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TIGERS EARN WIN IN BATTLE WITH EAST

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YOUNGSTOWN OH- With the season winding down, the road to the tournament becomes important.  Especially, when one team can gain momentum in a heartbeat.  For coach Chivas Whipple and the Youngstown East Golden Bears, their only win was a 47-45 thriller against Akron North.  Meanwhile, the Howland Tigers and coach Dan Bubon were coming off of a one point loss to Cardinal Mooney and were in desperate need of keeping their over .500 streak alive.  These two have met, but the last time Howland beat the Bears was back in 2018-19.  

 

First quarter saw East’s Luther Bell drain a three with it being a back and forth game with Anthony Massucci leading the back for Howland.  The first quarter would be tied at 14 all and the second quarter was just as close with Jarred Colon hitting a three and Massucci scoring in the paint along with a shot downtown making it 33-32.  

 

Gabe Badea got into motion down low and started to draw key fouls hitting two free throws at the line along with the sophomore Alex Henry.  East battles back in the fourth with Tyron Hudson, Bell and Sa’ad El-Amin.  However, key important free throws and foul trouble paved the way for the Tigers of Howland who would win by the final of 68-61.  

 

Stats 

East: 

 

2: Mario Wright: 3pts 

 

5: Tyron Hudson: 18pts 

 

10: Jarred Colon: 9pts 

 

11: Luther Bell: 21pts 

 

14: Sa’ad El-Amin: 8pts 

 

24: Sean Hall 3pts

 

Howland: 

 

4: Alex Henry: 9pts 

 

11: Ben Bronson: 2pts 

 

25: Grant Brown 4pts 

 

30: Anthony Massucci 35pts 

 

15: Connor Durig: 2pts 

 

35: Gabe Badea: 10pts 

 

40: Bobby Sullivan: 6pts 

 

Up Next 

Howland will head to Boardman to play the Spartans, East will host Warren Harding on Friday. 

 

Postgame Interview With Dan Bubon:

 

EAST STAYS TRUE TO BEAT NORTH

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YOUNGSTOWN OH- The start of the 2021 campaign has been a tough one for the East Golden Bears and new coach Chivas Whipple, who were outscored by 20 or more points this season.  One of those games happened to be at the beginning of the year against the Akron North Vikings 54-42.  This time, the Golden Bears were looking for revenge and their first win.  

 

Luther Bell was one of the Golden Bears who got the momentum starting to roll with a three pointer along with Lamar Dampier with the end of the first being 17 to 15.  In the second quarter, it was once again back and forth Dampier once again led the pack for the Vikings along with Bell with a little bit of help from Sa’ad El-Amin III who scored eight points.  Tyron Hudson also drained a three on his end as both teams went into the half with East up by one 32-31. 

 

Both teams went back and forth once again in the last two quarters and with 5.2 seconds left in the game, North had one last chance to either take a three and the lead, winning the game, or go for the layup and tie.  The Vikings went for the layup but the tough defense of east forced the shot to me way off as the Golden Bears and coach Whipple get their first win of the season after five straight heart breaks.  

 

Stats: 

North: 

 

0 Chris Simmons: 4pts 

 

1 William Alexander: 6pts 

 

2 Dami Kent: 3pts 

 

3 Lamar Dampier: 21pts

 

10 Robert Davis: 9pts 

 

East: 

 

2 Mario Wright: 2pts 

 

11 Luther Bell: 14pts 

 

5 Tyron Hudson: 10pts 

 

14 Sa’ad El Amin III: 14pts 

 

10 Jared Colon: 4pts 

 

0 Jamari Crum: 3pts 

 

Up Next 

Akron North (1-5) (0-4 in Akron City Conference) will travel to take on Cuyahoga Falls (1-3) Thursday at 7:30.  Youngstown East (1-5) (0-0 in Steel Valley Conference) will host Akron Ellet (3-5, 2-2 in Akron City)  who beat them last time 70-45.  The Golden Bears will be clawing their way to get revenge on another Akron team after the New Years. Tip will be Tuesday January 4th at 7pm. 

 

*Contributed by YSNs Ian O’Brien*

 

BEARS SURVIVE SCARE FROM EAST

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YOUNGSTOWN OH- The Leetonia Lady Bears held off a big 4th effort by the  Youngstown East Golden Bears  to sneak away with a 40-39 victory in Monday night girls hoops action.

Allison Francosky had a hugh  night for Leetonia with a game high 14 points and pulled down 13 rebounds. Ella Gregorine helped out with a 12 point performance.

Leetonia will host United on Thursday night. East is scheduled to host Shaw on Monday.

