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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

2021 EAST FOOTBALL PREVIEW

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YOUNGSTOWN OH- Nothing beats the smell of fresh cut grass on a Friday night in the fall. We are only a few sleeps away from the start of the 2021 football season in the valley. YSN’s Running Point pulled out all the stops and previewed every team inside the YSN family of schools. When it comes to East, up is the direction they are heading. The installment of their program has brought back plenty of great rivalries of the past. The Bears bring back one of the best secondaries in the area, and it will be tough to pass the ball on their defense. Join Anthony Hartwig and Ty Bartell as they venture into the Bears 2021 season outlook. They will discuss what East is returning, wat they’ll need to replace, and what teams they are slated to face this season. You won’t want to miss the 2021 East Football preview only on YSN.

 

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IRISH PUT THE HAMMER DOWN ON EAST

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STRUTHERS OH- After a five to nothing victory against Columbiana on Saturday, the Ursuline Irish were looking to get a second straight win and their seventh of the season under Matt Weymer, but in the ways was Jason Rays East Golden Bears who were ready for this Steel Valley Rivalry matchup at Cene field number one. 

 

The Irish got off to a good start in the first as Brady Shannon singled with Kirchner scoring.  Few bars later and Ursuline would steal some bases with Shannon heading home now up 2-0.  They weren’t done there as Ian Barton singled to center field with YSU Football commit Dante Walker scoring making it 3 to 0.  

 

East would make it a bit of a game as Pinch Runner Lawelyn Lewis stole second and third going home off of the Jaxson Gruber error making it 3-1.  

 

However it was all Ursuline after that as in the bottom of the second, the Irish would score 11 unanswered runs with good batting from Dylan Peplowski, Joey Carosella, Shannon, a walk from CJ Frasco, a triple by Tom Groner along with a double by Jack Ericson.  After that, the younger guys got some playing time showing good improvement like Danny Smith and Marc Manning.  

 

East would get one more score as Jeremiah Antonetty went home off of a steal, but that would be the final with the Irish moving to seven and eight winning 14-2 while the Golden Bears fall to four and three.  

 

Stats 

Drew Kirila was on the mound for Ursuline as he went three innings allowing one run with two hits and a walk.  Ian Barton got some time later on playing good ball.  Brady Shannon led Ursuline with two hits in three at bats.  

 

Jamez Brooks started the game for East as he allowed six hits and 11 runs.  Reuben Tally threw two and two third innings as a relief pitcher.  Jeremiah Antonetty went two for three at the plate and had a run himself.  

 

Up Next Ursuline (7-8) heads to Austintown Fitch (8-2)  to take on the Falcons if weather holds.  East (4-3) will have a doubleheader tomorrow against Ashtabula St. John’s at the Fighting Herald’s school.

*Contributed By YSN’s Ian O’Brien

HEADED HOME: EAST GOLDEN BEARS BASEBALL PREVIEW

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YOUNGSTOWN, OH – East Golden Bears head coach, Jason Ray, couldn’t be more excited about the season this year. The Golden Bears have ten seniors returning back this year and a couple of the guys are even being looked at to compete at the next level. Coach Ray talked about how proud he is of his staff and his players for putting in the hard work the last two years. Coach spoke about the challenge this past year coaching inside of an inner city school, with COVID, school has been online only and it has been tough to see the potential baseball players face to face. To no fault of the school, he looks to the positives that there is a season this year and he has ten seniors to send out playing a game they all love. Coach Ray expects to compete every game and his players are ready for the challenge this season.

Youngstown East home for baseball is YSNLive.com!

 

HEADED HOME: EAST LADY GOLDEN BEARS SOFTBALL PREVIEW

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YOUNGSTOWN, OH – Head coach Carissa Benchwick and the East Lady Golden Bears are eagerly waiting for the season to start as the girls have been working hard all winter to prepare for a big season! Coach Benchwick will look to the senior class to be key leaders and contributors for the Lady Golden Bears this season. East will open their season on Monday, March 29th, on the road against the Sebring Trojans.

YSN’s own, Billy McCartney and Quinn Puskar, had the opportunity to catch up with Coach Benchwick to get an idea of what her expectations and goals are for this upcoming season, how COVID effected the East High program throughout last year and coming into this season, as well as, who we should keep an eye on from the team that could be making a big splash this year on the diamond!

Check out this special softball sneak peak at the East Lady Golden Bears with head coach, Carissa Benchwick!

 

CARDINALS END EAST’S SEASON

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YOUNGSTOWN OH- Cardinal Mooney opened their tournament run on Wednesday beating East for the third time this season by a score of 41-19. 

 

First Half 

The Cardinals got off to a fast start early thanks to two free throws from Katie Hoguh and would add on to that in the first quarter with three pointers from Angelina Rotunno, Alaina Scavina and Gia DiVincenzo.  Meanwhile, the Lady Bears of east would only have a two pointer and a free throw from Samir Colon with the score at the end of the first being 14-3 Mooney.  

