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SPARTANS ROLL AGAINST HOWLAND

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HOWLAND, OH – The Boardman Spartans had a rough couple of weeks where they have given up 40+ points twice in a row. They wanted to make sure to put that in the past going into their Week 4 matchup against Howland. In the end, the Spartans would completely flip the script. It was them that would score 40 points en route to a dominant 40-13 road victory over the Tigers. 

 

It only took the Spartans 1:05 into the game to get things going. Willy Torres would get 3 nice runs on the drive, including his 23-yard touchdown run to make it 6-0 Boardman (missed PAT) with 10:55 to go in the first. The Howland Tigers, though, found a gameplan to try to rid their offensive woes from the first three weeks. Coach Steve Boyle implemented a wildcat-like offense led by their star wide receiver Nicholas Leasure. The plan would start off great for the Tigers as they marched slowly but surely down the field to set up a goal-line situation. Howland’s Nolan Rudesill then ran it in from 2 yards out, the Tigers’ first opening-drive touchdown of the season. They tried to take the lead, but the extra point was blocked to keep it a 6-6 draw after one.

 

Boardman then completely shifted momentum with three second-quarter touchdowns. It started off with the Spartans moving the ball by slowing the game down, completely opposite from their opening drive. With a goal-line situation of their own, Tomas Andujar ran it in from 2 yards out to make it a 13-6 Boardman game. Things really started heating up for the Spartans when Kejuan Robinson went off. He first hauled in a 57-yard touchdown pass from Andujar and then a 25-yard touchdown one as the Spartans led by three scores heading into the break at 27-6. Robinson caught 9 passes for 126 yards (14.0 average) and 2 touchdowns. Andujar, on the other hand, went 11/13 (84.6%) for 155 yards and 3 passing touchdowns while gaining 110 yards on 20 carries (5.5 average).

 

Howland, though, came storming out of the gates to start the second half with more controlling wildcat action. An offense that had their best performance of the season so far with 236 total yards, they would put themselves in another goal-line set, with Leasure scoring a 2-yard touchdown to pull it back within two scores at 27-13. The Tigers would also be aided by 10 Spartan penalties for 105 yards. However, the Tigers had a tough time converting fourth downs and keeping key drives alive as they went 0/4 on the night.

 

Despite the adversity and a tough Howland defense, the Spartans just needed one spark. Facing a 4th & Long on the first play of the fourth quarter, Andujar connected with Torres for a 17-yard touchdown catch to pull it back up to three scores at 33-13. Then on the next drive for Boardman, Torres scampered down the field for a 26-yard to all but seal the dominating win. He would finish the night with 106 yards on 11 carries (9.6 average) for two rushing touchdowns along with his touchdown reception.

The Spartans will snap their two-game losing streak and improve to 2-2 on the year. They will look for two straight next week as they will travel to East. The Golden Bears (0-4) are coming off a 74-28 defeat to Akron Ellet. 

 

The Tigers will drop to 0-4 loss as they have now lost nine straight dating back to September 24th of last year. They will now welcome the West Branch Warriors to town next Friday night in a rematch of a thrilling 37-34 heartbreaking defeat last season. The Warriors (3-1) are coming off a convincing 38-14 victory over Ridgewood.



*Contributed By YSN’s Noah Ricks

FALCONS CATCH FIRE AGAINST BOARDMAN

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AUSTINTOWN OH- The Austintown Fitch Falcons have sat, perched atop The All-American Conference (AAC) for the past two years. Staking claim to two consecutive conference championships in 2020 and 2021, Fitch goes into the year looking for a three-peat. Going into Thursday evening, The Falcons were 2-0 in conference play, winning both matches having not dropped a set in the conference this year. 

The Thursday evening matchup? None other than the age-old rival in The Boardman Spartans, who were coming off a straight set victory against The Warren Harding Raiders on Wednesday. With the high energy rolling around, both teams came out with a fire! Exchanging blows in the early going, both teams battled in a back-and-forth affair in the beginning of Set 1, drawing even 13-13 at one point. However, Fitch grabbed a lead and flew away with it, going on a set-clinching run to emerge victorious by ten points!

Leading 1-0 in sets, Austintown looked to bring out the same intensity they used to end the previous set. But similar to Set 1, The Spartans were filled with a ton of fight to start Set 2. THis time around, it was the freshman play of Rylie Simons behind the service line that catapulted The Falcons to a 25-13 Set 2 win. 

