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SPRINGFIELD RUNS AWAY FROM CLIPPERS

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COLUMBIANA OH- In a game that was once tied at 26-26, Springfield would close on a 20-4 run to coast to a 46-30 win over Columbiana on Wednesday night.

Jacey Mullen paced the Tigers finishing the night with 17 points. Madi Lesnak was also in double figures with a solid 15 points. M

Averi Marshall led the Clippers with 12 points on the night. Maryn Hepler was able to contribute 6 points to the cause.

Springfield will return to action on Monday as they host East Palestine. Columbiana will take part in the Brookfield Holliday Classic on Tuesday as they’ll play Berkshire at 5:30.

 

VALLEY CHRISTIAN HANGS ON TO WIN

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YOUNGSTOWN OH- Valley Christian hung on to earn a hard-fought 51-48 win over the visiting Columbiana Clippers in Friday night‘s basketball action.

The Clippers held a 31-6 advantage at the mid-way point but The Eagles out-scored Columbiana 26-17 in the final 2 periods.

Jon’Trell Mixon led Valley with 15 points, Nick Million scored a game-high 19 points for Columbiana.

*Contributed by YSN’s Gary Leininger

EAGLES GAIN GROUND IN EOAC

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HANOVERTON OH- Heading into the season United knew if they were to live up to the lofty expectations of their peers and take control of the EOAC, defeating Columbiana would be the measuring stick.  Eagle nation showed up Monday night ready to help fly their team to the top of the standings. Behind a very large and vocal home crowd the Eagles did not disappoint defeating Columbiana 39-26 taking over sole possession at the top of the EOAC standings.

Coach Josh Sigler knew the magnitude of this victory “This is a big win for us, Columbiana has always been at the top and for us to get to that level we knew we had to beat them.”

Led by a stingy defense and timely shooting the Eagles were able to take a 11-5 lead after the first quarter.  Columbiana was able to regroup in the second scoring the first five points of the quarter behind a defense that caused United to turn the ball over on their first four possessions. Trailing by just 1 point Columbiana had the momentum early in the second, however this was the closest the Clippers would come the rest of the night.  United after a timeout was able to calm themselves and execute on offense.

Sophomore Grayson Kidder picked a great time to score her 5 points on the night connecting on two clutch shots extending the Eagle’s lead.  United guard Madison Kibler decided to become clutch herself, taking the ball the length of the of the floor hitting a three at the 2nd quarter buzzer igniting the United crowd and extending their lead to 21-12 at the break. Kibler in the first half really helped spark her squad offensively on her way to a game high 17 points.

Coach Sigler likes what he is seeing in Kibler “She is becoming the leader of this squad.  Her shooting and ball handling ability is very noticeable but it’s her defense which is really sparking our team” Coming out of the locker room the Clippers implemented their patented 2-2-1 pressure to help dictate the pace in the second half. The pressure defense of Columbiana at times confused United leading to numerous offensive opportunities for the Clippers

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Behind a strong showing on the offensive glass Columbiana was able to trim the United lead to single digits early in the fourth quarter. Caitlyn Pleska helped lead the Clippers charge with a team high 8 points. The comeback attempt ended there as United, behind Senior Colby Burton’s key rebounding  on the defensive end, held Columbiana to just seven 4th quarter points leading to their 5th straight victory.  Moving forward with this season.

Sigler knows many challenges await his squad “This is just the beginning, we told the girls before the game it’s time to put their big girl pants on.  Beginning with this game our schedule really ramps up the rest of December.”  The Eagle’s coach also acknowledged the efforts of those in the stands “ Our crowd was tremendous, I could not be happier that the student body turned out in full force tonight.  This was a team victory by everyone involved.”

Columbiana (4-2, 3-1) looks to get back on track Thursday hosting Leetonia.  United (5-1, 4-0) begins a three game road trip on Thursday visiting East Palestine.

*Contributed By YSN’s Chris Sigler

CLIPPERS COOL OFF LISBON

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COLUMBIANA OH- The Columbiana Clippers gained their 1st victory of the year with a 58-49 win over rival Lisbon Blue Devils.

Nick Million and Carter Murphy each netted 20 points to pace the 1-3 Clippers. 3 Lisbon players hit the double-digit mark with Trevor Siefke  scoring 17 points and Hunter Sturgeon and Hunter Dailey each with 15 points.

Columbiana will host Wellsville next Tuesday and the 3-2 Blue Devils will travel to Valley Christian.

*Contributed By YSN’s Gary Leininger

CLIPPERS FALL AT THE HANDS OF BROOKFIELD

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BROOKFIELD OH- After jumping out to a 21-3 1st quarter lead, the Columbiana Clippers could not hold off the Brookfield Warriors who fought back to earn a 57-53 win.

