Tag Archive for: High School Boys Basketball

UNITED SQUEEZES PAST BULLDOGS

HANOVERTON- The United Golden Eagles were able to secure a close victory over East Palestine Tuesday night 64-60.

In a fantastic losing effort Jonathan Berovitch put in 30 points for the Bulldogs. The Eagles were able to survive Berovitch’s onslaught and earn their first win of the year inside the league.

Berovitch’s 30 was a game high, Brandon Tucola added 18 for the Bulldogs.

Keaton Baker finished with 13 points, 5 rebounds, 4 steals and 5 helpers as well as making a pair of free throws down the stretch to ice the game for the Eagles.

United will return to the floor Friday night as they travel to Lisbon.

East Palestine looks to bounce back Friday as they travel to Columbiana.

LAKE SHOCKS WILDCATS IN CANTON

CANTON OH- Struthers came into the Eric Snow Classic in Canton with an 11-1 record and high hopes. However, they were cut down by a 4-13 Lake team 71-56.

Struthers led 19-18 after the first frame, but Lake used a huge second quarter to storm ahead of the Cats, and never looked back from there.

The upset moves Struthers down to 11-2. They were led by Trey Metzka with 14 points.

Struthers looks to bounce back as they return to league play Tuesday hosting Lakeview.

CATS GET REVENGE ON POLAND

POLAND OH- Poland faced rival Struthers on the 4th game of their homestand. Struthers would avenge their only loss on the season with a win against Poland tonight. Jared Lacsko had 12 points in the game for the Cats while Adam Kassem had 12 for the Bulldogs. Struthers wins a close one, 36-35.

Struthers took the lead by the end of the first quarter with the help of Aldan Slocum and Lacsko who both contributed with 4 points. In the second quarter, Struthers and Poland would trade the lead throughout the quarter but Struthers had a 19-18 lead at halftime. Carson Ryan led the Wildcats in points by halftime while Michael Cougras had 9 for the Dogs. All of Poland’s points came from 3 point shots by this point in the game.

The Wildcats had a 5 point lead by the end of the third quarter. Struthers was paced Lacsko who had 10 points going into the final quarter. The game came down to the final minute in order to find a winner but it was the Wildcats who came away with the victory 36-35. Poland(9-5) will face South Range on January 28th on YSNLIVE.COM/TEAM/POLAND. Struthers(11-1) will face Lakeview on YSNLIVE.COM/TEAM/STRUTHERS.

*Story contributed by YSN’s Anthony Melone

SPARTANS PUT DOWN GOLDEN BEARS

BOARDMAN, OH- Boardman beat Youngstown East, 63-50 despite a cold shooting night and getting outrebounded by the much more physical Golden Bears.

Derrick Anderson led the Spartans with 21 points and 4 rebounds. Tommy Fryda was also in double figures with 11 points. Ethan Andersen had 9 points and 9 rebounds to go with 3 blocks. Daeone Martin added 8 points. Trey DePietro scored 7 points and grabbed 5 rebounds. Zach Ryan chipped in with 5 points to go along with 3 rebounds and 3 assists. Connor Miller rounded out the scoring with 2 points to go with 5 rebounds. Charlie Davis and Andrew Clark both played valuable minutes contributing to the win.

 

*Story contributed by Pat Birch and boardmanathletics.org