With a big lead in sets 2-0, Fitch was looking to close out the victory. Girls like Jocelyn Jourdan were great per usual, slamming down multiple kills per set to help her team throughout the night. For Boardman in Set 3, The Spartans were determined to avoid a big Falcons run, and did they ever! Putting up a great fight with girls like Gia Triveri and Gianna Cicchillo stepping up and battling the entire set. Austintown ultimately emerged the four point victors in Set 3, but not without a great battle with Boardman.

Kylie Folkwein was another Falcon freshman that was very impressive! Stepping up big on both offense and defense with great efficiency was more than enough to earn her Player of the Game! 

Both teams will travel into The Northeast 8 Conference (NE8) in the coming days. Fitch (6-1) set for a battle of the birds, as they take on Hubbard (1-5) on Saturday, September 10th at 1:00 p.m. As for Boardman (3-4) they will hit the road down 224 to Poland (4-3) next Monday, September 12th at 7:00 p.m. in a matchup with The Bulldogs! 

Set Scores

Fitch 25 – 15 Boardman

Fitch 25 – 13 Boardman

Fitch 25 – 21 Boardman

Match: Fitch 3 – 0 Boardman

 

Stats (Austintown)

Kylie Folkwein (Player of the Game) : 11 Kills, 1 Ace, 9 Digs, 10 Receptions, 55.0 Kill%, .400 Hit%. 

Jocelyn Jourdan: 14 Kills, 3 Aces, 1 Block, 9 Digs, 5 Receptions. 

Afton Roby: 5 Kills, 2 Digs.

Jordan Smith: 5 Kills, 2 Aces, 8 Digs, 2 Receptions.

Rylie Simons: 3 Kills, 1 Ace, 7 Digs, 34 Assists.

Jordan Binion: 1 Kill, 1 Block, 1 Reception. 

Lillian Dilts: 1 Ace, 5 Digs, 2 Assists, 6 Receptions.

Avery Rosko: 1 Ace, 1 Dig, 1 Reception.

Julia Jordan: 1 Dig.

*Contributed By YSN’s Ty Bartell

SPARTANS STILL PUTTING ON A SHOW

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BOARDMAN OH- The Boardman girls golf team had a great win against Howland on Tuesday 184-237.

Zoey Fick- Mills was the low score for the day with a 39 and coming in with the second lowest score was Sophia Rivera who shot a 43. Emily Choleva shot a 49 and Senior Kate Pendleton shot a 53.

Spartans are back on the course on Saturday as they’ll compete in the Mahoning Valley Girls Golf Classic at Yankee Run Golf Course in Brookfield. It is set to start at 12:00.

*Contributed By Lee Christman at boardmanathletics.org

SPARTANS SWEEP AWAY HARDING

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WARREN OH- The Spartans won on the road Wednesday and improved their record to 3-3 on the season, gaining their first conference win against Warren Harding.

It was libero Gianna Cicchillo who lead the Spartans to the sweep, picking up 11 digs and 5 aces. Cami Goske had 4 blocks at the net, while her and teammate MC Werth each had 4 kills. Kamryn Duritza and Maddie Mraz shared running the offense, Duritza with 12 assists, Mraz with 8. Sydney Yauger, Gia Triveri, CiCi Johnson and Ava Bosnjak all ended the night with 3 kills a piece while Jasmine Graham picked up 6 digs.

The Spartan will hit the road again tomorrow as they travel to Austintown Fitch in back to back AAC conference nights.

*Contributed By Alyssa Birch at boardmanathletics.org

BOARDMAN BOYS GET POLAND BY A STROKE

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BOARDMAN OH- Boardman’s boys golf team got another tight win Wednesday by defeating the Poland Bulldogs 176 to 177.

Zack Ganser shot the low round for the Spartans with a 40.  Luke DeJoseph carded a 44.  Cooper Mraz scored a 45.  Jake Zenko finished with a 47 and Matthew Smalley had a 48.

With the victory, Boardman earned their 5th win of the season.

*Contributed By Jeff Hammerton at boardmanathletics.org

BOARDMAN STAYS PERFECT WITH WIN OVER EDISON

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BOARDMAN OH- The Boardman Lady Spartans beat Edison 184-216 on Saturday to stay undefeated on the season.

The low score this match went to Senior Emily Choleva who shot a 43. Senior Zoey Fick-Mills came in second with a 45 and Junior Haily Rusnak shot a 47. Sophia Rivera shot a 49 and Senior Kate Pendleton shot a 51.

Boardman will host Howland on Tuesday at Mill Creek Golf Course.

