Tag Archive for: High school basketball

POLAND DEFENSE BAFFLES RAIDERS

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CANFIELD OH- Poland’s defense was suffocating in South Range on Friday night and gave the Raiders no room to breathe. On most nights, Poland’s offensive struggles would have put them in hot water, but they held the Raiders to just 12 first half points em route to a 53-34 victory.

Christian Colosimo led the Bulldogs with 14 points. Poland’s offense was balanced as they had two other players get into double figures. Ross Dedo has a nice night finishing with 11, while Brody Todd added 10.

The Raiders were led by Eli Taylor who got in to double figures with 11.

Poland’s next scheduled game is Friday at Jefferson. The Raiders will continue to look for their first win Saturday as they travel to Mooney

BEARS TAKE A BITE OUT OF SEBRING

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SEBRING OH- The Leetonia Bears hoops team traveled to Sebring Wednesday for their second game in as many days. The Bears defense was huge as their offense found ways to come up with big buckets. Leetonia came away with a 41-37 victory.

The 1-1 Bears were paced by Ian Davis with 17 points. Dylan Lennon scored 12 and Joe Guido  added 11 points. Sebrings Dylan Johnson had 15 points  and Connor Shepherd knocked down 14 points. Leetonis will host Lisbon next Tuesday. The Trojans evened their slate at 1-1.

*Contributed by YSN’s Gary Leininger

LATE BURST PROPELS LEOPARDS PAST ALLIANCE

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LOUISVILLE OH- The Leopards moved to 2-0 on the season with a 56-46 win over Alliance. It was a huge fourth quarter that was the difference for Louisville, they outscored the Aviators 17-10 in the final frame.

The Leopards were led by Dakota Hoffman with 14 points and Will Aljancic also got himself into double figures with 12 points. Also chipping in for the Leopards was Cory Noble with 11 points.

The Leopards are next in action at Boardman on Friday.

*Contributed By Tom Siegfried at leopardathletics.org

CUNNINGHAM’S BIG NIGHT NOT ENOUGH FOR FALCONS

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JEFFERSON OH- The 2020-2021 winter sports season has been crazy. From not knowing if there was going to be one to not knowing who your opponent will be from night to night. But teams have pushed ahead. Jefferson is one of those teams. The NE8 is going forward without half of its teams right now, but the Falcons are making the best of it.

Tuesday night they welcomed in one of their rivals Pymatuning Valley. Both teams were ready to go from the opening tip. The first quarter both teams were feeling each other out and seeing where they could attack. The Lakers were able to be get the early lead and keep it throughout the game. Jefferson fought hard all night, but unfortunately they couldn’t get the shots to fall. Py Valley was aggressive all night and keep the pressure on the Falcons. Lakers lead at the half 33-22.

They extended the lead to 20 in the third quarter. Jefferson was able to get as close as 9 in the forth, but Py Valley pushed a head and closed out the evening with a 76-62 win over the Falcons. Jeffersons lone senior Dakota Cunningham was their leading scorer with 22 points. He hit 5 threes on the night.  Leading the way for the Lakers was Tanner Rhodes who had 25 points. He also had 2 dunks on the night.

Jefferson looks to bounce back on Friday as they travel to Struthers and face the Wildcats.

*Contributed by YSN’s Paul Munson

CANFIELD TAKES HOLD OF FIRST WIN

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CANFIELD- The battle of Canfield took place Tuesday night, as the South Range Raiders took the short bus trip to take on the Canfield Cardinals.

Both teams came out red hot to start the first quarter, as leads were being exchanged back and forth. The second quarter slowed down a bit, and Canfield had a 29-26 lead heading into halftime. In the 3rd quarter, Canfield hit a couple key 3 pointers, and kept control of the lead. In the final 4th quarter, South Range battled strong, but came up just a bit short. Canfield was able to pick up their first win of the season, by a final score of 55-49.

