YOUNGSTOWN OH- Ursuline got back to work Monday night with a dominant win over Badger 72-44. The Irish hadn’t played in over 10 days.
Alayna Smith led the Irish with 19 points. Senior Anisah Moorman was right behind her with 18 points. Cara McNally was also in double figures with 13.
Ursuline will travel to Kennedy Catholic on Wednesday to try and stay in the win column.
YOUNGSTOWN OH – Head coach Keith Gunther and the Ursuline Fighting Irish are off to a great start as they are 6-3 but on a five game winning streak! The Irish will look to continue their winning ways as they will take on the Warren G. Harding Raiders on Tuesday and then their rivals the Cardinal Mooney Cardinals on Friday.
YSN’s own, Steve Leslie, had the opportunity to catch up with Coach Gunther via video chat this week to discuss the current season, how the Fighting Irish are approaching a “special” kind of season due to COVID, how he and his staff have been going about he season with scouting and game prep being difficult due to the restrictions, and much much more!
This week’s episode of Ursuline Fighting Irish basketball coach’s corner with head coach Keith Gunther, is LIVE!
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NEW MIDDLETOWN OH – Springfield Tigers hosted the Ursuline Fighting Irish coming off a loss from the South Range Raiders. Ursuline would come away with the victory having the lead until the end of the game where the Tigers momentarily took the lead. Terrence Pankey led all scorers for the Irish with 19 points in the winning effort. Irish win 67-66.
YOUNGSTOWN OH- Last year these two teams played each other and now this year, it was time once again but a lot more was on the line here as the Ursuline Irish looked to go .500 after going one for one in the Salem Tournament losing to Poland and taking care of Columbiana, while South Range was just coming off their first victory to Springfield in a much needed and upset win. This was a tight game throughout three quarters especially when it was tied in the first and then only a six possession game at halftime. However in the end, the irish would find a lot of GRIT as they pulled away big time, finding their pot of gold and possibly a breakout 2021 preview, beating South Range 49-37 as one of the last basketball games of 2020 ended with excitement as 2021 is on the way!
For the Irish, they were led by Jakylan Irving who made his comeback, putting up 16 points. Brady Shannon was a force inside the paint and behind the arc once, finishing with 13 points. Terrance Pankey kept showing that strength with ten points. Vinny Flauto finished with eight points while both Demarcus McElroy and Will Burney combined for four points and had a bunch of steals on the defensive side of the ball.
Leading South Range was their shooting star Eli Taylor who had a slight injury in this game but would comeback finishing with 14 points. The next leading scorer was Brandon Mikos who had nine points, making a three-pointer and a couple of layups. Nate Brown made all of his points at the free-throw line as he drew up the fouls nicely finishing with six points. Meanwhile, Mike Patrone (3pts) Luke Crumbacher (2pts) Corey Penick (2pts) and Dylan Turvey (1pt) all combined for eight points.
Ursuline (3-3) if there are no cancellations after the New Years will head to New Middletown to face the Springfield Tigers (6-1) Tuesday at 7pm. South Range (1-6) as of now after the New Years is going to face Girard as Trumbull County has just started up their basketball season. Tip-off for that game is 7pm.
*Contributed by YSN’s Ian O’Brien
YOUNGSTOWN OH-
After a nice second half turnaround against Crestview by a score of 46-39, the lady Irish were looking to move to 2-0 on the year, but would have to get past a tough South Range team led by Izzy Lamparty. These two teams met last year with the Raiders winning 50-39, but were hungry for revenge.
The game was back and forth through four quarters of tough physical play and was tied going in the fourth at 44 during one point in the game. Even when Izzy Lamparty was fouled out, the raiders did not give up as Bree Kohler and Gabby Lamparty got important points in the closing minutes. Anisah Moorman and Alayna Smith played good down the paint and behind the arc for the Irish, and Rachel Fabry made some threes. In the end however, the Raiders would come away with the 52-48 victory.
Rachel Fabry finished with nine points with three made three pointers. Both Cara McNally and Alayna Smith combined for 16 points, Freshman Lily Scott with five and Anisah Moorman with 16, scoring six points inside the paint, a three pointer, and a made free throw.
For South Range, Izzy Lamparty had 12 points going two for two on free throws, and fouled out. Gabby Lamparty had 10 points, Bree Kohler finished with 12, Hannah Crouse with four, Mallory Vidman with two, Lexi Giles who had a big night on turnovers while scoring 10 points, and Hannah Heikkinen with two.
