BELOIT OH- Jaxon Hendershott scored 22 points and Dru DeShields added 20 points as the West Branch Warriors dropped the visiting Carrollton Warriors 63-47 in Friday’s hoop action.
West Branch found the bottom of the net from outside the 3 point arc 5 times.
The Warriors will return to action Tuesday with a home contest with Youngstown East.
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BELOIT OH- Nothing comes east inside the EBC conference. That point was made apparent on Saturday as West Branch was pushed the brink by a Carrollton team that came in without a win to their credit. Carrollton led 38-37 after 3 quarters of play. West Branch found enough plays down the stretch to outscore Carrollton 12-7 in the final frame and escape the upset bud and win 49-45.
Sophie Gregory led the Warriors with another impressive game. She finished with 18 points. Anna Lippiatt was also in double figures scoring 12 points. Livvie Showalter added 6 to the cause.
West Branch will continue their season on Monday as they host Fitch.
CARROLTON OH- The Salem Quakers still had high hopes of competing for a EBC championship on Friday as they faced Carrolton. But the Warriors turned those dreams into nightmares as they came out of a thriller to beat the Quakers 28-26.
Jackson Johnson went 19/29 in the passing game with 235 yards and a touchdown. He also ran for a pair of scores. He threw his touchdown in the last drive in the game in an amazing find on 4th and long. The game tying two point conversion came just short. Austin Sinkovich caught 3 passes for 84 yards and a touchdown. Blaize Exline caught 10 passes for 66 yards.
Salem will need to bounce back in Week 9 as they return home to host Canton South.
BELOIT OH- West Branch sent a big message to the EBC this week with a dominating 43-12 win over 5-1 Carrollton. The Warriors stay undefeated on the season at 7-0.
Dru DeShiekds through for 360 yards and four touchdowns on the night.
After Carrolton made the game 14-6 in the first quarter, West Branch ran away with the game. Dru DeShields found Nicholas Wilson at the end of the half to take a commanding 28-6 lead that they’d never relinquish.
West Branch moves on to play at Alliance in Week 7.
CARROLLTON OH-
Salem Quakers snagged a late lead and defeated Carrollton 6-2 on Wednesday. Salem trailed 2-1 in the top of the fifth inning when Nick Coletta doubled on the first pitch of the at bat, scoring two runs.
Carrollton opened up scoring in the second inning, when Jaxson Rinkes singled on a 0-1 count, scoring one run.
The Quakers put up three runs in the sixth inning. Darius Beck and Jackson Johnson each drove in runs during the inning.
Gavin Wilms was the winning pitcher for Salem. The righthander lasted seven innings, allowing eight hits and two runs while striking out nine.
Lawson Irwin took the loss for Carrollton. Irwin allowed five hits and three runs over four and two-thirds innings, striking out two.
Salem racked up eight hits in the game. Beck and Lane Rhodes each had multiple hits. Rhodes and Beck each collected two hits to lead.
Rinkes went 4-for-4 at the plate to lead Carrollton in hits.
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The Salem Quakers traveled to Carrollton to take on the Warriors and came home with a hard fought victory 43-40.
Salem took a 32-25 lead into the 4th quarter and held on to improve their season record to 11-4 and 7-1 in the EBC. The Quakers are sitting on the top rung in league play.
Salem nailed 5 3-points in the contest with Drew Weir hitting on 4 of them to take top scoring honors for Salem with 14 points. Hunter Griffith added 10 points.
Next up for the Quakers is a Friday night home game against Canton South. Watch the contest on YSN
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SALEM OH- The Quakers found themselves in a decisive set five after dropping the fourth set. They quickly responded in the match against Carrollton on Saturday and mustered up momentum to come back and win the match in five sets (25-18 24-26 25-18 14-25 15-8).
Stats:
Emma Hochadel: 18 assists, 5 aces
Morgan McGaffick: 12 assists
Rylie Troy: 35 digs, 5 kills
Kaley Davis: 9 kills
Zoie Reid: 9 kills
*Contributed By Kacey Costal at salemathletics.org
SALEM OH- Despite squandering two opportunities with 1st and goal to go inside the 3, and trailing 28-14 with under 6 minutes to go, the Quakers didn’t quit and came out with an exciting 29-28 victory over previously undefeated Carrollton on Friday night.
STEUBENVILLE OH- East Liverpool needed every ounce of energy to top Carrollton in double overtime 53-51.
Nick Woodward player the hero as he put back a missed free throw at the buzzer to end the game. Woodward has missed a shot earlier in the game at the buzzer that would have ended, he made sure his second chance was true. The Potters has to play both overtime’s without their leading scorer Tresean Jackson. He hit a three late in the fourth to give East Liverpool their first lead of the second half 43-42. Jackson fouled out before the end of regulation. The Potters navigated adversity, and earned a trip to the district championship game on Saturday.
Tresean Jackson led the Potters with 17 points. Timmy Neal had a strong night gathering up 14. Jimmy Birong also got in to double figures with 12.
East Liverpool will play second seeded New Philadelphia on Saturday at 7:00.
After a combined 25 years of leading the Lisbon Blue Devils out onto the field, Jim Tsilimos has swapped out his blue for black
and is at the helm of the Carrollton Football Program in 2019.
This week, he squares off against a familiar foe, but with EBC pride on the line as the Warriors will take on undefeated Salem.
YSN Salem’s Matt Mowery caught up with the legendary leader from Lisbon to discuss his legacy, game plan, and what it’s like being a first-year coach all over again!
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