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IRVING LEAPS AND BOUNDS ABOVE THE REST

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*Contributed by YSN’s Ian O’Brien*

YOUNGSTOWN OH- The Ursuline Irish enjoyed a nice off week after a surprising cancellation against the Chaney Cowboys. With that, the players got extra practice in and some more time in the weight room. One of those players is senior wide receiver and defensive back Jakylan Irving.

Irving has been a part of the Irish football program since 2018 and have seen the rebuilding days of ursuline, to now being able to compete in every game and a possible state championship. In 2021, Irving has shined as one of the top players on this team with 153 yards receiving and two touchdowns on offense. Defensively he has not had an interception but has been close as he has had 24 total tackles. One of his biggest moments this 2021 season however, a kickoff return with under two minutes to go to give the Irish the go ahead 50-49 win against Warren Harding two weeks ago.

YSN’s very own Ian O’Brien talks with the star wide receiver and defensive back about the huge victory against Warren Harding, the bye week that they had, what he wants to be remembered as when he leaves Ursuline and more. The Irish will head to Green Street Stadium/John Cistone field to take on brother Irish in Akron St. Vincent St. Mary’s (3-3). The last time Ursuline won against Saint Vincent St Mary’s was in 2011 42-31. Kickoff is Friday 7pm on YSN!!

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BLUE JAYS GET BIG WIN OVER URSULINE

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NORTH JACKSON OH- Jackson Milton got a big momentum swinging win on Wednesday against Ursuline. The Jays were able to pull out the win in four sets. (20-25 25-21 25-16 25-18)

The Lady Jays rallied after losing the first set to win the next three sets to take the game. The Lady Jays rallied using strong team defense and long rallies to wear down the Lady Irish. Tonight the lady Jays were leading in Kills by Mia Greco with 16, Kylie Wilson added 10 kills along with 20 service points and ace. Emily Fultz had 19 service points with 3 aces. Chelsea Williams had 20 assists on the night. Freshman Libero Grace Johns had 16 digs.

Jackson Milton is back in action Thursday as they host McDonald. Ursuline is in action on Thursday as well as they host Howland.

*Contributed By Stephen Mohr at jacksonmiltonathletics.org

IRISH KEEP FINDING WAYS TO WIN

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The last time the Irish went into Mollenkoph and won was in 2017 with the final of 28-24. Their coach at the time was Larry Kempe, their quarterback at the time was Jared Fabry, their running back was Joe Floyd and so many others players that are now Irish Alum. Tonight, it looked like the Raiders were once again going to get a last second victory, just like last season, did that happen, or did the Irish make a comeback? This game has many memories for Coach Dan Reardon as it was once one of his first coaching spots, meanwhile, coach Steve Arnold was looking to save their season.

Last week, Harding came up short without star player Dom Foster losing to Massillon 49-46 while Ursuline got a thrilling win 48-47 against Austintown Fitch.

1st Quarter

Warren Harding opened the game strong in the first plays of action when Dalys Jett threw across to Syracuse Orange commit Dom Foster who turned up the jets and went 65-yards untouched making it 7-0.

Ursuline stepped up and came right back however as Shannon drove them down the field finding Will Burney and Marc Manning in the process and finished the drive with a DeMarcus McElroy three yard touchdown tying it all. The Irish would get the ball back and McElroy did the same before, scoring his second touchdown putting Ursuline up by seven.

Harding answered back in the end of the first however when Foster returned a James McGlone kick 79-yards once again tying it all up.

2nd Quarter
The second quarter started with a big McElroy touchdown but a failed two point conversion made it 20-14. Wouldn’t matter for the most part as the Irish got the ball back once again finding Manning 34-yards and after a Reagan Smith kick it was now 27-14.

Harding scored just before halftime when Daly’s Jett took it in himself, cutting it to six at the half.

