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LATE BURST PROPELS LEOPARDS PAST ALLIANCE

LOUISVILLE OH- The Leopards moved to 2-0 on the season with a 56-46 win over Alliance. It was a huge fourth quarter that was the difference for Louisville, they outscored the Aviators 17-10 in the final frame.

The Leopards were led by Dakota Hoffman with 14 points and Will Aljancic also got himself into double figures with 12 points. Also chipping in for the Leopards was Cory Noble with 11 points.

The Leopards are next in action at Boardman on Friday.

*Contributed By Tom Siegfried at leopardathletics.org

AVIATORS STORM BACK ON WEST BRANCH

ALLIANCE OH- The West Branch boys suffered their first loss of the season on Friday night at the hands of EBC rival Alliance.

After a low scoring 1st half West Branch took a 17-16 lead into the locker room at the half, but Alliance fought back in quarters 3 and 4 to beat the Warriors 45-41 in an Eastern Buckeye Conference game played at Alliance. Jaxon Henderson paced
West Branch with 11 points.
The Warriors are scheduled to travel to Canfield on Friday to face the Cardinals.
*Contributed by YSN’s Gary Leininger

HUBBARD OUTFLIES AVIATORS IN ROUND 1 SHOOTOUT

HUBBARD, Ohio –Trailing by just one coming out of halftime, the Hubbard offense looked to get rolling early. On the opening drive of the second half, the Eagles needed just 5 plays to get into the endzone. Two minutes and 54 seconds into the half, Hubbard was back out in front thanks to another long touchdown run from T.C. Caffey, this one from 53yards out.

After forcing a three and out, Hubbard would take possession at their own 28-yard line. Quarterback Evan Jarvis and company took just 3 plays to get back in striking position. Gains of 6 and 36 from Jarvis, accompanied by a 34-yard Caffey carry, left the Eagles with just 2 yards to pay dirt.

Only 2 yards to go, Jarvis’ next 3 carries totaled for a loss of 3 yards. Staring at 4th and goal ahead by 5, Coach Hoffman decided to keep the offense on the field and needed to convert on 4th and goal. Luckily for Hubbard, the decision paid off. Jarvis rolling out to his left was able to find fellow senior, Andrew Frank, in the front of the endzone for a diving touchdown grab.

Hubbard’s three and out to start the third quarter would prove to be the difference-maker in this one. Following the Eagle’s touchdown to put them ahead by two scores, each possession would end in touchdowns for both teams. The Aviators had multiple opportunities to get the Eagle offense off the field but were unsuccessful. Hubbard’s third drive off the half consisted of 2 fourth-down conversions, the final one being an 8-yard touchdown pass from Jarvis to Brant Boraweic.

BIG PERFORMERS

Hubbard:

Evan Jarvis: 35 passing yards 2 TD 2 INT; 20 carries 121 rushing yards

T.C. Caffey: 27 carries 259 rushing yards 3 TD

Andrew Frank: 2 catches 26 receiving yards 1 TD; 1 carry 11 rushing yards 1 TD

Brant Boraweic: 1 catch 26 receiving yards 1 TD

 

UP NEXT

Hubbard: It’s a battle of the Eagles next week, as Hubbard survives and advances to take on Geneva (6-1). Geneva, the #8 seed, defeated the HarveryRed Raiders (1-6), for the second time this season, 37-0.

Alliance: Eliminated from the playoffs, the Aviators season is not over. Next Friday night they are scheduled to take on the Minerva Lions (0-6). However, Minerva will take on Beaver Local in the first round of the playoffs tonight.

*Contributed by YSN’s Jamie Thomson

QUAKERS SNEAK BY ALLIANCE

SALEM OH- In a matchup that usually features points galore, the Quakers and Aviators battled to a uncharacteristically low score, with the Quakers coming out on top 20-13 at Sebo Stadium.