 

The second quarter saw little as Mooney pulled away again with Maria Fire getting four points in the quarter.  Hough would once again execute on the free throws, while Gia Diorio made a two point jumper that took a couple of bounces before it finally went through the net.  East would only have three points once again from Colon as going into the half and just couldn’t get past the Mooney man to man and pressure defense.  The score at the half was 29-6.  

 

Second Half 

It seemed like at the second half that the Golden Bears found a bit of their mistakes as they started to rattle the Lady Cardinals a bit from one missed shot to the next.  The Bears would get some buckets out of it from Ja’Mia Dent who scored four points in the third along with Colon once again with two made free throws.  Meanwhile Mooney was only held to five points in the third, those being four points in total from Hough and a free throw by Fire.  

 

However, Mooney still had the lead going into the fourth and never looked back as East’s last few points were field goals inside the paint by senior Brianna Thompson as the Cardinals will move on to the Sectional Finals against West Geauga (6-4) who got a big victory last night against the Southeast Pirates (9-5) 54-47 and continue while East finishes the season at five and seven winning 41-19. 

 

Mooney Stats 

Katie Hough- 16 points 

 

Alaina Scavina- 6 pts 

 

Gia DiVincenzo- 6pts 

 

Angelina Rotunno- 6pts 

 

Maria Fire- 5pts 

 

Gia Diorio- 2pts 

 

East Stats 

Samir Colon- 9pts 

 

Brianna Thompson- 6pts 

 

Ja’Mia Dent- 4pts 

 

*Contributed by YSN’s Ian O’Brien*

 

MOONEY STAYS PERFECT IN THE STEEL VALLEY

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YOUNGSTOWN OH- Cardinal Mooney came in to Thursday night’s matchup with East trying to complete their second straight undefeated season in the Steel Valley Conference. The Cardinals did just that with a 44-24 win over East, a team they only beat by 2 earlier in the season.

Katie Hough was the leading scorer for Mooney finishing with 14 points. Marie Fire was also in double figures with 10.

The Bears were paced by Brianna Thompson who scored 10 points on the night.

Mooney and East will meet again on Wednesday in the OHSAA sectional semifinals. That game will be at Mooney and tip off at 7:00.

CREQUE SNAPS SHOOTING RECORD

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AUSTINTOWN OH- Zayda Creque shattered the Fitch single three point shooting record as she knocked down 10 threes in Fitch’s 55-43 win over East on Monday night. Creque was hot from the start as her first nine made shots were all threes.

Creque would finish the night with an impressive 32 points. Madly McCann scored 9 for the Falcons while Kara Pirone added 7.

East got a great night from Samair Colon who finished with 24 in the losing effort. Brianna Thompson was also in double figures with 10.

Fitch will stay at home and host Boardman on Wednesday.

IRISH BEAT THE BUZZER IN OVERTIME

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YOUNGSTOWN OH-  The other night, we saw overtime, tonight, we saw another overtime as what looked like an early blowout became the game of the night with both the Ursuline and Youngstown East Golden Bears showed GRIT, and never backed down.  There were also familiar faces as East basketball coach Kevin Cylar met his friend and head coach Keith Gunther as well as returning to the same place he won three state championships in as an assistant coach on the football team. 

 

 In the first quarter, it was all Ursuline as they led 22-8 after some first quarter threes by Will Burney, Tyler Beck, and Brady Shannon while East only had eight points.  In the Second, it was Ursuline leading 40-23 and East somehow needed a turn around as it seemed to have been getting out of hand.  That is until the third quarter as all of a sudden, the Golden Bears started rotating like what Coach Cylar and Ray said and it cut the lead to 10 going into the fourth.  All of a sudden, the Irish defense slowed down and they started missing some important shots, as the Golden Bears took advantage of that, going into overtime tied at 57 all.  In the end, East went up by two with a free throw, and it looked like they were about to get the upset victory.  However, Tyler Beck said not so fast as he hit a corner buzzer beater three pointer to keep the ursuline winning streak alive, beating East in a thriller 67-66.  

 

Ursuline Stats 

For Ursuline, it was DeMarcus McElroy leading with 14 points.  Brady Shannon and Tyler Beck finished with 12 points, Beck with the game winner. Terrance Pankey finished with 11 points, Jakylan Irving had nine points, Will Burney had five points, while Jayden Payne and Geno Lucente combined for four points.  

 

East Stats

John Clay was the leading scorer on the East Golden Bears with 19 points, Ramir Bledsoe had 16 points, Ruben Talley finished with 12 points with a big fourth quarter, Dj Waller finished with nine points, Lamar Underwood had six points, while Anthony Thomas and Xavior Leonard combined for four points.   

 

Up Next 

Ursuline (9-4) takes on the Chaney Cowboys (4-4) Tuesday 7pm tip-off at Chaney.  East (2-5) will head to face GlenOak.  

 

*Contributed by YSN’s Ian O’Brien*