CHAMPION, OH- The Garrettsville Garfield G-Men traveled to Champion tonight to take on the Golden Flashes. It was a strong first half by both teams as it was just a 25-24 Champion lead at the half. Preston Gedeon and the G-Men pulled away in the second half making major adjustments on the defensive side which produced a lot of steals and quick scores in transition. Joey Fell and the Golden Flashes attempted a comeback but fell short tonight to the G-Men 63-40.
The 0-10 Flashes will try and pickup their first win of the season on the road against Campbell this friday. Garfield will go for their fourth win on the season when they travel to Liberty on friday to take on the Leopards.
*Contributed By YSN’s Matt Morrison
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Day two of the fifth annual South Range Holiday Hoops Classic saw a rematch between The Garrettsville Garfield Lady G-Men and The Nordonia Knights from a year ago. What turned out to be a turning point for The G-Men last season, had a completely different feel this time around. With Garrettsville protecting their perfect 8-0 season record in their quest to a conference crown in The Gray Division of The Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference (MVAC) and perhaps a repeat as district champions.
In this go around with The Knights, Garfield found success with guard Laura McCoy finding her shot from all over the floor to help lead her team in scoring throughout the first half. Utilizing multiple scorers as well in the passing game, McCoy was able to get her teammates involved to create the machine that is The G-Men offense, while also scoring 15 first half points herself. Madeline Shirkey complimented them with a fancy, finesse layup to end the half and put Garfield up 30-14 at halftime!
While Jensen Stehlik for Nordonia was an and-one machine for the nights, adding multiple three point plays, as well as the ever-rare four point play as she tried to will he team back into the game. Finishing with 22 points on the day, Stehlik certainly did her job and more for The Knights.
By the start of the second half, Garfield ensured that they corrected the mistakes of Wednesday’s contest against Mooney, in that they kept their foot on the gas through halves. Scoring at will with some phenomenal ball-distribution throughout the contest, The G-Men were able to open up looks through their passing game. Laura McCoy continued her scoring dominance, finishing with 32 of her team’s 66 points at the end of the day to cap-off the win for Garfield 66-44 in her Player of The Game Performance!
The loss for The Knights sent them to 3-10 on the campaign, while Garretsville stayed a perfect 2-0 in The Holiday Hoops Classic and 9-0 on the season! Garfield will now look to Monday, January 2nd where they will get back to conference play, as they host The Newton Falls Tigers.
Interviews with both Head Coach Aaron Gilbert and Player of The Game Laura McCoy can be found below!
CANFIELD OH- In the first All-YSN matchup of the day at The South Range Holiday Tournament, The Cardinal Mooney Cardinals, acted as the home team, squaring off with The Garresville-Garfield G-Men. Both squads rode into Wednesday evening with a ton of momentum, with The Cardinals coming away with the victory against the red hot Youngstown East Golden Bears. For Garfield, despite a scare from Champion, The Lady G-Men were a perfect 7-0 going into Wednesday.
Wasting little time, Garfield jumped out of the box immediately, creating turnovers that were then converted to points, The G-Men jumped ahead 7-2 within the first minutes of gametime. Highlighted by great passing, Garrettsville was able to open up the floor offensively in the first quarter, putting up 24 points throughout the first eight minutes. However, despite trailing by almost 20 points to start, Mooney was able to battle back before the half! Flipping the script, The Cardinals held the previously potent Garfield offense to just five points in the second quarter, thus allowing them to trim their deficit. Going into the half, The Lady G-Men held a 29-18 lead.
Out of the half, Garfield looked to establish themselves in the passing game to create open looks. Initially finding success, Mooney quickly responded by clogging those passing lanes to force turnovers. Sophia Diorio was acting as a spark plug for The Cardinals offense in the second half and Maria Fire always ignited the flame of the defense to get them fired up. On the other side, Madeline Shirkey, Laura McCoy and Mandy Cardinal acted as a three-headed dragon on both sides of the ball, with a good blend of height and athleticism.
