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BLUE DEVILS KEEP IT GOING

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COLUMBIANA OH- Western Reserve preserved their undefeated season on Wednesday night with a non conference sweep of Heartlabd Christian. (25-20 25-22 25-20)

Gianna Paris collected a double double for the Blue Devils finishing with 16 assists, and 10 digs. She also added 6 kills to the offense. Lisa Eichert led the offense with 10 kills, also totaling 7 digs, and 4 aces. Angelina Cappabianca had 12 digs, and 4 kills.

Emma Hall led the Lions attack finishing with 10 kills. Her 18 digs earned her a double double, and she also served up 5 aces. Jayden Scheller led the setting finishing with 11 assists. LAUREN Miasek also had a nice night with 7 kills.

Western Reserve returns to action Thursday for their third match in three days. They return to conference play hosting Springfield. Heartland will return to the court Saturday as they travel to United.

BLUE DEVILS HANDLE HEARTLAND IN OPENER

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BERLIN CENTER OH- Western Reserve opened the season with a solid sweep of Heartland Christian. The Blue Devils look to stay on the map as one of the more dominant programs in the area.

Alyvia Hughes started her sophomore season with a bang. She finished the night with 11 kills and 7 digs. She also served up 2 aces. Gianna Paris was solid setting up the Devils offense. She finished with 18 assists, 5 digs, 4 kills, and 4 aces. Lisa Eichert also stood out with 9 digs, and 5 kills.

Lauren Miasek led the Lions with 5 kills. Jayden Scheller grabbed 5 digs, and 5 kills.

LIONS RALLY FOR OPENING DAY WIN

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East Palestine, OH- Baseball is back. The 2021 season got underway Saturday here at Next Level, home of Heartland Christian, and the home team Lions walked off with a 5-4 victory over the visiting Blue Devils from Western Reserve.
Senior standout Caleb Graft took the hill for Heartland and survived a challenging third inning to keep the LIons in striking distance through 5 1⁄3 innings. He struck out 12 before giving way to sophomore Drew Walker who finished the game to pick up the mound win.

Jake Papagallo had a strong start for the Blue Devils striking out six in his four innings. Nick Nemi took the loss.
Devin Sirota led the Lions’ offense with two hits, two runs scored, and an rbi. After scoring the game’s first run in the second, the senior kept his team alive with two outs and the bases empty in the decisive seventh inning rally. Trailing 4-2 entering the final frame, the Lions got within one after Aaron Gault singled and scored on a Graft sacrifice fly. Then, Sirota set up the dramatic ending as he singled, stole second, and scored on a two-strike base hit by Nate Garzanich to tie the game. With Garzanich at third, the Lions were once again down to their last strike when Joel Morgan ended it by beating the throw to first on a ground ball to shortstop.

Brock Miller had two hits for Western Reserve who will host LaBrae on Monday. The Lions are scheduled to host McDonald on Wednesday.

*Contributed by YSN’s Mark Franken

HEADED HOME: HEARTLAND CHRISTIAN LIONS BASEBALL PREVIEW

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COLUMBIANA, OH – Chris Gault, head coach for Heartland Christian baseball team, talked with us this week about the upcoming season. Senior, Caleb Graft will lead the pitching staff this year. Tom Kling shortstop, Joel Morgan second base, Aaron Gault catcher, Zach Labon centerfield, Hayden Stewart left field, and Devin Sirota will man right field. The Lions have a lot of lettermen returning this season, something very new to this program as Coach Gault told us. This is the first year they have had upperclassmen in the program. Coach Gault talked about the hard work this guys have put into the program and how contagious it has been to all the new freshmen this year. Hard work always pays off and it’s a great way to start a program that only started in 2018 with this senior class.

Stay here for everything Heartland Christian baseball this season YSNLive.com!

 

VALLEY LEAVES LIONS IN THE DUST

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YOUNGSTOWN OH- A strong defensive effort from the Valley Christian Eagles helped them soar past the visiting Heartland Christian Lions 68-23 in the opening round of the Division IV plat Wednesday night.

The Eagles held quarter leads of 14-7,31-10,50-19  in their victory.

Kristen Gill scored a game high 26 points for the Eagles with Dezyrae Dean added 14 points.

For the Lions, who finished the season with a 6-17 slate, junior Madi Matthews had 15 points.  Valley  Christian improves to 10-3 will travel to Bristol to take on the Panthers Saturday afternoon in a sectional final game.

*Contributed By YSN’s Gary Leininger

BERTOVICH CALLS GAME IN LIONS WIN OVER JFK

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Columbiana, OH- Jonathan Bertovich can be described as quiet and unassuming off the court, and he often tacitly performs his duties as Heartland Christian’s floor general as well. On Monday afternoon, a Presidents’ Day matchup between two Division IV teams hoping to make a deep run in the upcoming OHSAA playoffs, Heartland hosted Warren JFK in a thriller that ended with Bertovich calmly hitting a 30-foot jumper at the buzzer giving the Lions a 64-61 victory. “Silent Cal” Coolidge, would have been proud.

