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EAGLES PUT THE CLAMPS DOWN ON GARFIELD

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GARRETTSVILLE OH-

JFK defeated Garfield 3-0 on Saturday as two pitchers combined to throw a shutout. Freddy Bolchalk induced a fly out from Vinnie Grandizio to finish off the game.

The pitching was strong on both sides. The Eagles pitchers struck out 11, while Garfield pitchers sat down five.

A double by Tyler Bortz in the third inning was a positive for Garfield.

Caleb Hadley earned the win for JFK. The pitcher went four innings, allowing zero runs on one hit, striking out seven and walking zero. Bolchalk threw three innings in relief out of the bullpen. Bolchalk recorded the last nine outs to earn the save.

Lenny Veccia took the loss for Garfield. The bulldog lasted five innings, allowing six hits and three runs while striking out three and walking zero.

JFK totaled seven hits. Gavin Shrum, Jake Hettrick, and Hadley each racked up multiple hits. Hadley, Hettrick, and Shrum each collected two hits to lead the offense.

Bortz went 1-for-2 at the plate to lead Garfield in hits.

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GARFIELD BASEBALL COACH’S CORNER (EP 1) WITH MICHAEL PAES

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GARRETTSVILLE OH-  The Garrettsville Garfield G-Men have made quite the first impression as a school on YSN. With the football team making a deep run, including an undefeated regular season, and the girls basketball team continuing their culture of success.  As we await the start of the baseball and softball season, a lot of those same athletes featured in other sports, will, once again be featured on the diamond.   Aside from this being the first year with YSN, it is also Garretsville’s first year in The Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference (MVAC).

Being a part of The Gray Division in The MVAC, Garfield will do battle with the likes of Liberty, Champion and LaBrae to name a few conference opponents.   Head Coach Michael Paes is excited for the competition level that has been raised in conference play; however, Garfield still features old rivalries on their schedule, such as Ravenna Southeast and Mogadore.

You cannot miss this Coaches Corner, as Ty and Anthony wish a warm welcome to The Garrettsville Garfield G-Men Baseball Team!

*Contributed By YSN’s Ty Bartell

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SMITH NAMED 2022 YSN GIRLS OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

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EAST PALESTINE, OH- Garfield’s Jenna Smith has been named 2022 Your Sports Network Girls Basketball Offensive Player of the Year by the media company.  Smith was honored earlier this week as well with First Team All-State honors and now stands tall amongst a detailed list of some of the best players in the state.

Smith’s senior campaign consisted of leading her team in-game appearances (26), points per game (20.2), rebounds (12.2) while chipping in a steal per game as well on defense.  Jenna helped propel the Lady G-Men to a 19-7 record overall, and 11-3 in the MVAC.

Congratulations to Jenna Smith for her selection as 2022 YSN Offensive Player of the Year, and for all the success throughout her career.  We wish her the best in all future endeavors that await her.

GARFIELD REPEATS AS DISTRICT CHAMPIONS

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CORTLAND OH- For the third year in a row, and the fourth time and five seasons Garfield and Champion met up for the district championship. This season, Garfield and Champion are even more familiar with each other. As new league rivals the G-Men and Flashes have played twice already this year. They split their regular season meetings, with both games going down to the wire. Garfield took control of this one pretty quick however, and cruised to a 68-51 victory.

Jenna Smith led her team in her final district championship of her career. She scored 19 points. Madeline Shirley was also in double figures for Garfield scoring 13. Sarah Seaman was right behind her with 12. Sydney Seaman rounded out Garfield’s double digit scorers with 11.

Ava Howell gave Champion everything she had despite the loss. The Flashes senior scored a game-high 22 points. Bella Meyer contributed a solid 16.

Garfield advances to the division 3 regional semifinals. They’ll be paired with Warrensville Heights who is also in their second straight regional. In fact, 3 of the 4 teams that will be in Cuyahoga Falls this week were there last year. Liberty being the lone new team. Garfield’s game will tip off approximately 30 minutes following the conclusion of Liberty vs Waynedale which tips at 6:00 on Wednesday in Cuyahoga Falls.

GARFIELD GIRLS BASKETBALL COACH’S CORNER (EP 2) WITH AARON GILBERT

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GARFETTSVILLE OH- It is time for her another championship game for Garfield’s girls basketball team. It’s the third year in a row that the Lady G-Men have played for a district championship. For the third year in a row it’s the same opponent as well. Garfield Will matchup with new conference rival Champion in an all too familiar district title matchup. The two teams split their regular season meetings.

Garfield head coach Aaron Gilbert came on YSN’s Running Point this week. He talks with Anthony Hartwig about what make’s this year’s team unique, how it feels to be back in the district championship, and much more. Get ready for Saturday night’s game with Episode 2 of Coach’s Corner with Aaron Gilbert.

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GARFIELD FOCUSED ON REPEATING AS DISTRICT CHAMPS

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CORTLAND OH- Garfield walked away as district champions last season with their win over Champion. It earned them a trip to Cuyahoga Falls for the regionals. However, a taste of regionals makes you hungry for more. Now, Garfield finds themselves one win away from another championship. They beat Berkshire in the district semifinals Wednesday 59-33.

It was a pretty competitive first frame with Garfield leading 16-13 after 1. However, over the next two quarters the G-Men outscored Berkshire 29-14 to pull away.

Jenna Smith was unstoppable. She finished with 28 points, which helped her eclipse 1600 career points. Smith completed a double double as well with 14 rebounds. Sarah Seaman broke her own three point in a season record with perimeter shot number 62. She finished with 18 points.

Garfield advances to the district championship on Saturday where they’ll meet a familiar foe in Champion. Not only have these two teams already met twice this season, but this will be the third year in a row they meet in the final. That game is scheduled to tip at 7:00 on Saturday at Lakeview.

