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CANFIELD’S QUICK START GUIDES THEM TO A REGIONAL FINAL

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BARBERTON, OH- The Canfield Cardinals and the Marlington Dukes met in the regional-semifinal in division 2. The Cardinals went on the road in the regular season to beat Marlington by a final of 49-48 on December 19th, 2022. Canfield got off to a blazing start in the regional-semifinal which guided them to victory on Tuesday night.

Canfield outscored Marlington 13-5 in the first quarter by splashing in the three ball. Canfield senior Abby Muckleroy came out of the gates red hot knocking down three triples in the first quarter. Marlington only made one field goal in the first quarter, with the three other points coming from the free throw line. In the second quarter, Canfield kept the foot on the gas pedal outsoring Marlington 13-5 to take a 16 point lead at the half.

The Dukes did not go down without a fight as they buckled up defensively in the third quarter. The Dukes outscored Canfield 14-8 to tail by 10 at the end of the third quarter. Marlington’s Chelsea Evanich scored 5 third quarter points, including a three point play to pull the Dukes within single digits. The fourth quarter went Canfield’s way as they were able to play solid defense to advance to the regional final by a score of 41-32.

Canfield was led by Muckleroy who scored 15 total points, all of which coming from deep. Carlie Harmon added to the scoring with 10 total points. The Dukes were led by Evanich who scored 13 points, while Elizabeth Mason was in double figures with 11. Marlington had a great season winning 24 games and advancing to the regional after beating Perry 54-49 in the district final. Canfield keep there season alive winning game number 25 and wil play the winner of CVCA and Canal Fulton Northwest. The regional final is scheduled for Friday at 7 P.M. at Barberton High School.

YSN’s Anthony Hartwig was able to catch up with Canfield Head Coach Matt Reel and seniors Carlie Harmon and Abby Muckleroy after the victory, catch the final thoughts below:

CARDINALS AND QUAKERS MEET IN DISTRICT FINAL ON SATURDAY

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STREETSBORO, OH- The Canfield Cardinals and the Salem Quakers survived the district semifinal round to advance to the district title. The Cardinals got past the Warriors with a second half push outscoring West Branch 22-13 in the second half to win the district semifinal 44-28.

West Branch came out with an early advantage leading 8-5 after the first quarter. The Warriors had the lead throughout the second quarter until Canfield went on a 10-1 run in the final three minutes of the second quarter to lead 22-15 at halftime. The Cardinals would hang on in the second half to win it 44-28. Canfield was led by sharp shooter Carlie Harmon who knocked down four three-pointers in the contest. Behind Harmon was Camie Dill with 11 points and Kate Sahli with 10 points. For West Branch, Youngstown State commit Sophie Gregory scored 14 points to lead all scorers, while forward Livvie Showalter contributed 7 points in the game.

Canfield improves to 23-1 on the season and have now won 15 consecutive games into the postseason. West Branch finished the year 13-12 after stunning number 6 ranked Edgewood in the sectional final by a score of 50-44. The lady Warriors finished the year winning 9 out of there last 11 games.

As for the number two ranked Salem Quakers, they used a second half push as well to win by 31 points over the Howland Tigers in the district semifinal. The Tigers came out with a 2-3 zone which slowed down the Quakers offense in the early going, but Salem was able to force steals which led to transition points with a 10-7 advantage after the first quarter. The Quakers defense locked up the Tigers in the second quarter, only allowing 4 points to take a 21-11 lead at the half. Salem was shot out of a cannon in the second half showing there true self on the offensive side putting up 21 points in the fourth quarter as Salem won the ballgame 53-22 to get to the district final in back-to-back years.

The Quakers were led by Rylee Hutton who weaved to the basket all night long scoring 15 points, while Abbie Davidson was clicking on both offense and defense to score 13 points for the Quakers. Howland was led by Gia Hoso who scored 6 points on the night, while Salem did a fantastic job of limiting Howland’s best scorer Alyssa Masucci to just 3 points, all coming in the first half.

Salem is now 22-2, and will take on the Canfield Cardinals in a regular season rematch for the district title, where the Quakers beat Canfield on the road 47-33 on December 21st. Howland finished 12-13 on the campaign. The district title game will be played in Streetsboro on Saturday at 6 P.M.

CARDINALS SWEEP SEASON SERIES WITH SPARTANS

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CANFIELD, OH- The Canfield Cardinals met the Boardman Spartans for the final time in the regular season on Saturday night. Canfield took the first battle in Boardman by a final of 54-44. The Cardinals held the Spartans scoreless in the first quarter, and kept the defensive pressure up all game to sweep the season series with the Spartans.

Canfield climbed out to a 10-0 lead at the end of the first quarter after Carlie Harmon and Grace McQuiston both hit triples in the first quarter. Canfield kept the momentum churning in the second quarter as they outscored Boardman 13-7 to take a 23-7 lead at the half. Harmon led all scores after one half with 11 points.

In the third quarter, Boardman came alive outscoring Canfield by six points with the help of free throw shooting. In the third quarter, the Spartans hit 6 free throws to cut the deficit to 10 points entering the final eight minutes of play. The Spartans made it tight in the fourth quarter, and the Cardinals struggles to put the game away at the line going 6-13 at the charity toss in the fourth quarter. Canfield would get some key defensive stops down the stretch to take care of the Spartans by a final of 40-32.

Canfield was led by Harmon who scored a game high 15 points. Macey Kalina had a great night shooting, knocking down two three-pointers while scoring 10 points. For the Spartans, Mackenzie Riccitelli scored 8 points, knocking down two three-pointers, while Cami Goske added 8 points as well for the Spartans.

Canfield sweeps the season series against Boardman to move to 16-1, while Boardman drops to 10-8 and will host North Canton Hoover on Monday night at 7 P.M.