Tuesday at 7 P.M.

CRESTVIEW FINISHES OFF UNDEFEATED CONFERENCE SLATE

COLUMBIANA OH- Already with a conference championship under their belt, Crestview had one more opponent to end an undefeated run through the MVAC.  Crestview welcomed in LaBrae on senior night and swept their way to victory. Crestview went the whole conference season without losing a set.  (25-10 25-19 25-15)

Grace Auer just added another triple double to her collection as she finished with 18 kills, 15 assists, and 20 digs. Abbey Emch contributed 13 kills to the cause.  Lainy Auer led the team in assists with 20.

The Rebels will now face their last four games of the season. They are all big non conference tests, and it starts on Saturday when Crestview travels to Girard.

PUT YOUR BELIEF IN BARNARD

GARRETTSVILLE OH- Passion for a sport a the level that you see in players like Gabby Barnard.  Not only does Gabby play volleyball for Garfield, but she also plays almost all year round in JO Volleyball.  Her mind is always on the sport. So when you dive in to her career at Garfield it is easy to see how she has become so successful. She has spent all of her off seasons playing against some of the best competition you could find in the region. The intensity and challenge that the off-season volleyball brings has sharpened her tools to become a truly great player.

Gabby is also a unique leader on the team. Her exposure to high level volleyball has taught her the importance of figuring some things out on your own. While Gabby will always be there for her teammates, she also is not going to be the player that holds everyone’s hands through every form of adversity that comes across. She’ll live by that too, she will figure things out on her own. If nothing else, she is a leader that at her best leads by example.

Barnard currently sits second on the team with 203 kills on the season. She has an average of 3.3 kills per set.  Barnard’s biggest asset on offense is her efficiency. She hits at a hitting percentage of .525.  She has only committed 36 errors on 318 attempts. Barnard is also second on the team in digs sitting at 190 at the moment.

Gabby was kind enough to take some time to hop on an interview with Anthony Hartwig to talk about her senior season. They talk about what makes Garfield feel like home, playing volleyball as much as she does, and so much more. Check out the latest Garfield Volleyball Player Profile only on YSN!

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BLUE DEVILS SETTLE IN TO WINNING WAYS

BERLIN CENTER OH- Western Reserve continued their warpath through the MVAC on Thursday as they swept right through Sebring.  (25-8 25-12 25-11)

Raelynn Meyer had 13 assists. Haylee Fellows had 11 assists. Alyvia Hughes had12 kills and 8 digs. Alexa Abrams had 2 service Aces and 3 digs. for Sebring. Mallory Harsan had 12 assists and 9 digs and Blake Thomas had 8 kills.

Western Reserve is back in action on Monday as they host Salem in a non conference test.  Sebring will close out the season on Thursday as they travel to Leetonia.

RAMS CAP OFF ANOTHER MVAC WIN

NEW MIDDLETOWN OH- It wasn’t their best start in of the season, but Mineral Ridge was able to respond fast at Springfield.  the Tigers came out and took set 1 from the Rams 25-15.  But eventually the Rams drove the Tigers back and won another conference game in four sets. (15-25 25-19 25-13 25-13)

With the conference victory the Lady Rams improve to a season record of 18-1 and 13-0 in the conference. The Rams were led by Gianna Paris with 33 assists, 13 digs, 2 kills and 2 aces, Faith Schneider contributed 22 digs and 15 kills, and Ava Hulett contributed 19 digs and 11 kills.

The Rams have their final MVAC game of the season on Saturday as they travel to Lowellville.  Springfiekd will stay at home on Tuesday as they host Columbiana out of the EOAC.

BLUE JAYS DON’T LET WATERLOO COME BACK

NORTH JACKSON OH- Thursday night the Lady Jays finished conference play against the Lady Vikings of Waterloo.  With the win the Lady Jays even up their conference record at 7-7 and tied for 4th place.

The Lady Jays started strong and dominated in set one and continued to play fast and loose in set two to get the win.  In set three with the score at 20-16, subs were made to allow some of the JV players to get another taste of varsity action.  The Lady Vikings were able to take advantage of the situation and proved to be too much for the younger players taking set 3 and forcing set 4.  With the return of the starters in set 4 the Lady Jays were able to secure the win.

Leading the Lady Jays tonight were Mia Greco with 13 service points and 5 aces, 13 kills and 7 blocks.  Riley Headley added 14 service points with 3 aces.  Emily Fultz had 10 kills.  Grace Johns with great back row play with 15 digs.  Paige Grope had 25 assists to add to her career total.

The Lady Jays will be on the road next Tuesday to take on Heartland Christian, and finish the regular season at home against Garfield.

 

*Contributed By Stephen Mohr at jacksonmiltonathletics.org