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BEARS BEAT BULLDOGS, BATTLESTAR GALLACTICA

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LEETONIA, OH- Leetonia came into tonight’s matchup (4-3) coming off a 48-27 win last week against Lisbon. For East Palestine, they came into the game (0-7) losing to Southern Local 57-0.

To open up Leetonia’s senior night, Leetonia’s Jorden Baker took a kickoff return deep into the Bulldogs territory. Baker’s return later led to a Marco Ferry rushing touchdown to put the Bears up early 7-0 which would be signs to come for the Bear’s offense. The Bulldogs first drive would be only one play which resulted in a fumble and recovered by the Bears, giving them great field position. The Bears would finish the first quarter handling the Bulldogs 28-0. During the second quarter, Leetonia’s quarterback Dylan Lennon would throw his only touchdown on the night to Jorden Baker and Leetonia’s Dylan Durick would contribute two touchdowns to put the Bears up 41-0 to end the half.
The second half would be a low scoring affair. Leetonia’s Dylan Durick and Jacob McCool would be the main running-backs as Durick would score the only touchdown for the rest of the game to bring Leetonia a win against the Bulldogs 48-0.
Leetonia will advance to (5-3) beating East Palestine which falls to (0-8) on the season. The Bears head on to face United next week as the Bulldogs will face Conneaut.
Leetonia Stats
Passing: Dylan Lennon 5/7 91 yards and one touchdown.
Rushing:
Marco Ferry- 16 carries for 149 yards and two touchdowns.
Jacob McCool- 7 carries for 86 yards and one touchdown.
Dylan Durick- 9 carries for 84 yards and three touchdowns.
Receiving:
 Jorden Baker- 1 reception for 6 yards and a touchdown.
Mike Miller- 2 receptions for 53 yards.
Jadeon Finley- 1 reception for 21 yards.
Jacob McCool- 1 reception for 11 yards.

FEED ‘EM SPAGHETTI: LEETONIA CLAIMS BOWL AGAINST LISBON

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LISBON, OH- If you thought Marco Ferry was going to be content with just being one of the top rushers in Ohio, you’re sadly mistaken.

He is looking to take the rushing title and make a little history doing so.

Ferry led his Bears past Leetonia on Friday’s Spaghetti Bowl against Lisbon by the final score of 48-27.  Marco marched for 330 yards and visited the paint on 6 (yes, six) different times on the evening on 34 carries.  Lisbon wasn’t going to wave the white flag, though, as RJ Schreffler had a night as well-rushing 19 times for 96 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Dylan Lennon went 3/6 through the air for 26 yards and a touchdown, while on the Blue Devil side, Schreffler went 4-for-12 with 71 yards and a score as well.

Leetonia improves to 4-3, while Lisbon drops to 1-6 on the year.

 

KNIGHTS OWN THE NIGHT, BEAT THE BEARS

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LEETONIA, OH- The Bears coming in tonight‘s game (3-2) looking to bounce back from a loss to Columbiana 34-13. For Toronto, they came in at (4-1) after beating a close overtime win against Crestwood 12-6.

As Leetonia kicked it off, Toronto’s Brendan Matyas took it to the house to put the Red Knights up in front early. Toronto would not let their foot off the peddle as they forced a turnover on downs at Leetonia’s 10-yard line, which Quarterback Caleb Leasure would throw one of his four touchdowns to Zach Stackhouse. Leetonia would answer right before the half with their only touchdown on the night as Fullback Brett Davis pounded it in for a 1-yard touchdown to bring the score to 7-18 at the half. Leetonia would go scoreless the rest of the game as Toronto would finish with 38 for the night in the 38-7 victory.

Marco Ferry led all rushers with 22 carries for 103 yards, Davis with 4 carries for 16 yards and a touchdown. Passing, Dylan Lennon went 4/12 for 70 yards and 2 Interceptions.

Leetonia loses three straight to fall to 3-3 and Toronto extends their season record to 5-1.

