SALEM, OH- The Quakers opened up at home beating Ursuline 3-0 in straight sets. For the Lady Quakers, Elly Exline had 4 aces and 10 kills, Rylie Troy had 6 aces and 3 kills, and Jaden Hamilton added 10 kills and 2 blocks.
The Quakers will travel to Boardman on Saturday.
*Story contributed by Sarah Hamilton and Salemathletics.org
SALEM, OH- The Salem Boys Golf Team took a tough loss on Wednesday evening against rival Marlington 167-201.
For the Quakers, Dylan Ulrich shot the best round with a 45, while Lane Rhodes dialed a 47. Shooting in the 50’s were Nick Colbert (53) and Carter Reid (56.)
Salem falls to 1-4 overall and in the EBC.
*Statistics provided by Rick Istnick and Salemathletics.org
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SALEM, OH- The Salem Quakers suffered an early-season defeat at the hands of the Ursuline Irish on Wednesday.
Salem takes a loss from Ursuline 6-0. For Salem, Tommy Goodchild was credited 12 saves in goal. Max Kemets was also in goal with 3 saves.
Ursuline’s offensive attack was led by Mario Ruano, Jacob Coman, Patrick Fallon, Cam Forsyth, Ryan Coman and Alex LaPlante who all tallied goals while Calder Lenhart had two saves in net.
Salem’s next game will be home on Thursday, August 22nd vs South Range at 7pm while Ursuline (2-0) is scheduled to play Hubbard Saturday at 10am.
*Story Contributed by Travis Zeigler and Salemathletics.org
SALEM, OH- The Lady Quakers dropped their home opener 2-1 to Youngstown Ursuline. The Lady Quakers opened the scoring with a goal by Abby Perry.
After Ursuline put two on the board in the second half the Lady Quakers played an intense 20 minutes in an attempt to equalize.
While the Lady Quakers were able to generate multiple opportunities, they came up short in finding the back of the net. Sam Moore recorded 7 saves in goal. The team returns to action Monday 8/26 at home against Howland. Kickoff is at 7 pm.
*Story Contributed by Kent Paulini and Salemathletics.org
VALLEY GOLF COURSE- Salem’s Girl’s Golf Team (3-1) chipped their way past the Lady Bears on Monday- 208 to 261. Finding the green early and often was Salem’s Kelly Hutton who shot a 48 on the round. The Lady Quakers also had a pair of 53’s shot by Sloan Rudibaugh and Lexi Miller, Emma Brown shot a 54.
For Leetonia, Haleigh Brook led the way with a 57.
*Story contributed by Lindsay Winn at salemathletics.org
NILES, OH- Score early on offense, limit opportunities on defense, and throw strikes. It’s that easy, right? On Wednesday, Niles McKinley stuck to that blueprint and advanced past the red-hot Quakers who rattled off 6 straight victories prior to the Sectional Finals. Salem fell behind early and couldn’t come back in a 4-0 loss to McKinley on Wednesday. McKinley scored on a single by Gallo, a single by Mays, and a fielder’s choice by Sudzina in the first inning.
In the first inning, McKinley got their offense started when Gallo singled on the first pitch of the at-bat, scoring one run.
A single by Blaize Exline in the second inning was a positive for Salem, and one of only two hits for the Quakers on the evening. Both belonged to Exline.
Weida led the McKinley to victory on the pitcher’s mound. He surrendered zero runs on two hits over seven innings, striking out four.
Adam Wilson took the loss for Salem. He allowed ten hits and four runs over six innings, striking out three and walking one.
Exline went 2-for-3 at the plate to lead Salem in hits.
McKinley racked up ten hits on the day. Gallo, Sudzina, and Leonard all managed multiple hits for McKinley.
The Quaker Baseball Staff had this to say after the game via Twitter:
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CARROLLTON, OH- On February 23rd, 2018 on the first day of practice following tryouts, the Lady Quakers sat down for a chat at home plate in the Salem Community Center. A goal was set to break the school record for wins in a season. A paper chain was made with 15 links and each one would be ripped off to countdown the record. The 2018 season came and passed and Salem ended the season at 13 wins, one shy of tying the record and 2 shy of beating it. So, two links remained and were carried with coaches until the 2019 Lady Quakers got within the two wins. With the old chain brought back out the last link was ripped by each senior with today’s 7-3 win at Carrollton and consider it Mission Accomplished! The old record of 14 wins held since 1993. In fact, this season is the first that Salem has had a winning record in over 20 years. The Lady Quakers enjoyed a meal together to celebrate after the game.
Elly Exline singled with one out in the top of the 1st inning. That hit was her 40th and it broke the single-season record. Elly would add two more hits and end the season at a remarkable 42. Taylor Thorpe would follow with a bunt single. Hayden Carner hit an RBI double down the left field line for her 26th RBI on the season which is another school record. Meg Rossero loaded the bases with the 4 consecutive Quaker hit in the inning. With two outs Jessica Slocum slammed a two rbi single up the middle on the first pitch of her at-bat.
Bailee Thorn doubled and singled twice scoring two more runs. She has scored 33 runs which is a new record as well. Taylor Thorpe, Meg Rossero and Hayden Carner had two hits on the evening. With the three hits, Elly Exline broke the single-season batting average record of .476 set by Clara Janofa. Elly finishes the season at a .488 clip.