The first half was dominated by the Lions. Nate Garzanich carried the load in the first quarter hitting two threes, while the consistent efforts of Steven Baker and Joey Donofrio on both ends of the court led to a 32-19 Lions’ lead at the half. It was a half where the Eagles played well but couldn’t seem to buy a bucket. That would change.

The Eagles soared into the second half with a 26-point third quarter led by senior standout Cameron Hollobaugh. They trailed by just two, 47-45 heading to the fourth quarter. The game seemed destined for overtime after several lead changes in the final eight minutes. Twice JFK was able to take the lead only to see the Lions respond and lead 61-57 before the Eagles were able to knot it at 61 apiece with just seconds remaining setting the stage for the game-winner.

Coach Josh Scott drew up the play hoping to get Bertovich off a screen as the clock ran down, and he got just what he envisioned. The pristine looking silky smooth jumper from his sharp-shooting junior had that feel from the moment it left his hand.

Heartland was led in scoring by Joey Donofrio and Luke Reynolds with 14 each. Reynolds was outstanding throughout and was key to putting the Lions in position to win.

Hollobaugh led all scorers with 29 for JFK.
The Eagles dropped to 7-4, but their strong schedule has earned them a two-seed in their district bracket. The Lions improved to 15-4 and have earned the top seed in their bracket.

Brookfield comes to town to face the Lions on Thursday evening while Crestview will close out Heartland’s regular season on Saturday. Catch all the action on YSNLive.com

*Contributed By YSN’s Mark Franken

MIGHTY MADI MATTHEWS

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COLUMBIANA OH- Heartland Christian junior Madi Matthews has made a major impression this season leading the Lions. She has already scored over 400 points on the season, and has broken school records in points and threes made in a game, and then broke them again. Matthews and her teammates have officially put Heartland on the map, and now they have a legitimate chance to win a handful of tournament games.

Matthews knew coming into the summer that she was going to stepping into a big role for her team this year. The Lions graduated a great senior class and it was up to some new leaders to step up, and Madi is one of those leaders. It wasn’t an easy summer, the Lions were in the middle of a coaching change. Matthews gives major credit to the boys program coaches for leading open gyms while the administration looked for a coach to hire. Now with a new coach at the helm, Matthews has felt confident all season long that she can be the leader her team needs. In her first game of the year, she scored 28 points and has not looked back.

Madi took the time this week to sit down with YSN’s Anthony Hartwig to talk about her junior season so far. They discuss stepping into a new role, Madi’s work ethic, and much more. Meet one of the area’s more prolific scorer in Madi Matthews. “Might Madi Matthews” is live!

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LIONS STAND TALL AGAINST LEETONIA

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COLUMBIANA OH- The Lions Joey Donofrio scored 25 points as the Heartland Christian took down the visiting Leetonia Bears 75-51 in Wednesday night’s boys play.

Heartlands Steven Baker added 18 points and Jonathan Bertovich scored 14 points The Lions out-scored the Bears in each quarter of action and in the final period they put up 25 points while holding the Bears to 12 points.

Leetonias Ian Davis scored 26 points to take home top scoring honors. Both teams return to the hardwoods Friday as Leetonia travels to United and the Lions go to Mathews.

*Contributed By YSN’s Gary Leininger

RECORDS FALL IN SOUTHERN WIN OVER LIONS

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SALINEVILLE OH- They day record’s were meant to be broken, but no one expects multiple records to be effected in one night. That was scene at Southern on Tuesday night as the Indians and Heartland Christian put on a show. Southern would come away with the 65-47 win.

Southern freshman Ashley Shroades has already opened eyes this season. Shroades has already had a game eclipsing 30 points, and Tuesday night she took it further tying the program’s single game point record by dropping 51 points.

Lions captain Maddie Mathews would not let Ashley be the only one to get in the record books on the night. She took the record for single game points finishing with 32. She also grabbed the record for most threes in a game knocking down 6 from the perimeter.

Sophie Stambaugh added 11 for the Lions offense.

Heartland gets back to action Thursday as they host Warren JFK

 

MUSTANGS GALLOP TO VICTORY OVER HEARTLAND

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MATHEWS OH- Ashley Deans 19 points helped lead  the Mathews Mustangs to a 61-30 victory over the visiting Heartland Christian Lions.

Mathews held a 27-13 lead at the half and added to it in the final 2 periods doubling up the Lions 34-17.

Also pacing the 3-3 Mustangs was Brooke Bauer with 12 points and teammate Bella Greenwood with10 points.

For the 4-9  Lions was Madi Matthews with 14 points and Sophia Stambaugh adding 10 points.

*Contributed by YSN’s Gary Leininger