The Warriors Isaiah Jones had a huge night scoring 31 points with teammate Donovan Pawlowski adding 19 points.

Columbiana was lead by Nick Million  with 20 points and Carter Murphy  hit 5 3-pointers for 15 points.

Brookfield will stay at home on Tuesday to host Campbell. Next up for the Clippers is a Friday night home game with rival Lisbon Blue Devils.

*Contributed By YSN’s Gary Leininger

BEAVERS GROUND COLUMBIANA

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EAST LIVERPOOL OH- The Beaver Local Beavers grounded the Columbiana Clippers  75-52 in boys hoops action Tuesday night.

The Beavers outscored the Clippers by 21 points in the 1st and 3rd quarters to start their season off. Beaver Local  canned 12 3-pointers in the contest.

Sky Papps dropped 16 points for the home team as teammates Logan Blissenbach added 13 points with Ethan Agnew hitting for 12 points to pace the Beavers.

The Clippers Nick Million had 13 points to lead his team.

Both teams return to the courts this weekend as Beaver Local will travel down the road to square off with rival East Liverpool on Friday and Columbiana will host Sandy Valley on Saturday. Check out ysn.smugmug.com for more game-action pictures.

 

*Contributed By YSN’s Gary Leininger

CLIPPERS REIGN SUPREME IN MATCHUP WITH HEARTLAND

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COLUMBIANA OH- Columbiana showed that they are still the dog in town on Tuesday night as the Clippers laid siege to the Purple Palace dispatching of Heartland Christian 66-22.

Caitlyn Pleska led the Clippers with a strong performance scoring 20 points. Columbiana had two other players in double figures. Ella Venezia had 14 points while Camille Zentner added 13.

Madi Matthews led the Lions with 14 on a tough night for their offense.

Both teams return to action on Monday as Columbiana travels to United, and Heartland Christian stays home to host Jackson Milton.

COLUMBIANA GIRLS BASKETBALL COACH’S CORNER (EP 1) WITH DAVE CRISMON

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COLUMBIANA OH- The Clippers girls basketball program is a proud one. You can easily see that when you walk in their gym and see the championship banners, and the amount of 1,000 point scorers their history has seen. Dave Crismon is trying to keep the tradition alive, and he has a lot of talent to work with. His team got a ton of valuable experience last season that proves to pay dividends in this new season. The EIAC will be tough that is for sure, but don’t think that the Clippers won’t be up for the task.

Dave Crismon was able to spend some time on YSN’s Running Point this week to talk about his team, and give us a solid preview of the season. He talks with Anthony Hartwig, and Ty Bartell about their out of conference schedule, who expects to lead the team, and much more. Episode 1 of Coach’s Corner with Dave Crismon is live.

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COLUMBIANA BOYS BASKETBALL COACH’S CORNER (EP 1) WITH TODD JOHNSON

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COLUMBIANA OH- Basketball season is on the horizon and we’d like to continue our season previews with the Columbiana boys program. The Clippers were a team last season that had to play a lot of young players in varsity situations. Because of this, obviously there some growing pains. The pay off for giving experience to youth one season is the growth they’ll have in the next season. That is the situation Columbiana finds themselves in. There will be plenty of experience on the floor for the Clippers this season that will turn them in to a team to be reckoned with in the area.

Head coach Todd Johnson was able to come on to YSN’s Running Point to help us preview the Clippers upcoming season. He talks with Anthony Hartwig, and Ty Bartell about the experience last season brought, what to expect out of his players, and much more. Episode 1 of Coach’s Corner with Todd Johnson is live.

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BLUE JAYS UPEND COLUMBIANA TO ADVANCE

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COLUMBIANA OH-The Lady Jays became section champions tonight with the upset win over the #5 seeded Lady Clippers of Columbiana. The Lady Jays will move on to play in the Lisbon district semifinals on Wednesday night against Southern Local at 730.
In the win tonight leading in stats for the Lady Jays:
Mia Greco 11 kills on 30 attempts, 2 blocks, 1 ace
Kailee Davis 11 kills on 35 attempts, 8 digs
Kylie Wilson 10 kills on34 attempts, 3 aces, 4 digs
Paige Grope 6 kills on 14 attempts, 22 assists, 18 digs, 1 ace
Grace Johns 4 aces, 19 digs.

For Columbiana, Tori Long had a nice day all around with 8 kills, 22 digs, and 6 aces. Ava Heinrich led the Clippers in kills with 12. Julia Rapp had 9 kills, and 3 blocks. Liv Cmil led the defense with 25 digs. Ellie Jackson set the offense up well with 18 assists.

Jackson Milton will move on to play sixth seeded Southern in the district semifinals. That game is slated for Wednesday at Lisbon at 7:30.

*Contributed By Stephen Mohr at jacksonmiltonathletics.org