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COWBOYS BALANCED OFFENSE DESTROYS CANFIELD

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YOUNGSTOWN OH- The Chaney Cowboys came in to Wednesday’s district semifinal with something to prove. They took care of fifth seeded Canfield with focus and balance in a 69-35 win.

It was a Cowboy dominated game from the tip. Chaney led 28-15 at the half, and was clearly the better team on this night. But just to add an explanation to that statement, William Brown threw down a pair of monster dunks in the third quarter to really swing the momentum scale all the way to the Cowboys. They used that to outscore Canfield 40-21 in the second half.

Chaney was led by Travis Easterly and Clive Wilson both with 12 points. Quincy Jones was also in double figures with 11. Brown finished with 10.

Chaney moves on to face the winner of Thursday’s Struthers vs Ursuline game in the district championship on Saturday at Boardman High School. Start time is set for 4:00.

CHANEY HAS NO TROUBLES WITH LEOPARDS

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YOUNGSTOWN OH- The Cowboys had three scorers finish with 17 or more in an 88-46 rout of Liberty Tuesday night.

The Cowboys offense seemed unstoppable in a game that was a make up from a couple of weeks ago. The Cowboys scored their season-high 88 points.

Sharrod Taylor led the Cowboys with 22 points. Quincy Jones finished with 18, and Travis Easterly added 17.

FRYDA MAKES HISTORY; SPARTANS REJECT CHANEY’S UPSET BID

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YOUNGSTOWN, OH- The Boardman Spartans hosted the Chaney Cowboys in one of the most exciting matchups in Youngstown. Boardman came in red hot at 18 and 1 overall, winning 8 consecutive. Chaney came in after a victory against Cardinal Mooney, with their record at 15 and 5.

The Cowboys came out strong with a 17 to 13 lead after one, but the Spartans stormed back to take the lead at half 35 to 29.

History was made during the first half, as Boardman senior Tommy Fryda knocked down his second three pointer of the night, to become the single season all time leader in made three pointers in Boardman history. Fryda finished the night with 6 three pointers, to put the record at 57 made three pointers so far.

The second half of this ballgame was a back and forth battle, as both teams fought to the very end. Sharrod Taylor kept Chaney afloat, scoring 15 of the 31 points scored by the Cowboys in the second half. Boardman was led by Derrick Anderson, who finished with 21 points on the night. The Spartans would come out victorious in this one, by a final score of 66-60. The Spartans remain undefeated at their home gymnasium, with a record of 11 and 0. They also improve to 19 and 1 on the year. Chaney drops to 15 and 6, losing the last 3 of 4.

Boardman will travel to take on Ursuline next Tuesday to try and pick up their 20th win of the season. They will then return home to take on Austintown Fitch next Friday to wrap up the regular season.

*Story Contributed By YSN’s Richie Juliano.

CHANEY STAYS HOT AGAINST CARDINALS

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YOUNGSTOWN- The Chaney Cowboys took care of business Tuesday night against Mooney with a 68-44 win.

Mooney tried their best to slow the fast paced Cowboys down but Chaney has adapted to that game plan and quickly made adjustments.
Chaney took a 25-18 lead into the locker room, and only elevated from there. The third frame was the turning point as the Cowboys started to force turnovers and speed up the game. They outscored the Cardinals 29-14 in the quarter to take a commanding lead.

Travis Easterly led the Cowboys with 15.

Chaney closes out the regular season as they travel to Boardman on Friday night.

COWBOYS TRIPPED UP IN OT BY SPIRE

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GENEVA OH- The Chaney Cowboys made the long trip to Geneva Tuesday night for a big match up with the SPIRE institute. Chaney used a big defensive second quarter, holding SPIRE to two points and leading 22-19 at the half. SPIRE would eventually come back and beat the Cowboys in an overtime thriller 61-54.

Cameron Lawrence and Travis Easterly both led the Cowboys offensively with 13 points each.

The Cowboys return to action Friday as they host Cardinal Mooney.

COWBOYS CORRAL IRISH

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YOUNGSTOWN OH- Chaney got a big win over Youngstown rival Ursuline Tuesday night 63-55.

The win keeps the Cowboys unbeaten in Steel Valley play.

Travis Easterly led the Cowboys with a game-High 19 points. Quincy Jones was also in double figures for Chaney with 17.

Brady Shannon led Ursuline with 17. Vince Armeni and Daysean Harris were also in double figures with 13 for Armeni and 11 for Harris.

Chaney will have a week off before they travel to the Spire Institute next Tuesday.

Ursuline travels to Mooney Friday night.

COWBOYS WIN DUEL OVER URSULINE

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YOUNGSTOWN, OH- A strong start paved the way for Chaney on Tuesday, as they were able to withstand the storm against their crosstown rival Ursuline- 77-60.

A 22-8 frame to lead the game off for the Cowboys set the tone, as Ursuline tried to set the tempo, but the athleticism of Chaney was just too much.

Chaney’s Cam Lawrence would contribute 20 to lead all scorers while Sharrod Taylor chipped in 15 and William Brown supplemented the offense with 10.

For Ursuline, Vince Armeni led Irish scorers.

The Irish will prep for Bristol on Friday while Chaney will play Kennedy Catholic on Sunday.

 

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COWBOYS SADDLE UP FOR THRILLER

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YOUNGSTOWN, OH- The Chaney Cowboys who were coming off a rough week with losses to Butler (Pa) and Canfield bounced back with a thrilling win over the Warren G. Harding Raiders 50-47.

    The first quarter was fast-paced by both teams. Both lineups had a hard time scoring but the Cowboys finished the quarter up 13-9. In the 2nd quarter, both teams really tried to get going on the offensive end, with limited success. The Raiders came back in the 2nd quarter and tied the game 19-19 at the half. 