Mooney continued to have success on the defensive end, allowing just 26 points in the following three quarters after the first. However, Garfield showed the difference between good teams and great teams, as The G-Men did enough defensively to maintain the lead through rough waters. Emerging victorious for their eighth time this season, The Lady G-Men are now a perfect 8-0 on the campaign. Mandy Cardinal was The Player of The Game, with her 16 points of offense to complement her ball handling and rebounding skills, she was an all-around all star in a winning performance! Both teams will be back in South Range on Thursday, December 29th for their second consecutive day of The South Range Holiday Tournament!
*Contributed By YSN’s Ty Bartell
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LIBERTY OH- Monday night basketball gave the region one of its biggest matchups of the season. Two teams that each took home district championships a season ago facing off once again. The Liberty Leopards came in with a record of (2-1) after cancelling a majority of their games to start the season due to illness. Meanwhile the Garfield Lady G-Men came in as hot as could be winning the first five games of their season without a loss. They also came in with a win streak of 12 consecutive regular season games dating back to last years road loss against Liberty in January.
Redemption for Garfield was on the line as they lost both games a season ago by small margins and they would not be denied the win this time around. A stellar defensive performance combined with a great shooting night from Laura McCoy would drive Garfield to a dominant victory. This game was only in question once as the Leopards and G-Men battled hard in the first quarter of Monday nights game. A quarter in which Liberty led by three when it was all said and done. But that would be the last anyone saw of the Leopards offensive attack as over the next two quarters they were able to put together just eight-points while the G-Men put up an outstanding 27-points in the same time period.
Liberty finally got some momentum in the fourth, but McCoy would put an end to a late run by the Leopards to win the game 52-33. Garfield picks up their sixth win of the season and put an end to Liberty’s 14-game home win streak that dated back to February of 2021. Liberty moves back to .500 on the season as they are now (2-2) and will look to bounce back against Cleveland East Tech on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. ET. Garfield will travel out to Mogadore Field on Wednesday for a 7:00 p.m. ET game.
Liberty’s Demi Watson continued her legendary career as she put up 12-points in Monday’s game to move into 2nd all-time in scoring for girls’ basketball at Liberty High School. She has totaled 1043-points during her time and is now chasing only Shar’Da Williamson for 1st place who set the record back in the 2020 season.
*Contributed By YSN’s Alek Koberna
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GARRETTSVILLE OH- You can never count out a Champion team, that is a lesson Garfield learned all too well on Thursday night. To say the start of the season has been bumpy for Champion would be an understatement. Plagued with injuries the Flashes have had to put players in to new situations with little to no experience. They’ve taken their lumps, but a win on Thursday against an undefeated Garfield team could have sparked a huge turnaround. They got close. In the end it was the G-Men that showed grit and battled through Champion’s biggest punch to keep their perfect season alive 46-43.
Mandy Cardinal led the way for Garfiekd has she put in a big 16 points. Madeline Shirkey also got in to double figures on the night finishing with 13. Laura McCoy finished with 5 points.
For Champion their efforts were led by Bella Meyer with a game-high 22 points. Kayla Haynie added one of the best games of her season getting in to double figures with 15 points.
Garfield escapes with the victory and moves on to travel to Liberty on Monday. Champion will stay on the road as they travel to Campbell.
CAMPBELL OH- Garfield is a team with high aspersions of being at the top of the MVAC Gray tier at the end of the season. Last year they were a couple plays away from ending up on top. One of their first steps in trying to make their dreams reality this season was going to Campbell for a road trip. The G-Men didn’t miss a beat and coasted their way to a 55-13 win.
Garfiekd was guided by Laura McCoy. She hit three triples in the first quarter alone on her way to 18 points. Mandy Cardinal wasn’t too far behind either as she managed to score 16 points. Not only did Madeline Shirkey continue to facilitate their offense, she also chipped in 8 points.
Garfield will return home on Thursday as they’ll host Champion. Campbell will hit the road on Thursday as well as they go to LaBrae to take on the Vikings.
