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POLAND GIVES GRISDALE 500TH WIN

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POLAND OH- Poland head coach Ken Grisdale came in to Tuesday night’s matchup against Jefferson needing just 1 win to eclipse 500 in his career. His team showed up, and showed out in a dominating 64-45 victory over Jefferson.

Ken Grisdale became the 47th coach in the state of Ohio to reach the 500 win mark. This is his 28th season at the helm of the Bulldogs, and in those 28 years he has had 18 MVCA Coach of the Year awards. His career record now stands at 500-155.

Ross Dedo had a strong night leading Poland with 18 points. Brody Todd contributed 12 points to the cause. Jack Fulton was also in double figures with 10.

Robert Ray paced the Falcons with 16 points. John Castrilla was right behind him with 14 points.

These two teams square off again on Friday this time up in Jefferson.

POLAND MOVES WIN STREAK TO TWELVE

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JEFFERSON OH- Poland has now won twelve games in a row after making the long trip to Jefferson worth it with a 53-19 win over the Falcons. The Bulldogs also now have pushed their NE8 win streak to 34.

Poland had nine players get in the stat sheet. Jackie Grisdale led them with 19. Ella Harrell and Morgan Kluchar both added 6 to the cause.

Jefferson was led by Taylor Skinner with 10 points.

Poland has their final non conference game on Saturday as they host Champion.

FALCONS HAVE NO TROUBLE AT SOUTH RANGE

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CANFIELD OH – The South Range boys hosted Jefferson on Friday night where both teams
were looking for a big NE8 victory over the other. The Falcons were able to get a strong
victory over the Raiders, 65-34. Jefferson started fast and strong with a huge lead very
quickly and never lost control. The Raiders tried to fight back early on in the 2nd half but
were not able to get much to fall and the Falcons continued control and came out on
top.
For the Raiders, Corey Penick led the way with 9 points, behind him was Mike Patrone
with 8 on the night.
For the Falcons, Dakota Cunningham, Brock Bean, and John
Castrilla all led the way with 13 points on the night. Behind them was Grant Hitchcock,
who ended the night off with 10 points.
The Falcons will be back in action to host Girard on January 12th. The Raiders will be
back home tomorrow, January 9th to host Hubbard. Don’t miss it on YSN.
*Contributed by YSN’s Brendan Miller

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

ELIA OPENS THE SEASON WITH CAREER HIGH WILDCATS ROLL

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JEFFERSON OH- It has been a long wait for basketball in Jefferson, and Struthers. On Thursday the girls programs finally tipped off with a conference matchup in Jefferson. It was all Wildcats as Struthers marched home with a 65-36 win over the Falcons.

Emma Elia had a monster of a night with 35 points to lead the Wildcats. Heike Kaurschill had a solid night with 7 points added to the Wildcats effort. Faith Stellato added 7 points as well.

Struthers will hit the road on Monday to take on South Range.  Jefferson’s next scheduled game is Thursday hosting Poland.

 

FALCONS END LAKEVIEW’S IMPRESSIVE STREAK

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JEFFERSON OH-Lakeview had not lost a game in the NE8 since September 25th, 2018. That loss was to Jefferson. 2 years later, things came full circle as it was Jefferson who ended Lakeview’s NE8 win streak with a shocking sweep of the Bulldogs (25-19 25-21 25-13).

Shannon Burns led the Falcons offense with 11 kills, and completed a double double with 14 digs. Tory Durkovic set nicely for Jefferson finishing with 13 assists. Taylor Skinner added 6 kills for the Falcons.

Tara Lytle led the Bulldogs with 6 kills, and served up 3 aces.  Teagan Pierce led the back row in digs with 10. Maggie Pavlansky set up 13 assists.

Lakeview hit 27 attack errors on the night. The Bulldog’s NE8 match win streak snaps at 32.

Jefferson will look to carry the momentum from their big win into Hubbard on Thursday. Lakeview’s road doesn’t get any easier as they travel to 15-2 Crestview on Wednesday. That game will be live on YSN.

 

JEFFERSON PICKS UP FIRST WIN

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CORTLAND OH- The final game of the regular season saw two teams looking for their first win. Jefferson traveled to Lakeview on Friday night and was able to do just that. It was a perfect evening for high school football in Lakeview. Both teams came in hungry for their first win of the season.

Jefferson wasted no time as they were able to take the opening drive right down the field and score. The Falcons had an up tempo game plan and it frustrated the Bulldogs all night. The Lakeview offense was not able to muster any sustained drives in the first half. And their defense had no answer for the no huddle game plan that Jefferson ran.