It looked like it it would stick with the trend with alliance scoring within the first 3 minutes of the game on a 9 yard touchdown but Kayden Davis and another in the second to take a 13-7 lead over the Quakers at the Intermission. The young Salem defense came to play and held the Aviators to just 6 points the rest of the way (all in the first half) en route to victory.
The Quakers took control of the game to start the second half on a beautiful reverse on the opening kick off between Blaize Exline and Jax Booth. The return set up a 2 yard touchdown score by Jackson Johnson, who followed that up 2 minutes later with another to give the Quakers a 20-13 lead.
The young defense, which has had its ups and downs all season, applied the pressure to the Alliance backfield through the second half coming up with sacks and hurries, led by John Kidd, Divine Allah, and company, at the perfect time to stall Aviator drives, and preserve the victory.
The Quakers (3-3) play host to a familiar foe from their days in the MAC in Struthers, next week in the first round of the State Playoffs at Sebo Stadium.
*Contributed by YSN’s Jarrod Niederhiser

SALEM GROUNDS AVIATORS

SALEM OH- Salem build on their three game win streak Tuesday night as they hosted conference rival Alliance. The Quakers pulled out a victory in four sets over the Aviators to improve their impressive record to 9-3 (6-2)

STATS:

Morgan McGaffick: 12 assists
Rylie Troy: 5 aces, 8 kills
Jenna McClish: 3 aces, 29 digs
Kaley Davis: 8 kills, 5 aces
Kaelyn Helmick: 6 kills

Salem will look to stretch their win streak even longer as they travel to East Liverpool on Saturday.

*Contributed by Kacey Costal at salemathletics.org

SALEM SUSPENDS AVIATORS TAKE OFF

SALEM OH-

The Lady Quakers defeated Alliance 8-0 on Senior Night Wednesday. The Lady Quakers scoring started with Abby Perry’s two goals on the night. Rylee Hutton contributed three to the Lady Quakers with 1 assist. Senior Paige Bailey had a goal and two assists. Mikaylynn Murphy had a goal and an assist. Chloe Wilhelm had a goal. Clara Double and Krista Barley each contributed an assist. Sam Moore had two great saves to preserve the clean sheet. Seniors Paige Bailey, Annie Davidson, Libby Ripley, Hannah Kelm, Zoe DeLand, and Skyler Green all played a phenomenal match in making their senior night one to remember.

In JV action, Salem dropped Alliance 6-0. Senior Skyler Green had two goals. Chloe Wilhelm scored a goal. Cece Perez had a goal and an assist. Lauryn Barton had a goal and two assists. Rachel Fowler also contributed a goal.

The Lady Quakers will be back in action Monday when they host Columbiana at 5 PM.

*Contributed by Kent Paulini at salemathletics.org

BIG TEST NEXT FOR POLAND

In their first tournament game, Poland took care of business beating Alliance in four sets. (25-18 25-8 24-26 25-11)

Right out of the gates Poland did a tremendous job getting swings over the net. In the first set, they had 52 total attacks. With that high number they also hit pretty efficiently, the Bulldogs hit .135 in the set. The first and second sets were completely controlled by Poland. In the second set, the Bulldogs hitting percentage jumped way up. Poland totaled 15 kills in the set and had just 2 errors. Their hitting percentage was .361.

In the third set, Alliance showed some fight. They jumped out to an early 9-2 lead and maintained it until it reached 20-11. Then Poland came all the way back with a 9-0 rally to tie the set up at 20-20. The Bulldogs, however, just didn’t have enough momentum to push all the way to 25. They dropped a close set 3 24-26.

In set 4 it was back to business for the Bulldogs. They made quick work of the Aviators in a statement 25-11 set 4 wins. The Bulldogs only had 1 error in the set and hit at a .255 clip. Lauren Melillo has 6 kills in the set.

Lauren Melillo had a monster match with 18 kills, 4 digs, and 2 aces. Morgan Kluchar also got into double digits with 10 kills and a block. Maddie Wess tallied 33 assists, 3 kills, and 3 digs. Kenzie Szolek finished with 21 digs and a kill.

Poland advances to the sectional final on Saturday against Canfield. That match will be at 5:00 at West Branch High School.

SALEM FOOTBALL COACH’S CORNER WITH RON JOHNSON (EP 6)

After a tough stretch of games, the Quakers are ready to return to the victory bell against Alliance.  Coach Johnson has the Red and Black geared up for an Aviator team that is looking to steal the sunshine in Salem.

However, another week presents itself, and the Quakers look to get back to full strength and home cooking doesn’t hurt as the Quakes look to grab the oars in Reilly Stadium to take on Alliance in EBC action.

Our Jarrod Niederhiser connects with RonJohn for Episode 6 of Salem Football Coach’s Corner!

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Alliance Head Coach Seth Whiting talks with our Matt Mowery