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MCDONALD PACKS UP FOR BIG TITLE GAME

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LISBON OH- McDonald spent their Tuesday night grinding their way to a big win in the District Semifinals. The Blue Devils were matched up with 8th seeded Dalton.  The Bulldogs are historically successful and fought like crazy. McDonald pushed their way to a four set victory.  (25-22 19-25 25-15 25-22)

Maria Rasile put on a show in the semifinals.  She finished with a triple double with 22 kills, 24 assists, and 18 digs.  Gianna Constantino also had a triple double with 12 kills, 28 digs, and 21 assists.  The defense for the Blue Devils was on full display as they got three other players in double digit digs.  Megan Zajack finished with 14 digs, Miley Titus grabbed 19 digs, and Juliana Krumpak gathered 22 digs.

McDonald will now set their sights to the Division IV Lisbon District Championship.  They will meet top seeded Wellsville.  That match is slated for 7:00 on Thursday at Lisbon High School.

RESERVE RUNS THE SHOW IN DISTRICT SEMIS

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COLUMBIANA OH- The reigning district champion Western Reserve Blue Devils punched their ticket to another district championship on Tuesday night. They came out on top in a four set battle with Southern Local.  (25-12 20-25 25-15 25-22)

Alyvia hughes had 22 kills 18 digs and 3 aces  Lisa Eichert had 18 kills 16 digs 3 aces Angelina Cappabianca had 5 blocks and 3 aces Allison Jones had 35 digs and 2 aces, Raelyn Meyer had 22 assists.

The Blue Devils advance to the Division IV Columbiana District Championship game. They’ll play against the fifth seeded Canton Central Catholic Crusaders.  The championship match is slated for Thursday at 7:00 at Columbiana High School.

HEART OF A LEONE

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BERLIN CENTER OH- Every one knows how important of a position setter is in volleyball.  They are your quarterback, your point guard, your captain on the floor.  So for a coach to pick a player to step in to that role on the varsity level, that is a big amount of trust that is being put in that player. For Western Reserve, they needed someone to do it, and they asked senior Madison Leone to be that girl.

Leone has done everything in her power to become the best setter she can be for her team.  The fact that she has hitters like Alyvia Hughes, and Lisa Eichert to set to has made things smoother.  They are experienced enough to know where they want the ball to be to give them the best chance to get a good swing.

Leone is second on the team in assists with 287.  She averages nearly 4 per set.  In 869 total chances she’s only made 26 errors. Pretty impressive for a first year setter.  Leone is a quality defender as well as she has dug up over 100 digs on the year.

Leone has been gracious enough to share her time with us and hop on an interview with Anthony Hartwig. They talk about being back on the team, what makes this team so tight, and much more.  Check out the latest Western Reserve Volleyball Player Profile only on YSN.

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RASILE RISES UP

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MCDONALD OH- Maria Rasile is part of a senior class that WS literally the building blocks of McDonald volleyball.  The program started four years ago. Here they are in just four years sitting as a top 5 seed in the district tournament and set up to fight for a chance to go to a district championship.

Maria has been an irreplaceable asset to this team. Unfortunately they have been without stand out setter Megan Klockner for a big chunk of the end of the season.  Maria, and her teammate Gianna Constantino have been asked to revert to a 6-2 offense and both set up the offense when they’re in the back row. It’s not a completely new position for either of them, but to be able to go right into that setter’s mentality on a moment’s notice is what is impressive.

Because of this change, Maria’s stats have become very well rounded.  Not only does she lead the team with 308 kills, but she also now sits at the team lead with 230 assists, and also leads the team in digs with 329.  There aren’t too many players in the area that have proven to be that important to their team’s success.

Rasile took the time this week to talk to YSN’s Anthony Hartwig. They talk about her family legacy at McDonald and what it’s like living up to it, watching the program build from the ground up, and so much more. Check out the latest McDonald Volleyball Player Profile with Maria Rasile.

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BLUE DEVILS SWEEP THEIR WAY TO SEMIFINALS

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MCDONALD OH- McDonald had no problems in the sectional final on Saturday as they pinched their ticket to a district semifinal. The Blue Devils broke out the brooms to sweep the Youngstown Academy For Urban Scholars (25-5 25-9 25-6)

Halie Shiley led the Blue Devils in kills with 5. The offense for McDonsld was spread out. They finished as a team with 25 kills from 12 different players.  Cierra Shiley added 4 kills on the night.  Ava Salamone led the Blue Devils setting with 12 assists. Halie Shiley also served up 8 aces to lead the Blue Devils. Maria Rasile had 7 aces.

McDonald will advance to the district semifinals in the Lisbon bracket of Division IV.  They’ll be matched up with 8th seeded Dalton.  That game is slated to start at 7:30 on Tuesday at Lisbon High School.

