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WINNING IS IN THE CARDS FOR CANFIELD

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By  Ty Bartell

With the weather beginning to warm up, so are plenty of teams after a little over a week of the softball regular season has gone by! One intriguing matchup that occurred Tuesday night was between The Archbishop Hoban Knights and The Canfield Cardinals. Only one loss total between the two programs, as Hoban dropped the opening game of the season to The Massillon-Perry Panthers. For Canfield, they came into Tuesday night on a roll, winners of five straight while out-scoring their opponents 51-3 in those games!

One of the reasons for such a big run differential is thanks in part to junior Malena Toth! Becoming a master of the circle, Toth has, somehow, increased her strikeout production from a year ago and going through respectable and championship caliber programs while doing so! After fanning 17 against The West Branch Warriors and 14 against The Champion Flashes, Toth has shown an aura of dominance that is not to be messed with!

For The Knights, they have racked up a three-game winning streak, following the opening-day loss. Those wins came against impressive competition such as the likes of THe Louisville Leopards, Massillon-Jackson Polar Bears and The GlenOak Golden Eagles! Although Canfield vs. Hoban was not a conference matchup, it was set to be a statement win for either team and a momentum launchpad for the season!

Both Malena Toth and Faith Porter dueled through the first two innings, holding their opponents scoreless. Porter had a comebacker right to her glove that enabled her to get a 1-3 double play! Thwarting any hopes of early offense for The Cardinals. On the other side, Malena Toth started off impressively! The junior struck out five of the first six batters, including striking out the side in the first!

Canfield got the offense rolling in the third when they were able to get ducks on the pond before Jenna Triveri opened up the scoring with an RBI-single. Two batters later and The Cards would extend their lead when Marina Koenig found some outfield grass in right to plate two more and give Canfield the 3-0 lead in the third! Hoban threatened to respond in the bottom half of the inning when The Knights had the bases loaded and only one out. However, Toth reached down deep and registered back-to-back strikeouts to leave Hoban without a run. 

Adding to their lead in the fifth, Canfield scored two more off a Malena Toth double, which extended The Cardinals lead 5-0. Toth was on cruise control in the circle, that was, until the seventh inning. Hoban would get three consecutive hits by Nylah Durham, Mya Akers and Gulia Scaglione to start the seventh! Scoring two in the inning, The Knights trailed by three with nobody out and a potential tying run on-deck. But as most great pitchers do, Toth found a way out of the jam. Getting a comebacker similar to the one that happened to Faith Porter in the first, allowed Canfield to get two outs for the price of one, retiring Mackenzie Wood and eliminating Akers off the base paths. Toth would force leadoff hitter Lacie Quarles to ground out to third, ending the game as a win for Canfield 5-2!

Both teams will be in-action again on Wednesday, April 5th. The Archbishop Hoban Knights are slated to take on The Ursuline Irish, while Canfield is set to square-off with perennial powerhouse, Walsh Jesuit! Interviews with Coach Kernan and Players of the Game Marina Koenig and Malena Toth can be found below!

CANFIELD WALKS AWAY VICTORIOUS IN TOP BILLED MATCHUP

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BELOIT OH- Ever since the schedule for 2022 came out, people have been talking about the Week 1 brawl between Canfield and West Branch. What was billed as one of the best quarterback duels the area has ever seen lived up to the hype all night long. Canfield

It was West Branch that grabbed control of the game early. On their second drive of the game Dru DeShields led them all the way down the field.  A three yard touchdown pass to Michael Kanagy capped off an 11 play drive.  DeShields ran the ball well on the scoring drive, finishing with 40 yards with his legs.

Broc Lowry would not be outdone though as he slashed his way to a 41 yard touchdown to tie up the game at 7-7.  West Branch would respond with another three yard touchdown pass from DeShields to make it 13-7.  Lowry’s legs struck yet again as he scampered in to the end zone to tie the game back up at 13.

The Warriors took the lead back quickly with a huge play. A short pass to Joey Jackson ended up a 79 yard touchdown.  The Warriors led yet again 19-13.

The end of the first half would be the turning point in the game. The Cardinals drive down inside the 10 yard line. West Branch held them to a field goal attempt, but a roughing the kicker penalty gave the Cardinals another chance at the end zone.  Lowry rumbled in for his third score of the night, and Canfield took a 21-19 lead into half.  Lowry would then claim his 4th score of the night to open the second half on a 8 yard touchdown run.  He wasn’t done, after a forced punt Lowry would cap off another drive with his 5th touchdown.

