YOUNGSTOWN OH- Cardinal Mooney improved to 9-3 on Saturday with a 50-40 win over the Howland Tigers. The win helps Mooney bounce back from a tough loss to Ursuline on Thursday.
The Cardinals Thomas Fire scored 20 points and his teammate Mick Hergerother added 17 points.
The Tigers dropped to 4-8 were led by Jordan Sperling with 18 points
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YOUNGSTOWN OH- Cardinal Mooney had to survive a mighty Howland comeback on Wednesday night to survive 50-49. The Cardinals led 26-18 at the break, and were outscored 31-24 in the second half.
Katie Hough led the Cardinals with 24 points. Angelina Rotunno was also in double figures for Mooney with 11.
Howland was led by Taylor Lawrence with 13 points.
YOUNGSTOWN OH – Head coach Carey Palermo and the Cardinal Mooney Cardinals have been taking this season one day at a time and it has paid off as they Cardinals are currently sitting at 8-2. Mooney will look to get to double digit wins on the season this week as they have match ups with Chaney on Tuesday and Ursuline on Friday!
YSN’s own, Steve Leslie, was able to sit down with Coach Palermo via video chat this week to discuss the hot start to the season, how the Cardinals are navigating through this COVID season, how he and his staff have been able to get normal tasks done such as scouting and game prep, and much more!
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YOUNGSTOWN OH- The Cardinal Mooney girls basketball team ended a 3 game losing streak to beat the Chaney Cowboys 83-20.
The short handed Cardinals upped their record to 5-4 this season. Senior Gia DiVinenzo dropped in 14 2nd quarter points to leadooney with 22 points. Also helping the Cardinals effort with 18 points was Maria Fire.
For the visiting Cowboys this was their season opener. Cazhia Jackson had 11 points for Chaney . Moonet travels to Bristol next Monday for their next game.
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CANTON OH- Mooney made the long trip to Canton worth it as they extended their record to 7-1 with a 57-44 win over Canton Central Catholic.
CCC had no answer for Michael Pelini as he rolled his way to 36 points to lead the Cardinals. He hit six threes on the night, and had 21 of his points at the halftime break. Mick Hergenrothee was also in double figures with 10 points.
Mooney will have a whole week to prepare for Warren Harding, as they’ll travel to play the Raiders on Tuesday.
YOUNGSTOWN OH- After a big 59-43 win on Saturday against the Western Reserve Blue Devils, the Cardinals were going to play against the Valley Christian Eagles. That was until the game was cancelled due to COVID concerns with Valley Christian as Mooney made a last second change to host the Steubenville Big Red who were coming off a 86-55 victory against the Catholic Central Crusaders.
Steubenville got off to an early start, but Mooney came right back early in the first leading 19-13 and never looked back as the full court press was tough for Steubenville to find any room. Mooney would cruise to a 69-52 victory.
The Cardinals were led by Mick Hergenrother who had 12pts in the first half and finished with a high 22pts while making a big impact on defense stealing the basketball like it was candy. Thomas Fire had nine points in the first half and had to leave the game for a bit with an injury. However Fire came back and was on Fire finishing with 20 pts. Michael Pelini had a tough first half but got the momentum rolling as he finished with 15pts. Other Cardinals who got on the board were Jack Pepperney with seven points, James Campbell with two points, Lawrence Williams and Drew Pecchia finishing with two points.
For Steubenville, they had a lot of turnovers in this game and it was hard for them shooting wise. Cade Kernahan and Phaeton Hill finished with two points. Zion Sawyer finished with 13 points, Chase Zimmerman had a three and a two finishing with six points along with Ivan Buggs who also had six. Andrew Gresko and Quinn McCoy finished with eight points, and Brenten Jones with seven points.
Up Next: Cardinal Mooney (2-0) as of now is scheduled to play Austintown Fitch (0-2) on Friday. Steubenville (1-1) will regroup and for now if there are negative tests will play Minerva (1-1) who are coming off of a 56-40 loss to Salem next Tuesday and may even pick up a game beforehand.
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YOUNGSTOWN OH-The Cardinal Mooney Cardinals were looking to move to 3-0 for the first time since the 2015-16 season, but in order to do that, they’d have to get past a South Range team who was looking for their first win of the 2020 season. Both teams were neck and neck throughout the first half with South Range leading 21-17 at the half. In the fourth, South Ranged looked to go up, but a missed layup at the last second gave the Cardinals their third win of the season while the Raiders fell to 0-4.
Mooney Stats: Michael Pelini led the dangerous Cardinals with 22 points, hitting two three-pointers and scoring seven two’s. Thomas Fire certainly was on fire with 14 points going 6-8 from the free-throw line. Mick Hergenrougher continued his dominance spree on defense as well as offense with 10 points, doing some NBA moves, and Jack Desmond has two points.
South Range Stats: Michael Patrone finished with nine points, Brandon Mikos had 16 points, Nate Brown had four, Eli Taylor finished with 13, Luke Crumbacher with two points, and Corey Penick with one.
Up Next: Cardinal Mooney (3-0) as of now is set to play Boardman (2-0) on Friday unless things change. South Range (0-4) will play Struthers (2-0) Tuesday unless there is a Covid postponement or cancellation.
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BOARDMAN OH- It has been a long Off season for the Mooney girls basketball team. They’ve waited through missed practices, and canceled games to finally get on the floor earlier this week. On Saturday night their first win of the season came on a 45-37 win over Boardman.
Katie Hough was all over the court for Mooney, leading the Cardinals with a game-high 18 points.
Gia Triveri, and Emma Mills both led the Spartans with 10 points.
Mooney will look to continue its success as they are scheduled to travel to Canfield this week.
CANFIELD OH- Last season, Mooney beat South Range By 10 points, and it was a turning point to their year. The Raiders still used that loss as a rallying tool, as they had no problems with Mooney this time around with a 70-26 win. The Raiders got the victory on senior night where the honored Izzy Lamparty, Bree Kohler, Sophia Lowry, and student manager Macy Slabach.
Lamparty led the Raiders with a double double. She finished with 26 points, and 15 rebounds. Gabby Lamparty and Lexi Giles both finished in double figures with 13. Bree Kohler has 8 points, and 5 steals.
The Raiders can look ahead to their holiday hoops event on Monday where they will play Boardman at 5:00. Mooney is scheduled to travel to Valley Christian on Wednesday.
COLUMBIANA OH – It was senior night for the Columbiana Clippers coming off a loss last week looking to bounce back against the Cardinal Mooney Cardinals. The Clippers would come up short after Mooney surged in the second quarter on both sides of the ball with assistance from Guard/Forward Katie Hough. Hough reached double digits in points in the winning effort.