STILL JENNA FROM THE BLOCK

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GARRETTSVILLE OH- Take a trip to Garrettsville to watch Garfield’s girls basketball team and you’ll be in for a treat. The Lady G-Men have plenty of ways they can beat you. However most of the time, their offense flows through Jenna Smith. She can dominate the paint, and she can make lethal moves from the high post as well.

Jenna got her 1000th career point as a Junior last season, that in itself is an accomplishment. She continued to lead her team statistically this season and now, she is a member of the 1,500 point club. It is much more exclusive up there.

Jenna shows incredible leadership on the team. She is a big reason Garfield  is able to work as such a tight unit. She had plenty of leaders in the past show her the way to lead the younger kids now. Because of the work she has put in, Garfield has a great mix of experience, and youth. Because Jenna, and her fellow seniors are such good leaders, everyone on the team carries confidence into every situation that they come across.

Jenna took the time to join YSN’s Running appoint this week to talk about her senior year. She also talks about reaching 1,500 points, her basketball journey, and much more.

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GARFIELD EARNS GILBERT HIS 250TH CAREER WIN

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COLUMBIANA OH- The MVAC Gray Tier has been nothing short of a gauntlet on both the boys and girls sides this season. 

On the girls side, it was a matchup between The Garrettsville Garfield Lady G-Men making the trip down to Crestview to do battle with The Lady Rebels. 

The first half proved to be a low scoring, scrappy and defensive battle! With both teams jockeying for position on one another in the first sixteen minutes. 

Crestview, coming into this season, has a lot of young talent on the roster. Including two freshmen that got the start in Saturday’s contest. 

One of those freshmen being the young star in Luvrain Gaskins, who dropped 14 points in the first half!

Gaskins’ big first helped The Lady Rebels draw even with The Lady G-Men going into halftime 19-19.

However, the talks with Coach Gilbert fired up Garrettsville out of the half. Garfield out scored Crestview 21-7 in the third quarter alone to take a 40-26 with just the fourth quarter remaining. 

The story of the second half? Jenna Smith playing takeover ball for The Lady G-Men! With 18 points in the second half and 26 on the day. 

Sarah Seaman knocked four triples down as a part of a 14 point performance on Saturday.

But it was Smith, accounting for almost half of her team’s offense, that named her The Player of The Game! The Lady G-Men kept that momentum rolling, taking that third quarter lead and never looking back, as Garrestville won 55-40 over Crestview. 

Winning both times over The Lady Rebels, the win marks career win number 250 for Garfield Head Coach Aaron Gilbert, with over 200 of those victories coming at Garrettsville. 

Crestview (9-9) will look to bounce back against Hubbard (8-8) and The Lady Eagles on Thursday, February 10th. 

Coach Gilbert will waste little time trying to get win 251, as Garrettsville (13-6) will travel to conference opponent Brookfield (12-4) for a conference matchup on Monday, February 7th.

*Contributed By YSN’s Ty Bartell

SEAMAN TOPS GARFIELD SHOOTING RECORDS

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GARRETTSVILLE OH- Sarah Seaman has been doing her thing in Garfield for the last four season. She has quickly become one of the best shooters in the YSN family, and statistically the best three point shooter in Garfield history. Earlier this season Seaman broke the record for most threes in a career. The mark was 169, she’s got that and counting.

Sarah hasn’t just a good shooter, she is a fantastic leader. Her example and work ethic has been crucial to Garfield’s success this season. Garfield has 4 losses this season where they’ve had leads in the fourth quarter. That kind of heartbreak is enough to break a team. But not Garfield, not with a leader like Sarah Seaman. Her, and her fellow seniors have refused to let those losses define the Lady G-Meh season. They’ve been dominant in the league this week to get their team back on track, and get their record back to above .500.

Anthony Hartwig, and Ty Bartell had the opportunity to talk to Sarah on Running Point after her record breaking performance. She talks about what goals lay ahead for her and her team, her basketball journey, and much more. Don’t miss this exclusive interview with Garfield’s brand new three point queen Sarah Seaman.

 

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SOUTH RANGE, GARFIELD, CRESTVIEW, EDISON FILL LIST OF DIVISION V ALL-OHIOANS

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COLUMBUS, OH- With South Range and Garfield going undefeated all regular season, and well into the post-season, you knew these two teams would fill up the accolade count when the award season came around.

They did not disappoint.

The Raiders were led by Dylan Dominguez’s first-team selection, who became the first South Range running back in history to have 3 consecutive 1000 yard seasons for the Burgundy and Gold. He was joined on the first team by record-breaking Junior Signal-Caller, Billy Skripac as well as Michael Lally and Logan Cormell.

Second teamers for South Range include Jacob Brooks on the offensive line and linebacker, Tyler Remish.  Bailey Ryan would head the third team, and the tandem of Connor Jones, Ayden Leon and Shane Lindstrom were named honorable mention.

Garfield landed their star running back, Anthony Demma on the first team, with Riley LaPorte garnering the same honor on the offensive line.  Brody Swigonski wrapped his senior year with a third-team all-state selection as well.  Austin Roman hauled in an honorable mention on the offensive line, while sophomore Keegan Sell made the team as a linebacker, and Colin Lysiak did the same on special teams.

Crestview had a couple of standouts make the list, as Anthony Cusick etched his name at honorable mention QB, and his teammate Roclen Bettura joined him at linebacker.

Edison’s Jacob Cusick was selected to the second team, and sophomore, and Chase McClurg joins the team as an honorable mention linebacker with Hunter Russell landing on the offensive line.

We congratulate these young men on representing their families, communities, school and program at the highest level this season!