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BELOIT OH- It was Ursuline who ended West Branch’s season last year in the sectional finals, and Tuesday night, the two teams would meet again in West Branch’s gym. The Warriors found sweet revenge in a 58-47 win over the Irish.
Three Warriors ended in double figures. Dru DeShields led the Warriors with 17. Jaxon Hendershot has a strong night with 15 points. Josh Gregory contributed 10 points as well.
Terrence Pankey led Ursuline in scoring with a game-high 25 points.
West Branch moves on to travel to Canfield on Friday night. Ursuline has a week to prepare for a road trip to Lake Catholic.
YOUNGSTOWN OH- Last year was a tough go around in Mike Kerman’s first year as the Ursuline girls head coach as the team finished 9-15 and lost in the second round to Columbiana. Meanwhile the Crestview girls were coming off of a 16-9 record and have already gotten off to a hot 2020 start beating Springfield 45-37. On Monday, both of these teams met in what was a down to the wire game at Ursuline High School in Youngstown Ohio, the City of GRIT.
Both teams were neck and neck in the first half as the Rebels had the upper hand up 21-18. In that half, it was mostly the rebels led by senior Krista Perry who had nine points. For the Irish, leading them in the first half was Rachel Fabry and Anisah Moorman who had five points.
The second half especially the fourth quarter was the biggest turn around as the Irish became successful shooting free throws while Crestview had the ball slip from their hands a bunch of times either from violations or turnovers. In the end, the Lady Irish got into the bonus and made enough free throws to hold on for a 46-39 victory over the Lady Rebels.
Ursuline Stats:
The biggest scorers for the Lady Irish were Rachel Fabry finished with 11 points, Anisah Moormen with 10 points, Alayna Smith with eight points and Cara McNally scoring seven. Other players who played some roles in scoring were Jamie Nelson with five points, Lily Scott with a point, Emily Smith with two points and Meredith Gray with two.
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Leading for the lady rebels was none other than Krista Perry who had a high of 18 points, Emily Hill with nine points and Trinity Miller with five.
Up Next:
Ursuline (1-0) will host the lady South Range Raiders (2-1) if everything is cleared to go. The Raiders are coming off of a big 60-33 win against Struthers. Crestview (1-1) will host Cardinal Mooney if everyone is negative.
*Contributed by YSN’s Ian O’Brien
YOUNGSTOWN OH- It’s a brand new season for the Ursuline boys basketball program. There are a lot of reasons to be excited if you are an Irish fan. A talented group of players returns to try an take the Irish to the promised land. Leading the Irish is head coach Keith Gunther who maintains a big sense of accountability and discipline around the program. It has bread a lot of success in Gunther’s career at Ursuline, and he hopes this season is more of the same.
Coach Gunther took the time to call in to YSN’s Running Point this week to talk to DJ Yokley, and Steve Leslie about his program. They discussed the obstacles this year has brought, accountability on the team, and much more. Irish fans don’t miss this exclusive inside look into Ursuline basketball with Episode 1 of Coach’s Corner with Keith Gunther.
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YOUNGSTOWN, OH- It has been one of the best seasons in high school football for the Ursuline Irish who are right now just a game away from making it to the State-SemiFinals with everything on the line, and one player has helped them the last few weeks to do that. That player would be senior tight end and defensive end Luke Campbell.
Now, Campbell was out for the first few games of the season with injuries, but since his return, he may have been quiet, but also dangerous, racking up 20.5 tackles, and 3.5 sacks like he’s channeling his inner JJ Watt. On the receiving side, it may not be much but he plays a big impact when it comes to blocking and last week, he got his first touchdown pass with a reception from Matthew Reardon. With this skill that Campbell has on both sides of the ball, do not be surprised if schools have and will be looking at him.
On this episode of the YSN Ursuline Player Profile playoff edition, Ian O’Brien catches up on zoom with Luke Campbell who talks a bit about his background, the position he plays, the win against Poland last week and how he has helped the team these last few weeks, COVID capacity, someone he idolizes and many more.
The sixth seed Ursuline Fighting Irish (7-2) will take on the 12th seed Mentor Lake Catholic Cougars (8-2) Saturday at 7pm on YSN Live. You can buy the game on the website for just $9.99. We will see what happens as this Irish team still remembers about last season and are looking for their revenge as the high school football season is coming to a close.
*Contributed by YSN’s Ian O’Brien*
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