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MCDONALD SHINES IN FINAL HOME GAME

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MCDONALD OH- A.A Burkey Memorial Stadium has been the home of the Blue Devils since 1953. This was the last season McDonald will play in its friendly confines. They said goodbye to their loyal stadium with a big playoff win over Jackson Milton 26-14.

It was the Dom Schadl show as it usually is, he rushed for 280 yards on the ground and four touchdowns. That included a 62 yard touchdown burst on the Blue Devils first play from scrimmage.

The Blue Jays fought back as long as they could. Down 14-0 they had a big drive capped off by a Frankie Prozy touchdown run to cut the lead to 14-6. The Blue Jays drove out of the halftime break, but a lost fumble in McDonald’s territory ended the momentum. Prozy gained 45 yards on the ground and 98 through the air.

McDonald advances in the playoffs to play at Leetonia next Friday night.

BLUE JAYS LOOK SHARP IN SWEEP OF SEBRING

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NORTH JACKSON OH- In their first meeting it took Jackson Milton 5 sets to beat Sebring. This time around it was a lot quicker, as the Jays dispatched the Trojans in straight sets (25-13 25-16 25-12).

Dana Saunders led the Blue Jays with 8 kills. Logan Grunder also put up a solid performance with 7 kills and an ace. Grunder served 20 points. Paige Grope set up 30 assists for the Jays while serving 2 aces. She served for 17 points on the night

For Sebring, Blake Thomas, and Delaney Reggi both led with 5 kills a piece. Emma Whaley played exceptional defense for the Trojans with 30 digs. Mallory Harshman finished with 8 assists.

Jackson Milton gets back on the court quick as they travel to Lowellville on Tuesday. Sebring will look to bounce back as they host McDonald on Tuesday.

SPRINGFIELD MAKES QUICK WORK OF BLUE JAYS

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NORTH JACKSON OH- Another season, another undefeated record for the Springfield Tigers. They came in to week 6 still needing a win to earn an outright championship in the MVAC. They left no doubts in anyone’s mind who would be crowned in the end with a dominating 44-8 victory.

Beau Brungard threw for 185 yards and four touchdowns. Three of those scores found his favorite target of the night Jake Joyce. Joyce totaled 62 receiving yards. Clayton Nezbeth also caught a touchdown from Brungard.

Jackson Milton struggled, but was still able to get a highlight caliber throw from Frankie Prozy. He found Cole Grope for 61 yards and a touchdown.

Springfield has earned a bye week in the OHSAA playoffs. They’ll await the winner of Western Reserve vs Columbiana. Jackson Milton will also have a week off, however their opponent is already set as they will travel to McDonald on October 16th.

 

RESERVE CAUSES BLUE JAYS PROBLEMS

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BERLIN CENTER OH- In the first of two meetings between Western Reserve and Jackson Milton, it was the Blue Devils who came out on top with a sweep of the Blue Jays (25-16 25-18 25-22).

Dani Vuletich continued to be dominant in the front row with 16 kills and 3 blocks. Alyvia Hughes had a strong performance with 12 digs, 7 kills, and 2 aces. Gianna Paris clocked in a double double with 27 assists and 11 digs.

For Jackson Milton, Kelsie Taylor led the way in kills with 9. Camryn Mitchell Player fantastix defense and had a match-high 30 digs.

These two teams will play again on Thursday night this time at Jackson Milton.

RIDGE BRINGS BLUE JAYS DOWN TO EARTH

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MINERAL RIDGE OH- Mineral Ridge ended a long Jackson Milton Win Streak Tuesday night with a sweep of the Blue Jays (25-15 25-19 25-19).

With the conference victory the Lady Rams improved to a season record of 10-1 and a conference record of 6-0. The Lady Rams were led by Katelyn Lesko with 17 digs and 14 kills, Danielle Aulet with 33 assists and 1 block and Morgan Sigley with with 8 kills and 5 aces. The Lady Blue Jays were led by Camryn Mitchell with 25 digs, Paige Grope with 25 assists and Kelsie Taylor with 12 kills. Jackson Milton is now 8-2 on the season and 5-2 in the conference.

*Contributed By Ron Lesko at ramsathletics.org

JAYS ADJUST TO SWEEP WATERLOO

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NORTH JACKSON OH- The Blue Jays saw themselves struggle with Waterloo just a week ago. Last Monday the two teams battled in a five set thriller that the Blue Jays barely pulled out. What a difference a week makes. They dominated the Vikings on Monday night in a sweep (25-11 25-11 25-16).