Jefferson relied on the work horse Daniel Bruckman to do all the heavy lifting Friday night. The senior running back touched the ball 41 times for a total of 214 yards, and 6 touchdowns. He was the shining light for the Falcons. Lakeview fought hard all night and was able to take the opening drive of the second half down for a score. It took them just 2 plays to go 61 yards for the score. The Jefferson D was caught a little off guard and had to regroup following that score. They were able to keep the Bulldogs out of the end zone for the rest of the game. The final score was 49-7. Both these teams are young and will be forces to contend with in the future in the NE8.

Jefferson will travel to Martin’s Ferry in round 1 of the OHSAA playoffs. Lakeview will host Grand Valley in a non playoff game on October 16th.

*Contributed By YSN’s Paul Munson.

JEFFERSON HANGS RAIDERS OUT TO DRY

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The Jefferson Varsity Volleyball team picks up another win this evening over the South Range Raiders. The Falcons beat them in four sets with scores of 23-25, 25-11, 25-14, 27-25.

The Falcons were led in digs by Chloe O’Rourke who finished with 21. She also served up 5 aces. Taylor Skinner led in kills with 13. Tory Durkin ran the offense and set up 24 assists.

The Raiders were led by Hannah Hiekkinen with 7 kills. Maddie Dado played great defense with a match-high 25 digs.  Jamie Feren set up 13 assists. Izzy Lamparty, and Julia Blasko has 3 blocks a piece.

Jefferson’s overall record is 7-4 and 6-4 in the Northeast Eight Conference.  The Falcons travel to Edgewood next Monday, Sept.28 for an Ashtabula county matchup. Action for the JV starts at 5:30pm with the Varsity following them..

The Raiders will regroup over the weekend and travel to Mooney on Monday.

RAIDERS LIGHT UP JEFFERSON

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JEFFERSON OH- Friday night the Raiders made the long drive up route 11 to face the Jefferson Falcons, the long drive was worth it. South Range came away with a 52-20 win on Friday night to improve to 4-0 on the season. It was a beautiful night for high school football. Both teams came out ready to go. Jefferson started out slow and couldn’t get a drive together. A blocked punt gave the Raiders great field position and it didn’t take them long to take advantage of it. Raiders had the ball inside the 30 yard line and scored quickly. The drive was capped off by a 9yd strike from Michael Patrone to Corey Penick for the touchdown. The next drive for Jefferson was promising but an interception gave the ball right back to the Raiders. South Range again drove right back down the field and scored on a 4 yard pass to Luke Blasko. But Jefferson wasn’t going to go away. Sophomore QB Grant Hitchcock took his team right back down the field and he connected with Austin Jones for a 24 yard touchdown to cut the lead to 14-7. Raiders next drive stalled and Jefferson had some momentum. But the Raiders defense came to play Friday night. They were able to hold off the Falcons drive and get the ball back for Patrone and company.  The Raiders scored 3 more times before halftime.

South Range keep that rolling into the second half and was able to get a running clock into the 3rd quarter. Jefferson had some promising drives but just weren’t able to finish them off. But they are a young team with a lot of talent. Hitchcock is only in his first year at starting qb and has a bright future. He was able to finish with 249 total yards on the evening. Senior running back Daniel Bruckman contributed with 90 yards of his own on the ground.

The Raiders offense was clicking on all eight cylinders. The run game, pass game, defense, and special teams all looked very good for them Friday night. Michael Patrone had 364 total yards. 220 passing and 144 on the ground. He threw for 5 TDs. That is a school record. Dylan Dominguez had 163 total yards, 2 rushing TDs, and 2 receiving TDs. And senior kicker Harley Novak chipped in with 10 points of her own, making all 7 extra points and making a 26 yd field goal in the forth.

Both teams have their final regular season home games next week as Jefferson welcomes in Girard, and the Raiders will  take on Struthers.

*Contributed by YSN’s Paul Munson

LAKEVIEW CLIPS FALCONS WINGS

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CORTLAND OH- Lakeview stacked up another NE8 win on Thursday night with a sweep of Jefferson (25-13 25-19 25-19).

Maggie Pavlansky led the team in kills with 7, she also led the team in assists with 11, she also collected 8 aces and served up an ace. Anna Peterson finished with 5 kills and 3 digs. Mara Crish got double digit digs with 10.

Lakeview will try to keep on winning when they travel to South Range on Tuesday.  Jefferson will host Hubbard on Tuesday continuing league play.