 

*Story contributed by the voice of YSN Leetonia- Derrick Grossen

DAILEY DOUBLE, LISBON SLIDES PAST LEETONIA

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LEETONIA, OH- The Lisbon Lady Blue Devils kept their cool under pressure on Tuesday, winning a big EOAC matchup against their down the road rivals, Leetonia.

After starting with a Set 1 victory, Leetonia came back to win the second set 25-18 before dropping the next two 25-8, and 25-22.

Leading the way for Lisbon was Maddie Liberati who had perfect vision with 20 kills and 20 digs.  Callie Steed led the frontline attack with 19 kills and 22 digs, while McKenna Dailey tallied 19 points.

For the Lady Bears, Hailie Hamilton peppered the stat column with 7 points, 5 kills, 5 blocks, 4 digs, 2 aces, and an assist.  Elyssa Jones had 13 helpers and 7 digs, Cailyn Glosser had 10 points, 5 aces and 4 digs, Taran Ferry busted out the shovel for 20 digs and contributed 8 points.

Lisbon improves its record to 12-7 and 7-4 in the EOAC.  They now prep for a road trip to Southern on Thursday.

CLIPPERS SAIL PAST THE BEARS

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COLUMBIANA, OH- Midway through the second quarter the Leetonia Bears had upset on their minds here at Firestone Park. However, Columbiana took control scoring three times to extend a 6-0 lead to 27-0 at the half. After pushing the lead to 34-0 early in the second half, the Clippers cruised to 34-13 victory on Senior Night.

Penalties kept the Bears alive early on as the Clippers had three touchdowns called back in the first half. Leetonia could not sustain drives to take advantage of the miscues. Early season phenom, Marco Ferry, was stifled throughout being held under 100 yards for the first time.
Meanwhile, Joe Bable scored on rushes of 8 and 62 yards in the first half for the Clips. Senior signal-caller, Jakob Cross, after having two long TD passes to Chase Franken called back along with one to cousin Xathon Cross, finally had one to Xathon count as he perfectly placed one over the shoulder for a 30-yard strike. Jakob also hit paydirt with runs of 6 and 44 yards.

The Bears were able to get two late scores. Dylan Durick dove in from one yard out and Jacob McCool streaked 21 yards up the middle to round out the scoring. Leetonia(3-2) takes on Toronto next week while the Clippers(2-3) host Brookfield. As usual, you can catch Clippers
football on YSNLive.com.

*story contributed by Mark Franken

WEEK 3 BAIRD BROTHERS BIG DOGS OF THE VALLEY ANNOUNCED

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EAST PALESTINE, OH- In one of the closest votes in recent history, the final tallies were counted- and counted again for this week’s announcement.  With over 16,000 votes cast in Week 3, we have your winners!  Both student-athletes now qualify for the Big-Dog of the Year title handed out this November, congratulations to both athletes and their schools.

 

VOLLEYBALL:

PHOTO CREDIT: GARY LEININGER

MADDIE LIBERATI – LISBON

20 Kills/8 Points/40 Digs/2 Assists vs. Wellsville

 

 

FOOTBALL:

PHOTO CREDIT: GARY LEININGER

MARCO FERRY – LEETONIA

9 Rushes/303 Yards/5 Touchdowns vs. Chalker

 

 

WELLSVILLE RACES PAST BEARS TO OPEN CONFERENCE PLAY

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LEETONIA, OH – A week after a heartbreaking 6-0 loss to Malvern where nothing on offense seemed to click, the Wellsville Tigers dominated in the second half of a 25-10 win over EOAC and Region 25 rival Leetonia. 

The Bears got things going on their opening drive with a touchdown pass from quarterback Dylan Lennon to fullback Dylan Durick just three minutes into the game. After trading punts, the Tigers responded with a one-yard touchdown plunge from senior fullback Justin Sarge. The only other score to come in the first half was a 30-yard field goal by Leetonia kicker Gavin Steiskal with 27 seconds left before halftime. The three-pointer came after a Wellsville botched snap fumble deep in their own territory. The Bears took a 10-7 lead into halftime. From there, it was all Tigers. 