*Contributed by YSN’s Gary Leininger

EAST GIRLS BASKETBALL COACH’S CORNER (EP 1) WITH TANISHA FRANKLIN

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YOUNGSTOWN OH- The city of Youngstown has come to be known as “Grit City.” Not too many programs in the city embody that mentality more than the East girls basketball program. They will make it known every night just how hard they work. They are returning a core group of leaders that will show their younger athletes what it means to have that work ethic. No one will be looking forward for their games against East, because the Golden Bears are never going to stop coming at you.

Head coach Tanisha Franklin was able to join Running Point this week to help us preview the team’s season. She talks with Ty Bartell, and Anthony Hartwig about returning their point guard, what it means to be a Bear, and much more. Episode 1 of Coach’s Corner with Tanisha Franklin is live.

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COWBOYS RIDE HIGH AGAINST EAST

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YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. The Chaney Cowboys faced off against the East Golden Bears, with the playoff hopes on the line for the Cowboys.

The Offense of the Cowboys was led by freshman quarterback, Matt Jones and runningback Malik Hunter, who had a great second half that included a touchdown. Jones rushed for 200 yards on 14 carries with 2 touchdowns, while throwing the pigskin threw the air for 37 yards and 1 touchdown.

On the offensive for the Golden Bears they were led by quarterback Luther Bell who rushed for 43 yards on the ground threw for a touchdown but it was not enough as the fierce defense of the Cowboys led by Senior defensive end, Clive Wilson and among others who forced 5 sacks along with 5 turnovers as this defense was just too overwhelming for the Goldens Bears as they fall 40 to 8.

*Contributed By YSN’s Matt Morrison

A RIVALRY RENEWED

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YOUNGSTOWN OH- On Monday, both the Youngstown East Golden Bears and Chaney Cowboys had their Community Pride Picnic, getting ready for the big rivalry, the Youngstown City Classic that has been one of the biggest rivalries in NorthEast Ohio and since the 1920s.

The Rivalry came to a halt in 1998 when East closed their doors before reopening as the Panthers in 2007. Since 2007, The now Golden Bears (formally known as the Panthers) swept the Cowboys with the last game before the emergence of Chaney athletics was 22-20. After the 2010 football season, it was announced that Chaney would drop athletics to become a Performance Art high school. However, YSU hall of fame inductee and coach Rick Shepas at the time brought the program back as their Athletic Director during their comeback. The first game back was technically in 2018 during a Saturday Morning Junior Varsity game, a preview for the future at the time.

Both teams have been known as well to have talented players who have made it to the league and were college stars. For Chaney, you had Frank Sinkwich, Matt Cavanaugh who won three Super Bowls who won a National title with the Pittsburgh Panthers, Brad Smith, an All-State quarterback who broke the record for the Missouri Tigers where he passed for 2,000 yards and rushed for 1,000 yards. He would then play for the Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets and Buffalo Bills.

For the Golden Bears, one of their star players who made it pro was the late James Snowden Jr who played offensive tackle for the Washington Football Team (Redskins) from 1965 to 1971. John “Tony” Copeland, a safety and running back who made the All-City-Team and played for the Dallas Cowboys. Robert Green who rushed for 1,300 yards in 1961 and played for the Youngstown Hardhats and Nicholas Latessa who was a member of the 1949 City Series Championship team under coach Dick Barrett.

This Friday, Head Coach Chris Amill will battle his former assistant in Mark Assion. Amill, was an assistant under PJ Fecko and Mooney for 15 seasons while Assion led Jackson Milton to back to back playoffs appearances from 2015 to 2016. Amill will look to improve the Cowboys to four and five this week while coach Assion looks to grab his second victory as East’s head coach.

Series since 2019: Chaney 27 East 0
2020: 22-2

YSN’s Ian O’Brien caught up with a few players from East to talk about what this game means and the experience it brings. Both teams will meet in a Grit City Classic this Friday at 7pm!!

*Contributed by YSN’s Ian O’Brien*

Interview with Mario Wright:

Interview With Isiah Johnson:

Interview With A’Kisse Waller:

URSULINE DOMINATES GRIT CITY BATTLE

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YOUNGSTOWN OH- Rayen Stadium was founded in 1924. It was the spot for the Rayen Tigers until their closure in 2005 as the last game was against Akron East. In 2012, a remergence came in the stadium and it’s been home to the East Golden Bears ever since. The first ever game back that year was against the Ursuline Irish who were led by Chris Durkin at quarterback with the Irish winning 41-24. Fast forward to 2021 and Dan Reardon’s Irish (4-3) we’re looking to get the ball rolling again after two straight losses to Akron St Vincent St Marys and Villa Angela St Joseph as they faced off against the East Golden Bears and new head coach Mark Assion.