The Warriors would try a comeback as DeShields hit Jackson for another touchdown. They would need an onside kick to have a chance, but none other than Lowry scooped it up for Canfield.

Canfield hits the road again in Week 2 as they travel to Bellevue.  The Warriors stay at home next week to host Woodridge.

 

CANFIELD BOYS SOCCER COACH’S CORNER (EP 1) WITH MIKE BAILEY

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CANFIELD OH- It seems like everywhere that Mike Bailey goes in coaching career has found tremendous success. He’s broken program records, he’s taken a team to the state tournament, and now he looks to another challenge. Bailey takes over in his first year of coaching at Canfield for the boys program. Canfield has had plenty of success as a program in the last decade, only 1 out of the last 11 seasons has not ended in a winning record. It would appear that Mike Bailey is poised for even more success.

Coach Bailey has become a mainstay on YSN’s Running Point, and gladly came on the show again this season to give us a preview of Cardinals boys soccer.  He talks to Ty Bartell, and Anthony Hartwig about what was most important to establish while taking over the program, being part of the Canfield coach’s room, and so much more. Fly with Cardinals and check out Episode 1 of Coach’s Corner with Mike Bailey.

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WEST BRANCH SHARPENS THEIR TOOLS BEFORE BIG REMATCH

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BELOIT OH- It was a midweek non conference match up for West Branch on Wednesday, that could have come at a perfect time. The Warriors put together one of their most complete games of the season, beating a good Mooney team 69-31. This win comes right on the heels of an important rematch with Salem on Saturday.

The Warriors had an extremely balanced offense. Eight different players found themselves in the scorebook. They were paced by Anna Lippiatt who put in a monster 21 points. Sophie Gregory was also in double figures with 16. Hannah Egli contributed 7, while Livvie Showalter added 6.

Maria Fire was the leading scorer for the Cardinals finishing with 10. Alaina Scavina chipped in 8 points, while Olivia Rouser came out with 7.

West Branch looks ahead to a road trip to Salem on Saturday. The Quakers own the only league loss of the season for the Warriors who currently sit tied for first place in the EBC with Marlington. Mooney’s road doesn’t get any easier. They’ll match up with Akron St Vincent St Mary on Saturday.

MONTGOMERY’S TRIPLE DOUBLE LIFTS CRESTVIEW PAST CARDINALS

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COLUMBIANA OH- Crestview keeps on rolling in the 2021 season. Their latest victim was Cardinal Mooney, who got swept by the Rebels on Saturday morning. (25-21 25-10 25-19)

Crestview was led by Lucy Montgomery who finished with yet another triple double on the season. She tallied 19 kills, 13 assists, and 11 digs. Grace Auer did the bulk of the setting on the day finishing with 23 assists. She also had 8 kills, and 8 digs. Abbey Emch got in to double figures with 11 kills. She added 5 blocks.

Alaina Scavina led the Cardinals finishing with 12 kills, and 9 digs. Angelina Rotunno set up the offense with a match high 25 assists. Alaina Francis led the team in digs with 13.

Crestview will make up their previously scheduled game at Garfield on Monday. Mooney will stay on the road and travel to Springfield on Monday.

MOONEY OFFENSE UNLOADS IN WIN

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Alaina Francis was bad news for opposing pitchers on Tuesday, driving in four on three hits to lead Cardinal Mooney past Liberty 12-4 on Tuesday. Francis drove in runs on a single in the third and a home run in the fifth.

Liberty scored three runs in the fifth inning, but Mooney still managed to pull out the victory.

The Cardinals got on the board in the first inning when Alaina Scavina homered on the first pitch of the at bat, scoring two runs.

Mooney notched eight runs in the fifth inning. The rally was led by singles by Grace Raymer, Gia Diorio, and Parker Sheehan, a home run by Francis, and an error on a ball put in play by Maria Fire.

Francis was credited with the victory for the Cardinals. The righty lasted four innings, allowing six hits and three runs while striking out seven. Scavina threw three innings in relief out of the bullpen.M

Mooney launched two home runs on the day. Scavina had a homer in the first inning. Francis put one out in the fifth inning.

The Cardinals totaled 13 hits. Francis, Diorio, Fire, and Raymer each collected multiple hits. Francis went 3-for-4 at the plate to lead in hits.

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