*Contributed By Lee Christman at boardmanathletics.com

POLAR BEARS PUT THE FREEZE ON BOARDMAN

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BOARDMAN OH-

Boardman (1-2) fell behind early and was unable to rebound dropping a 43-14 decision to the Jackson Polar Bears (2-1) on Friday night.

The Polar Bears would score on its opening possession and then score two more times following Spartan turnovers to take a 19-0 lead 7 minutes into the first quarter.  The Spartans would respond, however, with a nice drive and to yard touchdown run by Tomas Andujar to cut the lead to 19-7.

Unfortunately, that was not enough for Boardman as Jackson went on to score the next 24 points before the Spartans were able to respond with a Willy Torres five yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter to give Boardman 14 for the day.

Defensively, Tequan Bailey recorded his first career interception picking on a pass in the fourth quarter for Boardman.

The Spartans will look to rebound next week with a trip to Howland Friday September 9th.  Kickoff is scheduled for 7 PM.

*Contributed By Ryan Wolf at boardmanathletics.org

BOARDMAN STAYS PERFECT BY BLASTING HOBAN

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BOARDMAN OH- The Spartans played a great round against Hoban on Tuesday, beating them 176-248.

The low round belonged to Junior Sophia Rivera who shot her lowest score yet of 38, and she also had her first eagle on the par five. Senior Zoey Fick-Mills also shot a great score of 43 and Junior Haily Rusnak shot a 47. Assisting the Spartans with their win was Senior Kate Pendleton who shot a 48 and Senior Emily Choleva who shot a 49.

*Contributed By Lee Christman at boardmanathletics.org

SPARTANS MAKE THE PIRATES WALK THE PLANK

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BOARDMAN OH- Boardman improves to 2-2 on the season as they beat Southeast at home on Monday. It was Cami Goske again for the Spartans who led the offense with 8 kills, adding 5 blocks and 3 aces. Kamryn Duritza had a season high 19 assists on the night, while Sydney Yauger, Gia Triveri and Mary- Katherine Werth all had 3 kills. Gianna Cicchillo finished the 3 sets with 10 digs.

 

The Spartans will travel to Canfield tomorrow, Tuesday August 30th to face the Cardinals in their first conference match up of the season.

*Contributed By Alyssa Birch at boardmanathletics.org

D’ALTORIO SHINES AT KENSTON CLASSIC

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Chagrin Falls, OH-  Boardman Sophomore David D’Altorio raced to a 1st place finish in a time of 16:19 against 288 varsity and junior varsity runners at this year’s Gibas Invitational held at Kenston High School. The Spartans placed 5th overall in the 13-team field.

Scoring for the Spartans were sophomore Brock Farris in 4th place at 16:34, senior Ben Zilavy in 32nd at 17:42, junior Ethan Boots in 42nd at 18:00, and sophomore Danny LaCivita in 76th at 19:09.

 “We really did not perform to the best of our ability as a varsity group today,” said Boardman Head Coach John Phillips, “cross country is a grind and it’s important to learn from races that do not go well and build from it. How we respond at Wooster in two weeks will say a lot about who we are as a team.”

The Spartan JV squad placed 6th overall and were led by senior Jason Sweder at 19:23, freshman Adam Nigro in a time of 19:46, senior Ethan Dunlany in a time of 20:06, sophomore Frank Quinlan in a time of 20:19, and sophomore Josh Belgin at 20:24.

Setting new career bests at Kenston were junior Antajuan Hightower at 19:30, junior Evan Sweder at 21:57, sophomore Josh Belgin at 20:24, sophomore Isaiah Doyle at 23:11, sophomore Noah Gonzales at 21:34, sophomore Frank Quinlan at 20:19, freshman Connor Boots at 21:24, freshman Adam Nigro at 19:46, freshman Logan Poulakos at 22:08, freshman Jonah Stevens at 24:00, freshman Quinton Swavel at 23:43, freshman Dom Theodore at 20:34, and freshman Kevin Tomlin at 25:19.

Earning this week’s ‘Runner of the Week’ award was sophomore Noah Gonzales on dropping 4:19 off his previous career best effort.

“The improvement that Noah has shown over the past several months is a shining example of what putting in the work and giving your best effort will result in, he is one of the most dedicated athletes in our program and I am very proud of the way his sophomore season has started,” said Phillips.

 

Next up for Boardman is The Wooster Invitational on September 10 at Wooster High School.

*Contributed by John Phillips