It was all about the middle blockers in set one as Logan Grunder set the tone. She was responsible for 5 of the Blue Jays first 7 points. Her counterpart Kara Costello also has a great first set in the front row.

As the match went on, the outsides of the Jays got more involved Kelsie Taylor came on strong in the second set to help the Blue Jays Dominate.

Jackson Milton did have to battle a shaky start to set three. They found themselves down 10-8, but then the rattled off 6 points in a row to take control of the set.

Grunder led the Jays in kills, getting into double digits with 10. She also was great with her defense collecting 6 blocks.  Taylor managed to grab 8 kills after not recording one in the first set. Paige Grope did a great job setting as she tallied 20 assists. Kailee Davis led the back row with 8 digs.

Kyleigh Eddy was impressive for Waterloo. She did a little bit of everything for the Vikings whether that be setting, hitting from the outside, or attacking out of the middle. She finished with 5 kills.

Jackson Milton has a tough test ahead as they host Mineral Ridge on Tuesday. Waterloo will continue to look for their first win of the season as they travel to Sebring.

JACKSON MILTON FOOTBALL COACH’S CORNER WITH NATE BRODE (EPISODE 1)

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JACKSON MILTON OH- Jackson Milton is coming off an up and down 2019 with a 5-5 record. The Jays started the season on a 3-0 run last year before faltering in five straight. They were able to win their final two games of the season. This gave Head Coach Nate Brode some reasons to believe in his guys. They showed they can bounce back from adversity.

The Jays started the season on the right foot again with a 37-28 win over Lowellville. The Jays want to keep their momentum going into week 2 as they travel to Waterloo.

Coach Brode called in to Running Point to talk to Ron about their week 1 victory, the team’s growth in numbers, and much more. Learn everything you need to know about Blue Jay football in Episode 1 of Coach’s Corner with Nate Brode.

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RIDGE CONTINUES TO LOOK IMPRESSIVE

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JACKSON MILTON OH- The lady rams improved to a record of 2-0 on the season and 1-0 in the conference with the victory tonight. The rams were led by Katelyn Lesko with 13 kills and 9 digs, Danielle Aulet with 11 digs and 26 assists and Morgan Sigley with 8 digs. Jackson Milton now 1-1 for the season were led by Logan Grunder with 14 kills and 6 blocks, Kylie Wilson with 8 digs and Paige Grope with 7 assists.

The Rams look to keep it going on Saturday as they travel to Heartland Christian

*Contributed by Ron Lesko at ramsathletics.org

ROAD WARRIORS: BLUE JAYS FLY HIGH IN CANTON

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CANTON OH-Jackson Milton Volleyball got the season started with an impressive 3 set victory on the road over East Canton (25-19 25-17 25-7).

Paige Grope led the team with 10 points and 4 aces. Logan Grunder had a slow start but got it going in the second game with 10 kills and 2 blocks on the night. Kara Costello added 7 kills and 1 block to help the Lady Jays. Camryn Mitchell and Kailee Davis both had a great game defensively tonight to help their teammates. Emily Fultz had 10 assists tonight. The Lady Jays will face Mineral Ridge tomorrow at home.

*Contributed by Sue Prozy at jacksonmiltonathletics.org

RAIDER BLOCK PARTY OVERWHELMS BLUE JAYS

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South Range  welcomed in a strong Jackson Milton team into their gym Monday night. The Raiders flexed their muscles with a sweep of the Blue Jays (25-21 25-16 26-24).

Out of the gates the Raiders looked strong. They were passing really well and getting plenty of attacks over the net. The trouble was, the Blue Jay defense was playing solid defense. The Raiders struggled to get kills in the first set. They instead used tough serving to gain a comfortable advantage and hold off Jackson Milton in a tight first set 25-21.

In set two, the Raiders attacks started hitting the floor. They went the whole set without an attack error and finished with a hitting percentage of .281. They rolled in set two 25-16.

Attack errors caught up with Raiders in set number 3 as they opened with 5 consecutive attack errors. This allowed the Blue Jays to storm ahead to a big early lead. However, after a timeout the Raiders attack got back on track and they rallied to take a close third set, and the sweep. 26-24.

Izzy Lamparty recorded a double double tonight and was superb on the block. She finished with 11 kills and 11 blocks. Anna Primavera had 8 kills, 7 aces, and 5 digs. Emily Irons had 25 assists, and 4 kills. Reagan Irons had 13 digs.

The Raiders return to action Tuesday night as they travel to Niles.