   The Cowboys really played great defensively and took advantage of some Raider turnovers in the third quarter to take a lead 34-29 after the third quarter. That’s when the Raiders really went on a run in the 4th quarter.  The Raiders went on a 12-0 run to start the 4th quarter to take their first lead of the game 41-34. The Cowboys got going and outscored the Raiders 16 to 6 for the rest of the game to pull out a tough fought victory.

Leading the way for the Cowboys (4-2) was Cameron Lawrence with 14 points.

For Harding (3-3), D’Muntize Owens had 16 and was followed up by Chris Williams with 8 points for the Raiders.

 

*Story contributed by YSN’s John Bolino

CHANEY SETS THE TONE AGAINST SPIRE

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YOUNGSTOWN, OH-  The Chaney Cowboys and Spire Academy battled for 3 closely contested quarters. Marlon McGaughy’s Cowboys dominated the 4th quarter to distance themselves from Spire 75-62. 

          The international roster from Spire had players from Taiwan, New Zealand, South Africa, Turkey, and Spain on it.  Spire Academy came in and led the Cowboys after the 1st quarter 18-15. Jason Lai from Taiwan led Spire in the 1st quarter coming off the bench for 7 quick points. Chaney was led by Cameron Lawrence in the first quarter with 6 points as Travis Easterly tallied 5 points in the quarter. 

       The pace quickened in the 2nd quarter. The quarter ended 39 to 37 Cowboys. They used a late run in the quarter to close the half up by two. Easterly had 7 points in the quarter thanks to 5 made free throws.  Sharrod Taylor had 7 also in the quarter. Easterly led the Cowboys with 12 first-half points. Tait-Jones had 3 quick baskets late in the quarter to lead Spire with 7 second-quarter points. Tait-Jones led Spire in points in 1st half with 13 points.

     The 3rd quarter the pace was really lightning quick and the teams were off to the races.  The quarter ended in a tie 54-54, It seemed like we were into a battle till the end. Omer Kucuk from Turkey came out and scored 9 3rd quarter points for Spire. Sharrod Taylor had another big quarter with 8 3rd quarter points. 

      The 4th quarter was controlled from the start by the Cowboys out scoring Spire 21 to 8, thanks to really strong defense and getting to the basket on offense. Quincy Jones had a big two-handed dunk got some wide-open layups and had a big 12 point 4th quarter. Taylor had 5 points and Lawrence haded a 3 in the 4th quarter. Spire only got 4 from Tait Jones a 2 from Lai and a bucket from Kucuk, in the 4th quarter. 

          Leading scorers for Chaney Taylor had 23 points Jones had 20 points and Easterly had 16 points for a balanced Chaney Cowboy offense. Tait-Jones led Sprie with 23 points. 

    The Cowboys (1-0) are on their way to Butler on December 5th and 6th to play Knoch and Butler at Butley High School in Pa. The next home game for the Chaney Cowboys is December 20th against the Warren G Harding Raiders. 

 

*Story contributed by YSN’s John Bolino   

RIVALRY RENEWED; ‘BOYS WIN OVER BEARS

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YOUNGSTOWN, OH- Rayen Stadium was packed for the renewal of an intense rivalry after being dormant for 9 plus years. The Cowboys beat the Golden Bears 27-0. Penalties had a huge impact on this ball game and the Cowboys benefited from a lot of those. 

      The Cowboys got on the scoreboard with 6:58 left in the 1st quarter Junior Quarterback Delshawn Petrosky took a run-pass option right up the middle for a 25-yard touchdown run dragging a couple of Golden Bears into the end zone with him to make the score 6-0. The Golden Bears took the kickoff and proceeded to commit 3 penalties before they took a snap on the series and were backed up to their two-yard line. When they finally got a snap off the Bears quarterback, Senior Isiah McBride could not handle a low snap and the ball went out of the back of the end zone for a safety for the Cowboys to make the score 8-0 with 5:51 left in the first quarter. After East kicked the ball back to the Cowboys on the free-kick, The Cowboys took advantage and Senior Key Shaun Davis ran up the middle untouched for a yard touchdown run to make the score 15-0.

      The second quarter started fast as on the first play of the 2nd quarter Petrosky scampered 20 yards for his second touchdown of the game to make the score 27-0 in the 2nd half. At the end of the half, the Cowboys had a huge advantage in total yards 198 to 27 total yards for East. The flags flew 14 times on the Golden Bears in the first half 14 times for 177 penalty yards. The officials in the middle of the 2nd quarter got both head coaches Chris Amill and Brian Marrow together with the captains to try and calm down the players as the game really had a lot of after the play personal fouls up until that point.

     The teams calmed down after the half and really struggled to move the ball. Both defenses really played well in the 3rd quarter and the Bears hurt themselves still with a lot of penalties and keeping them from really gaining any footing offensively. 

      The scoring was rounded out by Senior, Marshall Herron with 4:28 left in the ball game took the ball from the 25-yard line and broke tackles at the line of scrimmage to find a hole down the middle for a tuff touchdown run to make it a 27-0 score. 

     Chaney ended the game with the total yard advantage 308 total yards to 27 total yards for the Golden Bears. The Cowboys held the Bears to a total of 10 yards rushing compared to gaining 242 yards on the ground themselves. The Bears penalties were a big reason why they couldn’t really get going as they were flagged 21 times for 177 total penalty yards. Both teams season end, as they both knew the playoffs would not be possible going into the game. Chaney finishes their first year of football in 9 years at 6-4. The Golden Bears of East finish their season at 4-6.

 

*Story contributed by YSN’s John Bolino