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GARRETTSVILLE OH- Garfield has a lot of goals in mind coming in to 2022. The first goal is always to win a conference championship. They took their first step towards MVAC dominance on Thursday as they opened their slate with a 50-12 win over LaBrae.
The scoring from Garfield came from multiple players. Lauren McCoy and Mandy Cardinal both led the G-Men with 11 points a piece. Madeline Shirkey was also in double figures with 10 points for Garfield. Maddie Fogel had a nice day for Garfield chipping in 6 points.
Garfiekd will continue the season on Monday as they stay in the MVAC with a road trip to Campbell. LaBrae will stay on the road as they go to Newton Falls.
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GARRETTSVILLE OH- The teams that got the closest to state in the basketball arena are coming in to 2022-2023 with hopes of taking that next step closer. Garfield falls in that category. Their girls were one of the few teams in the YSN family to still be alive in the Regional round. Although they fell short in Cuyahoga Falls, there are a ton of reasons to be confident they can get there again this season. They lost key pieces to graduation for sure, but they have players who are hungry to grab their opportunity to shine. Last season the G-Men finished with a record of 19-7 (11-3) which was 3rd in the MVAC. They start their campaign this season on November 19 as they host a good Bristol team.
Garfield head coach Aaron Gilbert brings stability to the program in another year coaching at Garfield. He sat down with YSN’s Ty Bartell to give us a good preview of the season. They talk about some big players to watch out for this season, the culture and standard at Garfield, and much more. Gear up for another season with Episode 1 of Coach’s Corner with Aaron Gilbert
GARRETTSVILLE, OH- As we wrap up the regular season and get ready for postseason football, matchups in week 10 are always the most fun to watch. Garfield and Liberty faced off Friday night in a rematch from last season as the G-Men were looking to keep this season’s week 10 game more in their hands. Both teams started off hot with opening scores, but Garfield’s power would be too much for the Leopards as the G-Men walked away with a 56-27 victory.
Liberty got off to a great start with 87-yard bomb by Tyson Lawrence-Watson who found Dwayne Moody for the opening score. Garfield roared right back with a 53-yard pass of their own when Eric Geddes lobbed one up to Deacon Sommer. But just like last year, the Leopards punched right back to regain the lead from a kickoff return after the G-Men tied it up. Unfortunately for Liberty, Garfield caught on to their game plan after that score and stopped the Leopards speed from hurting them. The G-Men’s defense locked it up for the remainder of the game to take home the prize of closing the regular season off with a win.
Looking ahead into the playoffs, Liberty is not done yet as they are expected to settle into the 16th seed and possibly collide with South Range in the opening round. Garfield is expected to settle into the 8th seed and host Conneaut.
YSN will have both playoff games available along with many others with the Playoff Power Pass on October 28th.
*Contributed By YSN’s Brendan Miller
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GARRETTSVILLE OH- Passion for a sport a the level that you see in players like Gabby Barnard. Not only does Gabby play volleyball for Garfield, but she also plays almost all year round in JO Volleyball. Her mind is always on the sport. So when you dive in to her career at Garfield it is easy to see how she has become so successful. She has spent all of her off seasons playing against some of the best competition you could find in the region. The intensity and challenge that the off-season volleyball brings has sharpened her tools to become a truly great player.
Gabby is also a unique leader on the team. Her exposure to high level volleyball has taught her the importance of figuring some things out on your own. While Gabby will always be there for her teammates, she also is not going to be the player that holds everyone’s hands through every form of adversity that comes across. She’ll live by that too, she will figure things out on her own. If nothing else, she is a leader that at her best leads by example.
Barnard currently sits second on the team with 203 kills on the season. She has an average of 3.3 kills per set. Barnard’s biggest asset on offense is her efficiency. She hits at a hitting percentage of .525. She has only committed 36 errors on 318 attempts. Barnard is also second on the team in digs sitting at 190 at the moment.
Gabby was kind enough to take some time to hop on an interview with Anthony Hartwig to talk about her senior season. They talk about what makes Garfield feel like home, playing volleyball as much as she does, and so much more. Check out the latest Garfield Volleyball Player Profile only on YSN!
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