Wellsville received the ball to start the second half and wasted no time before taking the lead for good. Senior running back Jason Tice hit pay dirt with an 11-yard touchdown run just 2:08 into the second half. Tice would finish the night with 145 yards and a touchdown on just 12 carries. One of those carries went for 80 yards to seal the game late in the 4th quarter. The 80-yard dash was the second-longest of the season for the Tigers. 

Senior receiver/defensive back Darien Suggs continued to impress on both sides of the ball. Suggs finished with 6 receptions for 70 yards and a touchdown through the air, four carries for 30 yards and a touchdown on the ground and finished second on the team in tackles for the night with seven. Caden Weekly led the Tigers in tackles for the fourth straight week with 14 – all solo. Draven Crow chipped in with three tackles and two combined sacks/tackles for loss. Crow now has eight combined sacks/tackles for loss on the season. 

Leetonia junior Marco Ferry continued his stellar season with 30 carries for 162 yards. Connor Hicks led the bears with 10 tackles including two sacks/tackles for loss. The loss puts the Bears at 3-1 for the season, while the win establishes the Tigers with the same record. Both teams sat in the top eight of Division 7, Region 25 of the OHSAA playoff race before the game. The Tigers visit Lisbon next week, While Leetonia heads to Columbiana. 

 

*Story contributed by YSN Wellsville’s Gary Althiser

BULLDOGS SCORE DOUBLE DIGITS, BREEZE PAST BEARS

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LEETONIA, OH- East Palestine is catching fire on the pitch as of late, and Wednesday didn’t dispell any of those notions as the Bulldogs kicked their way to a 10-1 victory over EOAC foe, Leetonia.

Josh Welch and Blaze Egan were magicians with both scoring hat tricks, Welch added a fourth goal to his totals.  Brandon Turcola had a pair of goals and 3 assists.  Weston Jones contributed a goal and a helper.  Schaelee Guy, Sean Helpy, Evan Smith and Ryan Rosen had an assist apiece.  Matt Garcia had a save.

For the Bears, Gavin Steiskal had the lone goal while Brayden Yoakum had an assist.  A trio of goalkeepers combined for 10 saves.

East Palestine is 7-3-1 overall and 3-2 in the EOAC.

The Bulldogs travel to Wellsville on Monday.

LADY DOGS SWEEP LEETONIA

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LEETONIA, OH- East Palestine knew they needed to win to keep pace in the EOAC coming into the Leetonia match.  The Lady Bulldogs chomped down with a victory in clean fashion (25-9, 25-18, 25-14) on Tuesday.

Senior, Jami Jones led the way for EP with 23 points, four aces, and 5 digs.  Emily Berger kept the train rolling offensively as well with 9 kills, 2 digs, and a pair of blocks while Malynn Bistarkey had six kills from the front row.

Alyssa Jones tracked Leetonia with 11 points, while Sam Schneider had 8 blocks on the night.

East Palestine is now 5-3 overall, and 3-1 in the EOAC, trailing Wellsville who sits atop the standings.

Both teams return to EOAC action this week as East Palestine will host Southern on Thursday while Leetonia takes on Lisbon.

RUN FOR FUN, BEARS PLOW PAST SEBRING 28-6

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LEETONIA, OH- Leetononia Football Coach Paul Hulea wanted to set the tone on the 2019 football season from the first snap, and on Thursday night, his Bears did just that defeating Sebring 28-6.  The offensive and defensive front for Leetonia was outstanding all night.  The defense was in the Sebring backfield early and often, and despite his best efforts, Sebring Senior QB Zane Peterson was held in check most of the night.  Peterson ended the night with the only points of the night for the Trojans on a QB scramble that found paydirt.

Offensively for Leetonia, Junior- Marco Ferry had 236 yards rushing and 3 Touchdowns for Leetonia to lead the way to victory.  The highlight of the night was the 87-yard romp from Ferry to start the fourth quarter and seal the deal for the Bears.

Defensively,  Mike Miller gave the Trojans fits with 3 tackles for loss, while Jaedon Finley pulled in an interception.

Leetonia will travel to Mathews to take on the Mustangs in Week 2.  We will have you covered on the road with YSN.

 

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