3rd Quarter
The third quarter saw some of the defenses stepping up a bit with two teams getting two touchdowns and a field goal. McElroy scored once more and Jett found another star receiver in Tyriq Ivory 29-yards out and then again for a 78 yard bomb. The Irish also made a field goal as James McGlone put it right through from 25-yards out. It was now once again 36-34.

4th Quarter
Finally, the whole place became tense in the fourth quarter. McElroy got his fifth touchdown of the night from 30-yards out showing the shades of the Akise Teague days at Ursuline. The score was now 43-34.

Jett cut the lead once again however to two points as he ran it in himself making it now 43-41. Once the Raiders got the ball back, all hope seemed lost for the Irish as Jett broke the tackles and ran it 57-yards showing that if Lynn Bowden could do it at Harding then so can he, with the score now 49-43.

With just over two minutes, the Irish needed a prayer, and did they get it in. The Irish had their own version of the music city miracle where Jakylan Irving returned the kick and went 84-yards. Ursuline just needed an extra point to take the lead and they did exactly that thanks to Smith who made one of his biggest extra points in his career.

Harding tried to make a comeback with Jett but he just couldn’t turn up the Jets in time as on a fourth down, he was just stopped short after a nice scramble on a fourth and long, giving Ursuline another 2021 classic with the final score of 50-49.

Ursuline Stats
Brady Shannon: 21-32 327 yards one touchdown/interception. Rushed for 15 yards on 10 carries.

DeMarcus McElroy: 35 rushes for 106 yards and five touchdowns. Six receptions for 94 yards

Marc Manning five receptions for 124 yards and a touchdown.

Dean Boyd: seven receptions for 100 yards.

Harding Stats
Dayls Jett 12 of 24, 220 yards and four touchdowns. Rushed for 98 yards on 12 attempts and two touchdowns.

Delmar McMillan four rushes for 28 yards

Tyriq Ivory had five receptions for 95 yards and two touchdowns.

Johnnie Taylor had two receptions for 41 yards.

Up Next
Ursuline (4-1) heads back to Stambaugh Stadium next Friday to take on the Chaney Cowboys (2-3). Kickoff is at 7pm on YSN LIVE!! Warren Harding (1-4) heads to Akron to take on Akron Saint Vincent St. Mary (3-2).

*Contributed by YSN’s Ian O’Brien*

MOONEY TAKES ROUND ONE OF HOLY WAR

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YOUNGSTOWN OH- The match up between Mooney and Ursuline is always high in intensity. Thursday night on the volleyball court lived up to the billing. Being back to full strength gave the Cardinals enough to hold off the scrappy Irish and take the match in 4 sets. (25-19 22-25 25-22 25-16)

Alaina Francis, and Alaina Scavina were a dangerous duo for the Cardinals. They both finished with 15 kills to lead the team. Scavina also had 22 digs to secure a double double in her return to the floor. Angelina Rotunno also got a double double finishing with an incredible 42 assists, and earning 12 digs. Amarra Anderson had 8 blocks on the night.

Both teams return to action on Saturday as Mooney will host Crestview. Ursuline looks to bounce back on the road traveling to Berkshire.

PADDING THE LINE

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*Contributed By YSN’s Ian O’Brien

YOUNGSTOWN OH- In order to have a good quarterback or running back in football, it first starts with the offensive line. In order to have a good defense that can get at the quarterback, you need leadership on the defensive line. One of those leaders on those sides of the ball is senior Padraig Mcarthy for the Ursuline Irish.

At one point during his freshman season, the offensive line had one of the worst ratings in the valley, but with time came performance and in the next two seasons, the offensive line led by McCarthy and the Irish had one of the best showings, leading Ursuline’s way to the fourth round/regional finals of the OHSAA playoffs.

In this Ursuline Fighting Irish edition of the YSN Player Profile, our own Ian O’Brien chats with Pad McCarthy and talks about the big shootout victory against Austintown Fitch, how the offensive and defensive line has changed through his career, how the young guys look up to him as a leader, and what to expect from Warren Harding.