Senior Kennedy Grimes would score the 7th run to help secure the victory.
Taylor Thorpe won her 15th game of the season in the circle and struck out another 12 batters. Her record for strikeouts in a season is now 228.
Bailee Thorn made a nice play on a blooped ball at short and Brooke Veglia dug out a ball at her ankles on an errant throw at 1st to limit any potential rally from the Warriors.
*Contributed by Mike Thorpe
SALEM, OH- The Salem baseball team won their sectional semi-final game against Struthers in Salem on Tuesday to get their 10th home victory of the season and 6th in a row overall.
The Quakers have had to come from behind to win the last 4 during this streak. Tuesday night was no exception. Sophomore starter Lane Rhodes gave up a run in the first and 3 more in the second to stake the Wildcats to an early 4-0 lead.
Freshman Blaize Exline would get the Quakers on the board in the bottom of the second when he reached on an error by the shortstop that scored junior Joey Watson from 3rd.
After both teams traded zeros in the third inning, the Quakers would score three in the bottom of the fourth to tie it up on the strength of a 2 out 2 run single by sophomore second basemen Nick Coletta and a wild pitch that would eventually bring Coletta in to score.
Struthers would quickly regain the lead in the top of the 5th when Tomko led off the inning with a single, stole second base and then scored from second on an infield hit.
But the Quakers had another comeback left in them and in the bottom of the 5th inning would strike for 4 runs that would eventually win them the game. An error, bunt base hit, walk and a hit batter would tie the score for Salem and then after senior Adam Wilson went down swinging for the first out of the inning, freshman Blaize Exline riffled a single back up the middle to score two and snatch a 7-5 lead for the Quakers. Salem would add the final run of the inning on a bases-loaded walk to senior Turner Johnson.
Lane Rhodes did the rest as he went the distance for the Quakers allowing 3 earned runs off of 8 hits while striking out 11 Wildcat batters.
The victorious Quakers advance to take on Niles tomorrow in Niles with the first pitch set for 5 o’clock.
*Contributed by Mike DeBarr
SALEM, OH – Taylor Thorpe struck out 15 batters including a string of 8 in a row, but it wasn’t enough to slow down East Palestine. Thorpe allowed just two hits and 0 earned runs while walking just one. She now has 216 ks on the season. Taylor broke the career strikeout record (Brittany Gregory 449 ks / 2004-2007) at Salem during the game and now has 456 ‘s. An incredible feat in just 2.5 years at Salem.
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Salem got on the board in the third as Bailee Thorn lead off with a triple and was squeezed home on a perfect bunt hit by Taylor Thorpe. They would make it 2-0 in the fourth inning. Brooke Veglia led off with a single and was bunted to second by Jessica Slocum. Freshmen Rylie Troy singled her home as Brooke hustled to a slide at the plate. East Palestine would score 3 runs in the 6th inning which consisted of a Morgan Rutledge leadoff double, followed by a Del Earley RBI double, a Joclyn Fristik RBI single, and a sacrifice fly from junior Kenzee Johnston.
Brooke Veglia, Elly Exline, Bailee Thorn and Taylor Thorpe each had two hits in the game. Elly’s two hits give her 39 hits on the season which ties the season record currently shared by Bailee Thorn & Clara Janofa in 2016.
Salem will wrap up its 2019 season at Carrollton this coming Wednesday. Win and they break the school record for wins in a season. East Palestine will gear up for Monday’s 6 pm OHSAA District Semifinal at Jackson Milton against McDonald.
*Contributions by Mike Thorpe
SALEM, OH- The Quaker baseball team capped off an impressive week Friday night by beating United in 10 innings to capture their 5th win in as many days.
Junior starter Seth Seddon pitched 6 innings for the Quakers giving up 1 earned run on 10 hits while striking out 7 United batters.
Fellow junior Joey Watson would come in for Seddon in relief and pitch 4 scoreless innings giving up 0 runs and striking out 6.
A couple of errors defensively, a double by Parker Hydrick and a base hit by Britalon led to a 3 run top of the first by United. The Eagles would add another run in the third on a 2 out RBI single by McIntosh to make it a 4-0 lead. That would be the last run United would score.
The Quakers were just getting started.
Salem would get on the board in the 6th when freshman Brock Young singled in Watson and sophomore Nick Coletta would score on a throwing error to third on the same play.
The Quakers would be down to their last strike in the seventh against United ace Shane Black who had come on in relief during the previous inning to shut the door. He forgot to lock it however as with 2 strikes, freshman Darius Beck knocked the door open with a base hit up the middle scoring freshman Blaize Exline and sophomore Lane Rhodes to tie the game at 4.
Back and forth the two teams would go in extra innings with trading minor threats in a couple of innings but neither team could capitalize on them. Then in the bottom of the 10th with the bases loaded and two outs, senior Bryce Owen took 4 straight balls to walk off the Eagles and earn the Quakers their 5th win in as many days.
The Quakers improved to 9-1 at Ray Reisbeck field on the year and 14-11 overall. (7-5 in the EBC) the 6th seeded Quakers will host 11 seed Struthers in the sectional tournament on Monday with the first pitch set for 5 pm.
*Contributed by Mike DeBarr