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POTTERS CRUISE TO RIVALRY VICTORY

​​EAST LIVERPOOL, OH- As we roll into basketball season, season-openers are always the best part to see who is going up against who to kick off the season. In this particular matchup between the East Liverpool Potters and the Beaver Local Beavers, the stakes were even higher between the two bitter rivals. The Potters traveled to Beaver Local on Friday night looking to make a statement, and what a statement they made. With a whole new look on the floor, the Potters had huge contributions from everyone. The Beaver would find a way to  cut the Potters leads multiple times, but turnovers and hot shooting from the Potters put a dagger in the comeback for the Beavers. East Liverpool would eventually walk away with a victory in the big season-opener on the road, 75-49.

The first half was full of back and forth runs for both squads. The Potters got out to a quick start, but the Beavers shut that down and ended the first quarter down by just 2 points. The second quarter was not much different, East Liverpool quickly went up 28-13 within the first few minutes of the second quarter. Again, the Beavers did not back down as they eventually cut the Potters lead down to 9 points, going into halftime with a 38-29 score.  In the second half, it was all Potters. The defensive shut down by East Liverpool to start the third quarter was the momentum swing the Potters needed. A 15-0 run and a 16-point lead helped the Potters extend their momentum into the fourth as the shooters for East Liverpool eventually locked this game up by knocking down a total of 11 threes on the night.

For the Potters, Marquise Glenn led the way with 24 points. Preston Kerr and Cohen Pease both finished with 11. Malachi Reed added 9 points on the night.

For the Beavers, Austin Cline and Owen Bzinak both led the way with 13 points on the night. Evan Stephenson contributed 10. 

Looking ahead, East Liverpool will play in the Lincoln Park Tournament Sunday, taking on Ambridge. Beaver Local will be back in action Tuesday night as they will travel to Harrison Central.

*Contributed By YSN’s Brendan Miller

RHODES AND REBELS MAKE THEIR PRESENCE KNOWN

COLUMBIANA OH- The MVAC gray tier has been the talk of the town in the girls basketball off season. Featuring a pair of teams that took a trip to regionals last year, and a ton of talent spread out, debate has sparked on who will make the top spot. Crestview definitely wants to throw their hat into that ring, and on Monday night they made their presence known with an opening day win over Beaver Local 63-34.

Freshman Addison Rhodes left her mark on the night as she opened her varsity career with 33 points and 8 rebounds.  Lexi Blower finished with a double double for the Rebels with 14 points and 10 boards.  Luvrain Gaskins was the second Rebel to record a double double with 10 points and 18 rebounds.

Peyton Roberts had a great night for the Beavers.  She scored 25 points to lead the way for their offense.  Crestview takes seven days off before they return to action Monday at home against Springfield. Beaver Local has their biggest rival on the horizon with a road game at East Liverpool on November 29th.

BEAVERS COMPLETE MONSTER COMEBACK

EAST LIVERPOOL OH- The Beavers won one of the most thrilling games of the season, as they defeated the Wheeling Central Catholic Maroon Knights 49-35 on Friday night.

 

The Knights got the scoring started with a 46 yard TD pass from Payton Hildebrand to Lorenzo Ferrera. The Beavers responded quickly with an Austin Cline TD pass to Caden Foster from 26 out, and it was an early track meet at Pastore Field. The Knights got the next 2 scores thanks to a 42 yard TD pass from Hildebrand to Paxton Marling and a 18 yard TD run from Lorenzo Ferrera. The Beavers were able to keep pace before the half, as Blake Lucas scored from 8 yards out to stay within a score. Another Ferrera TD put the Knights up 28-14, but the Beavers scored before the half with an Austin Cline TD run. The score would be 28-21 at halftime.