The Irish (3-1) head to Mollenkopf Stadium to take on the Raiders (1-3) this Friday. Kickoff is at 7pm on YSN LIVE under Ursuline.

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IRISH WIN INSTANT CLASSIC IN AUSTINTOWN

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AUSTINTOWN OH- In a game that was easily a candidate for game of the year. Two powerhouse programs duked it out on Friday night, in what was nothing short of a slug fest.

The Austintown Fitch Falcons and Ursuline Fighting Irish exchanged scores throughout the entirety of the game. Mirroring each other every step of the way in scoring, turnovers, and special teams.

The Falcons utilized a strong balanced attack of passing and rushing down the stretch. With DJ Williams and Tyree Mitchell’s names being called a majority of the second half.

However, The Irish picked a four-leaf clover in DeMarcus McElroy to turn to. With an impressive 4 touchdowns to go along with 359 yards on the ground Friday night. Good enough for 2nd all time in Ursuline history.

As both sides exploded on offense the entire game, two plays from The Irish defense stood out. With both a 2-point conversion stand and a blocked field goal attempt from The Irish, foiling Austintown’s comeback efforts in the final 30 seconds of the game.

The Irish (3-1) travel to Warren to take on The Harding Raiders (1-3) for week 5. As The Falcons(2-1) look to refocus, with another holy matchup versus The Cardinal Mooney Cardinals (0-3) on September 17th.

*Contributed By YSN’s Ty Bartell

CHARDON ENDS UP KING OF THE HILL AGAINST IRISH

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CHARDON OH- Both teams started off the season with impressive wins, but only one could continue the winning streak during Friday’s game between the Chardon Hilltoppers and the Ursuline Irish. The last time these two teams met was in 2007 and 2008, with the Irish winning 35-28 and 42-0. This time however it was different.

The first big play was on Special Teams as Reagan Smith kicked the ball that was near out of bounds. It was then picked up by Andrew Bruce who went nearly 80-yards on the return. Few plays later, Chardon got on the board when quarterback Alex Henry took it in nine yards out making it 7-0.

The game seemed to have been all Chardon after as they would put up 33 points thanks to touchdown runs by Henry, fullback Sean Carr and Daniel PettyJohn. The Irish looked defeated at that point. However, that would change as after a struggling first half and an interception early on, quarterback Brady Shannon bounced back off of a play action, finding wide receiver Marc Manning for a 44-yard touchdown making it 33-7. Ursuline got the ball back under a minute and got his second touchdown pass finding Jakylan Irving in the back of the endzone making it only a 20 point game now 33-13.

Later in the third, the Irish did it again as a end around sweep gave Manning an opening as he turned up the jets going 42-yards out to pader with the lead now cut to only 13. The Irish scored once more and this time it was DeMarcus McElroy who earlier had a huge run, but fumbled in the red zone. This time it was a makeup and with that, and a Smith point after, the lead was cut to six.

Chardon’s only point in the second half meanwhile was a field goal by All-Ohio Kicker Nathan Tager while Youngstown State commit and tight end Alex McDonald had a few catches but was silent throughout the day.

The Irish had one more attempt, but Shannon threw two costly picks with just under six minutes to go as the Hilltoppers, the reigning Division III State Champions moved to three and 0, defeating the Irish 36-27, with Ursuline falling to two and one.

Up Next
Ursuline (2-1) will head back to the Valley to face the Austintown Fitch Falcons (3-0) at Greenwood Chevrolet Austintown Falcon Stadium. Fitch is two and 0 against the Irish the last two seasons. (27-7 in 2019), (56-28) in 2020. Game will be Friday at 7pm on YSN!!

Chardon (3-0) will host the Riverside Beavers (2-1) who are coming off of a 28-7 victory against Holy Name (1-2).