MILTON ENDS LONG STREAK AGAINST MCDONALD

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MCDONALD OH- Jackson-Milton Football team beat McDonald Friday night by a score of 20-7. This is the first time a Jackson-Milton team has been victorious over the Blue Devils since 2006, when they beat McDonald in a 4 overtime game.

The Jays played great defense all night and nearly had their 5th shutout of the season before a McDonald score late in the 4th quarter. Leading the Jays offensively was Qb Alex Schivai who completed 13 of 22 passes for 192 yards and 2 passing touchdowns. Junior Aiden Stanke led the Jays in rushing yards with 105 on 11 carries. Leading the Jays in receiving yards was Sr. Gavin White with 4 receptions for 82 yards including a receiving touchdown. Also scoring touchdowns were Sophomore Keegan White (rushing touchdown) and Stanke (receiving touchdown).

Defensively the Jays were led by Sr. LB Ezekiel Brock with 9 tackles 3 tackles for loss and 1 quarterback sack. Keegan White and Sr. Owen McDevitt followed with 7 tackles of their own. Brody Pugh recovered the games only fumble. Sam Conn was 2/3 on extra points and punter Gerald Ihrig pinned the Blue Devils inside the 10 on a punt in the fourth quarter.

Jacks0n-Milton finishes the regular season with a record of 7-3 and will continue their season next Friday night as they have qualified for the Division IV playoffs.

*Contributed By Nathan Brode at jacksonmiltonathletics.org

CLIPPERS END THE SEASON WITH THREE STRAIGHT WINS

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COLUMBIANA, OH- After having a tough season, it is always a great feeling to close out the regular season with a victory over a conference rival. For Columbiana, not only did they finish off with a win against Lisbon Friday night, they capped the season off with a 3-game winning streak. Although the Blue Devils struck first, the Clippers fought back in the second and third quarters to score twice in each to ultimately come away with a 27-6 victory over Lisbon.

Lisbon started the game off with an onside kick that they recovered and drove down to Columbiana’s 4-yard line. From there, Trevor Siefke found Austin Dailey in the endzone to go up 6-0. The pace would slow down going into the second quarter until Spencer Pruitt for Columbiana had an 18-yard run to put the Clippers on the board, then Joe Guido found Dylan Bregar for 26 yards to give them a 13-6 lead in the second quarter. In the third, Columbiana would just stack on more points thanks to Jesse Szmura who added a 4-yard rushing TD and Guido who scored on an 11-yard run and added the two-point conversion to finish the game off.

Lisbon has earned a playoff spot and will be on the road in round one. YSN will have the game available along with many others with the Playoff Power Pass on October 28th.

*Contributed by YSN’s Brendan Miller

RESERVE HAS NO RUST AFTER FIRST ROUND BYE

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BERLIN CENTER OH- Western Reserve is the top seed in their district bracket. They elected to take a bye straight in to the sectional final. There was no rust from the time off as the Blue Devils swiftly swept Windham to punch a ticket to the district semifinal.  (25-10 25-13 25-7)

Alyvia Hughes had13 kills 14 digs and 7 service aces. Lisa Eichert had 11 kills 10 digs and 7 service aces. Raelyn Meyer had 17 assists and Angelina Cappabianca had 2 Blocks 8 kills  and 1 service ace.

The Devils record improves to 19-4 and they play Southern Local at 6:00 on Tuesday Oct 25 at Columbiana High school with a trip to the district championship on the line.

BLUE DEVILS BLAST IN TO NEXT ROUND

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MCDONALD OH- McDonald has high hopes for tournament time.  The Blue Devils are the 4 seed in the Northeast Division IV district.  They find themselves in the Lisbon bracket. They got their run to a district championship started on Wednesday night with a quick sweep of East Canton.  (25-11 25-4 25-7)

Maria Rasile led the Blue Devils with 11 kills. She also had 8 assists, and 6 digs.  She contributed 7 service aces as well.  Gianna Constantino had the team lead in assists with 13. She grabbed 5 kills and 5 digs to add on to her stat line.  Megan Zajack had 7 aces, and led the team in service points with 21.

McDonald advances to the sectional final on Saturday against the Youngstown Academy for Urban Scholars.  That game is set to begin at 6:00.

 

WESTERN RESERVE VOLLEYBALL COACH’S CORNER (EP 2) WITH KRISIE HUGHES

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BERLIN CENTER OH- There are a lot of things in the sports world that seem almost automatic. Western Reserve being good at volleyball has turned in to one of those things. But don’t let that perception fool you, Western Reserve has to work extremely hard to be at the level they are. With some similar faces mixed with new ones Western Reserve has put together yet another solid campaign. The Blue Devils took a first round bye in the tournament and finally know their opponent. The Devils will play Windham on Thursday in Western Reserve.

Head coach Krisie Hughes continued her first season as the head coach at the varsity level. She took time to talk with Anthony Hartwig about just that this week. They also discuss the future tournament matchup, go over the Blue Devils rosters and highlight some great players, and so much more. Check out Episode 2 of Coach’s Corner With Krisie Hughes

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