 

The third quarter slowed down a lot, as both defenses came out playing well and neither team scored in the third quarter, but they saved the excitement for the 4th. On a 4th and 7, Hildebrand found Eli Tucker from 27 out to put the Knights up 35-21 with 8:15 left, seemingly putting the dagger in the Beavers. But Caleb White had other plans, as he returned the ensuing kickoff 95 yards to the house to pull the Beavers back 35-28. Beaver Local then rolled the dice on their kickoff, and it worked as Kaleb Mays executed a pooch kick that was recovered by Taylor Johnston, and the Beavers were back in business again. Austin Cline ran another one in from 21 out, 35 all, and the Beavers were back from the dead. Caden Foster then capitalized on a tip pass, picking it off and bringing it back to the Knight 46. With a chance to take their first lead of the game, Austin Cline once again used his legs on the first play of the drive to reach the end zone for a third time on the ground, and in the blink of an eye the Beavers were up 42-35. With Pastore Field rocking, louder than it has been all year, the Beavers got a stop on 4th and 2 to get the ball back and seal the deal. For good measure, Caleb White ran another one in from 9 out, and the Beavers put the final touches on an unforgettable 49-35 senior night win to head into the playoffs with a full head of steam.

 

They will host an opponent TBD next Friday night at Pastore Field.

*Contributed By YSN’s Mike McKenzie

BEAVER LOCAL BAFFLES HORNETS

The Beavers continue to dominate on Friday nights, as they defeated the John Hay Hornets 56-6 and locked up a top 8 spot come playoff time.

 

The Beavers started with the ball for the second time this year, and needed a roughing the kicker penalty to kickstart the drive, but it ended in a 32 yard TD on a go to play action roll out to a wide open Dylan Ferguson to get the scoring started. The Beavers defense continues to roll, allowing just 4 first downs the entire first half. They handed the ball back to the Beavers offense early in the first and Caleb White reached the end zone on the first of his three rushing TDs to quickly make it 14-0. Another three and out later and the Beavers capitalized on an Austin Cline 20 yard rushing TD and the Beavers put up the most points of any team against John Hay in a single game all year, and it was still 

the first quarter. 

 

The Beavers got another first quarter score, once again courtesy of Caleb White, and it was 28-0 after just one. John Hay tried to pull out some stops, such as a successful fake punt on 4th and 7 inside their own 15, but it didn’t work, as Blake Lucas houses one from 37 out and following a pooch kick recovery, Caleb White ran one in for his third hat trick of the season, and on an insane busted PAT where Austin Cline ran back and forth for about 15 seconds before finding Owen Bzinak in the back corner of the end zone for 2, it was 43-0 at half. Tyler Prideau ran 2 TDs in in cleanup duty, and the final score was 56-6.

 

The Beavers locked up a top 8 spot in Division 4 Region 13, and will host a playoff game in 2 weeks. They play Wheeling Catholic Central next Friday with a chance to lock up a top 2 spot in the region.

*Contributed By YSN’s Michael McKenzie

BEAVERS SECURE BUCKEYE 8 TITLE

EAST LIVERPOOL OH- The Beaver Local Girls Soccer team defeated Harrison Central 4-1 Wednesday night.  The win secured the Buckeye 8 Championship.  This is the 6th league championship for girls soccer and the first since 2019.  The girls got off to a quick start when Taylor Fitzsimmons scored to take a 1-0 lead.  Not long after Karlee Cannon, Michelle Stoneburner, and Jordan Palmer all beat the Huskies Keeper to take a commanding 4-0 lead and the rest was history.  Caiden Lamp held down the Beaver net with 5 saves, while Tori Druschel contributed 2 saves of her own.

With the win the Beavers wrapped up regular season play with a 9-5-1 record.  Next up is the opening round of the OHSAA Tournament as the East Liverpool Potters come to Fighting Beavers Stadium next Wednesday at 6:30pm.

*Contributed By Josh Sigler at blathletics.org

BEAVERS PUNCH TICKET TO OVAC FINAL

EAST LIVERPOOL OH-

In the words of Herm Edwards “You Play to Win the Game”.  The game was an OVAC Volleyball Semi Final game between Oak Glen and Beaver Local.  Previous to Tuesday both teams had won a match against each other, so coming in everyone knew that it was going to be a battle of friendly and equal rivals.  The Beavers came into the night riding an 8 match win streak and continued their hot streak into the first set winning 25-22.  The Bears behind a young talented team came back and won the second set 18-25.  Both teams continued back and forth with Beaver Local winning the third set 25-19, and Oak Glen winning the fourth set 15-25.  The fifth set began and the Beavers coming out and getting a quick 3 point lead that Oak Glen was never able to counter enough to get any closer.  Beaver Local won 15-10 and secured their spot in the championship round.