Some storylines that were looked at during pregame was quarterback and UCF baseball commit Brady Shannon who was only 50 yards away from becoming Ursulines all time leading passer, passing Daryll Clark II who after graduating Ursuline, became a star quarterback for the Penn State Nittany Lions from 2005 to 2009.

The Game
With the Golden Bears first drive being a turnover on downs, the Irish immediately went down the field when Shannon found Marc Manning for a 25-yard touchdown making it 7-0. He was only now 13 yards away.

The Irish then blocked an Alex Biering punt while Shannon and DeMarcus McElroy would get a pair of touchdowns making it 21-0. Shannon would also break the record around this time, officially becoming Ursulines all time leading passer with 4,732 yards now in his career. Ursuline continued to score with McElroy making it 42-0 at the end of the half. The Irish would then make history on the special teams side once again as senior kicker Kayelyn Crofford became the second female kicker in Ursuline history to score a point on the football team (first was Taylor Tomlinson in 2019).

Freshman Jy’Quise Liason also got a touchdown, his first as an Ursuline Irish later in the game from a yard out.

The Golden Bears would score once after a big 43-yard pass by Luther Bell to Nick Grier. Bell, who replaced quarterback Andrew Blackmon in the second half, took it in from a yard out but it was too little too late as Ursuline, bounced back in a big way after two losses winning against the Golden Bears 48-6.

Stats
Brady Shannon: 5-11 for 91 yards and a touchdown. Seven carries for 125 yards and two touchdowns.

Marc Manning: one reception for 25 yards and a touchdown.

Jy’Quise Liason: one carry, one yard and one touchdown

DeMarcus McElroy: six carries for 40 yards and three touchdowns.

Andrew Blackmon: five carries for 21 yards, one of eight for 17 yards passing

Luther Bell: one of two for 43 yards passing, one rushing touchdown with three carries for 13 yards.

Up Next:
Ursuline (5-3, 2-0 in SVC) plays a familiar foe in new territory as its the Holy War against Cardinal Mooney (1-8, 0-2 in SVC) at Mineral Ridge Saturday October 23rd at 7pm. The first time these two teams have played outside of Stambaugh Stadium in decades.

East (1-6, 0-2 in SVC) plays their big rival Chaney
Cowboys (3-5, 1-1 in SVC) in the City classic Battle of Youngstown. Kickoff is Friday October 22nd at 7pm!!

*Contributed by YSN’s Ian O’Brien*

MOONEY BLASTS PAST BEARS

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YOUNGSTOWN OH- Cardinal Mooney found little trouble getting a win on Thursday night. They were able to quickly dispatch of Steel Valley foe East in straight sets. (25-5 25-10 25-11)

Alaina Scavina led the way with 8 kills on the night. Maria Fire, and Amara Anderson both finished with 5 kills. Maria Pecchia, and Katie Frommelt both led in defense with 7 digs each. Angelina Rotunno had 15 assists on the day.

Mooney will travel to Struthers on Monday to continue their season. East will pack their bags and head to Southern on Monday.

BOARDMAN PUTS BEARS IN HIBERNATION

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BOARDMAN OH- The Boardman offense was bigh flying and explosive on Friday night as the Spartans ran away from East 62-14.

The Spartans put together 351 total yards of offense just in the first two quarters. Sean O’Horo ran for 134 yards on the night. Terrence Thomas ran for 70, and threw for 122. The Spartans did most of their damage in the first half, leading 41-0 at the half. Their 62 points scored is a program record.

Boardman hits the road in Week 6 as they travel to Cleveland Benedictine. East will stay on the road as they’ll match up with Mooney on Friday night.

DRAGONS OWN THE NIGHT AGAINST EAST

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NILES, OH- Niles McKinley host Youngstown East in week 3 of nonconference play. Both teams looking to go 2-1 in the early season but it was the Red Dragons came away with the victory. Niles’s Antuan Gardner rushed for over 150 yards with 4 touchdowns. Red Dragons beat the Golden Bears 40-14.

After two turnovers by the Golden Bears, Gardner was able to score two rushing touchdowns for the Red Dragons in the early going of the first quarter making the game 14-0. Gardner would score again to end the first quarter with a 10 yard touchdown run to finished the first with a 3 touchdowns. Niles would build their lead with 9 minutes till halftime when Alex Fernandez found the endzone from 5 yards out to give the Red Dragons a commanding 27-0 lead.

The Golden Bears would make it interesting going into halftime after a 34 yard touchdown pass by Andrew Blackmon made the game 27-8 with time expiring in the second quarter. Gardner would score one more time at the start of the third quarter with a 69 yard touchdown run to combine for 4 touchdowns. The Red Dragons run away with a victory 40-14. Niles (2-1) will open league play next week traveling to Lakeview. East (1-2) will host Ellet. Catch both games live on YSNLive.com

*Contributed By YSN’s Anthony Melone