*Contributed by YSN’s Ian O’Brien*

HOLY MCELROY

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YOUNGSTOWN OH- Last season saw Ursuline in the second half go to the ground game and leading them was now senior DeMarcus McElroy. In 2020, after taking over as the starting running back in the second half of the season, McElroy would rush for over 700 yards and 11 touchdowns, averaging 5.9 yards per carry.

This season, he already had a kickoff return that went for 94 yards and a total of 287 yards with seven total touchdowns in only two games this season. This week, McElroy looks to continue that Dalvin Cook speed as the Irish head to Chardon, or West Geaugathis Friday at 7pm, depending on the turf situation against the reigning Division III Hilltoppers in hopes of improving to a 3 and 0 start.

YSN’s Ian O’Brien talked with McElroy about the upcoming game against the Hilltoppers star players, what has changed in the ground attack for the Irish and many more.

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*Contributed By YSN’s Ian O’Brien

URSULINE’S FAB NUMBER FIVE

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YOUNGSTOWN OH- Last year during the shortened season, Irish quarterback Brady Shannon being the all around athlete that he is, didn’t know if he would continue his football or baseball career.  That all changed on March 7th 2021 when it was announced that he committed to the University of Central Florida to play baseball.  

 

Even with him going the baseball route, he is still focused on the 2021 Ursuline Football season, and after a 62-58 shootout win against Columbus Bishop Hartley where Shannon threw for 276 yards and five touchdowns, he and the Irish are looking to go 2 and 0 against the Hickory Hornets this Friday.  

 

Our own Ian O’Brien caught up with the quarterback to talk with him about last week’s shootout against Bishop Hartley, this upcoming week against the Hornets and many more.  

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*contributed by YSN’s Ian O’Brien*

IRISH DOMINATE IN KEYSTONE STATE

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HERMITAGE PA; After a tough shootout 62-58 victory against Columbus Hartley last Thursday, the Fighting Irish of Ursuline were on the road and to some it may have been another big challenge as they hosted the Hickory Hornets who were in their first game of the season in Class AAA and came in as the defending District 10 Champions.

However, fans were not expecting the Irish to pull away as they did so right during the first quarter. Ursuline got on the board first when Brady Shannon handed the ball off to DeMarcus McElroy going nearly 60 plus yards to padre showing off that LaDainian Tomlinson speed, putting Ursuline up 8-0 after the muddle huddle two point conversion.

McElroy got his second touchdown of the night just a few possessions later when he took it in once again making it 16-0.

However, the Hornets would try to sting the Irish a bit as new junior quarterback Logan Woods on a fourth and goal at the six, found Ramarion Whitehead on a lob pass making it now 16-7.

However, that would be the only Hickory score as after that it was the Irish finding more gold with McElroy getting his third touchdown of the half going up 22-7 and Brady Shannon finding Will Burney just a couple possessions later on for a 30-yard strike with Burney showing some shifty moves. The score at the half was now 28-7.

The Irish kept on scoring even with the second string team led by Jack Erickson and Ty-Req Donlow in. Donlow who made the game winning tackle last week against Bishop Hartley got his first rushing touchdown as well as Erickson taking a QB option in making the final 50-7 in a shocking win for the Irish.

Stats
Ursuline

Rushing: DeMarcus McElroy made history today rushing over the 200 yard mark. Christian Lynch 8 carries for 24 yards. Ty’Req Donlow rushed for 22 yards.

Shannon: 127 passing yards and a touchdown to Will Burney.

Hickory

Woods: 15 pass completions for 128 yards and one touchdown in the second to Ramarion Whitehead.

Sean Kennedy: eight carries for 37 yards.
Up Next:
Ursuline (2-0) heads to Chardon to take on the reigning Division III State Champion Hilltoppers (1-0). Hickory (0-1) will travel next Friday to take on the Girard Yellow Jackets (1-1).

*Contributed by YSN’s Ian O’Brien*