Canfield once again was led by Trey Dye, who had 18 points on the night. The Raiders were led by Eli Taylor and Nate Brown, who each had 11 points.

Canfield is now 1-2, and will host West Branch Friday night at 7 P.M. South Range drops to 0-2, and will play Hubbard at home on Friday. Catch all the action on YSN.

*Contributed By YSN’s Richie Juliano

EAGLES SNATCH VICTORY FROM LEETONIA

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LEETONIA OH- Tonight’s matchup of United visiting Leetonia, United Senior Brutus Ogilvie stole the first half as he put up 18 points to take the halftime lead over the Bears 33-10. United would come out of the half not slowing down on offense and defense as Ogilvie would score 6 more points and two blocks in the second half. Ogilvie would lead the game with 24 points and a 59-28 victory over the Bears.

United is scheduled to travel to Columbiana on Friday, December 18th. Leetonia will travel to Sebring on Wednesday.

*Contributed by YSN’s Derrick Grossen

HEARTLAND HANDLES EAGLES

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Columbiana, OH– The Heartland Christian Lions raced to a 25-16 lead over the visiting United Eagles in the first quarter here Friday night and never looked back en route to a convincing 83-56 victory.  Fueled by Joey Donofrio’s energy in the paint and sharp shooting by Stephen Barnes and Nate Garzanich, the Lions took a 46-34 lead at intermission.  Leading four Lions in double figures was Donofrio with 16.  Garzanich and Jonathan Bertovich each had 14, while Barnes netted 13, including a team-high four threes.  Heartland drained 14 treys overall.  Coach Josh Scott had to be pleased with the very balanced attack in the home opener.
United, plagued by turnovers, had an uphill battle from the jump.  They did have three players reach double digits in scoring.  Keaton Baker had 14 while Nate Miller and Ward Kiko had 13 and 11, respectively.
Heartland (1-1) will host Grand Valley Tuesday night.  United (0-2) will welcome Southern to kickoff their Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference schedule next Friday.
*Contributed By YSN’s Mark Franken

AVIATORS STORM BACK ON WEST BRANCH

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ALLIANCE OH- The West Branch boys suffered their first loss of the season on Friday night at the hands of EBC rival Alliance.

After a low scoring 1st half West Branch took a 17-16 lead into the locker room at the half, but Alliance fought back in quarters 3 and 4 to beat the Warriors 45-41 in an Eastern Buckeye Conference game played at Alliance. Jaxon Henderson paced
West Branch with 11 points.
The Warriors are scheduled to travel to Canfield on Friday to face the Cardinals.
*Contributed by YSN’s Gary Leininger

QUAKERS OPEN EBC PLAY WITH WIN OVER MINERVA

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SALEM OH- The Salem Boys opened up conference play on Friday night hosting Minerva. The Quakers used a big third quarter to dispatch the Lions 56-40.  Salem outscored Minerva 17-10 in that third quarter, and then added 15 more points to finish off the Lions in the fourth.

The Quakers has a balanced offense with two players in double figures. Jon Null led Salem with 15 points. Drew Weir also had a solid night picking up 14 points.

Brayden Costea led the Lions with 12 points. Kale Mayle was also in double figures with 10.

Salem will move on to travel to Alliance on Friday.

SOUTH RANGE BASKETBALL COACH’S CORNER (EP 1) WITH JOHN CULLEN

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CANFIELD OH- South Range boys basketball team has been anxious to get back on the floor for a while now. With no scrimmages available in the summer, or in the weeks leading up to the season, just being able to lace up and play another team was a blessing for the Raiders. Head Coach John Cullen is going in to his seventh season at South Range. He is ready to lead a young team to a successful season this year.

Coach Cullen called in to YSN’s talk show Running Point this week to catch up with DJ Yokley and Steve Leslie. They discuss the challenges this season has presented, his perspective on accountability, and a whole lot more. Raider fans get ready for a new hoops season with our fourth year of Coach’s Corner with John Cullen.

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