For Beaver Local Briar Wolski and Peyton Roberts had 11 kills each, while Jocelyn Pomeroy had 10.  Aleia Evanko and Emma Roberts were successful in feeding the front row with 17 and 12 assists respectively.  Four different Beaver Local players had double digit digs with Chloe Reed leading the charge at 13.

Beaver Local now moves on to play rival #1 seed East Liverpool in the OVAC 4A Volleyball Championship at Union Local on Saturday at 1:00pm

*Contributed By Josh Sigler at blathletics.org

WARRIORS RUN AWAY FROM BEAVER LOCAL

EAST LIVERPOOL OH-

The Lady Warriors soccer team moved to 11-0-2 on the season with an 8-0 drubbing of Beaver Local on Saturday.  The Warriors got off to a fast start leading 3-0 at the half and laid it on in the second half with five more goals while pitching the shutout.

Getting the win for the Warriors in goal was Zoe Sanders.  Scoring for West Branch were Makenna Lins and Daphne Snyder who each netted two goals.  Also scoring were Haley Ridgway, Sarah Bungard, Chloe Dennison, and Bri Thomas.

Sophia Gregory chipped in two assists while Dennison, Ridgway, Thomas and Eliza Hirst added assists.

The girls will play next at Chagrin Falls on Monday followed by its final regular season contest at home versus Carrollton on Wednesday.  A win Wednesday will claim a share of the EBC title with Salem.

*Contributed By Ryan Wolf at wbathletics.org

BEAVER LOCAL CONTINUES TO CRUISE

EAST LIVERPOOL OH-?The Beavers continued their path of destruction on Friday night, as they defeated the Indian Creek Redskins 56-13.

 

The Beavers forced a turnover on downs on the first drive of the game, and followed it up with a 2 play TD drive as Austin Cline found Caden Foster from 12 yards out. On their next possession, it took them 5 plays to reach the end zone thanks to a 35 yard house call by Kaydon Bobby on a screen pass. Indian Creek didn’t just go away though, as Isaac Robinson housed the ensuing kickoff from 75 yards, and then both defenses took control the rest of the first quarter. In the second, the Beavers found their stride. Following a muffed punt Austin Cline threw a fadeaway pass to the endzone where Noah Bowyer made a tough catch while also drawing a pass interference call to make it 21-6. The penalty was enforced on the kickoff, and the Beavers went with a surprise inside kick which they recovered.

 

Austin Cline then ran it in from 20 yards out for his 4th total TD on the day, putting Beaver Local up 28-6. Their defense continued to create stops, and a Gabe Morgan 1 yard TD run followed by a 4 yard TD pass from Cline to Bobby again made it 42-6 at the half. The Beavers put the cherry on top with a Blake Lucas kickoff return TD to start the second half and a Wade Foster TD run in cleanup duty late in the fourth. Indian Creek scored one more time in the third, but it wasn’t enough as the final was 56-13.

 

The win secured a second straight Buckeye 8 conference title, and the Beavers will look to extend their 6 game winning streak next week against John Hay.

*Contributed By YSN’s Michael McKenzie

BEAVERS WIN OVAC TUNE UP

CAMBRIDGE OH- In a rare 4:00pm start, the Beaver Local volleyball defeated defeated Cambridge 25-17, 25-16, 25-13 in a battle of Buckeye 8 opponents.  Briar Wolski led the team with 15 kills, while Peyton Roberts had 11 of her own.  Aleia Evanko set the team up with 19 assists and Emma Joseph contributed 11 assists and 9 digs.  Chloe Reed provided 20 digs from the back row.

THe Beavers, winners of 8 in a row, are now 14-6 on the season.  Up next is the OVAC Tournament.  The Beavers with this win streak have earned the #2 seed and will host #3 seed Oak Glen on Tuesday at 5:30pm in the 4A OVAC Semi Final. .

*Contributed By Josh Sigler at blathletics.org

QUAKERS GET BACK ON TRACK

SALEM OH/ Salem Boys Soccer was able to get back on track Thursday night  by beating a good Beaver Local team in a thriller 3-2.

 

Sxoring for goals for Salem were Tim Stephens, AR Berlin and Cade Pasco. Assisting those goals on the night was Lance Bailey.

Colin Reisen had a great day in the net notching 6 saves in goal.

Salem improves to 8-3-3 on the season and will play at home Saturday at 11:00 am against Ursuline.