YOUNGSTOWN OH- Mooney looked to head into spring break with a lot of momentum on Saturday afternoon. They did just that improving their record to 6-1 after defeating Laurel 12-2.
Peyton Campbell and Ella Szalay each had 4 goals in the win. Addison Stacy had 2 goals. Angelee Blasko and Sarah Schaller added 1 goal. Alyssa Ray had 5 saves in goal.
Mooney will take a solid break and return to action April 19 as they travel to Orange for post spring break play.
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Following back-to-back victories against All American Conference (AAC) opponent The Howland Tigers, The Austintown Fitch Falcons softball team was scheduled for their first non-conference opponent. Their competition? The two-time regining and defending Suburban-American Conference champions, The Aurora Greenmen. Another premier pitching matchup was slated, as Greenmen had The Suburban-American Pitcher of The Year a season ago in McKennah Metzger. Of course, Fitch has The AAC Pitcher of The Year and YSN Player of The Year in Sydnie Watts in the circle.
The first inning saw Austintown strike first when Ayla Ray opened the game with a single and later came home to score off of a Sydnie Watts RBI single. Great pitching ensued for the following innings, with Metzger retiring The Falcons on weak contact, while Watts struckout ten of the first eleven batters! Fitch padded their lead in the third when the top of The Falcon order got ducks on the pond for the middle. McKenna Hogan brought home a run on a sacrifice fly, following that, Kylie Folkwein brought home two additonal runs on a single which allowed Fitch to take a 4-0 lead.
The score remained the same until the sixth, as both Metzger and Watts got into a groove! Aurora got some traffic on the basepaths in the top half of the sixth, which would be The Greenmen’s best opportunity to score at that point. Watts faned the two following batters to keep one of Portage County’s best teams scoreless through six innings. In the bottom half of the inning, The Ace of Bases, Ayla Ray hit a triple to the gap and scored off a throwing error to third, capturing an additional insurance run for The Falcons! Watts sent The Greenmen down in order in the top of the seventh and finished with 16 strikeouts in route to a 3-0 start for Fitch!
Aurora (3-2) will be in-action next on Monday, April 3rd in a home matchup against conference-rival Tallmadge (2-1) as those two squads shared the conference a season ago. While Austintown-Fitch (3-0) will stay home and be right back on the field Friday, March 31st where they will host The Mentor Cardinals (0-0) for a 5:00 p.m. first pitch! Interviews with Players of The Game Sydnie Watts and Ayla Ray can be found below!
Batting (Fitch)
Ayla Ray: 3/3, 3 R (6), BB, 3B (1).
Caitlin Mitchell: 2/4, R (1).
Sydnie Watts: 1/3, RBI (5)
McKenna Hogan: 1/3, RBI (2).
Kylie Folkwein: 1/2, BB, 2 RBI (4).
Pitching (Fitch)
Sydnie Watts: W (3), 7 IP, 3 H, 0 BB, 16 K (41), CG (3), SO (3).
CANFIELD, OH- After a tough loss to end the 2022 campaign, the Cardinals are loaded up and are on a mission in 2023. Leading the way once again is veteran Coach, Gary Knittle and a great staff of stickball experts alongside of the skipper.
With some high-end returners making their way back into the lineup this year, Coach Knittle is optimistic about this team and their goals in the year ahead.
YSN’s DJ Yokley sat down with Coach Knits for a 1 on 1 to talk about the Cards in 2023 on the opening day episode of Canfield Coach’s Corner with Gary Knittle.
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CANFIELD, OH- Sam Susany continued to shine as she and her South Range teammates shut down Lakeview, throwing a complete game shutout and leading to an 11-0 victory on Thursday
In the first inning, South Range Varsity Raiders got their offense started. Kelly Szolek grounded out, scoring one run, and the Raiders never looked back.
South Range scored five runs in the fifth inning. The offensive onslaught by South Range was led by Jamie Feren, Riley DeCiancio, Keira Brogan, and Madison Dado, all sending runners across the plate with RBI’s in the inning.
A double by McKenna Werner in the first inning was positive for Lakeview.
Susany toed the rubber for South Range. The righty surrendered zero runs on two hits over five innings, striking out six and walking one.
Bacon was on the rubber for Lakeview. The pitcher surrendered six runs on nine hits over two and two-thirds innings, walking zero. Chadwick threw two innings in relief.
The Raiders racked up 13 hits. Brogan, Juli Stachowicz, Anna Aey, Feren, and Gretchen Bartels each collected multiple hits for South Range. Brogan went 3-for-4, and Aey was 2-3 at the plate to lead the Raiders in hits.
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YOUNGSTOWN OH- After losing 10-1 last season to Gilmour Academy, Cardinal Mooney was locked in on sweet revenge Thursday night as they defeated the Lancers 10-7 to improve to 5-1 on the season.
Peyton Campbell led offense with 4 goals, while Addison Stacy had 3. Ella Szalay had 2 goals, 2 assists, and 11 draw controls. Sophia Graziano rounded out the night with one goal. Alyssa Ray had 15 saves in goal.
Mooney will play home one last time before spring break Saturday at noon vs Laurel!
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WARREN, OHIO – The Champion Flashes improved their record to 2-0 Thursday as they destroyed MVAC Conference foe Newtown Falls 12-2.
Champion was kept quiet most of the game, all except for the bottom of the third inning when they went off for their 12 runs. The offensive charge was led by Carson Fife, Hunter Haines, Brett Channell, Dylan Howell, Zack Morris, and Micah Nolan who all produced runs.
After a Fife single and Channell walk in the inning, the snowball effect was on for Newton Falls as they did not help themselves, committing two sloppy errors that Champion capitalized on. Bradey Quinby was on the mound for Champion, lasting two and two-thirds innings allowing two hits and two runs while striking out three Tigers batters.
Champion will now prepare to play an 11:00 a.m. matinee ballgame against Geneva on Saturday.
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CANFIELD OH- Lakeview took home a 5-4 victory over South Range on the road on Thursday.
Lakeview got things moving in the second inning, when Brandon Toot singled on a 1-1 count, scoring one run.
Alex Stowe was credited with the victory for the Bulldogs. Stowe surrendered three runs on three hits over three innings, striking out two. Jason DeMonica, Tyler Capan, and Andrew Brown all put in work in relief out of the bullpen, steering their team towards the victory. Capan recorded the last four outs to earn the save.
Konnor Brogan took the loss for South Range. He lasted three innings, allowing three hits and four runs while striking out five.
Andrew McRoberts went 2-for-4 at the plate to lead Lakeview in hits.
South Range’s offense was led by Tyler Wardle who went 1-2 with a pair of RBI. Logan Baxter went 1-3 with a run scored. Billy Skripac walked twice on the day and scored a run.
Lakeview is scheduled to host Canfield on Friday at 5:00. South Range will try to bounce back Friday as they host Boardman.
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CANFIELD, OHIO – After taking an extra day to complete, the Canfield Cardinals finally finished their game from Wednesday night, knocking off Warren Harding 8-2. In the first inning on Wednesday, Canfield jumped on Harding right away as they put up a four spot.
Ben Slanker drove in two runs on an RBI double. Canfield then put up for more runs in the third inning where Scottie Eaton, Stephen Maszczak, Jameson Beck, and AJ Havrilla all produced RBI’s in the inning. Michael Patellis started the game on the hill for the Cardinals, going on and two-thirds innings giving up two runs on one hit and fanning two Raiders batters.
The winning pitcher was Eaton as his stat line reads four hits given up, no runs allowed, striking out two, and two walks. Noah Anzevino got two innings of work out of the bullpen.
Canfield will return to the diamond on Friday at 5:00 p.m. to pay a visit to the Lakeview Bulldogs.
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RICHMOND OH- Edison opened the season with a tough loss, but shook it off quickly on Thursday night as they took down a solid United team 10-0.
Katie Fluharty dazzled in the circle for the Wildcats as she struck out 11 hitters and only gave up 2 hits in the shutout. The offense of the Wildcats got contributions from many sources as Becka Evans, and Anna Wadas had multiple hits, while Ali Shrieve, Audrey Scott, and Ellie Joynson contributed hits.
Edison is scheduled to host Beaver Local on Friday night at 5:00. United is slated to travel to Wellsville on Saturday at 5:00.
GIRARD, OHIO- In a matchup up between Girard and Niles, all the right things went in favor of Girard as they won 24-0.
Sidnee Rice went 4 for 5 and Abbie Rafferty went 4 for 4 as Rice and Rafferty combined for 8 hits and 5 runs to help the Indians on the offensive side. On the defensive side the Indians were led by Emily Rosace, who pitched the full five innings allowing only 2 hits and striking out 11. Isabella Rexroad was the starting pitcher for Niles as she allowed 15 hits and 18 runs.
Girard will now travel to West Branch on Saturday to take on the Warriors. Niles will host the Mineral Ridge Rams this Friday.
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